tv co dau 8 tuoi in tripping (intentionally or intentionally: in competitive games such gestures could easily and very well be confused with legal competion moves of the game and hence be practically “unintentional” “in the heat of the [competitive] moment” because such gesture and the competitive moves are alike in that with both one player tries to outdo the other players; at any rate/way nandu and the other children soon play with one another again as though nothing has happened [previous note “lotfi” mentions new mexican children in a b f skinner “walden ii” community help one another win together in a game of monopoly … here is b f skinner “operant conditioning” “positive reinforcement” [“negative reinforcement” is “blame”; “positive reinforcement” is “praise”] from the buddha:
Dhammapada Verses 227, 228, 229 and 230
Atula Upasaka Vatthu
Na cahu na ca bhavissati na cetarahi vijjati
ekantam nindito poso
ekantam va pasamsito.
Yam ce vinnu pasamsanti
anuvicca suve suve
acchiddavuttim medhavim
pannasilasamahitam.
Nikkham jambonadasseva1
ko tam ninditumarahati
devapi nam pasamsanti
brahmunapi pasamsito.
Verse 227: It is not new, O Atula! It has always been done from ancient times. They blame one who is silent, they blame one who speaks much, they blame one who speaks little. There is no one in this world who is not blamed.
Verse 228: There never has been, there never will be, nor is there now, anyone who is always blamed or always praised.
Verses 229 – 230: If the wise praise him day after day, knowing him to be truly faultless, wise and endowed with knowledge and virtue, who would blame him, who is like a nikkha of pure gold? The devas praise him; he is praised even by the great Brahmas.
1. nikkham jambonadasseva: like a nikkha of jambonada gold. Jambonada gold which comes from Jambu river is the finest gold. A nikkha can be a weight-unit of gold, an ornament or a coin.
] as witnessed by anandi but not by basan or gena …) his fellow school mate players in a game, nandu is “united nations/states” playing both devaddata in “competitively”/”unintentionally”/”unconsciously” tripping fellow players and playing siddhartha’s swan in getting his arm broken and playing siddhartha along with his fellow players in making up and healing social community of fellow school mates and continuing to be friends playing together as though nothing has happened …
http://www.bigbrothermouse.com/books/siddharthaswan-book.html Siddhartha and the Swan Many stories are told of the childhood of the Lord Buddha, who was then known as Siddhartha. In this story, the young prince befriends a swan, which is then shot by his cousin. In the end, Siddhartha helps his cousin learn about kindness to animals. The story has been retold by authors who are familiar with both Buddhist tradition and also with Western culture. retold by Adiccabandhu and Padmasri First published in 2009 :: Lao language :: 32 pages :: Paperback :: A6 This book was made possible with support from the Australian Embassy in Vientiane, Manoj and Bory Paul and A Sing (USA, Cambodia, India), and Peggy Horn (Australia). Thank you!
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After running Cruelty-Free Kitty for over 4 years and researching mainstream brands masquerading as cruelty-free and PETA certifying brands with lax criteria, I had my suspicions about Dove.
A huge international brand, owned by no other than Unilever… is now claiming to be cruelty-free?
Could they have pulled out of China? Could this be the beginning of the cruelty-free movement going maintream?
Nope. Unfortunately not.
The Pre-Market vs. Post-Market Dilemma
After looking into their policy, Dove still sells certain products in stores, in mainland China:
“We have changed which products we offer to Chinese consumers. The Chinese Authorities changed regulations in 2014 and now allow for certain cosmetics products that are manufactured in China to not require animal testing, and those are the products that we will be offering.”
While it’s true that the Chinese animal testing laws changed in 2014, I’ve posted time and time again about what these changes truly entail.
In a nutshell: yes, companies can sell certain products in China with no pre-market animal testing as long as these products are “simple use cosmetics” and manufactured in China — lucky for Dove!
But China also has post-market animal testing laws, and any company that chooses to sell cosmetics in mainland China must comply with these animal tests if the Chinese Authorities deem them necessary.
This is what Dove had to say about post-market animal testing:
“Post-market testing would only be required in the rare occurrence of a serious consumer safety concern. We have requested to the Chinese Authorities that they notify us if there were such a concern, so we can withdraw the product rather than it be subject to animal testing.”
So let’s suppose there was a “serious consumer safety concern” with one of Dove’s products.
Do you really think that the Chinese government, a government so concerned with product safety that they mandate animal testing for all foreign cosmetics sold in China, would give Dove a friendly notice instead of testing the potentially hazardous products as per protocol?
Of course not.
Post-market testing is the law.
Also note how Dove doesn’t state that they’re exempt from the post-market laws. They only state that they’ve “requested” to be notified if there’s a concern. If I request to be notified by my teacher if there’s a surprise pop quiz so I can leave, I’m pretty sure I won’t be off the hook that easily.
Is Dove really cruelty-free? No. They might be making an effort in that direction, but claiming they’re cruelty-free is a misleading statement.
Nothing More Than a Marketing Claim
Unilever, Dove’s parent company, has a world-class marketing department. They’ve recently come out with a pseudo-ethical brand called Love Beauty and Planet which is a brilliant example of greenwashing and appealing to the growing “ethical” segment of the market. They’re also running massively successful campaigns for Dove that market to “all women” (or worse, “real women”).
My theory is that Dove’s “cruelty-free” act is nothing more than a marketing tactic used to appeal to ethical consumers, which is a growing segment of the market. By positioning themselves as “cruelty-free”, Dove would have a huge advantage in the drugstore as the ONLY cruelty-free brand of affordable mainsteam shower gel or soap available.
Of course, they’re not willing to let go of their Chinese market profits to truly achieve the cruelty-free status they’re looking for. Like other brands, they want the best of both worlds: the Chinese market, and the ethical market.
And Dove has the funds for these massive PR stunts. They’re partnering with reputable organizations such as Humane Society International and PETA.
Why Did PETA Approve Dove?
Truth be told, PETA’s cruelty-free list has never been the most reliable. Their criteria is lax, making it easy for brands to quickly apply and get on the cruelty-free list without much (or any) verification — even when their actual policy is ambiguous within the company.
There’s also the unknown aspects which may or may not be going on behind the scenes. Does Unilever have any financial ties with PETA? Do they donate to PETA, just like they’ve partnered with Humane Society International? There’s only speculation at this point.
Welcome To The Grey Area, Dove
If a brand pulls out of China, its status changes to cruelty-free on my website as long as they (as well as suppliers and third-parties) don’t test on animals at any point.
Since Dove still sells in China and admits to potentially subject to post-market animal testing, I’ve moved the brand to the “grey area”. This means that it’s unclear whether or not Dove tests on animals, as they’ve avoided some animal tests in China but might still be subject to others.
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Chitrangada Singh in PETA and Joker AD against testing cosmetics on animalS in PVR on 28th Aug 2012 shown to userThe cruelty-free cosmetics con: The top make-up brands testing on animals abroad (and the ones you CAN trust) Since 2013, animal-tested cosmetics have been banned in the EU But a loophole means some ingredients can still be tested Companies who sell in China are required to animal test by law Brands involved include L’Oreal, Benefit, Estee Lauder and Bobbi Brown By ANNABEL FENWICK ELLIOTT FOR MAILONLINE PUBLISHED: 04:06 EST, 30 June 2015 | UPDATED: 03:17 EST, 20 August 2015ANIMALS ARE NOT OURS TO EXPERIMENT ON, EAT, WEAR, USE FOR ENTERTAINMENT, OR ABUSE IN ANY OTHER WAY.
What are little boys made of?
What are little boys made of?
Snips and snails
And puppy-dogs’ tails
That’s what little boys are made of
What are little girls made of?
What are little girls made of?
Sugar and spice
And everything nice [or “all things nice”]
That’s what little girls are made of[1]
The rhyme appears in many variant forms. For example, other versions may describe boys as being made of “snaps”, “frogs”,[2][3] “snakes”,[4] or “slugs”,[5] rather than “snips” as above.
Origins
In the earliest known versions, the first ingredient for boys is either “snips” or “snigs”,[6] the latter being a Cumbrian dialect word for a small eel.
The rhyme sometimes appears as part of a larger work called What Folks Are Made Of or What All the World Is Made Of. Other stanzas describe what babies, young men, young women, sailors, soldiers, nurses, fathers, mothers, old men, old women, and all folks are made of. According to Iona and Peter Opie, this first appears in a manuscript by the English poet Robert Southey (1774–1843), who added the stanzas other than the two below.[1] Though it is not mentioned elsewhere in his works or papers, it is generally agreed to be by him.[7]
supposedly when mother was pregnant with to^nan she had a lot of pigeon noodle soup … [die^~m is eating eel for her pregnancy … perhaps related to gia ba?o question about a fish dish …he came visit with ye^’n and wilson today 1/27/2019 …chim tro+`i ca’ bie^?n …or …. chim sa ca’ la(.n …]
Câu … “Mài dao dạy vợ” cũng có sự tích:
Xưa có một gia đình, mẹ chồng ở với nàng dâu thường hay xô xát, lục đục. Người con trai ở giữa khổ tâm vô hạn. Một hôm hắn mua một con dao bầu về mài. Vợ hỏi làm gì, hắn đáp rằng bởi mẹ chồng nàng dâu, không ở được với nhau, mà mẹ thì đã gần đất xa trời, chi bằng giết quách đi cho rảnh, khỏi phải nghe tiếng mắng chửi suốt ngày. Vợ nghe nói cảm động, từ đó có bớt nóng nảy. Một bữa khác, thấy chồng lại mài dao làm bộ giết mẹ thật, vợ hoảng hốt can chồng và xin ăn ở tốt với mẹ chồng. Ngược lại, mẹ chồng thấy con dâu đổi tính nết, cũng bỏ hẳn thói cũ[4]. https://www.sachhayonline.com/tua-sach/kho-tang-truyen-co-tich-viet-nam/giet-cho-khuyen-chong/1621 what to^nan was reading about time of following incidence at about the peak of the vietnwm war …
ba’c quy`nh (her attention seems to be not on supper but perhaps on a teaching lesson of some kind intended perhaps for to^nan seemingly since perhaps he was the only other person who noted the proceedings from some distance away from the dark kitchen–darkness simulates the guilt-free automatic conscientious state [book “flow” the fig leaves or entropy requirement around the bends in the way of the flow of past present and future feeds and is fed] of ‘have eyes/ears/mouth but as though could only see/hear/say good/goodness/godness/god” because ‘you’re ok/well; i’m ok/well” “muôn loài được bình thường sống lâu; everyone live well and long”) was with a maid/cook/butler in the kitchen when to^nan was aware of perhaps a chicken throat being cut for blood … it might have turned to^nan on to the [
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Con Anh, Con Em, Con Người Ta câu chuyện về trang trại gà và gia đình ông Bản, một gia đình “liên hiệp quốc” với những đứa con không chung huyết thống lại quần tụ một nhà. Để bảo vệ gia đình và những đứa trẻ thơ, ông đã phải cúi đầu nhẫn nhục chịu đựng cảnh vợ ngoại tình, dùng trí thông minh để xoay chiều tình thế khi gia đình đang có nguy cơ tan vỡ. Phim do Nguyễn Quang Minh làm đạo diễn, dựa theo tác phẩm “Đường Đời Vất Vả” của nhà văn Trần Văn Tuấn kể về những ông bố bà mẹ “rổ rá cạp lại” để tìm hạnh phúc và một mái ấm trọn vẹn cho các đứa con và bản thân mình. Con Anh Con Em Con Người Talà bi kịch của một gia đình “chắp vá” với nhiều mâu thuẫn trong môi trường kinh doanh gia cầm. Phim nêu lên bài học “Trong gia đình con nào cũng là con, hãy đối xử công bằng và thương yêu, đoàn kết lẫn nhau để tạo nên một gia đình lớn hạnh phúc, vững vàng trước sóng gió. Và trong kinh doanh, đồng tiền không phải là tất cả, người kinh doanh cần có cái tâm mới có thể phát triển thương hiệu bền vững lâu dài”. Câu chuyện Con Anh Con Em Con Người Ta cònđề cao lòng nhân hậu của người cha, cổ vũ tình yêu chân chính và phê phán tính thực dụng, lòng ganh tỵ và thói đố kỵ. Nhân vật chính trong phim là ông Bản (do NSƯT Công Ninh thủ vai) là một kỹ sư nông lâm, chủ trại gà An Hòa, chủ gia đình với 5 đứa con, trong đó có 3 đứa không có quan hệ máu thịt với ông (con riêng của 2 người vợ). Ngoài ra, ông còn là người đàn ông nhân hậu, sẵn sàng từ bỏ quyền lợi cá nhân để hy sinh cho vợ con, nhằm bảo vệ hạnh phúc toàn vẹn cho gia đình. Có thể thấy, ngoại hình của NSƯT Công Ninh đã hỗ trợ rất nhiều cho nhân vật ông Bản bởi vẻ hiền lành, khắc khổ của anh. Công Ninh cũng chính là nhân vật chính của bộ phim, bởi nhân vật này là người khởi điểm cho câu chuyện “con anh, con em, con người ta” mở nhiều mâu thuẫn chồng chéo trong gia đình. Bên cạnh đó, Huy Khánh thể hiện vai diễn Long Nguyên là chàng trai hiền lành, tốt bụng, luôn chấp nhận phần thiệt về mình trước bốn người em. Từ trước đến nay, Huy Khánh luôn được “đo ni” trong các vai ác, thâm hiểm, tính cách hai mặt. Với Long Nguyên, đây là một thử thách khá lớn cho anh, bởi gương mặt “trai đểu” đã được khắc nét khá sâu trong lòng khán giả xem phim truyền hình nhiều năm nay. Nhưng Huy Khánh đã thể hiện thành công hình tượng hiền lành, chân thật, đôi lúc khù khờ của một người anh thương yêu, hy sinh vì các em. Con Anh Con Em Con Người Ta, khán giả ấn tượng với nhiều cảnh quay của nhân vật Phong (Trọng Nhân thể hiện) đấu đá với anh trai Long Nguyên. Phong là vai phản diện – một chàng trai ngỗ ngược, xấc xược hay ăn hiếp mọi người, nhất là anh của mình. Cậu luôn ỷ mình là con ruột của ông Bản và Long Nguyên là con riêng của người vợ trước nên nhiều lần ăn hiếp, dằn vặt anh trai. Những phân cảnh hai anh em nghi kị, hiểu lầm song song với tình yêu mà cả hai người dành cho cô em gái tên Hương (Hồng Kim Hạnh) đã tạo nên nhiều thú vị, cuốn hút nơi người xem. Con Anh Con Em Con Người Ta không chỉ chứa những bi kịch, phim còn đan xen nhiều tình huống éo le, hài hước giữa nghệ sĩ hài Phương Dung (trong vai bà Hạnh) cùng Vũ Ngọc Ánh (vai cô con gái Kim Ngọc), giúp khán giả có những tràng cười sảng khoái. Diễn viên Phương Dung trong vai người vợ sau của ông Bản đã thể hiện khá thành công hình ảnh người mẹ độc tài, ích kỷ, luôn muốn có những quyền lợi cho những đứa con riêng của mình. Bộ phim Con Anh Con Em Con Người Ta lên sóng HTV7 ngày 21/4/2016 với nhiều yếu tố “hỉ nộ ái ố”, hứa hẹn sẽ tác động đến trái tim người xem và khán giả sẽ thú vị với từng số phận nhân vật mà họ đang theo dõi. NSƯT Công Ninh chia sẻ về vai diễn trong Con Anh Con Em Con Người Ta: “Có thể nói, những vai diễn người cha tôi đóng như nhân vật cha Đậu Đũa (phim Mẹ Con Đậu Đũa), ông Bản (phim Con Anh Con Em Con Người Ta), hay mới đây là trong Vòng Eo 56 đều có một tình thương quá lớn đối với những đứa con và sẵn sàng hy sinh bản thân mình cho hạnh phúc của con. Đó là điểm chung trong các bộ phim. Riêng với Con Anh Con Em Con Người Ta, ông Bản hy sinh gần như cả cuộc đời ông ấy cho những đứa con ruột và ngay cả con nuôi, dù không chung ruột rà huyết thống. Ông không màng đến cuộc sống cá nhân mà sống vì con cái, vì gia đình. Đây là điểm chính yếu trong cá tính của nhân vật này”. NSƯT Công Ninh còn chia sẻ thêm: “Ngoài đời sống cũng có những người đàn ông như vậy, vì khi mình thương một người phụ nữ mà cuộc sống người phụ nữ đó gắn liền với đứa con của họ, mình có yêu thương con họ thì họ mới có thể yêu thương con mình và cả hai mới hạnh phúc lâu dài được”. Bên cạnh đó, NSƯT Công Ninh còn chia sẻ thêm về Long Nguyên (nhân vật do Huy Khánh thể hiện) trong phim: “Long Nguyên trong phim đã chịu quá nhiều bất hạnh, thực ra ông Bản ưu ái hơn và yêu thương, chăm sóc kĩ lưỡng hơn để cho đứa con này bớt sự tự ti. Trong tâm lý người cha, họ thường thể hiện điều đó để khỏa lấp sự thiệt thòi khi có nhiều đứa con trong gia đình”. Điều đạo diễn Nguyễn Quang Minh tâm đắc nhất trong Con Anh Con Em Con Người Ta là đã có nhiều bộ phim miêu tả người phụ nữ “chịu thương chịu khó” nhưng với phim này nhân vật ông Bản được ca ngợi là người đàn ông, người cha luôn tìm cách yêu thương và dung hòa những đứa con không cùng huyết thống để con ruột, con của vợ khi lỡ lầm ngoại tình đều yêu thương nhau. Mối quan hệ đan chéo cùng nhiều lớp quá khứ, hiện tại của phim sẽ giúp khán giả bị “hút” vào bộ phim này. Nguyễn Quang Minh cũng chia sẻ: “Con của người vợ trước đã chết và con của người vợ sau, con chung, con riêng do ngoại tình, tôi phải tả làm sao cho khán giả hiểu hết mối quan hệ phức tạp này, thì họ mới bị cuốn theo các tình huống phát sinh kịch tính tiếp sau đó.” Khi quay Con Anh Con Em Con Người Ta, anh cũng vấp phải nhiều khó khăn như lúc quay phim trong trại gà khi người vào quá đông, gà nghe hơi người sẽ “lăn” ra chết hàng loạt, hoặc gà “nín” đẻ, nên nhiều chủ trại gà hạn chế và không cho đoàn phim quay. Cuối cùng, đoàn phim phải mua gà để góp vào thêm và chủ trại gà sau nhiều lần thuyết phục, họ cũng hỗ trợ nhưng còn e dè. Đoàn phim của anh quay nhiều nơi ở Định Quán (Đồng Nai), Củ Chi, Bình Chánh, Hóc Môn, Long An… Anh cùng đoàn đi nhiều nơi để chọn bối cảnh phù hợp cho bộ phim. Bộ phim Con Anh Con Em Con Người Ta với đề tài lạ, khán giả khi theo dõi sẽ bị cuốn vào mảng gia đình chứ không phải về tình yêu đôi lứa hay hận thù đấu đá trong công ty. Phim không kể về những câu chuyện “nhà lầu xe hơi” mà đi sâu vào “hang cùng ngõ hẻm” nơi vùng quê với những mối quan hệ gia đình khiến khán giả dễ có cảm xúc và đón nhận bộ phim nhiều hơn. Diễn viên nữ Hồng Kim Hạnh chia sẻ về vai diễn trong phim: “Vai diễn Hương trong phim khiến Hạnh nhiều hôm nằm mơ thấy mình là nhân vật. Có những ngày về nhà, Hạnh mang nỗi buồn của nhân vật vào trong cuộc sống của mình. Lúc đóng xong phim này, Hạnh tự hứa với lòng sẽ không bao giờ nhận vai bi nữa vì nó áp lực với riêng bản thân Hạnh quá nhiều”. “Trong Con Anh Con Em Con Người Ta, tính trung bình cả bộ phim, nếu 200 phân đoạn thì 85% là cảnh khóc. Có ngày Hồng Kim Hạnh phảiquay 10 cảnh khóc, cảm giác như năng lượng đầu tư cho những cảnh khóc không thể hoàn thành 100%. Một ngày mà Hồng Kim Hạnh không giải quyết được 6 tới 10 cảnh khóc thì không phải là nhân vật của Hạnh bởi nhân vật Hương trong phim quá u uất và không có những cảnh vui tươi đan xen cho mình dễ thở được. Trước khi nhận vai, Hạnh đã mổ mắt cận nên mắt thường khô, lúc nhận phim Hạnh cũng rất lo. Vai diễn này căng thẳng từ đầu cho đến gần cuối phim nên có lúc Hạnh muốn chọc cười mọi người cũng không được. Các anh chị em diễn viên hay chọc Hạnh là người u uất nhất đoàn và là một cô gái lạnh lùng”. Sau khi hoàn thành xong bộ phim, Hạnh mới hiểu được rằng mình phải đạt được đến cảm xúc của nhân vật thì mình mới diễn tốt được những vai bi. Qua Con Anh Con Em Con Người Ta, Hồng Kim Hạnh cảm thấy kỹ năng, độ hiểu của mình về các nhân vật đã có độ chín. Sau này nếu nhận vai bi Hạnh sẽ có thêm kinh nghiệm giữ nguyên mạch cảm xúc trong lúc diễn. Đây chính là kinh nghiệm lớn nhất Hạnh học được. Phim có sự tham gia của các diễn viên: Huy Khánh, Hồng Kim Hạnh, NSUT Công Ninh, NSƯT Việt Anh, Phương Dung, Trọng Nhân, Vũ Ngọc Ánh, Quang Thái, Quang Hòa, Bảo Trí, Ngọc Lan,… Sản xuất : M&T PICTURES Thời lượng : 32 tập/ 45 phút Thể loại : Tâm lý tình cảm gia đình, hài Đạo diễn : Nguyễn Quang Minh Biên kịch : Cầm Linh (Chuyển thể từ tác phẩm “Đường Đời Vất Vả“ của nhà văn Trần Văn Tuấn) Âm nhạc : Phạm Hải ĐăngPage(s): 1 Title: Vietnamese refugees in the South China Sea Date: 1979 Keywords: refugees, immigration, boat, sea Record creator: Department of Immigration and Ethnic Affairs Reference: A12111, 2/1979/46A/46
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20Then Job arose, and rent his mantle, and shaved his head, and fell down upon the ground, and worshipped,
21And said, Naked came I out of my mother’s womb, and naked shall I return thither: the LORD gave, and the LORD hath taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD.
22In all this Job sinned not, nor charged God foolishly.
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The Complicated Practices of Egg Farmers: Chicken Selection, X-Ray Vision, and a Game of Whack-a-Mole
by Jenna Griffin, Industry Development Officer, EFA |
Farmers today face ever-present challenges: technical, environmental, and reputational. The need to produce more food with fewer resources is one of the defining challenges of our time. It will take folks from all walks of life steering the boat in the same direction to get to where we need to be. From global warming to animal care to the never ending quarrels over GMOs, farmers are often, for some reason, imagined as the villains in a drama where high moral standards are reserved for a select few. Innovations that will make agriculture even more productive and ‘industrial’ are attracting investment into agriculture, but are also calling into question why it is that farmers do the things they do, and if they should be doing so in the first place.
Blog-22Aug16-01Here is a ’did you know?’ that might make you stop and think: a chicken is not just a chicken. Depending on what they are bred for, modern chickens are either “layers” or “broilers.” Bred, of course, to lay eggs, layers can lay more than 250 eggs per year, while their ancestors laid about two dozen eggs annually. The current population in Alberta is over 4 million people. Can you imagine trying to provide enough eggs for 4 million people without that genetic improvement? You would probably need somewhere in the neighbourhood of 30 million birds! There are currently about 2 million layers in Alberta that are meeting the demand for fresh, high quality, local eggs.
In June, Egg Farmers of Canada (EFC) released an independent study conducted by Global Ecologic Environmental Consulting and Management Services, which found that the environmental footprint of Canada’s egg production supply chain declined by almost 50% during the period from 1962 to 2012. We should be celebrating! Among its findings, the study concluded that the egg production supply chain’s life cycle energy, land and water use decreased by 41%, 81% and 69%, respectively. According to the report’s findings, increased environmental sustainability within the egg industry can be attributed to several factors, including changing the feed composition, which is an important contributor to reducing the supple chain’s carbon footprint, fertilizers, improved animal health, and higher productivity in pullet and egg production (ie: the aforementioned genetic improvement from breeding).
There is a caveat to this genetic shift though, which is that layers do not grow big enough or fast enough to be used for meat. The same selective breeding process that produced laying hens capable of such efficiency has resulted in broiler growth increasing by over 400% from 1957 to 2005, with a 50% reduction in the feed required per kg of meat. Simply put, meat birds aren’t good layers, layer birds aren’t good meat, and dual-purpose birds aren’t too great at either.
As an aside, that isn’t to say there isn’t inherent value in some of the dual-purpose breeds of the past, typically dubbed Heritage Hens. In fact, Egg Farmers of Alberta (EFA) is a proud supporter of the Heritage Hen program of the Poultry Research Centre at the University of Alberta. Through that program, eggs from Heritage Hens are sold to help support genetic conservation of the rare breeds housed at the university. Genetic diversity to select for hardiness, heat tolerance, and resistance to disease may all be critical in the future, as climate change, feed availability and failing food security could all lead to shortages of current optimal dietary ingredients for feeding livestock. Poultry with more genetic diversity could prove more competitive and adaptable to lesser quality feed ingredients, water shortages or climate issues in the future.
Brace yourself, here comes another ’did you know?’. For the above genetic reasons, all of the non-egg-producing males of the layer breeds are euthanized soon after hatching. Although it’s obvious why, the question remains; ethically, do we find it acceptable?
I think it is absolutely critical that when contemplating these matters, we look at the alternatives. My husband is always keen to point out when I, as a perfectionist, have fallen into the trap of something called the Nirvana Fallacy. The Nirvana Fallacy is the tendency to assume that there is a perfect solution to a problem and compare actual situations with idealized alternatives. Under this fallacy, the choice is not between real world solutions; it is a choice between one realistically achievable possibility and another unrealistic solution that could in some way be ‘better’.
Blog-22Aug16-02I always like to ask people who criticize, in any situation, how they want to do it so that it is better? Then we walk through the proposed alternatives and determine if they are realistic. It is easy to say that farmers should simply rear the male birds, but at what environmental cost? Are we willing to give back those environmental gains that are so critical to being able to feed our growing population? Should the egg industry strive to do better? Absolutely, but ‘better’ rarely means perfect, and rarely looks like the idealized version we imagined.
Sometimes, knowing we need to do better is more important than answering why we do what we do. The ‘why’, however, should serve to illustrate the fact that farmers aren’t villains putting aside the needs of animals and the ethics of society for personal profit; they are simply people trying to do the best they can, with the tools they have available, factoring in the myriad of trade-offs and decisions they need to make along the way. So here it is: the egg industry is not perfect, but we know where we need to improve, and we’re working on it.
Blog-22Aug16-03So what are the alternatives to euthanizing day-old chicks? I love it when science plays along and helps us out. Here is the next ‘did you know?’. The sex of the egg is actually determined in the hen before it is even laid! So, wouldn’t it be great if we could separate the ‘male’ and ‘female’ eggs before incubation, when eggs are still just eggs? No differentiated embryo. Eggs that would develop to be male can be used for egg products, while the female eggs can be incubated to give female chicks.
Research funded by Egg Farmers of Ontario (EFO) and conducted at the University of McGill, has created a non-invasive technology that can determine whether an egg is fertile and whether the developing chick inside is a male or female. This determination is undertaken on the day the egg is laid, using the magic of hyperspectral imaging. Hyperspectral imaging helps us see wavelengths we wouldn’t otherwise be able to see, to identify small bits of the egg that differ between eggs that will develop to be male, and those that will develop to be female. So, in a way, it’s like superhero egg-sorting x-ray vision, which is very industrial and high-tech, but that’s ok! I’m confident that one day soon, this technology will be taken up by hatcheries around the world, but it is still very much exploratory. As an example of just one of the challenges, current feather gender identification post-hatch is 99% accurate. If that accuracy drops to 95%, thousands of male chicks will be sent to pullet growers, who will ultimately have to euthanize them, or rear and misallocate feed toward birds that will ultimately not be productive or consumed. So really, without that accuracy, the hatchery would be passing off the problem to someone else to deal with. I know of one hatchery that has put their expansion plans on hold, waiting for the availability of this technology.
Blog-22Aug16-04Sometimes the technical, environmental, and reputational challenges in agriculture can feel like a game of whack-a-mole. Farmers want to know more about best practices and want access to workable strategies to improve, but for every challenge knocked down, a new one pops up. It can be easy to feel frustrated and wish for the idealized scenario, but we have to remember that the effort to improve certainly isn’t futile; as an industry, we have, and continue to make progress! http://eggs.ab.ca/about/efa-blog/the-complicated-practices-of-egg-farmers-chicken-selection-x-ray-vision-and-a-game-of-whack-a-mole/
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because god cares and provides for even the lilies of the valley and the sparrow how much more would god care and provide for you trời sinh trời dưỡng bác quỳnh provided an alternative with her right hand taking tônan to various buddhist temples such as đại giác vĩnh nghiêm etc for free lunch such as minced potato carrot celery tofu succotash that she later made at home for tônan and it became one of his favorite dishes … for the occasion of this note die^~m–even though she is pregnant–made a similar dish that mother likes and on chinese new year too when we have ba’nh chu+ng from san jose … when he was visiting with ye^’n (
Apple concedes defeat to Taylor Swift in fight over Apple Music artist payments Michelle Jaworski— 2015-06-22 09:06 am | Last updated 2015-12-11 02:11 pm
From inception to launch, here’s an inside look at Swift — courtesy of its creator, Apple developer tools director Chris Lattner.
According to Lattner, who’s worked at Apple since 2005, the development of Swift began in July of 2010. Lattner explains in a blog post that he alone “implemented much of the basic language structure, with only a few people knowing of its existence.”
The language did not become a major focus for the Apple Developer Tools group until 2013, but “a few other (amazing) people started contributing in earnest late in 2011,” Lattner says.
And as with all programming languages, Swift benefits “from the experiences hard-won by many other languages.”
Xcode Playgrounds
The Xcode Playgrounds feature was “a personal passion of mine,” says Lattner. A key counterpart to Swift, Apple touts that Playgrounds “make writing Swift code incredibly interactive by instantly displaying the output of Swift code.”
Lattner shares that the Playgrounds feature was “heavily influenced by Bret Victor‘s ideas, by Light Table and by many other interactive systems.”
Above: A look at Swift’s “Playground” development environment.Image Credit: Apple
Ultimately, Lattner hopes that “by making programming more approachable and fun, [Apple will] appeal to the next generation of programmers and to help redefine how Computer Science is taught.”
That goal was hardly touched upon by software engineering VP Craig Federighi during Apple’s WWDC keynote, but it represents an interesting ambition for Apple: to bring its famous usability expertise into its own software creation tools.
“Sighs and collective shock erupted” when Swift was first announced, as VentureBeat’s Richard Reilly wrote today; but since then, developer interest appears incredibly strong. In just one day, the Swift reference book was downloaded 370,000 times via iBooks.
Description English: This image shows a red Poinsettia (Euphorbia pulcherrima). Deutsch: Dieses Bild zeigt einen Weihnachtsstern (Euphorbia pulcherrima) in rot. Camera data Camera Nikon D70 Lens Nikon 18-70 AF-S DX / 3.5-4.5 G IF-ED Focal length 29 mm Aperture f/8 Exposure time 1/500 s Sensivity ISO 200 Please help translating the description into more languages. Thanks a lot! If you want a license with the conditions of your choice, please email me to negotiate terms. best new image image Date 4 November 2004 Source Own work Author André Karwath aka Aka Permission (Reusing this file) w:en:Creative Commons attribution share alike This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.5 Generic license. You are free: to share – to copy, distribute and transmit the work to remix – to adapt the work Under the following conditions: attribution – You must give appropriate credit, provide https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poinsettia
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The poinsettia (/pɔɪnˈsɛtiə/ or /pɔɪnˈsɛtə/)[1][2] (Euphorbia pulcherrima) (also known as Christmas Star) is a commercially important plant species of the diverse spurge family (Euphorbiaceae). The species is indigenous to Mexico. It is particularly well known for its red and green foliage and is widely used in Christmas floral displays. It derives its common English name from Joel Roberts Poinsett,[3] the first United States Minister to Mexico,[4] who introduced the plant to the US in 1825.
Description
Euphorbia pulcherrima is a shrub or small tree, typically reaching a height of 0.6–4 metres (2–13 ft). The plant bears dark green dentate leaves that measure 7–16 centimetres (2.8–6.3 in) in length. The colored bracts—which are most often flaming red but can be orange, pale green, cream, pink, white, or marbled—are often mistaken for flower petals because of their groupings and colors, but are actually leaves.[5][6] The colors of the bracts are created through photoperiodism, meaning that they require darkness (12 hours at a time for at least five days in a row) to change color. At the same time, the plants require abundant light during the day for the brightest color.[7]
The flowers of the poinsettia are unassuming and do not attract pollinators. They are grouped within small yellow structures found in the center of each leaf bunch, and are called cyathia.[8]
The poinsettia is native to Mexico.[9] It is found in the wild in deciduous tropical forests at moderate elevations from southern Sinaloa down the entire Pacific coast of Mexico to Chiapas and Guatemala. It is also found in the interior in the hot, seasonally dry forests of Guerrero, Oaxaca, and Chiapas.[10] Reports of E. pulcherrima growing in the wild in Nicaragua and Costa Rica have yet to be confirmed by botanists.[11]
Religious and other traditional associations
The Aztecs used the plant to produce red dye and as an antipyretic medication.[8] In Nahuatl, the language of the Aztecs, the plant is called Cuetlaxochitl, meaning “flower that grows in residues or soil”[8] Today it is known in Mexico and Guatemala as Flor de Nochebuena, meaning Christmas Eve Flower.[8] In Spain it is known as Flor de Pascua or Pascua, meaning Easter flower.[8] In Chile and Peru, the plant became known as Crown of the Andes.[8]
The plant’s association with Christmas began in 16th-century Mexico, where legend tells of a girl, commonly called Pepita or Maria, who was too poor to provide a gift for the celebration of Jesus‘ birthday and was inspired by an angel to gather weeds from the roadside and place them in front of the church altar.[12] Crimson blossoms sprouted from the weeds and became poinsettias.[13] From the 17th century, Franciscan friars in Mexico included the plants in their Christmas celebrations.[14] The star-shaped leaf pattern is said to symbolize the Star of Bethlehem, and the red color represents the bloodsacrifice through the crucifixion of Jesus.[15]
Poinsettias are popular Christmas decorations[3] in homes, churches, offices, and elsewhere across North America. They are available in large numbers from grocery, drug, and hardware stores. In the United States, December 12 is National Poinsettia Day.[16]
Creation of the American poinsettia industry
Albert Ecke emigrated from Germany to Los Angeles in 1900, opening a dairy and orchard in the Eagle Rock area. He became intrigued by the plant and sold them from street stands. His son, Paul Ecke, developed the grafting technique, but it was the third generation of Eckes, Paul Ecke Jr., who was responsible for advancing the association between the plant and Christmas.[17]
Besides changing the market from mature plants shipped by rail to cuttingssent by air, he sent free plants to television stations for them to display on air from Thanksgiving to Christmas. He also appeared on television programs like The Tonight Show and Bob Hope‘s Christmas specials to promote the plants.[17]
Until the 1990s, the Ecke family, who had moved their operation to Encinitas, California, in 1923, had a virtual monopoly on poinsettias owing to a technique that made their plants much more attractive.[18] They produced a fuller, more compact plant by grafting two varieties of poinsettia together. A poinsettia left to grow on its own will naturally take an open, somewhat weedy look. The Eckes’ technique made it possible to get every seedling to branch, resulting in a bushier plant.[18]
In the late 1980s, university researcher John Dole[19] discovered the method previously known only to the Eckes and published it,[20] allowing competitors to flourish, particularly those using low-cost labor in Latin America. The Ecke family’s business, now led by Paul Ecke III, decided to stop producing plants in the U.S., but as of 2008, they still serve about 70 percent of the domestic market and 50 percent of the worldwide market.[17]
Cultivation
The poinsettia has been cultivated in Egypt since the 1860s, when it was brought from Mexico during the Egyptian campaign. It is called bent el consul, “the consul’s daughter”, referring to the U.S. ambassador Joel Poinsett.[11]
There are over 100 cultivated varieties of poinsettia.[8][21]
In areas outside its natural environment, it is commonly grown as an indoor plant where it prefers good morning sun, then shade in the hotter part of the day. Contrary to popular belief, flowering poinsettias can be kept outside, even during winter, as long as they are kept frost-free. It is widely grown and very popular in subtropical climates such as Australia, Rwanda and Malta.[22]
The plant requires a daily period of uninterrupted long, dark nights followed by bright sunny days for around two months in autumn in order to encourage it to develop colored bracts.[citation needed] Any incidental light during these nights (from a nearby television set, from under a door frame, even from passing cars or street lights) hampers bract production. Commercial production of poinsettia has been done by placing them inside a greenhouse and covering the latter completely to imitate the natural biological situation.[citation needed]
To produce extra axillary buds that are necessary for plants containing multiple flowers, a phytoplasma infection—whose symptoms include the proliferation of axillary buds—is used.[23] The discovery of the role phytoplasmas play in the growth of axillary buds is credited to Ing-Ming Lee of the USDAAgricultural Research Service.[24]
Poinsettias are susceptible to several diseases, mostly fungal, but also bacterial and parasitic.
Toxicity claims
In the United States and perhaps elsewhere, there is a common misconception that the poinsettia is highly toxic. This misconception was spread by a 1919 urban legend of a two-year-old child dying after consuming a poinsettia leaf.[25]
While the sap and latex of many plants of the spurge genus are indeed toxic,[26] the poinsettia’s toxicity is relatively mild. Its latex can cause an allergic reaction in sensitive individuals.[27] It is also mildly irritating to the skin or stomach[9] and may sometimes cause diarrhea and vomiting if eaten.[28]Sapintroduced into the human eye may cause temporary blindness.[29]
An American Journal of Emergency Medicine study of 22,793 cases reported to the American Association of Poison Control Centers showed no fatalities, and furthermore that a strong majority of poinsettia exposures are accidental, involve children, and usually do not result in any type of medical treatment.[30]POISINDEX, a major source for poison control centers, says a 50 lb (23 kg) child would have to eat 500 bracts (poinsettia leaves) to accumulate levels of toxins found to be harmful in experiments.[25] An Ohio State University study showed no problems even with extremely large doses.[31]
References
Wells, John C. (1990). Longman Pronunciation Dictionary. Harlow, England: Longman. ISBN978-0-582-05383-0. entry “poinsettia”
“poinsettia”. Dictionary.com. Retrieved December 15, 2012.
^ ab Bussell, Gene (December 2009). “Get Ready for Holiday Flowers”. Southern Living. 44 (12): 88.
Trejo, L., M. E. Olson, P. Feria, K. M. Olsen, L. E. Eguiarte, B. Arroyo y J. A. Gruhn. 2012. “Poinsettia’s wild ancestor in the Mexican dry tropics: historical, genetic, and environmental evidence.” American Journal of Botany 99: 1146–1157.
^ ab Joel Roberts Poinsett. Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, 6th Edition [serial online]. November 2011;:1. Available from: Academic Search Complete, Ipswich, MA. Accessed November 8, 2012
Bánh chưng is a traditional Vietnamese rice cake which is made from glutinous rice, mung beans, pork and other ingredients.[1] Its origin is told by the legend of Lang Liêu, a prince of the last king of the Sixth Hùng Dynasty, who became the successor thanks to his creation of bánh chưng and bánh giầy, which symbolized, respectively, the Earth and the Sky (bánh chưng is the Earth and bánh giầy is the Sky). Considered an essential element of the family altar on the occasion of tết, the making and eating of bánh chưng during this time is a well-preserved tradition of Vietnamese people. Beside the tết holiday, bánh chưngis also eaten all year round as Vietnamese cuisine.
Origin and symbol
According to the book Lĩnh Nam chích quái (Extraordinary stories of Lĩnh Nam) published in 1695, the creation of bánh chưng was credited to Lang Liêu, a prince of the last sixth hùng king of the hùng dynasty (c. 1712 – 1632 BC). It was said that in choosing a successor among his sons, the monarch decided to carry out a competition in which each prince brought a delicacy representing the sincerity for the ancestors on the occasion of the tết, whoever could introduce the most delicious dish for the altar would become the next ruler of the country. While other princes tried to find the rare and delicious foods from forest and sea, the eighteenth prince, Lang Liêu, who was the poorest son of the Hùng king, could not afford such luxurious dishes and had to be content with everyday ingredients, such as rice and pork. Finally, he created one cake in the square form of earth called bánh chưng and one in the round form of sky called bánh giầy from these simple ingredients. In tasting the dishes offered by his son, the Hùng king found bánh chưng and bánh giầy not only delicious but also a fine representation of the respect for ancestors. Therefore, he decided to cede the throne to Lang Liêu and bánh chưng, bánh giầy became traditional foods during the tết.[2][3][4]Lang Liêu founded the Seventh Hùng dynasty (c. 1631 – 1432 BC).
Considered an indispensable dish of the Tết, bánh chưng is placed in the family altars in order to honor the ancestors and pray them to support the family in the new year.[5] Wrapped in a green square package, bánh chưng symbolizes the Earth,[6] the variant ingredients of bánh chưng which comes from all the products of nature also emphasize the meaning of bánh chưng with Vietnamese people.
History and tradition
Bánh chưng is always considered an essential element of a traditional Tết, which is described by a popular couplet:[6]
Vietnamese: Thịt mỡ, dưa hành, câu đối đỏ Cây nêu, tràng pháo, bánh chưng xanh
Translate: Rich meats, Pickled onions, red couplets
Nêu tree, firecracker, green bánh chưng
Bánh chưng (“chưng” trong “chưng cất”, nghĩa là hấp nước, nhưng thực tế bánh được nấu bằng cách luộc) là một loại bánh truyền thống của dân tộc Việtnhằm thể hiện lòng biết ơn của con cháu đối với cha ông và đất trời xứ sở. Nguyên liệu làm bánh chưng gồm gạo nếp, đậu xanh, thịt lợn, lá dong và bánh thường được làm vào các dịp Tết cổ truyền của dân tộc Việt, cũng như ngày giổ tổ Hùng Vương) (mùng 10 tháng 3 âm lịch).
Sự tích
Là loại bánh duy nhất có lịch sử lâu đời trong ẩm thực truyền thống Việt Nam còn được sử sách nhắc lại, bánh chưng có vị trí đặc biệt trong tâm thức của cộng đồng người Việt và nguồn gốc của nó về truyền thuyết liên quan đến hoàng tử Lang Liêu vào đời vua Hùng thứ 6. Sự tích trên muốn nhắc nhở con cháu về truyền thống của dân tộc; là lời giải thích ý nghĩa cũng như nguồn cội của Bánh Chưng, Bánh Giầy trong văn hóa, đồng thời nhấn mạnh tầm quan trọng của cây lúa và thiên nhiên trong nền văn hoá lúa nước.
Theo cuốn Lĩnh Nam Chích Quái, mục “Truyện bánh chưng” (Chưng bính truyện-蒸餅傳):
Vua Hùng sau khi phá xong giặc Ân rồi, trong nước thái bình, nên lo việc truyền ngôi cho con, mới hội họp hai mươi hai vị quan lang công tử lại mà bảo rằng: “Đứa nào làm vừa lòng ta, cuối năm đem trân cam mỹ vị đến dâng cúng Tiên Vương cho tròn đạo hiếu thì ta sẽ truyền ngôi cho”.
Các công tử đua nhau đi tìm các vị trân kỳ, hoặc săn bắn, chài lưới, hoặc đổi chác, đều là của ngon vật lạ, nhiều không biết bao nhiêu mà kể. Duy có công tử thứ mười tám tên là Lang Liêu, mẹ hàn vi, đã bị bệnh qua đời rồi, trong nhà lại ít người nên khó bề toan tính, ngày đêm lo lắng, ăn ngủ không yên. Chợt nằm mơ thấy thần nhân bảo rằng: “Trong trời đất không có vật gì quý bằng gạo, vì gạo là vật để nuôi dân khỏe mạnh, ăn mãi không chán, không có vật gì hơn được. Nếu giã gạo nếp gói thành hình tròn để tượng trưng cho Trời, hoặc lấy lá gói thành hình vuông để tượng trưng cho Đất, ở trong làm nhân ngon, bắt chước hình trạng trời đất bao hàm vạn vật, ngụ ý công ơn dưỡng dục của cha mẹ, như thế thì lòng cha sẽ vui, nhà ngươi chắc được ngôi quý”. Lang Liêu giật mình tỉnh dậy, vui mừng nghĩ rằng “Thần minh giúp ta, ta nên bắt chước theo mà làm”. Lang Liêu bèn lựa nếp hạt trắng tinh, không sứt mẻ, đem vo cho sạch, rồi lấy lá xanh gói thành hình vuông, bỏ nhân ngon vào giữa, đem nấu chín tượng trưng cho Đất, gọi là bánh chưng. Lại lấy nếp nấu xôi đem quết cho nhuyễn, nhào thành hình tròn để tượng trưng cho Trời, gọi là bánh dày. Đúng kỳ hẹn, Vua hội họp các con lại trưng bày phẩm vật. Các con đem dâng không thiếu thứ gì, duy chỉ có Lang Liêu đem bánh hình tròn, bánh hình vuông đến dâng. Hùng Vương lấy làm lạ hỏi Lang Liêu, Lang Liêu trình bày như lời thần nhân đã bảo. Vua nếm thử thì thấy vị ngon vừa miệng ăn không chán, phẩm vật của các công tử khác không làm sao hơn được. Vua khen ngợi hồi lâu, rồi cho Lang Liêu được giải nhất. Vua dùng thứ bánh ấy để cung phụng cha mẹ trong các dịp lễ tết cuối năm. Thiên hạ mọi người đều bắt chước theo. Tục này còn truyền cho đến bây giờ, lấy tên của Lang Liêu, gọi là Tết Liệu. Hùng Vương truyền ngôi cho Lang Liêu; hai mươi mốt anh em kia đều chia nhau giữ các phiên trấn, lập làm bộ đảng, trấn thủ những nơi núi non hiểm trở. Về sau, anh em tranh giành lẫn nhau, mỗi người dựng “mộc sách” (hàng rào cây bằng gỗ) để che kín, phòng vệ. Vì thế, mới gọi là Sách, hay là Trại, là Trang, là Phường. Sách, hay Trại, Trang, Phường bắt đầu có từ đây vậy
Quan niệm truyền thống
Theo quan niệm phổ biến hiện nay, cùng với bánh giầy, bánh chưng tượng trưng cho quan niệm về vũ trụ của người Việt xưa. Bánh có màu xanh lá cây, hình vuông, được coi là đặc trưng cho đất trong tín ngưỡng của người Việt cổ và các dân tộc khác trong khu vực châu Á. Tuy nhiên, theo Giáo sư Trần Quốc Vượng, bánh chưng nguyên thủy có hình tròn và dài, giống như bánh tét, đồng thời bánh chưng và bánh giầy tượng trưng cho nam và nữ trong tín ngưỡng phồn thực Việt Nam[1]. Bánh tét, thay thế vị trí của bánh chưng vào các dịp Tếttrong cộng đồng người Việt ở miền nam Việt Nam, theo Trần Quốc Vượng đây là dạng nguyên thủy của bánh chưng.
Gói và nấu bánh chưng, ngồi canh nồi bánh chưng trên bếp lửa đã trở thành một tập quán, văn hóa sống trong các gia đình người Việt mỗi dịp tết đến xuân về.
Khi sêu tết nhau tặng bánh chưng thì người Việt có lệ tặng một cặp bánh chứ không tặng một cái lẻ.
Bánh chưng dài
Một số vùng, trong đó có Phú Thọ – vùng trung du đất Tổ của các vua Hùng, không thịnh hành gói bánh chưng hình vuông mà gói dạng tròn dài, gọi là “bánh chưng dài”, hay “bánh tày”.[cần dẫn nguồn] Bánh tày còn là loại bánh Tết ở Kinh Bắc và tại nhiều vùng dân tộc thiểu số miền Bắc Việt Nam. (Xem bài bánh tét)
Bánh chưng dài thường được gói với rất ít đỗ (đậu xanh), và rất ít hoặc không có thịt, mục đích để dành ăn lâu dài vào những ngày sau tết, xắt thành từng lát bánh rán vàng giòn hơn và ăn ngon hơn. Bánh chưng dài có thể dùng lá chuối, lá chít thay cho lá dong, với 2 đến 4 lá xếp theo chiều dọc, rải gạo, đỗ theo chiều của lá và quấn bằng lạt giang đã được nối bằng phương thức đặc biệt để bó chặt chiếc bánh.
Cũng thường thấy một kiểu bánh chưng khác, bánh chưng ngọt, không sử dụng thịt trong nhân bánh, đường trắng được trộn đều vào gạo và đỗ. Một số vùng khi thực hiện bánh chưng ngọt còn trộn gạo với gấc, cho màu đỏ đẹp. Khi gói bánh chưng ngọt thường người ta không quay mặt xanh của lá dong vào trong.
Bánh chưng trong thơ văn
Trong câu đối phổ biến về sản vật ngày Tết, người ta thấy sự có mặt của bánh chưng như một giá trị vật chất và tinh thần không thể thiếu trong dân tộc Việt Nam:
Succotash (from Narragansettsohquttahhash, “broken corn kernels”[1]) is a culinary dish consisting primarily of sweet corn with lima beans or other shell beans. Other ingredients may be added including tomatoes, green or sweet red peppers,[2] and okra. Combining a grain with a legume provides a dish that is high in all essentialamino acids.[3][4] Because of the relatively inexpensive and more readily available ingredients, the dish was popular during the Great Depression in the United States[citation needed]. It was sometimes cooked in a casserole form, often with a light pie crust on top as in a traditional pot pie. Succotash is a traditional dish of many Thanksgiving celebrations in New England[5] as well as in Pennsylvania and other states. In some parts of the American South, any mixture of vegetables prepared with lima beans and topped with lard or butter is called succotash. Corn (maize), American beans, tomatoes, and peppers are New World foods.
Succotash
Succotash with corn, lima beans, carrots, and other vegetables.
“Make a wish, make a succotash wish” is a line from the 2001 rock album Anthology by Alien Ant Farm. This song was the band’s first song ever written and performed, and it is also featured on their $100 EP.
“Succotash” is the title of the first track from Herbie Hancock’s 1963 album Inventions and Dimensions[7][8]
In an episode of the Saturday morning cartoon show Casper and the Angels titled “The Impossible Scream”, two recurring characters named Nerdley and Fungo sit down at a restaurant and attempt to order succotash with toast, a kaiser roll, and a cinnamon bun, being successively told every time by an increasingly frustrated waiter that they are out of succotash. Ultimately, they try to order succotash by itself, much to the waiter’s exasperation.
See also
References
Trumbull, James Hammond (1903). Natick Dictionary. US Gov Printing Office. Entry for sohquttahham.
by Chef Michel Nischan of pbs victory garden … tv nét ẩm thực việt showcases a succotash-like dish at the international turtle park …
A healthy “Three Sisters” succotash featuring beans, corn, and pumpkin
Makes 4 servings
Ingredients
1 large onion, diced
2 tablespoons olive oil
2 cups raw pumpkin, cubed (reserve pumpkin shell for serving)
2 cups Italian black coco beans (or any other fresh shell bean)
4 cups trimmed snap beans, any color
1 cup fresh Native American grinding corn (regular corn can be substituted)
2 cups vegetable stock
5 sage leaves, julienned
4 tablespoons sweet butter
Sea salt and freshly ground pepper to taste
Directions
Sauté onion in olive oil until translucent. Add Italian black coco beans, native corn, and raw pumpkin.
Cover with vegetable stock and simmer until all ingredients are tender and the stock has reduced, about 35 to 40 minutes.
Add trimmed snap beans and gently stir in sage leaves, sweet butter, and sea salt and pepper to taste.
Serve in hollowed-out pumpkin shell.
Chef Michel Nischan notes: If freshly picked shell beans are not available, pre-cook dried beans until just tender and add to the succotash the same time as the snap beans. If native corn is not available, use fresh sweet corn and add the same time as the snap beans.
(even though the passage of time means the present feeds on and is fed by the past and likewise the future feeds on and is fed by the present) especially since in the usa to^nan developed an allergic reaction to sea food when vietnamese boat people were in the news (and new age friend scott [the “plaids” in recent notes”] lectured him on the evil of veal which supposedly involved confining baby lambs in small cages to make their meat tender) … guess that was in lieu of –or was good as/for–a ‘god speed’ to boat people (and “price/cost” or “thanksgiving” paid) for their safe and sound passage over the pacific ocean to land and freedom …
Blake Morgan, Evelin Stone, Seth Gamble Moms Bang Teens Evelin Stone brings her new boyfriend, Seth Gamble, to her dad’s place for Thanksgiving. When they arrive, they meet Blake Morgan, Evelin’s dad’s new girlfriend. While Evelin catches up with her dad, Blake asks for Seth’s help in the kitchen. Turns out there’s more than the turkey that needs stuffing! But first, Blake sucks Seth’s big hard cock and gives him a taste of her dripping wet pussy! They are interrupted when the kitchen timer goes off and dinner begins. But, the fun continues during dinner with Evelin and Blake taking turns playing with Seth’s cock under the table! Then, Evelin sneaks off for a quickie with her boyfriend while her dad and Blake stay in the dining room! When Blake does the same, Evelin walks in on Seth pounding her new stepmom’s dripping wet pussy! She’s shocked, but Blake reminds her it’s a time for sharing and that there’s plenty of Seth to satisfy them bothBlake Morgan, Evelin Stone, Seth Gamble Moms Bang Teens Evelin Stone brings her new boyfriend, Seth Gamble, to her dad’s place for Thanksgiving. When they arrive, they meet Blake Morgan, Evelin’s dad’s new girlfriend. While Evelin catches up with her dad, Blake asks for Seth’s help in the kitchen. Turns out there’s more than the turkey that needs stuffing! But first, Blake sucks Seth’s big hard cock and gives him a taste of her dripping wet pussy! They are interrupted when the kitchen timer goes off and dinner begins. But, the fun continues during dinner with Evelin and Blake taking turns playing with Seth’s cock under the table! Then, Evelin sneaks off for a quickie with her boyfriend while her dad and Blake stay in the dining room! When Blake does the same, Evelin walks in on Seth pounding her new stepmom’s dripping wet pussy! She’s shocked, but Blake reminds her it’s a time for sharing and that there’s plenty of Seth to satisfy them bothBlake Morgan, Evelin Stone, Seth Gamble Moms Bang Teens Evelin Stone brings her new boyfriend, Seth Gamble, to her dad’s place for Thanksgiving. When they arrive, they meet Blake Morgan, Evelin’s dad’s new girlfriend. While Evelin catches up with her dad, Blake asks for Seth’s help in the kitchen. Turns out there’s more than the turkey that needs stuffing! But first, Blake sucks Seth’s big hard cock and gives him a taste of her dripping wet pussy! They are interrupted when the kitchen timer goes off and dinner begins. But, the fun continues during dinner with Evelin and Blake taking turns playing with Seth’s cock under the table! Then, Evelin sneaks off for a quickie with her boyfriend while her dad and Blake stay in the dining room! When Blake does the same, Evelin walks in on Seth pounding her new stepmom’s dripping wet pussy! She’s shocked, but Blake reminds her it’s a time for sharing and that there’s plenty of Seth to satisfy them both
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supposedly chu’ ha^n is returning home from hospital and rehabilitation today with to^n va(n … and thie^n hu+o+ng …
the biography of discoverer of citric acid cycle reads like mary shelley’s frankenstein … wonder from which organism his liver came from … or if it was human liver … at any rate he used breast muscle of pigeons for experiments establishing the citric acid cycle … [and at any rate, this past summer when dahlia just got out of the car home from quarry lane kindergarten school we encountered a gecko whose tail was chopped off a bit and he chopped off part was writhing and wiggling some way away from the gecko as though the part was very much alive and when ba’c ty’ took it and reattached it perhaps it calmed down but continued to move with the rest of the tail when the tail moved and ba’c ty’ was holding it in hope that the blood would coagulate or he could use tape or crazy glue of some kind but he had to release the gecko and the tail remained attached only for a second: hans krebs experiments with chopped liver seemd to be of a like nature in that the chopped liver continued to “work”–to writhe and wiggle and respire and metabolize–in the test tube as though it was still alive ….; this recalls to^nnguyen finger that was cut and then reattached by the doctor; this also recalls the news of john and loreanna bobbit jealous episode that resulted in his penis being cut off and reattached …
The incident occurred on June 23, 1993, in Manassas, Virginia, and the legal case surrounding the incident subsequently took place during 1993 and 1996. Lorena stated in a court hearing that, after coming home at night on June 23, 1993, her husband raped her. After her husband had gone to sleep, Lorena grabbed a knife from the kitchen, entered their bedroom, and removed her husband’s penis at its base.[1]
After this, Lorena left the apartment with the severed appendage and drove away in her car. After a while, she threw it into a field. She eventually stopped and called 9-1-1. John’s penis was found after an exhaustive search, and it was reattached in the hospital where he was treated. The operation took nine and a half hours.[2] John went on to star in a series of pornographic films in the 1990s,[3] and now claims his penis is “back to normal.”[4]
What if we could test drugs without animal models?
Wyss Institute researchers and a multidisciplinary team of collaborators have engineered microchips that recapitulate the microarchitecture and functions of living human organs, including the lung, intestine, kidney, skin, bone marrow and blood-brain barrier. These microchips, called ‘organs-on-chips’, offer a potential alternative to traditional animal testing. Each individual organ-on-chip is composed of a clear flexible polymer about the size of a computer memory stick that contains hollow microfluidic channels lined by living human cells interfaced with a human endothelial cell-lined artificial vasculature, and mechanical forces can be applied to mimic the physical microenvironment of living organs, including breathing motions in lung and peristalsis-like deformations in the intestine. Because the microdevices are translucent, they provide a window into the inner workings of human organs.
and the lesson might be that things (even a “word” [viet tv quotes pham duy song “vietnam vietnam”
King James Bible John 1
The Beginning
(Genesis 1:1-2)
1In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2The same was in the beginning with God. 3All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made. 4In him was life; and the life was the light of men. 5And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.
The Witness of John
(Malachi 3:1-5)
6There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. 7The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all men through him might believe. 8He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that Light.
9That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world. 10He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not. 11He came unto his own, and his own received him not. 12But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name: 13Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.
The Word Made His Dwelling among Us
(Psalm 84:1-12)
14And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth. 15John bare witness of him, and cried, saying, This was he of whom I spake, He that cometh after me is preferred before me: for he was before me. 16And of his fulness have all we received, and grace for grace. 17For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ. 18No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.
] or dust or a rock; or e.g. say electrons/positrons) that might seem not alive is in fact alive with the “proper” “attachment/re-attachment” [e.g. in the bible ‘breath of god’]… on the occasion of tv con dau 8 tuoi seeming “colony collapse disorder” [
My Magic Police Car – My Magic Pet Morphle Compilation with Police Vehicle Videos for Kids! tv co dau 8 tuoi truong lang be anandi fines her own uncle giving them an excuse to leave for uncle’s father’s house …
mother bought two transformers from an young india indian guy at the stoneridge mall, dublin ca one for di` tu+ co^ die^.p’s child bo bo and one for bi bi … on two separate occasions … last time he has a new neighbor, a young india indian girl put up her own stall by the guy …
Vlad and Nikita is a Russian-American YouTubechannelrevolving around two siblings named Vladislav and Nikita, and their parents. The family previously maintained another highly successful channel, Vlad CrazyShow; however, it was terminated in November 2017.
The channel was terminated on November 27, 2018, but was reversed on December 5, 2018.
Bumblebee (2018) – New Official Trailer – Paramount Pictures … audrey thie^n hu+o+ng could have had a beetle … it was a disney movie perhaps di` khanh took to^nan to see in sa`igo`n vietnam …
co^ be^ telephoned 1/29/2019 …
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] happening (“seeming” because in the big picture of things, the colony just becomes enlarged to include more and more from chaisa village to include mumbai, from only jadit’s family to include gauri’s family and chaibu village, from only kananji family to include basan’s father’s family and kananji’s sister family …”no^’i vo`ng tay lo+’n” and “con thuye^` n vie^~n xu+'” … “yoga” means “yoke” or “join” … “om” … and customers in disney blouse at target today 1/27/2019 song “it’s a small world after all” … note “it’s a different world” noted the “high-rise” world and the “tu’p le^`u ly’ tu+o+?ng” world and mentioned “o+? nha` ta^y; a(n co+m ta^`u; la^’y vo+. nha^.t” [gia ba?o and ye^’n and wilson here today 1/27/2019 remembering chu’ dao and thanh so+n …] suggesting thus these seeming different worlds are actually parts of one single great big world –s “continuum”–like parts of a caterpillar–the head the middle the tail–which parts must be added/attached/bao/covered together and coordinated together as a whole –just like how the walden ii new mexico children help one another win the game of monopoly together–so the caterpillar can be and can move …
Trịnh Công Sơn ca bài NỐI VÒNG TAY LỚN trên Đài phát thanh Sài Gòn 30/4/1975
United Auto Worker logo
“It’s a Small World” Disneyland … see “tree of life” synagogue in recent notes …
Creedence Clearwater Revival – Up Around The Bend
mapping relation function “you believe what you want to believe …” Tom Petty and the Heartbreaker world K consisting of
the “continuum” …in the “continuum” everything is forever attached to everything else supposedly and detachment is only a “lie” and an “illusion” [song hidey hidey ho; “curvature” of “space-time” … song “up around the bend/corner”; suddenly dahlia is interested in and watching magic on youtube; in the “continuum”, even if one tries to violate the 10 commandments one cannot …;
Mariah Carey – Anytime You Need A Friend … nandu telephones anandi because no one seems to remember his birthday except for the computer of gauri’s cell phone …
Ain’t No Mountain High Enough (extra HQ) – Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell … we will be sending out care packages of ba’nh chu+ng sweet rice cakes made in san jose brought by ye^’n for chinese new year te^’t 2019 again to people stuck in the winter cold and snow … though ground hog day is coming and spring is in the air in california …
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john 1:10He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not. 11He came unto his own, and his own received him not.
17:15I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil. 16They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. 17Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth. 18As thou hast sent me into the world, even so have I also sent them into the world. 19And for their sakes I sanctify myself, that they also might be sanctified through the truth.
One who performs his duty without attachment, surrendering the results unto the Supreme Lord, is unaffected by sinful action, as the lotus is untouched by water.
because sensibility is made possible by attachment, what the christians, buddha and the taoist etc. meant by non-attachment perhaps is the insensible [or beyond senses] state of “have eyes/ears/mouths but as though could only see/hear/say good/goodness/godness/godliness/god” because “you’re ok/well; i’m ok/well” “muôn loài được bình thường sống lâu; everyone live well and long”] pulled [with smoke and mirrors and corners in the road etc.] to fulfill responsibility to not accumulate sameness but to maintain differences because of the original sin of creating a world of souls/differences/uniquenesses instead of a point-like singularity …
10 Fascinating Facts About The Birds BY MARK MANCINI JANUARY 4, 2018 There’s an old saying in Hollywood: You’re only as good as your last movie. In 1960, Alfred Hitchcock unleashed Psycho, his most financially successful film and a trendsetting horror classic. Just when it seemed as though there was nothing left for him to prove, he climbed right back into the director’s chair. Hitchcock’s next picture was The Birds, a technical marvel against which all creature features—from Jaws to Cujo—are now measured. … 2. AN AVIAN HOSPITAL WAS BUILT ON THE SET. Through a meticulous positive reinforcement process, animal handler Ray Berwick trained hundreds of live birds for use in Hitchcock’s movie. Most of these were wild-caught crows, ravens, seagulls, and sparrows. Berwick oversaw an entire bird-wrangling team whose members spent a huge amount of time corralling their feathered co-workers between takes. To ensure that none of the animals was harmed, the American Society For the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) assumed an active role in the production. Under their watchful eye, the crew set up a makeshift avian hospital. “We actually built an aviary onto the set for birds that had been hurt or injured,” Veronica Cartwright, who played Cathy in the film, said. Another measure taken in the name of animal welfare was the construction of a large net, which the special effects team draped over the living room set; this kept the birds from flying haphazardly through the rest of the studio. The wrangling team had plenty of other tricks up their sleeves as well. Sometimes, to get their feathered friends to fly toward a camera, the crew would suspend a hunk of meat beneath the lens. In one interview, Hitchcock noted that a lot of prep work went into the shot in which a seagull latches onto a girl at a birthday party, harassing her as she tries to run off. “[We] built a little platform on her shoulder and a gull was put there,” Hitchcock explained. For safety reasons, its beak was bound shut with wire. 3. ONE RAVEN STRONGLY DISLIKED ROD TAYLOR. Like everyone else in the film, Rod Taylor’s character—Mitch Brenner—had to withstand a barrage of avian attacks. One particular bird really had it in for Taylor. There was a captive raven named Archie who seemingly went out of his way to attack the actor, even when the cameras weren’t rolling. “Every morning, if we were on the set together, he’d come over and … bite me,” Taylor revealed in Universal’s DVD documentary All About the Birds. “I hated him and he hated me.” It got to the point where Taylor started making inquiries about Archie’s whereabouts as part of his daily, on-set ritual. “I’d walk in and say, ‘Is Archie working today?’ And they’d say, ‘Uh, I don’t think so Rod. I think we’re working with seagulls.’ And out of the rafters would come Archie. [He] hated me and would lie in wait for me.” 6. A RESTAURATEUR IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA LET THE CREW USE HIS BUILDING—ON TWO SMALL CONDITIONS. While much of the movie was filmed on studio lots, Hitchcock also filmed a large percentage on location in scenic Bodega Bay, California. Located 65 miles north of San Francisco, the small village offered some big advantages. “In order to get the photography of the birds in the air, we needed an area with low land, not high mountains or a lot of trees,” Hitchcock told Cinefantastique. “In a pictorial sense, it was vital to have nothing on the ground but sand, so that we had the entire sky to play with.” Bodega Bay and the neighboring communities of Bodega and Bodega Head had everything the director was looking for, so Hitchcock employed all three places as locations. Several of the diner scenes were filmed at a Bodega Bay eatery called the Tides Restaurant. Then-owner Mitch Zankich struck a bargain with the filmmakers. “[He] told the locations manager that he would let them film his place for free if they would call the community in the movie Bodega Bay and if the hero was called Mitch,” Hazel Mitchell, who’d worked at the Tides as a waitress in those days, claimed. Zankich’s wishes were granted … 7. AN ALTERNATE ENDING WOULD’VE INVOLVED THE GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE. … 8. THE ATTIC SCENE TOOK AN ENTIRE WEEK TO SHOOT, AND PROVED TO BE TOO MUCH FOR TIPPI HEDREN. Hedren’s character in The Birds is Melanie Daniels, a confident blonde who courts Mitch Brenner. One of the movie’s most shocking moments comes when Melanie takes a peek inside the Brenner family’s attic and finds a small army of birds hiding out. The second they see her, they charge Melanie, who’s rendered unconscious by their violent onslaught. It’s a brutal scene that’s hard to watch and was a nightmare to film. Since this was a complex and emotionally taxing scene, Hedren spent a full week working on it. Hitchcock spent much of it ordering his crewmen to hurl live gulls at her from behind the camera because he thought this would intensify Hedren’s performance. Also, at regular intervals, there’d be a pause in the shooting so the makeup team could apply some new faux injuries. But she also received some real ones; Hedren’s willpower finally collapsed when a bird ripped a hole into her lower eyelid. The injury provoked a full-blown nervous breakdown and, at her doctor’s insistence, production was forced to shut down for a week to allow her to recover. In the years since the film’s release, Hedren has also spoken openly about being subjected to yet another harrowing experience while The Birds was being filmed: According to the actress, she was sexually harassed by Hitchcock. “I think he was an extremely sad character,” Hedren said in 2012. “We are dealing with a brain here that was an unusual genius, and evil, and deviant, almost to the point of dangerous, because of the effect that he could have on people that were totally unsuspecting.” Hedren’s allegations were later dramatized in The Girl, a controversial biopic that premiered in 2012. Hedren’s character in The Birds is Melanie Daniels, a confident blonde who courts Mitch Brenner. One of the movie’s most shocking moments comes when Melanie takes a peek inside the Brenner family’s attic and finds a small army of birds hiding out. The second they see her, they charge Melanie, who’s rendered unconscious by their violent onslaught. It’s a brutal scene that’s hard to watch and was a nightmare to film. Since this was a complex and emotionally taxing scene, Hedren spent a full week working on it. Hitchcock spent much of it ordering his crewmen to hurl live gulls at her from behind the camera because he thought this would intensify Hedren’s performance. Also, at regular intervals, there’d be a pause in the shooting so the makeup team could apply some new faux injuries. But she also received some real ones; Hedren’s willpower finally collapsed when a bird ripped a hole into her lower eyelid. The injury provoked a full-blown nervous breakdown and, at her doctor’s insistence, production was forced to shut down for a week to allow her to recover. In the years since the film’s release, Hedren has also spoken openly about being subjected to yet another harrowing experience while The Birds was being filmed: According to the actress, she was sexually harassed by Hitchcock. “I think he was an extremely sad character,” Hedren said in 2012. “We are dealing with a brain here that was an unusual genius, and evil, and deviant, almost to the point of dangerous, because of the effect that he could have on people that were totally unsuspecting.” Hedren’s allegations were later dramatized in The Girl, a controversial biopic that premiered in 2012.http://mentalfloss.com/article/518114/10-fascinating-facts-about-birds
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chu’ kha wanted to get one of these remote-control-free hand gesture operated drone that to^nddu+’c gifted bu and bi saying that “i know of a bird [namely a love bird owned by his japanese girlfriend suggestive of chi. trang named ] that this will terrorize …” …
The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill (2005) *** G 83 min. Shadow Distribution. Director: Judy Irving. Cast: Mark Bittner, Connor, Olive, Mingus, Picasso. The gentle, G-rated documentary The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill records the sort of story that used to simply pass into urban legend. In the Telegraph Hill neighborhood of San Francisco, one-time street musician Mark Bittner house-sat a perched apartment and pondered his next move. Without a steady income, Bittner was borderline homeless and convinced music would no longer sustain him. Taking inspiration from Gary Snyder, aspiring writer Bittner decided to find the nature around him. Quickly, he discovered the flock of wild parrots living in the city: cherry-headed, mitred, and blue-crown conures. Originally from South America, the birds have evolved into a unique San Francisco hybridization as distinct as the famous sights of the City-By-The-Bay (the Golden Gate Bridge and Park, Alcatraz, Caffe Trieste, and Coit Tower all make cameo appearances). Though no one knows exactly how San Francisco became home to this flock—which has grown in size from 26 to 160 despite predatory hawks—Bittner has done the service of recording their behavior, feeding them, and caring for them when they are hurt. In a humorous prologue, passersby size up Bittner and try to wrap their heads around his lifestyle; one ironically dubs him “the St. Francis of Telegraph Hill.” Producer-director-photographer-editor Judy Irving notes a transitional period in Bittner’s life and work, as Bittner faces eviction, but the film is surprisingly upbeat. Irving’s observation of both the man and the parrots coalesces in Bittner’s psychoanalysis of his beloved birds. “I’d like to see Sophie and Connor get together. I think they’d be ideal for each other,” he chuckles. “I think Connor’s interested. I think Sophie is dubious, but, y’know, she just lost Picasso, so maybe she needs more time to mourn…” Any anthropomorphizing pet owner will be able to relate; besides, Bittner’s thorough observation makes him a credible interpreter. Irving’s cheeky construction feints at story points than delays their resolution, creating a sort of expository suspense and allowing for a hinted-at surprise ending. The question of how Bittner has maintained his existence with no visible means of income is a big one, which Irving eventually answers, if not thoroughly. Bittner, author of a memoir of the same title as the film, makes a soothing storyteller, and his open-book emotion speaks volumes about himself and the parrots (he describes one late bird in terms usually reserved for dearly departed family). Though Bittner’s story has a bittersweet ending, his optimism is ultimately rewarded. http://grouchoreviews.com/reviews/2147
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Adolf_KrebsIn 1926 Krebs joined Otto Heinrich Warburg as a research assistant at the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Biology in Dahlem, Berlin. He was paid a modest 4800 marks per year. After four years in 1930, with 16 publications to his credit, his mentor Warburg urged him to move on and he took up the position of Assistant in the Department of Medicine at the Municipal Hospital in Altona (now part of Hamburg). The next year he moved to the Medical Clinic of the University of Freiburg. At Freiburg he was in charge of about 40 patients, and was at liberty to do his own research. Before a year was over at Freiburg, he, with research student Kurt Henseleit, published their discovery of the ornithine cycle of urea synthesis, which is the metabolic pathway for urea formation. It is now known as the urea cycle, and is sometimes also referred to as the Krebs–Henseleit cycle. Together they also developed a complex aqueous solution (a buffer), or perfusionex vivo, for studying blood flow in arteries, which is now called the Krebs–Henseleit buffer.)[12][13]In 1932 he published the basic chemical reactions of urea cycle, which established his scientific reputation.
Krebs’s life as a respected German scientist came to an abrupt halt in 1933 because of his Jewish ancestry. With the rise of Hitler‘s Nazi Party to power, Germany decreed the Law for the Restoration of the Professional Civil Service, which decreed the removal of all non-Germans, and anti-Nazis, from professional occupations. Krebs received his official dismissal from his job in April 1933, and his service was terminated on 1 July 1933. An admirer, Sir Frederick Gowland Hopkins at the University of Cambridge, immediately came to his rescue, and persuaded the university to recruit Krebs to work with him in the Department of Biochemistry.[14] By July 1933 he was settled in Cambridge with financial support from the Rockefeller Foundation.
While working at the Medical Clinic of the University of Freiburg, Krebs met Kurt Henseleit, with whom he investigated the chemical process of urea formation. In 1904, two Germans A. Kossel and H. D. Dakin had shown that arginine could be hydrolysed by the enzyme arginase to form ornithine and urea in inorganic reaction.[22] Based on this reaction, Krebs and Henseleit postulated that in living cells, similar reaction could occur, and that ornithine and citrulline could be the intermediate reactions.[23][24] Krebs started working on the possible method for the synthesis of arginine. Using his Warburg manometer, he mixed a slice of liver with purified ornithine and citrulline. He found that citrulline acted as a catalyst in the metabolic reactions of urea from ammonia and carbon dioxide. He and Henseleit published their discovery in 1932. Thus the urea cycle (or “ornithine cycle”) was established, and it was the first metabolic cycle to be discovered.[15][25]
At the University of Sheffield, Krebs and William Johnson investigated cellular respiration by which oxygen was consumed to produce energy from the breakdown of glucose. Krebs had earlier suggested to Warburg while they worked together in Germany that by using a manometer it could be possible to detect the oxygen consumption and identify the chemical reaction in glucose metabolism. Warburg had flatly rejected the idea. In Sheffield Krebs vigorously worked to identify a possible chemical reaction and came up with numerous hypothetical pathways. Using the manometer he tested those hypotheses one by one. One hypothesis involving succinate, fumarate, and malate proved to be useful because all these molecules increased oxygen consumption in the pigeon breast muscle. In 1937 German biochemists Franz Koop and Carl Martinus had demonstrated a series of reactions using citrate that produced oxaloacetate. Krebs realised that these molecules could be the missing intermediates for such reaction. After four months of experimental works to fill in the gaps, Krebs and Johnson succeeded in establishing the sequence of the chemical cycle, which they called the “citric acid cycle“.[26][27] It is also known as the “Krebs cycle” or “tricarboxylic acid (TCA) cycle”.
Krebs sent a short manuscript account of the discovery to Nature on 10 June 1937. On 14 June he received a rejection letter from the editor, saying that the journal had “already sufficient letters to fill correspondence columns for seven or eight weeks”, and encouraging Krebs to “submit it for early publication to another periodical.”[28] Krebs immediately prepared a longer version titled “The Role of Citric Acid in Intermediate Metabolism in Animal Tissues”, which he sent to the Dutch journal Enzymologia after two weeks and was published in two months.[3][29] It was followed by a series of papers in different journals.[30][31][32]
Krebs continued to add more details to his citric acid cycle. The discovery of acetyl-CoA in 1947 by Fritz Albert Lipmann was another major contribution.[4][33] However, this new discovery posed a problem in his classic reaction. In 1957 he, with Hans Kornberg, found that there were additional crucial enzymes. One was malate synthase, which condenses acetate with glyoxylate to form malate, and the other was isocitrate lyase, which provides glyoxylate for the reaction by cleaving it from isocitrate.[34] These two reactions did not follow the normal citric acid cycle, and hence the pathway was named the glyoxylate bypass of the citric acid cycle, but is now known as the glyoxylate cycle.[15][35]
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Fifteen uncoupled simple pendulums of monotonically increasing lengths dance together to produce visual traveling waves, standing waves, beating, and (seemingly) random motion.
The period of one complete cycle of the dance is 60 seconds. The length of the longest pendulum has been adjusted so that it executes 51 oscillations in this 60 second period. The length of each successive shorter pendulum is carefully adjusted so that it executes one additional oscillation in this period. Thus, the 15th pendulum (shortest) undergoes 65 oscillations.
Our apparatus was built from a design published by Richard Berg [Am J Phys 59(2), 186-187 (1991)] at the University of Maryland. The particular apparatus shown here was built by our own Nils Sorensen.
previous notes suggest that the equilibrium A <=> B is a miniature “cycle” and the citric acid cycle is just another equilibrium: the individual equilibria that made up the citric acid cycle are like the independent uncoupled pendula that make up the pendulum wave …which pendulumwave is like the matrix or “bath” or “soup” or “primordial stew” etc. that “baths” the cycle; also, in previous note it is said that the prototypical eigenvalue equation AB = 0 or A = 0 is made to fit reality (e.g. reality of the spectrum of hydrogen) by allowing A to be “bulky” or have “size” or “volume” (e.g. A can be a matrix like those in quantum mechanics, or A can be a tensor such as the metric tensor of general relativity or A can be the variation of the action S in the principle of least action A = δS = 0 in which case it is obvious that the δ part of A gives A “bulk”/”volume”/”size” instead of reducing A to a singularity) instead of a point-like singularity (original sin of having created a world with souls/differences/uniquenesses instead of a point-like singularity means having to maintain those souls/differences/uniquenesses) like a number (e.g. 1, 2, 3, … 4.5, 3.1415…, etc.) even though–as pam dirac suggested with the idea of “c number”–even singularity-or-point-like ordinary numbers can be made “bulky”, given “size”, “volume”, etc. simply by expanding in circular manner such as 0 = 1+2+3+4-10 or 1 = [(10/5)*6]-11, etc.
forthcoming in New Dictionary of Scientific Biography
Lehninger, Albert Lester (b. Bridgeport, Connecticut, 17 February 1917; d. Baltimore, Maryland, 4 March 1986), biochemistry; energy metabolism [OR bioenergetics].
Albert Lehninger is perhaps most widely known for his synoptic and lucid textbook, Biochemistry, which inspired many students in the field. Through his research, as well as through substantive contributions in leadership roles and education (including two other books, The Mitochondrion and Bioenergetics), he helped pioneer a new interdisciplinary field, bioenergetics, in the mid-twentieth century. His most significant research achievements were to identify the organelle, the mitochondrion, as the site of the most important energy reactions in the cell and to characterize and quantify many features of that system (including the burning of fats, calcium transport and proton stoichiometries). His focus on the mitochondrion also laid a foundation for studies on the movement, storing and regulation of calcium in the cell.
From Writing to Science
Albert grew up in relative economic security in Bridgeport and Hartford, Connecticut. He attended nearby Wesleyan University, a small liberal arts college for men, from 1935 to 1939. Originally he intended to write stories and poetry. He was a member of the Scrawlers’ Club. However, one of his teachers, Ross Fortner, Jr., introduced him to the emerging field of biochemistry and to the recent discoveries of Otto Warburg and Hans Kreb on cellular metabolism. Inspired, Albert’s interests and major soon shifted to chemistry and he targeted a new career in medicine and biochemistry.
Lehninger earned his Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin in 1942. His dissertation research focused on the metabolism of fats. When World War II started, he joined the Plasma Fractionation Program. His task was to develop methods to extend blood plasma by modifying its globulin proteins (a project later abandoned as ill conceived). After the war, Lehninger settled into a position at the University of Chicago, where he enjoyed the mentorship of Charles Huggins (who later won a Nobel Prize for work on cancer treatment).
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Interpreting the role of mitochondrial calcium became another major theme in his research.
In 1963 Lehninger’s lab showed further that phosphate is taken up along with the calcium. Over the next several years they found that inside the mitchondria the two substances formed amorphous granules of tricalcium phosphate, a precursor to hydroxyapatite (the stuff of bones and teeth). That led to speculation about the role of the mitochondrion in regulation of cell calcium and perhaps in biological calcification.
For further clues, Lehninger turned to other species. One colleague suggested land crabs, as they salvage calcium from their exoskeletons before molting. Lehninger ultimately found the common blue crab more practical, since it was readily obtainable from a fish market on the Baltimore waterfront. In 1974 he, Chung-ho Chen and Gerald Becker found that the crab’s liver mitochondria indeed concentrated a great deal of calcium.
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Another thread of investigation considered the fate of the mitochondrion’s calcium phosphate granules: why did they not spontaneously crystallize, forming bone? A clue came unexpectedly from a colleague at the Johns Hopkins Medical School. His research indicated that patients with urinary stones seemed deficient in a calcification inhibitor normally present in urine. Lehninger saw the analogy with mitochondria: was a similar inhibitor at work? Several colleagues were indeed able to extract such a substance from both urine and the mitochondrion— and the blue crab as well — and show their similarities. In 1981, after the urine inhibitor was identified as phosphocitrate, Lehninger helped show that it could inhibit calcification in mitochondria in vivo.
may “you”re ok/well; i’m ok/well” “muôn loài được bình thường sống lâu; everyone live well and long” …
the fig leaves or entropy requirement around the bends in the way of the flow of past present and future feeds and is fed] of ‘have eyes/ears/mouth but as though could only see/hear/say good/goodness/godness/god” because ‘you’re ok/well; i’m ok/well” “muôn loài được bình thường sống lâu; everyone live well and long”) was with a maid/cook/butler in the kitchen when to^nan was aware of perhaps a chicken throat being cut for blood … it might have turned to^nan on to the [
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![Bitexco_Financial_Tower Bitexco Financial Tower (Vietnamese: Tháp Tài chính Bitexco) is a skyscraper in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. At its completion in 2010, it became the tallest building in Vietnam and kept this status until January 2011, when it was surpassed by Keangnam Hanoi Landmark Tower. With 68 floors above ground and three basements, the building has a height of 262.5 metres (861 ft), making it the second tallest building in the city, fifth tallest in Vietnam, and the 263rd tallest in the world, as of the beginning of 2018.[3] Bitexco Financial Tower Tòa nhà Bitexco Financial, Tháp Tài chính Bitexco Bitexco Financial Tower 20022012 cropped.JPG Wikimedia | © OpenStreetMap Alternative names Tháp Tài Chính, Tháp Bitexco, Tháp Financial Tower, Tòa nhà Bitexco Financial Record height Tallest in Vietnam from 2010 to 2011[I] Preceded by Saigon Trade Center Surpassed by Landmark 72 General information Status Complete Type Shopping mall Office Restaurant Architectural style Futuristic Location District 1, Ho Chi Minh City Coordinates 10°46′18″N 106°42′16″E Groundbreaking September 2005 Construction started 2007 Topped-out 2010 Opening 31 October 2010 Owner Bitexco Group Management Turner International, DLS Height Roof 262.5 meters (861 ft) Top floor 258.5 meters (848 ft) Technical details Floor count 68 (and 3 basement floors) Floor area 114,000 square metres (1,230,000 sq ft) Lifts/elevators 16 Design and construction Architect Carlos Zapata Studio, Jean-Marie Duthilleul and Etienne Tricaud AREP[1] Developer Bitexco Group Engineer DSA Engineering (M&E) Structural engineer Leslie E. Robertson Associates RLLP and VNCC Main contractor Hyundai Engineering and Construction References [2] The tower is owned by Bitexco Group, a Vietnamese multi-industry corporation, with a focus on real estate development. The building also houses the Ho Chi Minh City office of Bitexco Group, while its headquarters are in Hanoi.[4] The tower was designed by Carlos Zapata, Design Principal and Founder of Carlos Zapata Studio, with French company AREP as architect of record. Designer Zapata, who was born in Venezuela but is based in New York City, drew inspiration for this skyscraper's unique shape from Vietnam's national flower, the Lotus.[5] The tower was officially inaugurated on 31 October 2010. In 2013, CNN.com named the Bitexco Financial Tower one of the 25 Great Skyscraper Icons of Construction.[6] And in 2015, Thrillist.com named the Bitexco Financial Tower the #2 Coolest Skyscraper in the World.[7] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bitexco_Financial_Tower](https://i0.wp.com/stoppauseplayfastforwardrewindejectrecord.us/blog1/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Bitexco_Financial_Tower_20022012_cropped.jpg)
![10 Fascinating Facts About The Birds BY MARK MANCINI JANUARY 4, 2018 There’s an old saying in Hollywood: You’re only as good as your last movie. In 1960, Alfred Hitchcock unleashed Psycho, his most financially successful film and a trendsetting horror classic. Just when it seemed as though there was nothing left for him to prove, he climbed right back into the director’s chair. Hitchcock’s next picture was The Birds, a technical marvel against which all creature features—from Jaws to Cujo—are now measured. ... 2. AN AVIAN HOSPITAL WAS BUILT ON THE SET. Through a meticulous positive reinforcement process, animal handler Ray Berwick trained hundreds of live birds for use in Hitchcock’s movie. Most of these were wild-caught crows, ravens, seagulls, and sparrows. Berwick oversaw an entire bird-wrangling team whose members spent a huge amount of time corralling their feathered co-workers between takes. To ensure that none of the animals was harmed, the American Society For the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) assumed an active role in the production. Under their watchful eye, the crew set up a makeshift avian hospital. “We actually built an aviary onto the set for birds that had been hurt or injured,” Veronica Cartwright, who played Cathy in the film, said. Another measure taken in the name of animal welfare was the construction of a large net, which the special effects team draped over the living room set; this kept the birds from flying haphazardly through the rest of the studio. The wrangling team had plenty of other tricks up their sleeves as well. Sometimes, to get their feathered friends to fly toward a camera, the crew would suspend a hunk of meat beneath the lens. In one interview, Hitchcock noted that a lot of prep work went into the shot in which a seagull latches onto a girl at a birthday party, harassing her as she tries to run off. “[We] built a little platform on her shoulder and a gull was put there,” Hitchcock explained. For safety reasons, its beak was bound shut with wire. 3. ONE RAVEN STRONGLY DISLIKED ROD TAYLOR. Like everyone else in the film, Rod Taylor’s character—Mitch Brenner—had to withstand a barrage of avian attacks. One particular bird really had it in for Taylor. There was a captive raven named Archie who seemingly went out of his way to attack the actor, even when the cameras weren’t rolling. “Every morning, if we were on the set together, he’d come over and … bite me," Taylor revealed in Universal’s DVD documentary All About the Birds. "I hated him and he hated me.” It got to the point where Taylor started making inquiries about Archie’s whereabouts as part of his daily, on-set ritual. “I’d walk in and say, ‘Is Archie working today?’ And they’d say, ‘Uh, I don’t think so Rod. I think we’re working with seagulls.’ And out of the rafters would come Archie. [He] hated me and would lie in wait for me.” 6. A RESTAURATEUR IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA LET THE CREW USE HIS BUILDING—ON TWO SMALL CONDITIONS. While much of the movie was filmed on studio lots, Hitchcock also filmed a large percentage on location in scenic Bodega Bay, California. Located 65 miles north of San Francisco, the small village offered some big advantages. “In order to get the photography of the birds in the air, we needed an area with low land, not high mountains or a lot of trees,” Hitchcock told Cinefantastique. “In a pictorial sense, it was vital to have nothing on the ground but sand, so that we had the entire sky to play with.” Bodega Bay and the neighboring communities of Bodega and Bodega Head had everything the director was looking for, so Hitchcock employed all three places as locations. Several of the diner scenes were filmed at a Bodega Bay eatery called the Tides Restaurant. Then-owner Mitch Zankich struck a bargain with the filmmakers. “[He] told the locations manager that he would let them film his place for free if they would call the community in the movie Bodega Bay and if the hero was called Mitch,” Hazel Mitchell, who’d worked at the Tides as a waitress in those days, claimed. Zankich’s wishes were granted ... 7. AN ALTERNATE ENDING WOULD’VE INVOLVED THE GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE. ... 8. THE ATTIC SCENE TOOK AN ENTIRE WEEK TO SHOOT, AND PROVED TO BE TOO MUCH FOR TIPPI HEDREN. Hedren’s character in The Birds is Melanie Daniels, a confident blonde who courts Mitch Brenner. One of the movie’s most shocking moments comes when Melanie takes a peek inside the Brenner family’s attic and finds a small army of birds hiding out. The second they see her, they charge Melanie, who’s rendered unconscious by their violent onslaught. It’s a brutal scene that’s hard to watch and was a nightmare to film. Since this was a complex and emotionally taxing scene, Hedren spent a full week working on it. Hitchcock spent much of it ordering his crewmen to hurl live gulls at her from behind the camera because he thought this would intensify Hedren’s performance. Also, at regular intervals, there’d be a pause in the shooting so the makeup team could apply some new faux injuries. But she also received some real ones; Hedren’s willpower finally collapsed when a bird ripped a hole into her lower eyelid. The injury provoked a full-blown nervous breakdown and, at her doctor’s insistence, production was forced to shut down for a week to allow her to recover. In the years since the film's release, Hedren has also spoken openly about being subjected to yet another harrowing experience while The Birds was being filmed: According to the actress, she was sexually harassed by Hitchcock. "I think he was an extremely sad character," Hedren said in 2012. "We are dealing with a brain here that was an unusual genius, and evil, and deviant, almost to the point of dangerous, because of the effect that he could have on people that were totally unsuspecting." Hedren's allegations were later dramatized in The Girl, a controversial biopic that premiered in 2012. Hedren’s character in The Birds is Melanie Daniels, a confident blonde who courts Mitch Brenner. One of the movie’s most shocking moments comes when Melanie takes a peek inside the Brenner family’s attic and finds a small army of birds hiding out. The second they see her, they charge Melanie, who’s rendered unconscious by their violent onslaught. It’s a brutal scene that’s hard to watch and was a nightmare to film. Since this was a complex and emotionally taxing scene, Hedren spent a full week working on it. Hitchcock spent much of it ordering his crewmen to hurl live gulls at her from behind the camera because he thought this would intensify Hedren’s performance. Also, at regular intervals, there’d be a pause in the shooting so the makeup team could apply some new faux injuries. But she also received some real ones; Hedren’s willpower finally collapsed when a bird ripped a hole into her lower eyelid. The injury provoked a full-blown nervous breakdown and, at her doctor’s insistence, production was forced to shut down for a week to allow her to recover. In the years since the film's release, Hedren has also spoken openly about being subjected to yet another harrowing experience while The Birds was being filmed: According to the actress, she was sexually harassed by Hitchcock. "I think he was an extremely sad character," Hedren said in 2012. "We are dealing with a brain here that was an unusual genius, and evil, and deviant, almost to the point of dangerous, because of the effect that he could have on people that were totally unsuspecting." Hedren's allegations were later dramatized in The Girl, a controversial biopic that premiered in 2012.](https://i0.wp.com/stoppauseplayfastforwardrewindejectrecord.us/blog1/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/C9E8DD82-7131-4919-AD3B-7826A8404260.gif)
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