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Regular wellness exams are an important measure to take to keep your dog healthy. Our Grand Prairie vets discuss some harmful and potentially fatal diseases that can be prevented with regular wellness exams and vaccinations.
Our canine companions are susceptible to a slew of diseases, some of which are also found in other animals and humans, others that are exclusive to dogs. Below, our vets share some common diseases that can be prevented by bringing your pup in for regular exams, allowing our professionals to ensure your pet is in good health
This serious illness is caused by a virus that's transmitted via saliva from an infected mammal to any other mammal, including pets, wildlife, livestock, and humans.
The rabies virus impacts the brain and central nervous system. When dogs catch this disease, it is almost always deadly.
The chance of your dog contracting the rabies virus if they come into contact with an infected animal significantly decreases if they have been properly vaccinated against the disease.
Highly resistant virus withstands extreme temperature changes and exposure to most disinfectants.
This disease may cause severe diarrhea and vomiting. Canine parvovirus is a highly contagious disease and is especially dangerous and sometimes fatal for puppies.
Vaccination for this disease is very time sensitive. If the disease is caught, your vet will provide you with the best actions to take to treat your pup.
Leptospirosis is a spiral bacterium that can infect animals and sometimes humans. Leptospirosis can lead to kidney and liver issues in your dog. in pets and embryo death or late-term abortions in pregnant dogs.
For pregnant dogs, leptospirosis can lead to miscarriages and late-term abortions. Vaccination against leptospirosis is an important tool for preventing adult infection and puppy loss.
Kennel cough is a bacterial respiratory tract infection that is transmitted by nasal and oral secretions. This can result in a harsh, dry cough that typically lasts from one to three weeks. Kennel cough can occur alone or in combination with other respiratory problems.
This disease is not very likely to be fatal but does cause a lot of discomfort in your pet for weeks at a time.
A yearly vaccine should be administered to prevent your dog from catching this disease.
This disease is transmitted by direct or indirect contact with the discharges from an infected dog's eyes, nose, or urine. Distemper is highly contagious and often fatal to puppies, and even older dogs.
The annual kennel cough vaccination also provides dogs with protection against canine distemper.
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The best storyline of Gone With the Wind is neither about Scarlett O’Hara nor Rhett Butler — it’s the author Margaret Mitchell’s very own life story.
Born in Atlanta on Nov. 8, 1900, Margaret Mitchell spent her childhood listening to the war stories of Confederate veterans. They told her everything about the Civil War except that the South had lost. She found that out when she was 10 years old.
Before leaving for Smith College in 1918, Mitchell fell in love With Lieutenant Clifford Henry, a Harvard undergraduate training for active duty in World War I at Camp Gordon in Atlanta. In 1919, shortly after she learned Henry had been killed in action in France, her mother became ill and Margaret rushed home. She did not make it back in time to see her mother, and she stayed on to take care of her father and brother.
Mitchell had many suitors, but Red Upshaw and John Marsh came to the fore as serious potential husbands. She got a job as the first woman to cover hard news for The Atlanta Journal, and married Upshaw. The marriage was short – Upshaw was a bootlegger and alcoholic. John Marsh, her other serious suitor, returned. They married and remained so until her death.
Mitchell was forced to quit her job at The Atlanta Journal because of problems With her ankles and feet. Bedridden, she read voraciously and began work on what her friends called ‘the great American novel.’
She showed the finished manuscript, all 1,037 pages of it, to a visiting New York publisher, and on June 10, 1936, Gone With the Wind was published.
By October of that year, Gone With the Wind had sold one million copies, and David O. Selznick bought the rights for $50,000. At the time, it was the highest price ever paid by Hollywood for the rights to a first novel.
Margaret Mitchell won the Pulitzer Prize in 1937. In 1939, Atlanta hosted the premier of one of the most popular movies of all time, Gone With the Wind, starring Clark Gable and Vivien Leigh.
On August 11, 1949, while crossing Peachtree and 13th streets close to her home, Margaret Mitchell was struck by an off-duty cab driver, and died five days later. She was buried in Atlanta’s Oakland Cemetery with the rest of her family.
Many years earlier, in an interview with her publisher, she was asked what Gone With the Wind was about. She said ‘If the novel has a theme it is that of survival. What makes some people come through catastrophes and others, apparently, just as able, strong and brave go under?
“It happens in every upheaval. Some people survive – others don’t. What qualities are in those who fight their way thought triumphantly that are lacking in those that go under. I only know that survivors used to call that quality ‘gumption.’
“So I wrote about people who had gumption and people who didn’t.” (1936)
Gumption a.k.a. spirited initiative and resourcefulness. Much like her heroine, Scarlett O’Hara, Margaret Mitchell had gumption in spades. | <urn:uuid:fc9c05e0-ec86-44fc-94b4-86fd867f28a6> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://prettysouthern.com/2011/06/06/margaret-mitchell-media-maven/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280410.21/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00454-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.983174 | 675 | 2.3125 | 2 |
Chemical peels in the treatment of acne: patient selection and perspectives
Received 1 November 2017
Accepted for publication 17 April 2018
Published 16 July 2018 Volume 2018:11 Pages 365—372
Checked for plagiarism Yes
Review by Single anonymous peer review
Peer reviewer comments 3
Editor who approved publication: Dr Jeffrey Weinberg
David E Castillo,1 Jonette E Keri1,2
1Department of Dermatology and Cutaneous Surgery, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA; 2Dermatology Service, Miami VA Hospital, Miami, FL, USA
Abstract: Acne vulgaris is the most common skin disorder in adolescents and young adults. It carries a significant psychological and economic burden to patients and society. A wide range of therapeutic options are available, including topicals and systemic therapies. Chemical peeling is a skin resurfacing procedure intended to regenerate normal skin from the application of exfoliative agents. It has been used for the treatment of acne vulgaris and other skin disorders for decades. There are several chemical agents with variable mechanisms of action, usually classified as superficial, medium, and deep peels. When selecting the patient and the appropriate peel, the dermatologist individualizes therapy, and performs an extensive interview, including past medical history and physical exam. Several host factors can affect the outcome of this procedure, including current psychological state, medications, history of surgery, and immune system, among others. The physician must also be confident that the peel is safe and effective for the target patient. The Fitzpatrick skin type scale is a useful tool to classify patients based on skin color and ability to tan, but also can be used to evaluate preoperative risk of postpeel response and complications. Dark-skinned patients (Fitzpatrick skin type IV–VI), including blacks, Asian, and Hispanic/Latino, are at higher risk of postinflammatory/postpeel hyperpigmentation. When treating these populations, deep chemical peels should be avoided, and preoperative preparation emphasized. There are many studies available in the literature supporting the use of superficial to medium depth peels as adjuvant therapy for acne vulgaris. This review article aims to present the most important factors when selecting a patient for a chemical peel, the evidence behind its safety and efficacy, and special considerations when choosing a specific agent.
Keywords: chemical peels, acne, patient perspective, specific population, peel complications
Acne vulgaris is the most common skin disease among adolescents and young adults in the USA.1,2 The estimated life-time prevalence is ~80%.3,4 The pathogenesis of acne involves several factors, including increased sebum excretion, increased keratinocyte proliferation in the follicular infundibulum, bacterial (Propionibacterium acnes) colonization, and inflammation, and sebaceous glands which are hyper-sensitive to androgens.3,5 This disorder is generally considered mild but represents a high economical and psychological burden for the society. Patients experience high levels of anxiety, depression, and low self-esteem which leads to impaired quality of life.6 Therefore, treatment should focus on early intervention to decrease the physical and esthetic burden of the disease, and improvement of quality of life. The treatment of acne is based on a combination of topical therapies, systemic treatments, chemical peels, dermabrasion, and laser.
Chemical peeling is among the most common cosmetic procedures in medical practice and has been used for decades. It is defined as the application of chemical agents, of variable strength, on the skin that results in controlled destruction of the epidermis and dermis.7 The induced exfoliation is followed by dermal and epidermal regeneration from adjacent epithelium and skin adnexa, which results in improved surface texture and appearance of the skin. This is a simple and cost-effective procedure with several dermatological applications.3,7–10
Chemicals peels are classified based on the depth of penetration, into superficial (epidermis–papillary dermis), medium (papillary to upper reticular dermis), and deep peels (mid-reticular dermis).7 Superficial peels are most commonly used for mild skin disorders such as dyschromia, acne, postinflammatory hyperpigmentation, melasma, and actinic keratosis.8,11 Medium depth peels are used for solar keratoses or lentigines, pigmentary disorders, and superficial scars. Deep chemical peels are used for the treatment for photoaging, deep scars or wrinkles, and precancerous skin lesions.
Superficial and medium depth chemical peels are increasingly used by dermatologists in the management of acne vulgaris. Their chemical properties target its different pathophysiological factors. The use of these low cost and safe procedures seem to be supported by evidence,3,8,9,12 but dermatologists should not forget to individualize patients/treatment to obtain the best outcomes possible.
When choosing the appropriate peeling agent, physicians must individualize treatment and conduct a complete medical history and skin examination to prevent suboptimal results or complications. The past medical history can reveal factors that could contraindicate the peeling procedure or alter the wound healing process. A list of important factors that should be addressed are is shown in Table 1. There is the notion that patients with acne taking oral isotretinoin should avoid medium to deep peeling agents for at least 6–12 months, to prevent the development of atypical scars or other complications.7,10 Isotretinoin is known to produce atrophy of the pilosebaceous unit and to delay the wound healing process. However, a recent systematic review conducted by Spring et al, looking for evidence-based recommendations regarding the safety of cutaneous procedures during or following isotretinoin therapy, found insufficient evidence to delay chemical peels and other skin surgeries.13 The authors concluded that the patient and physician must weigh risks and benefits of cutaneous procedures in the setting of systemic isotretinoin.
Table 1 Patient selection considerations
Abbreviation: HSV, herpes simplex virus.
Other medications such as minocycline and oral contraceptives, frequently used in patients with acne, can cause photosensitivity and predispose to hyperpigmentation. Current infection, either bacterial, fungal or viral are contraindications.7,10 Herpes simplex virus (HSV) can be reactivated after peeling and delay wound healing if prophylaxis is not done prior to intervention.7 Also, immunocompromised patients should be carefully evaluated, as the benefits of skin resurfacing do not outweigh the risk of infection and altered wound healing with scarring seen in these patients.10 It is important to emphasize that there is a lack of evidence on the safety of chemical peels during pregnancy and thereby, any peel procedure should be used with caution.14,15
The physical exam will determine skin type, degree of photodamage, and presence of other skin disorders.10 The Fitzpatrick scale is a useful tool to classify skin based on pigmentation and ability to tan (Table 2).16 It can also be used to stratify risk of hyperpigmentation following a peel.10 Patients with darker skin types (IV–VI) are at greater risk of developing postpeel/postinflammatory hyperpigmentation, whereas those with type I and II skin do not usually develop this complication.
Table 2 The Fitzpatrick scale
Note: Reproduced from Roberts WE. Skin type classification systems old and new. Dermatol Clin. 2009;27(4):529–533. With permission from John Wiley and Sons.16
Finally, physicians should consider the psychological aspects of acne patients. Some patients tend to have a low self-esteem, be anxious about their problem, and might be unrealistic regarding treatment outcomes. A mindful talk with a detailed explanation about the procedure, its implications and possible outcomes will gain the trust of the patient and improve the doctor–patient relationship. This interaction is critical for the success of the procedure. Therefore, dermatologists must be careful when evaluating expectations/concerns and prior experiences with chemical peel and must be realistic about results and complications to achieve patient satisfaction.
Chemical peeling agents
Salicylic acid (SA)
SA is a 2-hydroxybenzoic acid (from willow tree) used for superficial peeling due to its strong keratolytic and comedolytic properties.17 It promotes shedding of epidermal cells and due to its lipophilic properties can penetrate comedones and pores to prevent clogging and neutralize bacteria.18 It promotes desquamation of the upper lipophilic layers of the stratum corneum.19 These chemical properties explain its popularity and success in acne patients.20,21 It also has well-documented anti-inflammatory properties.17
Five to 30% SA is used for superficial peeling in acne therapy.17 At these concentrations, this peel is safe and self-limited; hence, no neutralizing agents are required.
Glycolic acid (GA)
GA belongs to the group of α-hydroxy acids (acids derived from fruit) and is used as a superficial or medium depth peel in acne treatment.20,22 GA is an exfoliative agent that causes epidermolysis with desquamation of the skin by reducing corneocyte adhesion and keratinocyte plugging at the stratum granulosum.9,23 Similar to other α-hydroxy acids, it leads to a thickened epidermis and dermis with increased collagen and mucopolysaccharide synthesis, and dispersion of melanin.7 GA has also been shown to decrease inflammation through bactericidal effects on Propionibacterium acnes, partially explaining its benefits in both inflammatory and noninflammatory acne.24
GA peels are commercially available at different concentrations from 20% to 70%.22,23 The depth of penetration and intensity of GA peels increase with higher concentrations and exposure time.9 This agent must be neutralized with an alkaline solution such as sodium bicarbonate or normal saline to stop its exfoliative effects. GA peels have a good safety profile and systemic toxicity is unlikely.
Lactic acid (LA)
LA is another α-hydroxy acid (derived from sour milk or bilberries) used as adjuvant therapy for acne either alone or in combination with other peels. LA decreases the thickness of the stratum corneum by decreasing corneocyte adhesion and removal of dead skin cells.12 This leads to the formation of a new stratum corneum. It was shown to decrease melanin synthesis by directly inhibiting the tyrosinase enzyme, thereby explaining its skin whitening effects.25 LA is a safe peel with minor side effects.
Mandelic acid is an aromatic α-hydroxy acid widely used for the treatment of mild to moderate acne.18 Similar to other α-hydroxy acids, mandelic acid induces exfoliation of epidermis by reducing corneocyte adhesion.7,18 It is a large molecule that penetrates the skin slowly and possesses antibacterial properties.18,26 Therefore, mandelic acid is better tolerated on the skin and is often used as alternative to GA peel.18
Mandelic acid peel is formulated in a combination peel with SA (20% SA,10% mandelic acid).3
Trichloroacetic acid (TCA)
TCA is a crystalline inorganic compound that is used as a superficial, medium depth or deep peeling agent depending on the concentration used.12,27 TCA causes denaturation of epidermal and dermal proteins, destruction of dermal collagen, and coagulative necrosis of epidermal cells.28,29 The clinical effects are the result of dermal structure reorganization and increased collagen, glycosaminoglycans, and elastin in the dermis.
TCA peels (15–50% concentrations) are available for the treatment of active acne. This peel self-neutralizes and has very low systemic absorption.
Jessner’s solution (JS)
JS is a superficial peeling agent used as adjuvant therapy for acne that is a combination of 14% SA, 14% resorcinol, and 14% LA in 95% ethanol.2 JS peel is commonly used with other peels to increase its penetration. Its mechanisms of action are specific for each ingredient and were described previously but it is generally proposed to break bridges between keratinocytes. Resorcinol is a 1,3-dihydroxybenzene chemically comparable to phenol, which causes disruption of the hydrogen bonds of keratin (keratolysis), disruption of cell membranes (cell death) and is bactericidal.30 This combination of compounds makes JS very effective for the treatment of acne.
Kojic acid (KA)
KA is a copper chelating agent also known as 5-hydoxyl-2-(hydroxymethyl)-4-pyrone, produced by certain fungi.31 Its skin lightening properties originate from its ability to inhibit the tyrosinase enzyme. It is available at 1%–4% concentrations and is usually used in combination with GA or other lightening agents (arbutin, aloesin, soy extract, etc.) to increase penetration and efficacy.32 KA is frequently found in cosmetic preparations used to treat skin pigmentary disorders. In patients with active acne, KA can be used prior to and following the peel to prevent and treat postinflammatory hyperpigmentation.7
Phenol is an aromatic alcohol that has been used as deep chemical peel for years in the dermatology field. It causes epidermolysis, epidermal keratin coagulation, and dermal elastosis.12 This leads to activation of dermal fibroblasts and new collagen synthesis. Phenol peels are very effective agents that should be used carefully with appropriate preventive measures due to the high risk of systemic toxicity.
Chemical peels in the treatment of acne vulgaris
Superficial and medium depth peels have gained popularity in the treatment of acne vulgaris as it is a relatively low cost and safe procedure. They target most of the pathophysiological factors involved in acne vulgaris. Chemical peels break down corneosomes with subsequent exfoliation, induce keratolysis, and have comedolytic effects.12,33 They also decrease sebum production and pore size, and have anti-inflammatory and anti-bacterial properties.12 Furthermore, chemical peels promote the penetration and absorption of other topical therapies by reducing the barrier effect of the stratum corneum.7,33 All these properties and the fact that superficial peels are safe and can be used in combination with other acne medication, make them very popular procedures. The most commonly used superficial and medium depth peeling agents in acne are SA, α-hydroxyl acids (GA, LA, etc.), JS, and TCA.12
Most studies with respect to using chemical peels for acne have been done on the face. However, in general, the same peeling agents can be used on the back. The chest and neck represent areas where chemical peels may result in scarring, and in general, most people avoid these areas with respect to peels, especially the neck. Acne scarring remains a significant problem with respect to treatment options. Peeling for acne scarring is often done with other interventions such as medical therapy (retinoids, steroids, and silicone dressing), surgical procedures (subcision, skin graft, debulking, cryosurgery, electrodessication, radiation, dermabrasion, microneedling, and fillers), nonablative and ablative laser, light and energy therapy, among others.34 A detailed review of acne scarring and peeling is outside the scope of this paper.
Caucasians have a Fitzpatrick skin type I–III. Their risk of postinflammatory hyperpigmentation or scarring following a peel is low. Hence, most chemical peels can be used safely in these patients.10
Lekakh et al demonstrated a significant improvement of active acne lesions in patients with skin type I–II with SA peel alone or in combination with pulsed dye laser.35 The authors did not report any minor or serious side effects with the use of SA. Thirty percent SA and GA peels were also evaluated in mild to moderate acne in 20 Caucasian patients by Kessler et al.36 Both peels were applied every 2 weeks for a 12-week period. The authors found both peels to be significantly effective, without difference in the reduction of acne lesions. However, they reported that the SA peel had a sustained effect over a longer period. Also, more side effects were reported in the group with the GA peel. Regarding TCA peel, Al Hussein et al also showed that 20% TCA peel was superior to azelaic acid gel in reducing the number of acne lesions in a comparative study in 2015.37 They included 51 patients with mild to moderate acne, and four peeling sessions at 14 days interval were done in an 8-week period. Only mild and transient side effects were reported. Although this study suggests that TCA is an effective and safe peel in mild to moderate acne vulgaris, more studies are required to evaluate its role compared to other agents in this specific population.
Dark-skinned individuals (Fitzpatrick skin type IV–VI) represent a challenging group when selecting appropriate acne therapy. These patients are at greater risk, than light-skinned individuals, of postinflammatory hypo- or hyperpigmentation and scarring.38 Therefore, dermatologists must be sure that the peeling agent is safe and effective in dark-skinned patients.39 It is generally considered that superficial peels are safe in type III–VI skin (Table 3).23 Some authors use medium depth peels with good results in skin of color;23 however, the practitioner should be experienced in the use of these peels. Deep peels should be avoided due to the risk of hyperpigmentation and scarring.
Table 3 Superficial peels safe in dark-skinned patients (Fitzpatrick type IV–VI)
Back in 1999, Grimes conducted a study evaluating the safety and efficacy of SA in 20 dark-skinned and five Hispanic patients, Fitzpatrick skin type V–VI, with various skin disorders (acne vulgaris, post-inflammatory hyperpigmentation, melasma).40 The author found that superficial SA was safe and effective in the treatment of acne lesions. Only a few patients presented postpeel hyperpigmentation, which was transient and resolved within 2 weeks. Burns et al demonstrated that serial GA peels effectively reduced postinflammatory hyperpigmentation in Fitzpatrick skin type IV–VI patients.41
There are not many studies evaluating chemicals peels for acne treatment in dark-skinned individuals. Most of them have been conducted in Asian patients or have been tested on other cutaneous disorders. However, these two different populations have similar Fitzpatrick skin types and share some of the complications that can derive from it. Both SA and GA peels are safe in these patients but should be used with precaution to avoid complications.
Following worldwide trends, acne is one of the most common skin problems among Asians, as shown by many studies.42–44 Asians are Fitzpatrick skin type III–V. As mentioned before, their skin type puts them at risk of postpeel complications. The appropriate peeling agent should address both acne lesions and prevent/treat postinflammatory hyperpigmentation.45
Several trials have evaluated the safety and efficacy of chemical peels in Asian patients. Most studies focused on SA peel (20%–30%) and JS.2,19,46–49 Dayal et al reported that both 30% SA peel alone and JS were effective in the treatment of acne in Asians.2 The peels were performed every 2 weeks during a 12-week period for a total of six sessions. SA peel was statistically significantly better than JS for comedonal noninflammatory acne. The decrease in comedonal lesions was noted from baseline and up to 12 weeks of treatment. This can be explained by the strong comedolytic property of SA. Regarding inflammatory lesions, both showed significant improvement without statistically significant difference between them. These results are in concordance with a previous study by Bae et al where both SA peel and JS were found to be very effective and safe for acne in Asian patients.48
Variable concentrations of GA peel (35%, 40%, and 50%) have also been shown to be safe and effective in Asians.50–52 Wang et al tested 35% and 50% GA peels in 40 Asian patients with moderate to severe acne.50 Application of the peel at 3-week intervals for 10 weeks led to significant reduction in comedones, papules, and pustules. The authors noted a decrease in pore size and lighter skin. Only a small number of patients develop side effects such as postinflammatory hyperpigmentation, skin irritation, and HSV reactivation. Seventy percent GA peel was compared to JS in 26 patients with Fitzpatrick skin type III–VI.52 Although the group with JS had more side effects, especially more postpeel exfoliation, both led to a significant improvement after three peeling sessions, without significant difference between them. Furthermore, Garg et al found that both 35% GA peel and 20% SA/10% mandelic acid peels (SMPs) were effective in reducing acne lesions and postacne hyperpigmentation in Asians, although the SMPs had slightly better results.26 Mild and transient side effects such as burning, stinging sensation, dryness, or photosensitivity were reported. In these studies, GA peel led to a statistically significant reduction in the number of active acne lesions. Importantly, these effects were more pronounced for noninflammatory lesions than for inflammatory acne.48
Compared to SA, GA, and JS, it is generally accepted that TCA peel has a greater risk of hyperpigmentation in dark-skinned individuals. Sharquie et al evaluated 35% TCA peel in 18 Asian patients (Fitzpatrick skin type III–IV) with acne.53 One session was performed for every patient with active lesions and three for those with acne scarring. Thirty-five percent TCA peel significantly reduced papules and pustules after 2 weeks of treatment. There was also a marked reduction in acne scarring. Regarding comedones, only four patients “completely cleared”. A few patients experienced postinflammatory hyperpigmentation that cleared up during the 3-month follow-up, besides this, the procedure was well tolerated.53 Other studies have also suggested that TCA is a safe peel in dark-skinned individuals.54,55 However, it is important to mention that these were conducted on other skin disorders, and most clinicians do not use TCA for the treatment of acne in the darker skin type due to the risk of postpeel hyperpigmentation and scarring.
The level of evidence is enough to support that superficial SA, GA, and JS peels are very safe and effective adjuvant therapies in the management of mild to moderate acne in Asians and dark-skinned individuals. As mentioned before, TCA peel is associated with a greater risk of complications and should be avoided. Regarding other superficial-medium depth peels (LA, phenol, among others), studies have focused on acne scarring or other skin disorders rather than acne vulgaris. More research will determine their role in these populations.
Hispanic/Latinos represent a Fitzpatrick skin type III–VI. Not many studies have evaluated the role of chemical peel as adjuvant therapy for acne in this specific population. However, they share similar skin characteristics to other dark-skinned individuals and the same precautions should be taken when choosing a peeling agent to prevent complications.
The safety and tolerability of cosmetic procedures during pregnancy and/or lactation are not well documented. Pregnant women must be counseled about the lack of evidence.15 Alpha-hydroxy acids (GA and LA peels) have poor dermal penetration and are generally considered safe.15 SA is category C and data about safety in pregnancy and lactation are lacking.14 However, oral acetylsalicylic acid has been used safely during pregnancy.14 If SA peel is under consideration, it should be limited to small areas of the skin (significant dermal penetration) and used with caution.14,56 TCA peel has the potential of ocular and oral mucosal absorption and should also be used with caution.15 Finally, all medium to deep chemical peels should be avoided due to high absorption and fetal risks.7
Chemical peel is the most popular noninvasive cosmetic procedure of the last centuries.57 If done with the appropriate technique, these are very safe and effective procedures. However, as any other medical intervention, they carry possible complications. A proper understanding of the chemical properties, indications, and procedure for each agent can prevent side effects and unexpected outcomes.
Preoperative patient preparation is essential prior to any chemical peel. A few simple recommendations during this period will yield the best outcome and prevent complications. Patients should be advised to use broad-spectrum sunscreen for at least 2–3 months prior to the peel to decrease the risk of hyperpigmentation or dyschromia.7 The use of tretinoin nightly for 6 weeks before the procedure has shown to enhance the process of wound healing and the penetration of the peel.7 It should be stopped 48 hours before the peel in light-skinned individuals, whereas dark-skinned patients should stop tretinoin 2–3 weeks prior to decrease the risk of postpeel hyperpigmentation, hypopigmentation, or scarring.7 Several other topical agents can be used to minimize complications, including low-dose α-hydroxy acid weeks before the peel. The use of bleaching agents (hydroquinone, KA, azelaic acid, aloesin, vitamin C or E, glabridin, etc.) before and following the peel can treat and decrease dyschromia.7 Furthermore, antiviral prophylaxis for every patient undergoing medium to deep peel is highly recommended to prevent HSV reactivation.10
Even when proper measures are taken, complications occur. Complications that are common a few days or weeks following the procedure for every type of agent, include swelling, erythema, pain and burning, pruritus, ecchymoses, blistering or infection, milia, and telangiectasia.11,38,57 Some patients may develop skin textural changes and appearance of enlarged pores.11 These complications are usually mild and resolve within weeks but tend to be more serious for deep peels. A list of serious complications for superficial, medium, and deep chemical peels is provided in Table 4.
Table 4 Serious complications for superficial, medium, and deep chemical peels
Abbreviation: HSV, herpes simplex virus.
Postpeel hyperpigmentation is of special concern. Although any skin type can develop it, dark-skinned patients (skin type IV–VI) are at greater risk. A careful evaluation of the skin type and the appropriate agent will decrease the risk. The point is to avoid deep chemical peels in Fitzpatrick skin type III–VI.20 As mentioned before, bleaching agents such as hydroquinone are the standard therapy for postinflammatory hyperpigmentation.38,57 The risk of dyschromia and scarring is low for superficial to medium depth peels.
Finally, a few agents have specific risk considerations. SA peel can cause salicylism (tinnitus, nausea/vomiting, rapid breathing or stroke) when used in excess or in combination with other salicylates.38 Resorcinol is an agent chemically comparable to phenol. If used in excess, it can cause contact dermatitis and systemic toxicity, leading to nausea/vomiting, diarrhea, tremors, headaches, dizziness, dyspnea, or paralysis.20,57 The most feared complications associated with phenol intoxication are listed in Table 4. One of the most common complications of TCA peel is hyperpigmentation, which is more evident in skin types III–VI.57 This medium depth peel may also cause accentuation of nevi or lentigines. A few cases of toxic shock syndrome following a chemical peel have also been reported.58,59
In conclusion, superficial to medium depth chemical peels are useful adjuvant therapies in acne vulgaris. They effectively target the different factors involved in the development of this common skin disorder and enhance the effects of other topical preparations. The level of evidence supports the use of SA, GA, JS, and TCA peels at variable concentrations. Thereby, this safe and low-cost procedure should be considered in every acne patient. Nonetheless, the benefits and complications of it varies among racial groups, and special attention must be paid when dealing with dark-skinned patients (Fitzpatrick IV–VI).60
The authors report no conflicts of interest in this work.
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Researchers compared how quickly a group of males aged 23 up to 80 could perform a motor task. They found that the speed of the task and the integrity of myelination were correlated over the range of ages.
The myelination of brain circuits follows an inverted U-shaped trajectory, peaking in middle age. "Studies have shown that as we age, myelin breakdown and repair are continually occurring over the brain's entire 'neural network,'" said lead researcher George Bartzokis. "In older age, we begin losing the repair battle. That means the average performance of the networks gradually declines."
The researchers proposed that cognitive, sensory and motor processing speeds are all related to this decline. The hypothesis was checked with a test: how fast an individual can tap the index finger.
It is known that the speed of a movement increases with the frequency of neuronal action potential (AP) bursts in the brain. AP is an electrical discharge that travels over the axons connecting nerves. Fast movements require high-frequency AP bursts that depend on excellent myelin integrity.
In the study, each of the 72 participants had a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan that measured the myelin integrity in the vulnerable wiring of their brain's frontal lobes. The maximum finger-tapping speed (number of taps within ten seconds) was measured just before the MRI measure was obtained.
This showed: finger-tapping speed and myelin integrity measurements were correlated and "had lifespan trajectories that were virtually indistinguishable," said Bartzokis. Both peaked at 39 years of age and declined with an accelerating trajectory thereafter.
"The nearly identical trajectory across the lifespan for both measures of myelin integrity and fine motor speed supports the notion that myelin health underlies maximum AP burst frequency," Bartzokis said. The research suggests that the myelin breakdown process should also reduce all other brain functions for which performance speed is dependent on higher AP frequencies, such as memory; and that myelin breakdown is a biological process of aging underlying the erosion of physical skills and cognitive decline, including the onset of age-driven disorders as Alzheimer's disease.
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If you are a blockchain user, this information will be so much useful in order to increase your earning.
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This program, unlike other ad networks, concentrates on giving high-quality material to bloggers. It reacts rapidly to ad requests, ensuring that each aspect is highlighted to its full potential.
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This interactive early reader ebook asks young children to touch the correct word on a screen of similar sounding words. The large type allows young readers to move their fingers along the words, while the alliterative and rhyming verse promote phonemic awareness. The app features two type faces, the first being a print based font, the same from which children learn to write. The second is OpenDyslexic a font that some people who have dyslexia find easier to read.
- Option for a very simple print based font, meaning the letters look like the letters they are taught to write.
- Option for a font called OpenDyslexic that some people with dyslexia find easier to read.
- The font is made as large as possible so that the child’s finger can point at each letter as they sound it out.
- The verses are alliterative and/or rhyming to promote phonemic awareness.
- The child is asked to find the target word on a screen of words that sound and are spelled similarly. The puzzles encourage the child to look for patterns in the words to find the correct answer.
- The book has both phonetic and sight words.
- There are sixteen target words for a total of 64 pages.
- The target words are Cat, Dog, Cow, Baby, Duck, Dino, Pig, Truck, Bug, Rose, Slug, Vase, Boat, Nail, Tree and Moon.
- There is a read-to-me button that can be removed through an options menu.
Learn To Read helps achieve the following Common Core Standards
RF.K.2. Demonstrate understanding of spoken words, syllables, and sounds (phonemes).
- Recognize and produce rhyming words.
- Add or substitute individual sounds (phonemes) in simple, one-syllable words to make new words.
RF.K.3. Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.
- Distinguish between similarly spelled words by identifying the sounds of the letters that differ
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This couple prove the obvious - men and women have different communication styles. Brad typifies many men. He withdraws in order to deal with problems and concerns. If he's tired and pressured, he has nothing to give to Kathy. It's hard for Kathy to understand that it's almost physically painful for Brad to be with her when he's in this state.
Kathy's different. Like many women, she solves problems by talking it out with someone close to her. It's foreign for her to cut off from people when she's troubled. When she's in contact with someone close to her, she's able to clarify her feelings and deal with whatever is bothering her.
It's right for a woman to expect her husband to be there for her when she needs him. You don't make appointments to be with the person who is supposed to be your most intimate friend.
However, it's incorrect to assume that a man's need for space proves that he has no desire to be with his wife. Wanting to be alone is not synonymous with rejecting someone.
As long as there is no acceptance or understanding between them, neither Kathy nor Brad will be happy. Brad isn't getting the time alone that he needs as long as Kathy is upset with him. And Kathy gets nothing from Brad while he's feeling angry and resentful toward her.
How can Kathy and Brad learn to stop hurting each other?
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Deep yellow flowers over unusual elongated fine leaves that form into a clump/mound. Whenever you see the latter, you know that the plant in question is a dwarf. Description Great little frothy mound of silver foliage that deserves a place in the plant petting zoo. Silvermound Artemisia is scientifically called Artemisia schmidtiana in plant taxonomy. Wiry stems appear in late spring producing ylw button-shaped flowers.
Best grown in a well-drained rock garden, gravel scree, or trough container.
Qty: EMAIL ME when back in stock. Soft fern like silvery foliage.
Description: Evergreen Perennial. Silver Mound is a sandstone hill in Wisconsin where American Indians quarried quartzite for stone tools.Tools made from Silver Mound's quartzite have been found as far away as Kentucky.The oldest have been dated to around 11,000 years ago, so they provide clues about the first people in Wisconsin. Too cute. Perfect near a meandering path or front of the border where its fine texture can be enjoyed.Silver foliage shrubs and perennials such as the sunloving lavandula angustifolia, brachyglottis Sunshine and helichrysum italicum provide soft, silver mounds of foliage.
Another common name used to refer to plants in this genus is "wormwood."
Cotula Silver Mound is Winter hardy to the low teens. Artemisia are prized for their silver leaves and excellent texture. Plant in free-draining soil in a sunny position. Description. Silver throngs of foliage with yellow flowers. Cosmopolitan. Low growing evergreen perennial 2 inches high, creeping to 1 foot or more. © 2019 Regents of the University of Minnesota. Hardy to 0F. Size: 3" tall foliage. Cotula lineariloba : Family: Asteraceae Hardiness: to Zone 7b Mature Size: 6"x12" Exposure: sun Bloom Time: May-June Moisture Needs: average to dry Deer Resistant: Yes Price: $ 10.00.
Sun: Full to Part Sun. Excellent low groundcover for small areas. Growing 1 foot high and just as wide, this airy plant is perfect for rock gardens or in front of taller plants. The silver mound plant (Artemisia schmidtiana) is also called wormwood or mugwort.
Artemisia schmidtiana ‘Nana’ Silver Mound Artemisia: USDA Zone: 1-9: Plant number: 1.075.050. It prefers well-drained soil and is drought tolerant. Silver Cotula: USDA Zone: 6-9: Plant number: 1.168.150. Cotula Silver Mound grows an inch tall and spreads a few inches a season. In late spring taller wiry stems appear, bearing yellow button flowers for several weeks. Regular division of the silver mound Artemisia is a part of caring for silver mound, but is required less often if planted in the proper soil. Cotula hispida (Silver cotula) will reach a height of 0.1m and a spread of 0.3m after 2-5 years. Thanks to David Mason and Susie Grimm of Hedgerows Nursery for sharing it with us. Ideal for rockeries and gravel gardens. COTULA hispida (#COTHIS4 - H 34) COTULA hispida.
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Gas pipeline blast that caused blackouts in Syria was 'almost certainly a strike by ISIS' – US envoy
The recent explosion at a pipeline outside Damascus was likely an attack by Islamic State (formerly ISIS/ISIL), US envoy for Syrian affairs James Jeffrey has said. The blast triggered power outages across the country.
"We are still looking into that. But it was almost certainly a strike by ISIS," Jeffrey said, as cited by Reuters.
The blast at a pipeline outside Damascus caused a drop in gas supply to power stations, leading to blackouts across the country. The fire was put out on Monday, and power was restored to hospitals and other vital infrastructure in the capital, along with some residential areas, Syria's SANA news outlet reported.
Caretaker Petroleum Minister Ali Ghanem said that the explosion was caused by a terrorist attack. He noted that it was the sixth time the pipeline was targeted.Also on rt.com Gas pipeline explosion causes ‘cascading blackout’ across Syria in suspected ‘terrorist attack’
Earlier this year, Syria sent a letter to the UN Security Council, describing terrorist attacks on its energy infrastructure. It reported that various groups have targeted gas factories and refineries in different part of the country, as well as carried out an underwater bombing against a Mediterranean Sea pipeline at a terminal in Tartus.
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1. Make your bets on companies whose business model you understand
It’s always essential to completely understand what you’ve invested in rather than invest in every shiny opportunity that presents itself. There may be a lot of noise and cry in the market about the next big thing, one day it may be Bitcoin, while the next it may be Ripple or even weed stocks. However, it is essential that you keep your wits about you while investing. Look at strong metrics such as per capita product consumption, past returns, future projections, input costs and margins before making any kind of investment. You must be confident enough to forecast different projections for the firm based on your understanding and confidence level in the market. When you ignore this basic tenet and invest in companies or channels that you don’t understand, you stand a high possibility of watching your investment go bust. Avoid being seduced by the new opportunity in the block, the ‘boring’ groundwork and research is where the real gold (scope for building wealth in the long term) lies. The top billionaires in the investment space, such as Warren Buffet, advocate this philosophy. It’s all about being sure about what you know and betting on that.
2. Always hedge your bets
There’s always an endowment bias when it comes to investment decisions. Investors often make the habit of making predictions about stock performance without considering all the kinds of risk factors. Hence, we are often overly optimistic about our prospects which may backfire in our face. It’s important to be conservative about the prospects of an investment. It helps if you have data and analytics helping you hedge your bets rather than relying on pure instinct. All speculation must have a strong backing in data and an appropriate distribution of asset allocation must be maintained between high exposure investments like stocks and low-risk debt funds.
3. Minimize Costs, Expenses, and Fees
Professionally managed firms and family offices may charge high fees for management and advisory fees. This can either be in the form of a percentage of assets or in the form of a flat fee/retainer. It’s even more dangerous if they earn income through commissions as their financial interests may be at odds with yours. This fee can heavily eat into your long term corpus generation in various ways due to the interest lost on the amount that would have otherwise compounded. Hence it’s better to go for a Robo Advisor or a wealth management firm that subsidises is management fee by providing Robo Advisory services rather than using a Human advisor for all client interaction. The cost-saving by the Wealth Management firm is transferred to the benefit of the investor.
4. Maintain your portfolio boundaries
Be very clear on what level of exposure you are comfortable with in terms of risk and what profits you will be happy with. If you have data and analytics driving your decisions, you can set up a flagging mechanism to raise a red flag whenever a trade hits an upper or a lower limit. Setting boundaries for your portfolio help you minimize the probability of a loss. It’s important to be opportunistic, but it’s also essential that you aren’t too greedy. A very diverse portfolio with an appropriate mix of funds from across industries will help you create a portfolio that performs well in a bull or bear market.
Nowadays, wealth management paradigm has shifted and investment managers are using technology to back their decision making. Wealth management software and platforms have emerged which use a combination of AI and Analytics to de-risk investments. Robo advisory services are now part and parcel of every Wealth Management firm’s offering. These services help firms crunch the numbers and make data-driven decisions about investing. Robo-advisors provide the right kind of recommendations and give a wealth of analytics and historical data to help guide investment choices. These technologies also take care of monotonous tasks such as asset reallocation, portfolio attribution, KYC, onboarding amongst others and provide great transparency to investors. This helps Wealth Managers free up a large portion of their time and dedicate it to providing excellent customer servicing.
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Little things do add up. Just like a sustained effort toward saving money can one day build a fortune, incremental efforts at reducing plastic consumption can save some fossil fuels and reduce the amount of trash dumped in landfills. Statistics from the Environmental Protection Agency show that plastics accounted for 11.1 percent of the total municipal solid waste generated in 2003, totaling around 26.7 million tons. In an effort to reuse some of that plastic, Jessica Cartledge, the Frugal $ense winner for April, combines her love of gardening and money into one tidy earth-friendly package. Congratulations, Jessica!
|April's Frugal $ense winner: Jessica Cartledge|
|Jessica Cartledge of LaGrange, Ill., won $100 for submitting the following tip:|
Bankrate: What kind of plants do you grow?
Jessica: A lot of herbs -- basil and rosemary and tons and tons of tomatoes. It's been so expensive buying pots that I figured I'd get the plastic jugs instead and just start them out from seeds, because I always end up throwing those little things away that you have to buy.
Bankrate: It's a good way to reuse plastic containers.
Jessica: I'm trying to recycle; I'm kind of crazy about that. I recycle everything. And I just feel like I throw away so much garbage that I thought I might as well use it for something. There's a new fertilizer that uses old pop bottles and they put a compost tea in it and sell it for $15 and that's great, they're helping the environment. But, I thought, hey, I could do that and put plants in the jugs, and it's worked out really well.
Bankrate: Do you have any more earth-friendly frugal tips?
Jessica: I grow a lot of stuff from seeds instead of going out and buying the started plants, so that does save a bit. If you start plants from seeds, you have a little pride in it as well. Plus, I get so many of them that I give the plants away to family and friends. A lot of times, with gardening, if you have perennial plants, if you grow one it'll sometimes blossom into a few more or you'll have little seedlings. So, I have a gardening club where people exchange plants with me and I give them my plants. You end up having so many more plants that you don't have to buy them. | <urn:uuid:f520ad03-9906-4776-a9be-d77582816da7> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.bankrate.com/finance/personal-finance/frugal-ense-save-the-planet-and-some-money-1.aspx | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280410.21/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00449-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.96481 | 503 | 2.828125 | 3 |
As the local chapter of the NAACP prepares to celebrate 50 years of civil rights advocacy a Window on Cecil County’s Past has checked the old newspapers for that year for information. The Cecil Democrat carried a front page story, but nothing was found in the Cecil Whig.
In February 1962, the Cecil Democrat announced the organization of the Cecil County NAACP branch. A front page photo showed the officers meeting to organize at Wright’s AME Church in Elkton. McKinley Scott of North East was the Vice-President; Mildred Johnson of Elkton was the treasurer and Rev. H. R. Curtis, Elkton, President; and Laurie Loper Charlestown was the secretary. | <urn:uuid:9e7a853d-b769-48ae-8af6-f3ab6c8031a5> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | https://cecilcounty.wordpress.com/2009/10/20/cecil-county-chapter-of-naacp-organized-1962/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560281649.59/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095121-00445-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.952881 | 141 | 1.890625 | 2 |
Happy March 23rd! Or, as we like to say around here, Happy Cthulhu Day! For it was 86 years ago today that the great eldritch being was first seen by modern man, as chronicled by H.P. Lovecraft in "The Call of Cthulhu":
"March 23rd the crew of the Emma landed on an unknown island and left six men dead; and on that date the dreams of sensitive men assumed a heightened vividness and darkened with dread of a giant monster's malign pursuit, whilst an architect had gone mad and a sculptor had lapsed suddenly into delirium!"And the cosmic meat of the matter:
The Thing cannot be described - there is no language for such abysms of shrieking and immemorial lunacy, such eldritch contradictions of all matter, force, and cosmic order. A mountain walked or stumbled. God! What wonder that across the earth a great architect went mad, and poor Wilcox raved with fever in that telepathic instant? The Thing of the idols, the green, sticky spawn of the stars, had awaked to claim his own. The stars were right again, and what an age-old cult had failed to do by design, a band of innocent sailors had done by accident. After vigintillions of years great Cthulhu was loose again, and ravening for delight.Sleep well tonight puny humans! | <urn:uuid:1cb3d810-5e23-4ac4-a0fa-3367aca080b7> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.thelovecraftsman.com/2011/03/86-years-ago-today-great-cthulhu-was.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280835.60/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00473-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.977196 | 282 | 1.8125 | 2 |
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has approved a request from California to allow meal service during school closures to minimize potential exposure to the coronavirus. These meals are available at no cost to low-income children – and are not required to be served in a group setting – to ensure kids receive nutritious meals while schools are temporarily closed.
“USDA stands with the people of California as a part of a federal-wide coordinated response,” said Brandon Lipps, Deputy Under Secretary for USDA’s Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services. “The flexibility provided by the waiver approved today will help ensure that our children get wholesome meals, safeguarding their health during times of need.”
The waiver is effective immediately and will continue through June 30, 2020. USDA stands ready to provide additional assistance to the people of California and other areas impacted by the coronavirus as allowed by law and in coordination with the much larger government-wide response.
All Food and Nutrition Service programs – including the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP); Special Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC); and the National School Lunch and Breakfast Programs – have flexibilities and contingencies built-in to allow them to respond to on-the-ground realities in the event of a disaster or emergency situation. For more information about the coronavirus response across USDA, please visit: https://www.usda.gov/coronavirus.
USDA’s Food and Nutrition Service administers 15 nutrition assistance programs that leverage American’s agricultural abundance to ensure children and low-income individuals and families have nutritious food to eat. FNS also co-develops the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, which provide science-based nutrition recommendations and serve as the cornerstone of federal nutrition policy. | <urn:uuid:9987d2ee-df0e-4aad-b0ef-155bb20b133b> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://californiaagnet.com/2020/04/02/meals-for-children-from-low-income-families-amid-coronavirus-outbreak/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571190.0/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810131127-20220810161127-00074.warc.gz | en | 0.945645 | 374 | 2.109375 | 2 |
Probiotic Supplements Can Help Coral Reefs (Just Like They Help People)
According to the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health, approximately four million American adults take probiotic dietary supplements to help with issues such as digestion, allergic reactions, and mental acuity. Probiotics are like ‘good guy’ bacteria that help fight ‘bad’ germs, which they do by reseeding an individual’s microbiome. (It is the community of necessary bacteria, fungi, and viruses that live in or on tissues and bodily fluids and help humans maintain general health.) Dietary supplements are not the only way humans can. ingest probiotics. Yogurt, kefir, and fermented vegetables, for example, contain a lot of it. This means that most people don’t need to spend the money to buy probiotic pills. Still, supplements can often help people with stressed physiology.
Surprising new research from an international team of scientists suggests that even stressed coral reefs can benefit from probiotic supplements.
Coral reefs are a lot like Russian nesting dolls
Inside coral reefs are communities of tiny, soft-bodied animals called polyps. Cut, they are related to anemones and jellyfish.
Although polyps are usually transparent and colorless, inside each live millions of microscopic algae with brilliant hues. The relationship between polyps and algae is symbiotic. Polyps provide algae with the compounds it needs to photosynthesize. The algae give the color of the coral as well as the amino acids, glucose and glycerol. Polyps use chemical compounds to make proteins, fats, and carbohydrates.
To sum up the geometry: Inside the reefs live polyps. Inside the polyps live microscopic algae that give the polyps nourishment and bright colors.
Reefs are multi-dwelling housing complexes made of exoskeletons
Polyps extract calcium and carbonate ions from the seawater around them and use the ions to make calcium carbonate (limestone) exoskeletons. Exoskeletons are rigid cup-shaped envelopes that polyps secrete from deep within their anatomy and then settle inside. Exoskeletons are essential to the life of coral reefs. Indeed, they are the reefs. When hundreds of thousands, if not millions of exoskeletons merge, they can weigh several tons.
In addition to protecting polyps, reefs provide hiding places as well as pastures and hunting grounds for a wide variety of marine life, and are therefore important for the health of the oceans in general.
Why is reef bleach
When stressed by factors such as high water temperatures or loss of light or nutrients, polyps cannot physiologically support the algae that live inside. As a result, they expel them. With the disappearance of algae, polyps lose their color, just like reefs. (Limestone is white. It’s the polyps that come out of their homes that color the reefs.) Bleached coral reefs aren’t necessarily full of dead polyps, but they are full of physiologically endangered polyps.
Unfortunately, over the past decades, coral reefs have been under unprecedented stress from global warming. As the reefs turn white and then die off, the hiding and feeding sites for thousands of fish and other marine life disappear.
Probiotic treatments for bleached coral
Just as a human’s health depends on their microbiome, the health of every component of a coral reef, from limestone to algae, depends on communities of bacteria, fungi and viruses. New research conducted by an international team of scientists and published in the peer-reviewed journal Scientists progress demonstrates that at least one type of coral reef can benefit from probiotic treatment, as some humans do. In this new study, beneficial microorganisms for coral treatments (BMCs) were used to save polyps and reefs from the effect of drastic increases in temperature.
Scientists have worked with a species of coral called Mussismilia hispida, which they collected in 80 fragments from the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Brazil and placed in an aquarium that mimicked natural conditions. The team caused the fragments to bleach by gradually increasing the water temperature from about 26 degrees Celsius to 30 degrees over the course of eight days. They kept the temperature high for ten days, and then gradually for four days, they lowered the temperature to 26 degrees. After that, the temperature was kept stable for a 23 day “recovery” period. Before and during the increase in temperature as well as during the decrease in temperature and the recovery period, a group of corals were regularly treated with BMCs made up of six different bacterial strains. Coral fragments in a control group were treated with a placebo saline solution.
All corals that had been treated with BMCs survived the bleaching event. Like Raquel S. Peixoto from the Institute of Microbiology of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro and the Saudi Arabian Red Sea Research Center at the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology explained in an email that “probiotics have not “only” improved bleaching, but also (and in fact!) prevented coral dying. While 100% of the coral fragments treated with BMC survived, only 60% of the fragments treated with the placebo survived.
Unsurprisingly, the team of scientists suggested that with global warming and the increased frequency and severity of ocean warming events, a new intervention like probiotic inoculations could end coral mortality. and what they suggest should be called “post-heat stress disorder.” If probiotic inoculations work, they could save not only corals, but also the thousands of marine animals that depend on reefs for grazing, security, and hunting grounds.
A huge challenge yet to be resolved, however, is how to inoculate large-scale reefs into the wild. In his email, Peixoto suggested, âWe have several strategies, some of which are worked in collaboration with engineers and involving robots and artificial intelligence as well as the development of slow release delivery systems. These could include bacterial pills that could slowly release bacteria onto the corals for 20 to 30 days. With such an approach, we may only need to inoculate the reef one to three times during a bleaching episode. Our idea would be to use the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) bleach alerts to know when and where a bleach event would occur, then inoculate the reef just before and during the event.
As Peixoto also explained, time is running out for coral reefs. Whatever approach scientists test and choose, they must act quickly.
The investigation team consisted of Erika P. Santoro, Ricardo M. Borges, Josh L. Espinoza, Marcelo Freire, Camila SMA Messias, Helena DM Villela, Leandro M. Pereira, Caren LS Vilela, João G. Rosado, Pedro M. Cardoso, Phillipe M. Rosado, Juliana M. Assis, Gustavo AS Duarte, Gabriela Perna, Alexandre S. Rosado, Andrew Macrae, Christopher L. Dupont, Karen E. Nelson, Michael J. Sweet, Christian R. Voolstra, Raquel S. Peixoto. | <urn:uuid:4ac02db1-50ba-452f-b4a1-7b662880d60b> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://goodhealthmedicine.com/probiotic-supplements-can-help-coral-reefs-just-like-they-help-people/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571284.54/warc/CC-MAIN-20220811103305-20220811133305-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.941429 | 1,498 | 2.65625 | 3 |
Handbook (suggestions): starting up a petition
What is a Petition?
A petition is the best way for you to be heard using the tool Create a Petition in CitizenGo (cGo)
You want something to change, you want to make yourself heard.
With a petition you address yourself to a politician, an individual, institution or company from whom you ask something to change.
In cGO we offer you the tool to implement your petition and to make it reach a wider target, so that you can share it with hundreds, thousands and even hundreds of thousands of people who, if they wish to, will support it, making your request their own and will send it to the addressee asking him to act.
With this online Start Up a Petition tool we want to help generate, among other things, a surge of changes in order to build a better society.
How (and why) does a petition in cGo work?
How it works
Start Up a Petition with cGO is a very powerful tool to put forward a petition, promote a change and make yourself heard.
It is as easy as filling up a form. To put it simply look at this detailed step-by-step procedure to start up and spread a petition:
You have an idea ... you want to change something, you want to make yourself heard.
- You start up a petition filling in the cGO form Start Up a Petition.
- You spread your petition with the means we make available to you and through your email (your contacts) and Social Media. Depending on the nature of your petition, we from cGO will send emails to our own subscribers and friends in order to help you spread it and generate a bigger impact.
- You act doing a follow-up of how your petition is “working”, reinforcing it if necessary with further information or complementary actions.
Why it works
There is strength in numbers. Internet, the email and social media allow you to reach an uncountable number of people both in your circles and the outer world that probably would like to make the very same changes and support a specific petition.
Politicians, companies, institutions, Governments … are all conscious of the strength and the reach of online tools. And they very much value their reputation and the consequences that, for their present and future position or job, may have to ignore a just petition massively supported by a sufficient number of citizens.
A simple complaint or isolated petition is not usually effective. The addressee may believe that you are the only one complaining, the only one to make a petition about a specific issue. It is therefore ignored.
But what if that same addressee receives hundreds or even thousands of complaints or petitions about one single issue? And what if he receives them for several days on a row? And what if on top of emails he receives hundreds or even thousands of phone calls asking him to act now, to change something? Will he be in a position where he can ignore these petitions? With no consequences?
Best practice. The secret to success.
Obviously nothing guarantees that a petition is going to progress... but there are certainly some good practices you may consider in order to achieve success. We will here show you some that will be further developed in A Step-by-Step Guide (to create and spread a petition)
- This is personal...
A petition is made by you so that something gets changed. You are the one that creates your petition, so that something changes. Write your petition explaining how important it is for you and for all to achieve what you ask for. A petition in which you get involved is much more efficient than a simple complaint about something you don’t like or are against. Put your heart in it...
- A specific and viable petition... addressed to the correct individuals and institutions
What you ask for must be something specific and viable (it must be achievable)... and the addressee of your petition must be the correct one, he must have the capacity to change something following your petition.
If you ask for wars to stop in the world... and you ask the President of the Government...you will not succeed, period.
If, on the other hand, you ask your Mayor not to stop the support or grant to the Association of Mothers of your city, you will possibly be successful...
- The way to do it...
Be specific and clear. Better than bright and enigmatic...
Mr/Mrs/Miss/Ms (name), don’t remove the financial support to the Association of Mothers of (your city),
Es probablemente más efectivo que
Hey Mayor, you can do it!
- The addressee's email address
We are talking about petitions online. If you include the addressee's email address together with your petition, whenever an individual signs your petition the addressee will automatically receive a direct email into his in tray... You can also download and print the signatures sheets and hand them in to the addressee's office or institution you address your petition to.
- The email, the right tool to spread your petition
The email is the most used and consulted online tool by Internet surfers worldwide. And in your family, friends and contacts lists surely there will be a considerable amount of people you email and ask to support and sign (and spread out) your petition.
- Social Media
Strength is in numbers. This is so evident and commonly acknowledged that little explanation is needed... Social Media (Twitter, Facebook, etc.) allow you to be in contact with tons of people at a time. And allows you to ask all of them with a single action to join you and support your petition. Moreover, you may ask them to, on their turn, spread out your petition, thus creating a vicious circle around your purpose. You then together create a surge of changes.
- The Media ( Press)
This is yet another jump ahead when it comes to spreading and getting enough impact so that your petition is echoed (sufficiently) and to get done with it. Perhaps you may send some of them the “news” about your petition.
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“Practice and hope, but never hope more than you practice,” stated by Kalmen Opperman, clarinetist, composer and master teacher/craftsman. These words live in me every day. Mr. Opperman could not have ever said it any better.
What does this mean? Practice and hope. Well, my interpretation is this, the more you practice the more you are “allowed” to hope. Hope for what? Hope for reaching your goals: a better chair placement, all-state band, a successful recital, an excited audience, a job, etc…
After all, you can hope all you want, but if you do not practice, expect disappointment.
I often weigh my levels of practicing and hoping. I know when practicing is down, my hope of improvement is down. When my practicing is up and consistent, my hope is brighter, motivating and almost always surprising.
Remember, CONSISTANT PRACTICE will help you improve at ANYTHING. “Slow, steady progress wins the race” is the moral of the story of the Tortoise and the Hare. Practice every single day, even if it is 20 minutes.
This is how consistent, every day practices adds up…
20 minutes a day times 365 days a year = 122 hours of practice (2 hours and 20 minutes of practice a week)
30 minutes a day X 365 days a year = 182.5 hours of practice (3 hours and 30 minutes of practice a week)
60 minutes a day X 365 days a year = 365 hours of practice (7 hours of practice a week)
2 hours a day X 365 days a year = 730 hours of practice (14 hours of practice a week)
3 hours a day X 365 days a year = 1095 hours of practice (21 hours of practice a week)
Try this… Count how much TV you watch a week…
Count how much time you spend on a cell phone (talking or texting) or Ipad
Count how much time you spend on the internet…
Count how much time you spend playing videos games…
HOW FAST DID THOSE HOURS ADD UP? Now, when you counted those hours, did you have ANY days off from those activities?
I dare you to put the same amount of hours on clarinet (or your chosen, real musical instrument) that you did on any or all of the above items (TV, cell phone, computer, internet, games).
However, take care of your body. If you wish to practice 3 hours a day, make sure you take a number of breaks in between. Overuse is a common problem in music and sports. Overuse is even a problem with typing on computers, so take care of your hands and embouchure.
Remember, clarinet is a woodwind instrument. Its most often made of WOOD (plastic otherwise), METAL, CORK, FELT PADS and a CANE REED. You can hold it in your hands, blow air through it, manipulate the keys and make really cool, beautiful sounds on it.
CLARINET IS POWERED BY WIND. IT IS UNPLUGGED, YET YOU CAN STILL MAKE SOME OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL AND EXCITING MUSIC IN THE WORLD.
"I’ve never known a musician who regretted being one. Whatever deceptions life may have in store for you, music itself is not going to let you down. Virgil Thomson (1896-1989) American composer
Anyone can operate a computer, cell phone, Ipod, TV, but not anyone can play clarinet. Dare to play a real instrument and work out all its challenges. Studying the discipline of a musical instrument will carry over to the other disciplines in your life. Future bosses will recognize your higher levels of focus and discipline.
The more accomplished you become on clarinet, the more likely you’ll find yourself in leadership roles. Read more here on Clarinet Leadership.
I write it over and over again on Clarinet-Now.com, CONSISTANT PRACTICE WILL HELP YOU IMPROVE AT ANYTHING. So, how to you improve on this? Take consistent clarinet lessons from a private clarinet teacher. Read more here about the 12 Benefits of Clarinet Lessons, Maximize Your Clarinet Lessons, and how to find a Private Clarinet Teacher.
Authors Note: Yes, you are correct. I had to sacrifice practicing my clarinet to write this page. Now, I don’t know about you, but I’m going to practice, NOW. Go get it!
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" It is said that Tsugaru kites, a folkcraft of Aomori Prefecture, were first made in the 17th century by poor low-ranking members of the samurai class. Japanese kites generally have a bamboo frame, but as bamboo is difficult to grow in the Tsugaru district because of the severe cold, lightweight and supple cypress cut into thin strips is used instead. Tsugaru kites feature strong, thick lines in Japanese ink and a picture of a warrior painted in brilliant colors, predominant
We are still walking around Aomori, Japan. Among such a beautiful nature of Aomori, we also found some little cute place which is full with handmade works. 青森県の岩木山の麓にある手作りに溢れる店をご紹介させていただきたい。 The sign is written "Teshigoto" directly means "hand work"....exactly!!! hahaha and seems we come as early as the shop owner,
ok let's help her open the shop, and see what inside. The owner of the shop is Tomiko Saito.
Here you can find cloth and bags made in the technique of “free han
Near Hirosaki town in prefecture Aomori there is Inakadate village famous for its Rice field art. That art project has started in 1993 when first big picture using different sort of rice was done. It was the picture of Iwaki mountain which is the highest mountain in the region and respected greatly by local people. Since that time the skills of project managers much improved. Famous scenes from movies, Japanese myths and local sightseeing become the subject of the art. This y | <urn:uuid:0fc82187-3171-489b-a58b-631efc1380b5> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.thehandmadediary.com/blog-01/hashtags/AOMORI | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572408.31/warc/CC-MAIN-20220816151008-20220816181008-00677.warc.gz | en | 0.966339 | 373 | 1.6875 | 2 |
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Various methods are available for the detection of prostatic acid phosphatase [1, 2], spermine, choline , and spermatozoa. Aspermatic seminal stains are increasing in number due to vasectomies. In these cases location of spermatozoa is not possible. Difficulties are also frequently encountered in the location of spermatozoa even when present in dried seminal stains. This paper sets forth a practical, rapid, inexpensive, and sensitive thin-layer chromatographic method for the detection of spermine and choline. No interferences have been noted from blood, vaginal secretions, saliva, douche powders, urine, or the azo dye (Fast Blue B) for the detection of prostatic acid phosphatase.
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Think your home is clean? You probably missed a spot.
You may or may not already have a pretty good cleaning routine down, like scrubbing the toilet and wiping off the kitchen counters, but we can practically guarantee there are dark hidden places in your home right now that have not seen the light of day in years. Not to be a downer, but these could be causing health issues or even safety hazards if they continue going unaddressed.
But that aside, it’s also just kinda gross. So let’s dive in and get started on the things around the house you didn’t know you were supposed to clean!
Under the fridge and stove
The area beneath large kitchen appliances can be a hotbed for bacteria. A dark, moist environment with tiny cracks and crevices makes it easy for mold and mildew to fester, which can make you sick.
To clean this area, carefully pull out the fridge or stove, being sure not to accidentally yank the plug from the outlet. Once you can reach, unplug it so you can scootch the appliance forward far enough to expose all the floor space that’s been collecting dirt since the time it was originally installed.
Start by checking the coils and fan for dust buildup. Don’t skip this step, as dust buildup can shorten the life of your appliances, making them work harder, and even be a fire hazard. Use a coil brush to reach all the way to the inner depths of the coils and dislodge the dust bunnies, then use an extender attachment to vacuum up all the dust, hair, and crumbs from around the back of the appliance and on the floor.
After all the loose bits are gone, give the floor a thorough scrub with either a mop or a scrub brush. Use warm soapy water to wipe down the wall and surrounding cabinets to get rid of any grease buildup. If you spot any mold or mildew, spray it down with an antifungal cleaner and let the area dry completely before pushing the fridge or stove back into place.
Inside the dishwasher
Why clean the appliance that literally cleans itself? Take a peek inside the filter to find your answer.
While your dishwasher may be great at cleaning dishes, all that dislodged food has to go somewhere. Your dishwasher doesn’t have a garbage disposal so it’s collecting soggy leftovers in the bottom, and contributing to a foul smell over time.
To clean your dishwasher: Pull out the racks completely, unscrew the spray arms, and take the filter out of the very bottom. Spray down the inside of the dishwasher with a grease-fighting cleaner or distilled vinegar, and use the same cleaner to scrub down the filter and spray arms while the dishwasher soaks for a few minutes.
Wipe down the top, sides, bottom and the inside of the dishwasher door. Use a toothbrush to remove any calcified grime. When everything is clean, put all the pieces back together and run an empty cycle on hot with 1 cup of distilled vinegar. The vinegar cycle will get rid of any remaining odors and ensure any leftover residue gets washed away before your next load of dishes.
The inside of your toothbrush holder is probably secretly caked in old toothpaste and mineral buildup, completely unbeknownst to you, as well as collecting small fecal particles from the toilet. This is also a good time to replace your toothbrush, which should be phased out every 3-4 months anyway.
Use hot water and an old toothbrush to scrub away any toothpaste residue inside the toothbrush holder. If you find mildew, use an antibacterial cleaner, and be sure to rinse the holder thoroughly before using it again.
Showerhead and drain
Does your showerhead have a few jets of water that are shooting the wrong way? If so, it’s time to clean your showerhead.
Scrub the showerhead with a sponge or toothbrush to dislodge mineral buildup. Fill a plastic sandwich baggie with a 50/50 solution of hot water and white vinegar, and secure this to the showerhead using a rubber band or twist tie. Let that hang out for at least half an hour* (or overnight), then wipe it down with hot water.
While that’s soaking, it’s a great time to clean the drain. If you can, pry the drain cover up (using a butter knife works well in a pinch), and pull out as much hair as you can. Pack the drain with a cup of baking soda, then pour about a cup of white vinegar on top, letting the bubbles do all the cleaning for you. After about 15 minutes, pour some very hot water down the drain to flush everything out and put the drain cover back.
*If your shower fixture is made of brass, gold, or nickel, only soak it for 30 minutes
You already know to clean the lint trap between loads, but when was the last time you cleaned the dryer vent? It’s probably packed with lint, which might be why towels take an extra cycle to dry, but a buildup of lint can also be a dangerous fire hazard.
Unplug the dryer, and turn off the gas supply (if applicable). A long vent cleaner brush works ok, but there are vacuum attachments specifically made for this job that will make things go faster.
Start by taking out the lint trap and cleaning out that crevice and anywhere else you spot lint fuzzies building up. Before putting the lint trap back, scrub it down with hot water to remove the waxy coating that builds up from using fabric softener.
Pull the unplugged dryer out from the wall and detach Tinman’s arm (dryer vent hose). Shove your vacuum attachment inside anywhere it’ll fit, including the dryer’s exhaust duct, the vent hose, and underneath the dryer where lint likes to collect.
For those who are in a house rather than an apartment building, grab an extension cord and wheel your vacuum outside to the external dryer vent, and wave to any neighbors giving you puzzled looks. Use your vacuum extension to dislodge as much lint as you can reach.
If you haven’t cleaned your dryer vent since you moved in 15 years ago and notice that it looks pretty backed up, you may want to consider calling a professional. They have equipment that can reach far deeper than your vacuum, and that extensive buildup of lint is a fire hazard that you don’t want to overlook.
Deep cleaning is a necessary activity to do at least once a year because it’s an opportunity to do the maintenance work that’s neglected or forgotten most of the time. Although it’s not the most glamorous part of living in a home, deep cleaning is beneficial to your family’s health and safety, as well as for your wallet by extending the lifespan of your appliances.
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“Prisoners” is a 2013 thriller film about the abduction of two girls in Pennsylvania. Behind this crime story is an underlying spiritual subtext and subtle symbolism that gives the movie another layer of meaning – one that comments on religion, morality and the hidden forces at play in society. This article will look at the esoteric meaning of “Prisoners”.
Warning: Gigantic spoilers ahead!
Prisoners is the kind of movie that stays in your mind long after the ending credits roll. This is not only due to its gripping, dramatic story but to the spiritual subtext that underlies it all. As the film unfolds and the crime investigation progresses, esoteric concepts and symbolism are also introduced, giving the movie an entirely new dimension. What appears to be a story about the abduction of two little girls turns into a profound spiritual journey of humans facing adversity and finding themselves lost between good and evil, right and wrong, and morality and immorality.
Prisoners takes place in an average American town, Conyers, Pennsylvania during the time of Thanksgiving. The grey, gritty and unglamorous setting of the movie allows the characters to shine through, as the story is driven by their pains, struggles and dilemmas. Through the background and evolution of each character, the movie comments (and sometimes condemns) some aspects of American society. Some items that are touched upon: Christianity, “preppers”, secret societies and mind control. Let’s look at the most important characters of the movie.
Keller Dover, the Father
Played by Hugh Jackman, Keller Dover is a family man, a devout Christian and a “prepper” – someone who maintains a massive stockpile of various goods in his house in case of a major disaster. He is also very patriotic, for example, his favorite song is Star Spangled Banner. While not specifically stated in the movie, Keller somewhat has the profile of a Libertarian or close to the Tea Party movement. However, we quickly realize that in the context of this movie, these traits are far from helpful. In fact, they pretty much lead him to his downfall.
We also quickly learn that Keller is a “prepper”. On the way back from hunting, Keller gives his son the same advice his father gave him:
“Be ready. Hurricane, flood, whatever ends up being. No more food gets delivered to the grocery store. Gas stations dry up. People just turn on each other. All of a sudden, all that stands between you and being dead … is you.”
Although there is nothing wrong or illegal about stockpiling items in one’s basement, people around Keller act weirdly about it. We get the feeling that it is a taboo subject. When the detective visits Keller’s basement and discovers his “prepper” secret, Keller immediately becomes a suspect. In short, the movie communicates the idea that this type of person is suspicious and not trustworthy.
Upon learning that his little girl has probably been abducted, Keller becomes distraught. As the movie progresses, his desperation turns into madness and Keller kidnaps a guy whom he believes is the culprit and proceeds to torture him.
Although Alex Jones kind of looks and acts like a child molester, we find out that he is innocent. Even worse, it turns out that he himself was abducted as a child and his odd behavior is the result of years of mind control that impaired his intellectual development (he has the IQ of a ten year old boy). The name choice of Alex Jones is interesting because, as many of you might know, it is also the name of the “conspiracy” radio host who promotes the “prepper” movement, constitutionalism and other elements Keller Dover probably agrees with. However, in the movie, Alex Jone’s name is associated with a mentally deficient boy who gets beaten up by Keller. Is this a way to “diss” Alex Jones and the people who agree with him?
Whatever the case may be, by kidnapping and torturing Alex Jones, Keller only further traumatizes an already-damaged person.
So, instead of helping authorities find his daughter or even comforting his family, Keller lashes out at an innocent person and becomes a kidnapper himself.
While Keller’s actions may have stemmed from a noble purpose, he distinctly crosses the boundary between right and wrong. This conflict is further emphasized when Keller turns to prayer to find strength and, perhaps, answers. At one point, during a torture session, Keller recites the Lord’s Prayer:
“…and forgive our trespasses as we forgive …”
But he stops at the point where he is supposed to say “those who trespass against us” – indicating that he cannot live up the Christian ideals described in the prayer he is reciting.
In short, Keller reacted to his daughter’s abduction in a violent matter, stubbornly focusing on a sole (innocent) person. Instead of providing comfort or seeking actual facts about his daughter’s abduction, Keller relied on instinct mixed with ignorance and anger. Through Keller’s response to the family crisis, the movie does not shine a favorable light on the “religious, patriotic, prepper” profile. Far from being prepared for disaster, Keller became paranoid, irrational, and prone to madness. Furthermore, behind his “good Christian” surface hides an infinite “stockpile” of anger, hate and rage.
Luckily, the detective in charge of the investigation is the exact opposite of Keller.
Unlike Keller Dover, Detective Loki is rational, methodical, and never strays away from the law. He does not appear to have any kind of family and is portrayed as a loner dedicated to his job. Despite receiving constant verbal abuse from Keller, Loki stays focused on his task and manages to save pretty much everyone involved in this drama.
Loki is the name of a Norse god known to be crafty, quick-witted and sometimes heroic. He is also known to be a trickster, a shape-shifter who eventually turns against the gods. Does Detective Loki share traits with the Norse god he’s named after? It does symbolically represents the anti-thesis of the monotheistic, Judeo-Christian beliefs of Keller Dover. Furthermore, Loki definitely uses his intellectual powers to achieve his aims.
While Keller is associated with Jesus fishes and crosses, Loki is covered in occult symbols:
In short, Loki is associated with the rationality and enlightenment claimed by occult secret societies. In this sense, he is the opposite of the irrational, emotion-based Keller.
Merely through the varied symbolism associated with the characters of Keller Dover and Detective Loki, the movie criticizes the “religious prepper” type while glorifying members of secret societies. But Keller is not the only negative representative of Christianity in the film. While going through a list of sex offenders living in the area, Detective Loki ends up visiting a local priest … and finds him passed out on the floor, drunk. Then Loki finds a dead body in his basement (although it’s the body of a child abductor).
Prisoners also features another poor representative of Christianity: Holly Jones, the kidnapper.
Holly Jones the Child Abductor, Mind Control and the War on God
Toward the end of the movie we learn that Holly Jones (Alex Jones’ “aunt”) is the one who kidnapped the two little girls. She claims that she and her late husband used to be devout Christians and that they used to drive around “spreading the good word”. However, since they lost their son to cancer, they turned against God. She tells Keller:
“Making children disappear is the war we wage on God. Makes people lose their faith. Turns them into demons like you”.
As we learn about the modus operandi of the Jones couple, we discover that they use basic mind control techniques on the children: They drug the captives, traumatize them by throwing them in dark holes and subject them to crazy mind games. This system is represented with one important symbol: the maze.
The symbol of the maze is extremely important throughout the movie. It represents the system that abducts children and, more importantly, the state of mind control these children are forced to live in.
After days of torture, Alex Jones finally says to Keller: “I am not Alex Jones”, implying that he was abducted by Holly and that he was given an alter persona. When Keller asks him where the kidnapped children are, Jones replies: “They’re in the maze. That’s where you’ll find them.” Of course, Jones does not refer to an actual maze but to the state of mind control the children are subjected to.
Later, Detective Loki finds a suspect named Bob Taylor who acts in bizarre matter and who was also a victim of Holly Jones. He stayed at her house for three weeks and was drugged with a LSD/Ketamine drug cocktail, which is classic a mind control technique. Bob managed to escape from the house, but while Bob is free, his mind is definitely not. We quickly realize that he is still “stuck in the maze”.
While Bob’s “maps” do not actually lead to the physical location of the children, it leads to their psychological state: Trapped in the mind control maze of their handler. In actual mind control, mazes are an important trigger image that accurately represents a slave’s mind state. “Maze maps” are programmed into the victim’s internal world to keep them from accessing their core/true personality.
Bob tries to help the police, but his damaged mind does not allow him to give out actual information. When Loki gets aggressive during interrogation and asks for specific answers, Bob says “I can’t …” and kills himself. Actual MK slaves are often programmed to commit suicide in these types of situations.
As Loki examines Bob’s house, he discovers that Bob is completely obsessed with the child abductors and their tactics (he recreates child abductions using dummies as a hobby). While searching Bob’s stuff, Loki finds a book that appears to be written about the Jones.
According to Loki’s colleague, the book is about a “theoretical suspect believed to be responsible for a bunch of child abductions”. He adds that the book was “totally discredited”. The last page of the book contains an unsolvable maze, which was used by the Jones’ as a sick game to traumatize children.
While the book was discredited, “The Invisible Man” appears to accurately describe the Jones and their system of mind control. However, one can ask: Do the Jones work for a higher organization? Is “The Invisible Man” actually the MK Ultra system of the occult elite? Does the fact that the book was discredited imply that powerful people covered up that story?
Whatever the case may be, the movie has a “happy” ending: The children are rescued and returned to their family. So who is the true prisoner?
In his frantic search for his daughter, which leads him to kidnap and torture Alex Jones, Keller Dover crosses the line between good and evil. He tries to justify his actions by claiming:
“He’s not a person anymore. He stopped being a person when he took our daughters.”
But by dehumanizing his captive in that manner, Keller stooped to the same level as the child abductors. He became one of them.
Later, when Keller realized that his daughter was at Holly Jones’ house, he rushed there in order to torture her. However, Holly had a gun and forced him to jump in a dark hole.
Therefore, Keller himself turns into a captive. After a period of moral tribulation, his time in the dark hole can represent his spiritual death, and can be compared to the three days spent by Jesus Christ in his tomb before being resurrected. In ancient occult secret societies, candidates for initiation were held in darkness for several days to represent the death of their “old self” before they were “spiritually reborn”.
Guess who ultimately saves Keller from the hole? Detective Loki. In a sense, Loki is Keller’s savior, the one who frees him from spiritual death and toward a second life. Loki, a representative of Masonic-like occult secret societies, is therefore portrayed as the one who pulls Keller, along with his irrational and hypocritical fervor, out of the hell he put himself into.
While Loki probably saved his life, Keller will nevertheless have to go to prison for the crimes he committed. In the end, there’s only one true prisoner in the movie: Keller Dover.
Through the characters of Keller Dover and Detective Loki, Prisoners comments on specific elements of society, casting them in either a favorable or unfavorable light. Keller is a family man that is religious, patriotic, and prepared for disaster. While at first, he appears to be the hero of the story, he somewhat turns into a “bad guy”. The attributes that positively defined him in the beginning turn into gigantic flaws causing him to become irrational, sadistic and paranoid. The one who saves the day is Detective Loki, a character literally covered in occult symbolism, hinting that the way of secret societies is the “true light”. Loki’s enlightened ways ultimately give Keller a chance to be reborn.
Prisoners’ narrative and treatment of its characters reflects the direction of mass media today. The Keller Dovers of this world, who are either openly religious, patriotic, or prepared for disaster, are often deemed suspicious and prone to negative action. The values represented by Keller Dover are increasingly being frowned upon by mass media. Are these traits not desirable in the America of the New World Order? In an America where fundamental rights and freedoms are being slowly and steadily revoked, people like Keller Dover are the most likely to take action about it. And the elite does not want that. Perhaps that is why the Department of Homeland Security creates training videos portraying “constitutional, patriotic militias” as terrorist groups. Perhaps they want to find a way to turn them, like Keller, into prisoners. | <urn:uuid:1d4d565b-6006-43e5-810e-96dc38308d4c> | CC-MAIN-2016-44 | http://vigilantcitizen.com/moviesandtv/esoteric-meaning-movie-prisoners/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-44/segments/1476988720238.63/warc/CC-MAIN-20161020183840-00188-ip-10-171-6-4.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.966836 | 2,988 | 1.851563 | 2 |
The mission statement for the counseling programs in education at Monmouth University is as follows:Our master's degree programs in school counseling and student affairs and college counseling at Monmouth University focus on a comprehensive, integrative approach designed to prepare students with the practical counseling skills used in a school or college environment.
Our students come from a wide range of backgrounds, solidifying the commitment to a diverse student population. Courses are specifically designed to enhance multicultural competency, clinical knowledge, and research orientation. We are dedicated to providing individualized programs of study that can influence the development of our students in becoming effective with client populations representing all cultural, racial, socioeconomic, and ethnic backgrounds.
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Listed building enforcement
Almost all works to a listed building need to be authorised by a grant of listed building consent, whether or not they need or have been granted planning permission.
Therefore we strongly advise you to check with us before carrying out any work. Even if the works are very minor, it would be advisable to get written confirmation that the works you propose can be carried out without the need for formal consent.
Carrying out unauthorised works, that is to say where listed building consent is needed but has not been obtained, is a criminal offence.
We have produced a listed buildings prosecution policy guidance which sets out the interaction between criminal prosecutions and the listed building enforcement regime. The policy guidance is designed to ensure that everyone knows the principles we apply when carrying out our work, specifically in relation to prosecution of listed building offences, whilst being consistent with our corporate enforcement policy and local enforcement plan.
Carrying out unauthorised works to a listed building is an offence under Section 9 of the Planning (Listed Building and Conservation Areas) Act 1990. A person who is guilty of such an offence will be:
- liable on conviction to imprisonment not exceeding 3 months or a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum or both; or
- liable on conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or a fine or both
In deciding the amount of fine to be imposed on any person convicted, the court will take into account any financial benefit which has been gained as a result of the offence.
Prevention of further damage
Any person convicted of an offence under Section 59 of the Planning (Listed Building and Conservation Areas) Act 1990, who fails to take reasonable steps to prevent any damage resulting from the offence, will be guilty of a further offence. In such cases, the convicted person will be liable to a fine not exceeding £40 for each day on which the failure continues.
In defence, the offender will need to prove that:
- the works were urgently necessary in the interests of health and safety or for the preservation of the building
- it was not practical to secure the health and safety or the preservation of the building by undertaking repair work
- the works carried out were limited to the minimum measures immediately necessary
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Statins, a class of drugs launched in 1987, inhibit the synthesis of cholesterol by blocking the actions of an enzyme called HMG-CoA reductase, which is involved early on in a complex multi-step process whereby acetyl CoA is converted to cholesterol. Therefore, statins are also known as HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors.
All statins decrease the level of low-density lipoprotein (LDL), an important cholesterol-containing lipoprotein that many believe is atherogenic (causing atherosclerosis). On average, statins lower the LDL level by around 30%, although at high doses, this can be over 40%.
Statins have become the single most prescribed class of drugs in medicine, and well over 100 million people worldwide take them daily. The most commonly prescribed statins are simvastatin and atorvastatin.
Statins are generally considered safe, with very few adverse effects, and they are reported in various clinical trials to reduce the risk of cardiovascular (CV) events by up to 40%.
Eight different statins have been brought to market. One, cerivastatin, was withdrawn because it caused a significant number of cases of rhabdomyolysis (rapid muscle breakdown).
There are no statins that remain patent protected. Therefore, they can be produced and sold by any company able to meet the required manufacturing standards.
Most authorities and guidelines support and promote statin use for an ever-increasing number of people. The guidelines have been regularly adapted to widen the potential population advised to take statins. Treatment is now recommended in younger age groups, at considerably lower LDL levels, and at lower calculated CV risk than in the past.
However, a number of doctors and researchers believe the adverse effects of statins have been underreported and the benefits inflated by the use of inappropriate outcome measures.
Of greater concern, some researchers claim the statin studies carried out before January 2006 were not subject to newer and more stringent clinical trial regulations and, therefore, may have been subject to considerable bias (1). This could render their results invalid.
Adverse effects of statins
The organization that has produced the most detailed and influential data on the benefits and adverse effects of statins is the Cholesterol Treatment Trialists Collaboration (CTT), based in Oxford in the U.K. This group was granted permission by various pharmaceutical companies to hold all their data from the statin clinical trials.
It should be noted that these data remain confidential, and no independent researchers have been granted access to review them (2).
Based on the clinical trial data it holds, the CTT has published a number of meta-analyses on statin treatment. The most recent review of adverse events was the Lancet paper “Interpretation of the evidence for the efficacy and safety of statin therapy.” The key points with regard to drug-related adverse events were as follows:
The only adverse events that have been reliably shown to be caused by statin therapy are myopathy (defined as muscle pain or weakness combined with large increases in creatine kinase blood concentrations) and new-onset diabetes mellitus, along with a probable increase in strokes due to bleeding (i.e., haemorrhagic strokes).
Typically, treatment of 10,000 patients for 5 years with a standard statin regimen (such as atorvastatin 40 mg daily) would be expected to cause about 5 cases of myopathy, 50-100 new cases of diabetes, and 5-10 haemorrhagic strokes.
Despite reports based largely on non-randomised observational studies, there is good evidence that statin therapy does not cause adverse effects on other health outcomes (chiefly muscle pain and weakness) that have been claimed to prevent a large proportion of patients from continuing it long term (so-called “statin intolerance”).
Large-scale evidence from randomised trials rules out excesses of muscle pain and weakness with statin therapy of more than about 10-20 cases annually per 10,000 treated patients, with only about one of those cases being associated with large creatine kinase elevations (i.e., myopathy) and requiring statin discontinuation.
Absolute excesses of adverse events that are caused by statin therapy are not more than about 100-200 per 10,000 patients (i.e., 1–2%) treated for 5 years, and it is unlikely that large adverse effects on serious adverse events await discovery.
The harmful effects of statin therapy can usually be reversed without any residual effects by stopping it, whereas the harmful effects of heart attacks or strokes that occur because statin therapy has not been used can be devastating. (3)
In effect, the authors conclude that one or two people in 100 may suffer an adverse effect, and these adverse effects are mainly of little significance and reversible. However, there are reasons to believe that these figures may represent a considerable underestimate.
Participants in clinical trials do not accurately reflect real-world use
Data gained from randomized controlled trials (RCTs) does not necessarily reflect real-world use for a number of reasons. In the case of statins, the vast majority of trial participants, particularly in the early clinical studies, were middle-aged men. For example, the West of Scotland Coronary Prevention Trial (WOSCOPS), an early and highly influential statin study, looked only at middle-aged men.
In addition, those taking other medications, or people with comorbidities, are usually excluded from trials by stringent protocols. Equally, there have been very few statin studies that include the elderly. Yet, in the U.S., statins are recommended for every male over the age of 60 and every woman over the age of 70.
As Hun-Sung Kim et al. explain, “The majority of clinical guidelines are given on the basis of the resultant values deduced from RCTs. However, a disadvantage is that participants may fail to reflect the actual clinical site sufficiently to represent the entire population, given the clear set of inclusion or exclusion criteria. This drawback of exclusion has been deemed a bias” (4).
Effectively, this means the data obtained from statin RCTs will underestimate the true incidence of adverse effects in a wider population and may have little to say on the adverse effects of statins in particularly important populations.
Significant adverse events have been missed in clinical trials
It is now clearly established that statins significantly increase the risk of Type 2 diabetes. However, this adverse effect was not noted until the JUPITER study was published in 2008. Indeed, the first trial reports suggested statins may actually protect against diabetes.
As Jill Crandall et al. note, “The earliest report of a statin-diabetes association suggested a protective effect of pravastatin on diabetes incidence” (5). Since then, however, it has become increasingly clear that this is not the case (5).
Fariba Ahmadizar et al. found, “Every use of statins was associated with a 38% higher risk of incident type 2 diabetes (HR = 1.38; 95% CI: 1.09–1.74). This risk was more prominent in subjects with impaired glucose homeostasis and in overweight/obese individuals” (6).
While diabetes is both a clinical and statistically significant effect of statins, it was not picked up in over 20 major randomized studies of statins prior to JUPITER.
The inability of the clinical trials to reliably spot serious adverse events is further highlighted by the history of cerivastatin, the only statin to have been withdrawn from the market. Yet the early clinical trials found it to be highly beneficial, with adverse effects comparable to those of other statins.
A 1998 review of trial data found cerivastatin to be safe: “Cerivastatin is a well-tolerated and effective lipid-lowering agent for patients with hypercholesterolaemia,” the researchers wrote (7).
These results were “confirmed” later in 1998: “The pooled efficacy and safety analysis have shown that at 1% of the doses of other statins, cerivastatin as a safe, well-tolerated, and highly effective HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor,” wrote the authors of another study (8).
In 2001, cerivastatin was withdrawn from the market.
In a discussion of the drug’s relative risks, Curt Furberg and Bertram Pitt explained, “Cerivastatin was recently withdrawn from the market because of 52 deaths attributed to drug-related rhabdomyolysis that [led] to kidney failure. Rhabdomyolysis was 10 times more common with cerivastatin than the other five approved statins” (9).
Again, this was a highly significant, fatal adverse event that had not been noted in clinical trials — this, despite the fact that the rate of rhabdomyolysis with cerivastatin was approximately 10 times that of other statins.
Those found to suffer adverse effects have been removed from many statin trials
Another important issue is that many statin trials have had “run-in” periods where thousands of participants were removed from the study prior to data collection. If someone in the statin arm suffered an adverse event, in many cases he or she was removed from the study (an equal number must be removed from the placebo arm to match the trial populations).
This is discussed in the paper “Hard-Wired Bias: How Even Double-Blind Randomized Controlled Trials Can Be Skewed From the Start” (10):
Consider the open-label “run in period.” The Heart Protection Study, a randomized trial of 20,536 high cardiovascular risk individuals, tested whether simvastatin at 40mg daily could improve outcomes compared to placebo … . Notably, this trial utilized a 4-week placebo run in period followed by a 4-6 week simvastatin run in period prior to randomization … . Altogether, 11,609 patients who were eligible for the study and began the run-in period dropped out prior to randomization. Thus, over a third of the patients who began the study were not randomized, and no set of specified inclusion criteria can define the set of patients who remained.
This means the true rate of adverse effects in the HPS study and many other statin trials cannot be known. However, adverse effects will be much higher than reported.
Statin trials vs. real world
There are other important issues related to the inherent bias of RCTs with regard to adverse effects. However, it is clear that the data from RCTs cannot accurately capture the true rate of adverse events that will be seen in real-world use of statins.
This has been confirmed in a number of studies, including the PRIMO Study, “Mild to Moderate Muscular Symptoms with High-Dosage Statin Therapy in Hyperlipidemic Patients.” The researchers behind this well-designed observational study found over 10% of people suffered muscle pains taking statins. “Overall, muscular symptoms were reported by 832 patients (10.5%), with a median time of onset of 1 month following initiation of statin therapy,” the researchers observed (11).
This is 10 to 20 times the rate reported by the CTT investigators. An even higher rate was found in the USAGE survey “Understanding Statin Use in America and Gaps in Education.” This was the largest survey conducted in the U.S. that involved those taking and those who had stopped taking statins. It involved more than 10,100 statin users. The survey uncovered the following findings:
Three out of ten respondents experienced side effects of muscle pain and/or weakness, and 34% stopped taking their statin because of these side effects without consulting with their doctor.
More than six in ten respondents (62%) said they discontinued their statin due to side effects, with the secondary factor (17%) being medication cost.
Approximately 57% of former statin users who did not refill a prescription did so because of side effects.
This type of real-world evidence is further supported by a paper in JAMA, which reported:
Statin intolerance related to muscle symptoms represents a major unresolved challenge to the delivery of optimal cardiovascular care. The reported incidence of statin-associated muscle symptoms in observational studies ranges from 5% to 29% of treated patients, varying by statin and dose. (12)
A counterargument is that those complaining of adverse effects are most likely simply suffering the nocebo effect, which causes patients to experience adverse effects because they believe they will. This is the inverse of the placebo effect.
However, an RCT found that many of those who complained of adverse effects did so again in a placebo-controlled study.
The authors of “Efficacy and Tolerability of Evolocumab vs Ezetimibe in Patients with Muscle-Related Statin Intolerance. The GAUSS-3 Randomized Clinical Trial” found, “Of the 491 patients who entered phase A (mean age, 60.7 [SD, 10.2] years; 246 women [50.1%]; 170 with coronary heart disease [34.6%]; entry mean LDL-C level, 212.3 [SD, 67.9] mg/dL), muscle symptoms occurred in 209 of 491 (42.6%) while taking atorvastatin but not while taking placebo” (12).
The reality is that the RCT reported rate of adverse effects with statins does not match patients’ real-world experiences. The RCTs would suggest that adverse effects are unusual, only seen in around 1% patients. However, the true figure appears to be far higher. In the USAGE study, the true figure appears to be 30 times higher.
More worrying is that significant yet relatively uncommon adverse effects may not be picked up in the RCTs. For example, motor neurone disease may be an adverse effect of statins that long went undetected. This is a rare condition but is extremely serious and irreversible. A recent observational study suggested that statins may significantly increase the risk of this disease.
A. Golomb et al. compared reporting odds ratios (RORs) of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and ALS-like conditions between statins and other drugs.
In their analysis of the effects of simvastatin, the researchers found, “For simvastatin, an ROR of 57.1 (39.5-82.7) was separately present for motor neurone disease” (13).
An ROR of 57.1 is a 5,700% increase in relative risk.
Recent studies such as this one suggest statins may lead to far more adverse effects than were noted in earlier RCTs. This should be of concern, as statins are now regularly prescribed to well over 100 million people per year.
Malcolm Kendrick is a family practitioner working near Manchester in England. He has a special interest in cardiovascular disease, what causes it, and what may prevent it. He has written three books: The Great Cholesterol Con, Doctoring Data, and A Statin Nation. He has authored several papers in this area and lectures on the subject around the world. He also has a blog, drmalcolmkendrick.org, which stimulates lively debate on a number of different areas of medicine, mainly heart disease.
He is a member of THINCS (The International Network of Cholesterol Sceptics), which is a network of doctors and scientists who believe that cholesterol is not the main underlying cause of heart disease. He remains a proud Scotsman, whisky drinker, and failed fitness fanatic who loves a good scientific debate — in the bar.
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- Crandall JP, Mather K, Rajpathak SN, et al. Statin use and risk of developing diabetes: results from the Diabetes Prevention Program. BMJ Open Diabetes Research and Care 5.1(2017). Available here.
- Ahmadizar F, Ochoa-Rosales C, Glisic M, et al. Associations of statin use with glycaemic traits and incident type 2 diabetes. British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology. 85.5(May 2019): 993-1002. Available here.
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- Prasad V, Berger V. Hard-wired bias: How even double-blind randomized controlled trials can be skewed from the start. Mayo Clin Proc. 90.9(Sept. 2015): 1171–1175. Available here.
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- Nissen SE, Stroes E, Dent-Acosta RE, et al. Efficacy and tolerability of evolocumab vs ezetimibe in patients with muscle-related statin intolerance. JAMA. 315.15(2016): 1580-1590. Available here.
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THE central bank approved an annual interest rate ceiling of 24% for all credit card transactions starting Nov. 3.
This means credit card issuers can only charge interest rates of up to two percent a month on unpaid outstanding credit card balances.
“The interest rate cap on credit card receivables aims to ease the financial burden of consumers and micro, small and medium enterprises amid a difficult economic environment caused by the COVID-19 pandemic,” Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) Governor Benjamin E. Diokno said in an online briefing on Thursday.
The BSP also set the limit for monthly add-on rates for credit card installment loans at one percent.
Credit card issuers also cannot impose other charges on credit card cash advances except for a maximum processing fee of P200 per transaction, the central bank said.
“Based on our data, average annualized interest rate for credit card receivables range from 18% to 58% from January to June 2020,” BSP Director for Supervisory Policy and Research Department Veronica B. Bayangos said in the same briefing.
“Based on the credit card business activity report, the average annualized interest rate for both premium and non-premium as of June 2020 was around 26%,” Ms. Bayangos added.
The cap on credit card charges takes effect on Nov. 3, but will be reviewed by the BSP every six months.
“We are confident that the banks will comply. Because before we issued this policy, we coordinated with our counterparts in the Bankers Association of the Philippines and they supported this policy,” Ms. Bayangos said.
“We also coordinated this policy approach with the Credit Card Association of the Philippines so we do not expect any non-compliance from this policy approach,” she added.
The central bank also said the maximum ceiling on interest or finance charges on credit card transactions is in line with the current low interest rate environment. The BSP’s overnight reverse repurchase facility is at a low of 2.25%.
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New research has discovered a possible link between sugary drinks and an increased bowel cancer risk in women. The observational study suggested that drinking two or more sugary drinks a day increased the risk of bowel cancer in those under the age of 50.
Here we will look at the possible link discovered and how diet can potentially impact our cancer risk.
What did the observational study find?
The observational study included information of 95,464 women from the Nurse’s Health Study II. This is an ongoing study, including a total of 116,429 US female nurses. It began in 1989 and participants were aged 25 to 42 at the start of the study.
A food questionnaire was filled out every four years. This aimed to look at what participants were eating and drinking. Around 41,200 women documented what they ate, alongside how much they drank during adolescence. Other potential bowel cancer risks were also assessed, such as family history, vitamin supplements, and frequent use of aspirin and non-steroid anti-inflammatory drugs.
Over 24 years, 109 women went on to develop bowel cancer before they turned 50 years of age. It was also identified that those who did develop cancer were more likely to drink a lot of sugary drinks in adulthood.
This link isn’t new, but it may help to learn more about the potential causes of the disease. Some experts are also wary of the findings. It only included women, and of the 109 who developed bowel cancer, only 16 of them reported drinking over a pint of sugary drinks each day. Due to only a small percentage of participants developing bowel cancer, it is difficult to draw conclusions based upon the evidence presented in the study alone.
Sugary drinks also linked to other health issues
Sugary drinks have long been known to contribute towards numerous health problems. As well as their link to bowel cancer, they can also lead to the following health issues:
- Type 2 Diabetes
- Weight gain
- Heart disease
- Tooth decay
- Non-alcoholic liver disease
It isn’t just sugar that can lead to these health issues. Drinks with sweeteners in are equally as bad for the health as sugary drinks.
How diet impacts your bowel cancer risk
While there is some evidence to suggest sugary drinks increase bowel cancer risk under the age of 50, other dietary factors play more of a role.
Processed and red meat are also linked to an increased risk of cancer. Current guidance is to consume no more than 70g of processed and red meat each day. Even moderate meat eating has been shown to increase cancer risk. Processed meat has been given a Group 1 classification, meaning it is a definite cause of cancer.
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Boeing and South African Airways (SAA) are working together to develop and implement a sustainable aviation biofuel supply chain in Southern Africa, a first for the continent.
The companies signed a Memorandum of Understanding for sustainable aviation biofuel supply chain development at The Corporate Council on Africa’s 9th Biennial U.S.-Africa Business, attended by executives from leading U.S. and African firms and government representatives from several countries.
This collaboration between Boeing and SAA is part of the companies’ broader efforts to support environmental sustainability for the airline’s operations and the commercial aviation industry overall, in addition to advancing South Africa’s social and economic development.
“South African Airways is taking the lead in Africa on sustainable aviation fuels and, by setting a best practice example, can positively shape aviation biofuel efforts in the region,” said Ian Cruickshank, SAA Head of Group Environmental Affairs. “By working with Boeing’s sustainable aviation biofuel team, which has a history of successful partnerships to move lower-carbon biofuels closer to commercialisation, we will apply the best global technology to meet the unique conditions of Southern Africa, diversify our energy sources and create new opportunities for the people of South Africa.”
Boeing has collaborated extensively with airlines, research institutions, governments and other stakeholders to develop road maps for biofuel supply chains in several countries and regions, including the United States, China, Australia and Brazil. The aerospace company’s plan to work with SAA is the first such project in Africa.
“Sustainable aviation biofuel will play a central role in reducing commercial aviation’s carbon emissions over the long term, and we see tremendous potential for these fuels in Africa,” said Julie Felgar, managing director of Environmental Strategy and Integration, Boeing Commercial Airplanes. “Boeing and South African Airways are committed to investigating feedstocks and pathways that comply with strict sustainability guidelines and can have a positive impact on South Africa’s development.”
Flight tests show that biofuel, which is derived from organic sources such as plants or algae, performs as well as or better than petroleum-based jet fuel. When produced in sustainable ways, biofuel contributes far less to global climate change than traditional fuels because carbon dioxide (CO2) is pulled out of the atmosphere by a growing plant-based feedstock.
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Below you will find some of the highlights published in Sunday newspaper To Vima in its front page report “The Coup d’ etat that didn’t happen…”. The basic idea of the newspaper is that the leadership of the Greek Armed Forces was replaced in November 2011 because then Prime Minister George Papandreou and National Defence Minister Panos Beglitis were afraid of an upcoming military intervention.
A special reference is being made to former Chief of Land Forces Fangoulis Frangos. Already after the replacement of last November, there are claims in the Greek media, that he was ‘preparing a coup and therefore the leadership was replaced’.
Highlights of lengthy To Vima report:
- Relations between defence Minister Beglitis and Frangos were tense. Beglitis was sceptical on Frangos considering him as especially active, while he concetrated more and more power in his hands. He had contacts to religious organizations that are active off the official Church.
- Frangos was the inspirator of building the ditch at the Greek Turkish borders in Evros.
- Frangos had not informed Beglitis about the military exercise* in Kilkis, where soldiers were trained to combat protesters.
- The booing of politicians during the October 28/2011 parade were staged by extreme-rights**, retired army officers and members of religious fundamentalists.
- Politician of the national-patriotic section of the right-wing confesses today in private discussions that in the days before October 28th, he was felt out by a retired army officer about a possible participatation in an interim government of military.
- The analysis tabled to Papandreou was based on the assessment that overthrowing of governments is not done by sudden moved of individual army officers. Before any movement in this direction, an organised castigation of the political class and civil irritation caused by widespread incidents precede.
- “The army comes as a Deus ex machina (a savor) at the end of the play, not at the beginning,” said a high ranking PASOK official.
- To trigger a military intervention was exactly that what those who work out plans for a withdrawal of Greece from the European Union.
*Military Exercise “Kallimachos”
On February 4th, 2011 a military exercise took place in the military camp Koromilas in Argyroupolis of Kilkis, North-Eastern Greece. Soldiers were dressed as protesters. The video, first uploaded by www.kilkistoday.gr, showed the combat of widespread protests, ‘terrorist attacks, clashes with protesters, neutralizing bombs and other activities. The event was part of the military exercise “Kallimachos”.
Video: via YouTube
Odd enough, some statement in the Parliament brought back the claims that the army should have been used against protesters in December 8th, 2008, a day after 15-year-old Alexis Grigoropoulos was killed by a policeman. On 14. September 2012, national-patriotic Independent Greeks MP Costas Markopoulos (former MP of Nea Dimocratia, Minister for Tourism Development under Karamalnis government 2007) surprised his colleagues in the plenary hall of the Parliament when he said that “Athens was burned down in 2008, because the armed forces were not mobilized as some were scared to do so. this statement outraged some ND MPs who said “Are you crazy? You wanted to bring the army against 15-year-old teenagers?”
There were claims in the Greek media from time to time, that there were thoughts in the then Karamanlis government to get the army against the protesters. Ministers of the time, Interior Prokopis Pavlopoulos and Defence Evangelos Meimarakis dismissed such claims.
** I remember very well that when the crowds filled the road where the parade was to take place, the media were claiming that members of left-wing SYRIZA were the initiators of the protests. Now the target is apparently somebody else.
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In 2013 the EPA commissioned comprehensive review by the NSW Chief Scientist and Engineer of coal seam gas activities, focusing on impacts to human health and the environment.
The Final Report of the Independent Review of Coal Seam Gas Activities in NSW (PDF 243KB) made 16 recommendations, including Recommendation 9 which stated
‘That Government consider a robust and comprehensive policy of appropriate insurance and environmental risk coverage of the CSG industry to ensure financial protection short and long term. Government should examine the potential adoption of a three-layered policy of security deposits, enhanced insurance coverage, and an environmental rehabilitation fund.’
Recommendation 9 focused on ensuring that the costs and impacts from the coal seam gas industry are not a burden for the community. The recommendation supports the ‘polluter pays principle’ where the costs of remedying any environmental impacts from coal seam gas activities are paid by the industry.
In investigating Recommendation 9, the EPA considered the current state of the coal seam gas industry and consulted with industry operators, insurance providers and NSW Government agencies. The EPA also consulted with environment and community groups, community representatives and relevant local councils. Comments, ideas and concerns were received around compensation for landholders, environmental impairment insurance and business implications for gas operators.
Safeguarding future environmental liabilities
In February 2020, the NSW Government released Safeguarding future environmental liabilities from Coal Seam Gas Activities in NSW (PDF 1,143KB) which explains that the NSW Government will
- continue the existing security deposit scheme which covers the costs of rehabilitation administered by the now Division of Mining, Exploration and Geoscience within the Department of Regional NSW when petroleum titles are issued
- require coal seal gas companies to employ effective risk management strategies throughout the life of a project and provide evidence of adequate insurance coverage or alternative financial arrangements to cover the clean-up costs of potential pollution incidents
- assess potential future environmental liabilities to determine whether a financial assurance is required for residual risks that are not covered by the rehabilitation security deposit. This will cover environmental liabilities that may arise after rehabilitation activities have been completed and the security deposit is released.
- continue the NSW Government’s existing program managing abandoned petroleum wells, the Legacy Wells program which provides an existing framework for strategic management of abandoned petroleum wells where the former titleholder cannot be held responsible and no financial assurance mechanism applies
The EPA considers that in implementing the recommendations of the (former) Chief Scientist and Engineer and the NSW Gas Plan (PDF 2.85MB), the NSW Government has already adopted best practice standards and implemented strict regulations. These standards and regulations are enabled through the planning assessment processes, petroleum titles assessment process, well decommissioning, rehabilitation and other mechanisms. They govern all phases of a coal seam gas well lifecycle and have resulted in reduced potential for residual risk to the environment.
Where coal seam gas wells have been constructed, maintained and decommissioned in accordance with the relevant standards and regulations, they represent a low risk to human health and the environment. These standards include
- codes of practice such as the Code of Practice for Coal Seam Gas Well Integrity (PDF 3.6MB) and the Code of Practice for Coal Seam Gas Fracture Stimulation Activities (PDF 122KB) for older activity approvals which ensure that risks to the environment are identified, eliminated where possible or minimised through appropriate management practices
- new codes of practice under the Improved Management of Exploration Regulation program (amendments to mining and petroleum laws) that support regulation of specific activities and impose enforceable mandatory requirements. For example, the Exploration Code of Practice: Environmental Management (PDF 217KB) and the Exploration Code of Practice: Produced Water Management, Storage and Transfer (PDF 198KB) set mandatory requirements to ensure risks to the environment are managed and minimised during exploration activities.
- the NSW Aquifer Interference Policy (PDF 505KB) which provides a framework for protecting aquifers and groundwater from developments, including onshore gas activities
- the Water (Part 5 - Drillers Licenses) Regulation 1995, the Water (Part 5 – Bore Licences) Regulation 1995 and the Minimum Construction Standards for Water Bores in Australia which regulate water bore drilling, including groundwater monitoring bores drilled by coal seam gas titleholders, and impose minimum standards and reporting requirements
- environment protection licences issued under the Protection of the Environment Operations Act 1997 which set legally enforceable, site specific conditions and controls to prevent and minimise pollution and safeguard the community
The EPA also works closely with Minerals, Exploration and Geosciences and licensees to achieve the highest practicable standard when decommissioning wells that were constructed prior to current standards.
The figure below illustrates the application of these financial protections to manage environmental liabilities during the different stages of a gas operations lifecycle.
Existing and new coal seam gas operations are required to prove to the EPA their financial arrangements to cover the costs of unexpected potential pollution incidents during the lifetime of the project.
The availability of adequate environmental impairment liability insurance for coal seam gas operations in Australia is currently limited. Where it is available it often excludes activities such as fracking. Industry has therefore moved to a reliance on maintaining sufficient assets and funds to adequately manage their environmental risks.
Companies that choose not to hold relevant insurance or where it is not available will be required to prove the existence of sufficient funds or other financial arrangements to cover any potential clean up activities. Companies will need to prove they hold adequate insurance coverage or alternative financial arrangements annually, and on commencement of new activities.
Future environmental liabilities
Environmental liabilities provisions are important as while being very low, unforeseen residual risks from coal seam gas activities remain, particularly if well integrity is compromised in the future.
In determining whether to seek financial assurance for potential future environmental liabilities, the EPA uses its powers in the Protection of the Environment Operations Act 1997. Factors that are considered include the degree of residual environmental risk, additional remediation work that may be required and the environmental record of the licence holder.
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Image Caption : Phosphorus Test and Chronic Alcoholism : The phosphorus test is used to monitor the levels of phosphorus in the blood. Most of the body's phosphorus is in a form combined with calcium to help form bones and teeth, but it is also found in muscle, nerve tissue, and, in tiny but crucial amounts, within cells throughout the body, where it is a component of key molecules such as DNA. About 80% of phosphorus resides in the bones and teeth. Because alcohol can leach phosphorus from the bones, phosphorus deficiency is often associated with alcoholism, especially when combined with malnutrition.
Alcoholism and Alcohol Abuse
Also called: Alcohol dependence
For most adults, moderate alcohol use is probably not harmful. However, about 18 million adult Americans have an alcohol use disorder. This means that their drinking causes distress and harm. It includes alcoholism and alcohol abuse.
Alcoholism, or alcohol dependence, is a disease that causes
- Craving - a strong need to drink
- Loss of control - not being able to stop drinking once you've started
- Physical dependence - withdrawal symptoms
- Tolerance - the need to drink more alcohol to feel the same effect
With alcohol abuse, you are not physically dependent, but you still have a serious problem. The drinking may cause problems at home, work, or school. It may cause you to put yourself in dangerous situations, or lead to legal or social problems.
Another common problem is binge drinking. It is drinking about five or more drinks in two hours for men. For women, it is about four or more drinks in two hours.
Too much alcohol is dangerous. Heavy drinking can increase the risk of certain cancers. It can cause damage to the liver, brain, and other organs. Drinking during pregnancy can harm your baby. Alcohol also increases the risk of death from car crashes, injuries, homicide, and suicide.
If you want to stop drinking, there is help. Start by talking to your health care provider. Treatment may include medicines, counseling, and support groups.
NIH: National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
Alcoholism, also known as alcohol use disorder (AUD), is a broad term for any drinking of alcohol that results in problems. It was previously divided into two types: alcohol abuse and alcohol dependence. In a medical context, alcoholism is said to exist when two or more of the following conditions is present: a person drinks large amounts over a long time period, has difficulty cutting down, acquiring and drinking alcohol takes up a great deal of time, alcohol is strongly desired, usage results in not fulfilling responsibilities, usage results in social problems, usage results in health problems, usage results in risky situations, withdrawal occurs when stopping, and alcohol tolerance has occurred with use. Risky situations include drinking and driving or having unsafe sex among others. Alcohol use can affect all parts of the body but particularly affects the brain, heart, liver, pancreas, and immune system. This can result in mental illness, Wernicke–Korsakoff syndrome, an irregular heart beat, liver failure, and an increase in the risk of cancer, among other diseases. Drinking during pregnancy can cause damage to the baby resulting in fetal alcohol spectrum disorders. Generally women are more sensitive to alcohol's harmful physical and mental effects than men.
Both environmental factors and genetics are associated with alcoholism with about half the risk attributed to each. A person with a parent or sibling with alcoholism is three to four times more likely to be alcoholic themselves. Environmental factors include social, cultural, and behavioral influences. High stress levels, anxiety, as well as inexpensive easily accessible alcohol increases risk. People may continue to drink partly to prevent or improve symptoms of withdrawal. A low level of withdrawal may last for months following stopping. Medically, alcoholism is considered both a physical and mental illness. Both questionnaires and certain blood tests may detect people with possible alcoholism. Further information is then collected to confirm the diagnosis.
Prevention of alcoholism is possible by regulating and limiting the sale of alcohol, taxing alcohol to increase its cost, and providing inexpensive treatment. Treatment may take several steps. Because of the medical problems that can occur during withdrawal, alcohol detoxification should be carefully controlled. One common method involves the use of benzodiazepine medications, such as diazepam. This can be either given while admitted to a health care institution or occasionally while a person remains in the community with close supervision. Other addictions or mental illness may complicate treatment. After detoxification support such as group therapy or support groups are used to help keep a person from returning to drinking. One commonly used form of support is the group Alcoholics Anonymous. The medications acamprosate, disulfiram, or naltrexone may also be used to help prevent further drinking.
The World Health Organization estimates that as of 2010 there were 208 million people with alcoholism worldwide (4.1% of the population over 15 years of age). In the United States about 17 million (7%) of adults and 0.7 million (2.8%) of those age 12 to 17 years of age are affected. It is more common among males and young adults, becoming less common in middle and old age. It is the least common in Africa at 1.1% and has the highest rates in Eastern Europe at 11%. Alcoholism directly resulted in 139,000 deaths in 2013 up from 112,000 deaths in 1990. A total of 3.3 million deaths (5.9% of all deaths) are believed to be due to alcohol. It often reduces a person's life expectancy by around ten years. In the United States it resulted in economic costs of $224 billion USD in 2006. Many terms, some insulting and others informal, have been used to refer to people affected by alcoholism including: tippler, drunkard, dipsomaniac, and souse. In 1979, the World Health Organization discouraged the use of "alcoholism" due to its inexact meaning, preferring "alcohol dependence syndrome".
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A helicopter irrigates the partially collapsed grain elevators in the port of Beirut, Sunday July 31, 2022. MOHAMED AZAKIR/ Portal
An accident that comes just days before the second anniversary of the devastating explosion at this port. Part of the damaged grain silos in the port of Beirut collapsed after a fire on Sunday July 31. A cloud of dust covered the port after two towers collapsed, journalists from Agence France-Presse (AFP) noted.
In particular, journalist Salman Andary from the SkyNews Arabia news channel shared a video of the partial collapse of the grain silos in the port of Beirut.
Army helicopters immediately flew over the area to drop water and attempt to completely extinguish the fire in the structure. “Two other towers are in danger of collapsing,” said Public Works Minister Ali Hamiyé. More than two weeks ago, a fire broke out in the most damaged part of the silos, which authorities and experts say was caused by the fermentation of the remaining grain stocks combined with high temperatures.
The fire reignited the trauma of families of victims of the August 4, 2020 explosion. which left more than two dead and 6,500 injured and devastated entire districts of the Lebanese capital. The explosion was triggered in a warehouse where hundreds of tons of ammonium nitrate were carelessly stored. The port’s grain silos were badly hit by the blast from the blast and partially collapsed.
Investigation: article reserved for our subscribers A year after the explosion in the port of Beirut, the investigation has stalled and a whole people are at the end of their strength demanding truth and justice
They must evacuate the area and wear masks
The flames and smoke rising from the silos since the beginning of the month could still be seen. After the fire, Prime Minister Najib Mikati warned this week that part of the silos were in danger of collapsing and urged the army and the Civil Protection Directorate to be “on high alert”.
Parts of the silos still contain about 3,000 tons of wheat and other grains that could not be removed due to the risk of collapse, authorities said. The Environment and Health Ministries have issued recommendations for the public in the event the silos collapse, including the need to evacuate the area, wear masks and close apartment windows.
Also read: A year after the explosion in the port of Beirut, Human Rights Watch accuses the Lebanese authorities of “criminal negligence”.
In April, Lebanon ordered the demolition of the silos, but the decision was suspended due to opposition from relatives of the victims of the tragedy, who want to turn it into a place of remembrance. “I cried when I heard that the silos had collapsed,” Cecile Roukoz, who lost her brother in the August 4 explosion, told AFP. We want them to remain in place as witnesses to the crime (…) and in memory of those who lost their lives for no reason. »
The investigation into the causes of the tragedy of August 4, 2020 has been suspended for months due to political obstruction. The authorities are accused of criminal negligence and have been accused by victims’ families and NGOs of torpedoing them to avoid prosecution.
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Fasting has been an age old ancient practice. In all cultures of the world, fasting has been given great importance as well. Let me tell you here, I am not talking about religious fasting. Yes, it is true that fasting can help you in a number of ways such as, enhancing your spiritual journey, increasing your will power, helps you meditate, makes your mind and body much lighter, and also helps in Asanas while practicing yoga, And most importantly, it most definitely helps you lose weight!
Fasting purifies the body as well as the mind. It gets rid of toxins and all waste products. Unwanted emotions and negative thoughts also get removed. On your fasting days one can create a sense of love, and purity and well-being for oneself. Your Willpower also increases with every hour you fast. One has to remember that fasting has everything to do with your mind AND not just your body. One needs to condition oneself before the days of fasting. Yes you will feel hungry, your stomach will growl. But this is where your strong mind, and spiritual sense will come into play. Keep drinking plenty of water throughout the day. As soon as my stomach growls, i drink water. After about 24 hours your hunger dies a natural death. A minimum of 3ltr of water must be consumed. Feel the water, feel the purity and coolness of the water, after all our body is made of 75% water.
Acidity and Fasting
If you think about acidity, you will land up getting acidity. If you think about gas you will land up getting gas. The connection between the mind and the body is subtle, but also very powerful. Keeping one’s self occupied and engaged throughout the day also helps.
Facts about Fasting
If you are a non-believer of fasting, let me state a few facts here. Yoshinori Ohsumi of Japan won a NOBEL PRIZE for proving the benefits of fasting. His research proved – During starvation, cells break down proteins and non-essential components and reuse them for energy. They destroy invading viruses and bacteria, sending them off for recycling. And cells use “self-eating” method known as “autophagy” to get rid of damaged structures. The process is thought to go awry in cancer, infectious diseases, immunological diseases and neurodegenerative disorders.
Disruptions in autophagy are also thought to play a role in aging. This is exactly why our Rishis recommended it centuries and centuries ago. When the body is allowed to rest internally, with no energy being spent on the digestion of food, a deeper cleansing can happen which allows the natural regeneration of cells.
The mind must be strong, the will like iron. If one thinks about food the whole day the entire purpose of the fast is lost! You can do it for religious purposes, or for a spiritual purpose, or to just cleanse and reboot your system or to even just lose weight! The purpose must be absolute.
Yoga and Fasting
The night before your fast day, remember to eat well. The whole of your next day, be mindful of yourself, your thoughts and others. Get on your mat do some light yoga, you will see that your mind and body both work differently, you will feel more aware and alive. Try and connect with your own being. Cook a nice meal for your family or feed the needy, make sure you do everything with a lot of love.
One can start with fasting for 24 hours and then do a 36 hour fast. Ideally you eat in the night, drink lots of water the next day and eat the next morning. This will reset and re-boost your entire system. When breaking the fast, eat something light and healthy. I break my fast by eating cucumber, you can have a few fruits, and then eat normally.
Fasting will help you feel stronger mentally. It makes you feel healthier, adds a glow to your skin due to the intake of water, and definitely a change in your weight. So go ahead give it a try. I can promise you that it is something worth doing. But make sure to prepare yourself well in advance and with the right attitude!
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Researchers in Montana have figured out a way to remove the invasive Brook Trout from the state’s waterways without harming the highly prized and native Westslope Cutthroat Trout.
They are doing so by electrofishing—a shocking development for the Brookies. This method doesn’t involved a Ronco product like the FishWitch. It lets scientists deal with the invasives without resorting to piscicides, toxins that affect all gill-breathing creatures, including the Cutthroat.
"Piscicides are a valuable tool to remove non-native fish," said Wildlife Conservation Society Ecologist Brad Shepard. "But where non-native and native fish co-exist in smaller streams, a potential alternative method, electrofishing, can be used to remove specific unwanted species, while reducing impacts on WCT or other native fish and macro-invertebrates."
The researchers considered how much electrofishing costs compared to piscicides as they tried to determine when and where the removal method was feasible. They used backpack electrofishing in six study streams throughout the upper Missouri River Basin, recording stream parameters such as stream size, vegetation density, substrate and more.
They used fish barriers to isolate trout populations within each treatment site. A crew member wore a backpack “shocker” and used a wand anode while dragging a cable cathode. A second crewmember followed the shocker and netted the temporarily stunned fish. They removed the non-native Brook Trout and returned the native Cutthroat.
Brook Trout were successfully eradicated over a period of 4-8 years from four of six treatment sites that together totaled a distance of 10.8 km. The number of fish removed ranged from 1,627 in Staubach Creek to 7,936 in Muskrat Creek. Two other streams, Craver and Spring creeks, contained dense willow and alder vegetation, and were excluded because of poor initial electrofishing efficiencies.
• Eradication of Brook Trout using electrofishing in the two smaller streams (where channel clearing was not required) cost about $3,500 to $5,500 per kilometer (about the cost of piscicide treatment). Where extensive clearing of the stream was necessary, electrofishing costs rose to $8,000 to $9,000 per kilometer.
• Multiple removal treatments within a shorter period of time (3 or 4 years) was more effective than single annual treatments over a longer span (6 or more years).
• The scientists took advantage of how Brook Trout aggregate during winter and before and during their spawning in the fall. Focusing efforts on adult fish at these times reduced numbers of offspring in subsequent seasons.
• Because trout select beaver pond habitats (where deposited silt makes wading dangerous and turbidity makes it difficult to see stunned fish), treatment with piscicides is "probably the only viable alternative where large beaver ponds are present."
Overall, the conclusion was that electrofishing was a viable method for eradicating Brook Trout in small streams and could be done in three years if multiple removals were conducted each year. This option is attractive particularly in situations where populations of native fish live in the same location as non-native fish because "electrofishing will allow for the preservation of the native fish."
Piscicides may be the only viable alternative for larger streams (>3m width), or in streams covered by dense woody vegetation or having beaver ponds. Further studies are necessary to determine if two crews working simultaneously could get the job done in larger streams.
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Neil deGrasse Tyson ‘reads the newspaper’ at Drew
MADISON – Two thousand students and fans filled the Simon Forum and Athletic Center Tuesday evening to hear astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson turn the complexities of science into common sense.
The head of New York City’s Hayden Planetarium, Tyson’s presentation, “An Astrophysicist Reads the Newspaper,” blended science, current events and humor.
“Commentary on the news through the lens of an astrophysicist,” Tyson said.
The lecture resembled a standup routine at times, as Tyson discussed “fake news” in the science media, from bad astronomy (“The super moon is baloney… It’s a full moon!”), to the fact that Pluto is not a planet (“Get over it”).
Topics ranged from the recent total solar eclipse, which Tyson witnessed in Idaho, to hurricanes, suggesting experts should learn how to harness their power for good as opposed to running away from the problem.
Tyson also discussed what he considered the greatest scientific breakthrough in recent memory, the discovery of gravitational waves, which washed over earth in .2 seconds on Sept. 14, 2015, nearly a century after Albert Einstein first predicted them.
Tyson’s conclusion: “Einstein was a badass.”
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He ended the presentation discussing the Cassini spacecraft, which ended its two-decade mission last week, vaporizing on Saturn.
Tyson spoke earnestly about the spacecraft, calling its death after all it had recorded a “joyous and simultaneously sad moment.”
One of the final images Cassini took from Saturn’s rings showed Earth as a tiny blue speck.
Tyson showed the image to the audience and slowly zoomed in on earth as he quoted the late Carl Sagan’s “Pale Blue Dot,” depicting Earth as a “very small stage in a vast cosmic arena.”
Tyson then asked those in attendance to think about Earth’s insignificance in the universe, and use it to remember to be kind and compassionate to one another.
Before taking questions from the audience, Tyson received a standing ovation.
In addition to running the Hayden Planetarium, Tyson is an author, television and podcast host, and is a general science communicator featured in the media. He has also served on the NASA Advisory Board.
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When I started reading to the children in my son’s elementary school classroom, I was a little worried. I could see the little tiles in the zoom classroom when I explained the theme I had planned out for that morning. I had planned Poetry and paired a fiction book by Dr Seuss with a non-fiction memoir by Margarita Engle.
My brain was doing a quick ‘Maybe’ check in the background: Maybe this was too much for them. Maybe I should have gone with a simpler theme. Maybe I should keep it simple and just switch to a sweet little book that everyone would feel comfortable and cosy with. I could’ve switched, but then I remembered the words of wisdom by E.B.White
Never write down to children – E.B. White
Anyone who writes down to children is simply wasting his time. You have to write up, not down. Children are demanding. They are the most attentive, curious, eager, observant, sensitive, quick, and generally congenial readers on earth. They accept, almost without question, anything you present them with, as long as it is presented honestly, fearlessly, and clearly. I handed them, against the advice of experts, a mouse-boy, and they accepted it without a quiver. In Charlotte’s Web, I gave them a literate spider, and they took that.
More sound advice I have never heard in my life, for the children settled into the themes even if it was a little heavy going before the Thanksgiving holidays for them.
I had chosen a book by Dr Seuss, The Butter Battle Book. The book is a brilliant satire of nuclear weapons during the cold war. Dr Seuss’ brilliance was in full display. The book is about Yooks and Zooks: The Yooks eat their bread with the butter side up, while the Zooks eat their bread with the butter side down. This leads to escalating differences and a long curvy wall is built between the two lands.
Soon, both sides start fighting by using weapons of increasing grandeur and magnitude starting from the Tough Tufted Prickly Snickle Berry Snitch to the Eight Nozzled Elephant Toted Boom Blitz. The book finishes with the Yooks and Zooks sitting on either side of a wall threatening to drop the Bitsy Big-Boy Boomeroo, signifying the nuclear threat.
We discussed the long years of Cold War and how it was a true lesson in diplomacy that the two countries managed to keep from blowing us all up together. From there, we moved on to the Bay of Pigs invasion, and then switched to the memoir, Enchanted Air, by Margarita Engle.
The author’s maternal side hails from Cuba, while her paternal side fled from the Ukraine – then a part of the USSR.
Dancing Plants of Cuba
In California, all the trees and shrubs
standstill, but on the island, coconut palms
and angel’s trumpet flowers,
love to move around,
Maybe I will be a scientist someday
studying the dancing plants of Cuba
Her father’s family escaped from Ukraine, from a communist regime, not knowing whether those left behind survived or not. Her mother immigrated from Cuba.
Two sets of words.
Her paternal grandparents’ recollections are therefore muted, brief and vague. How starkly, concisely, she sums up the human condition for survival? When she asks her Ukrainian-Jewish-American grandma about her childhood, she gets nothing more than ice-skating on a frozen pond.
Her maternal grandmother, on the other hand, regales her with richly detailed family stories, of many island ancestors, living their lives out on tropical farms.
In the poem, Kinship, she sums it up:
Apparently, the length
of a grown-up’s
growing up story
by the difference
In the poem October 1962, she writes about the standstill known as the Bay of Pigs Invasion.
US spy planes have photographed
Soviet Russian nuclear weapons
The children looked sober and serious at the quiet tone of the poem. You could have heard a pin drop in the room. When asked for their opinions, they shared prescient observations, and looked stricken. I moved on quickly to the poem, Hope, that is the last poem in the book.
An almost war
can’t last forever.
Someday, surely, I’ll be free
To return to the island of all childhood
Magical travel, back and forth.
It will happen.
“By Jan 2015, independently announced by both countries, Cuba & USA restored relations . ” I said to the class.
There was a palpable air of relief in the room. The children cheered while their proud teacher beamed at them. The questions that followed left no doubt in my mind about how well the children had perceived the stories. The more I heard them discussing how important it was to patch up between human-beings, the more I felt comfortable in future diplomacy.
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Section 2981.08 | Right to trial by jury.
Parties to a forfeiture action under this chapter have a right to trial by jury as follows:
(A) In a criminal forfeiture action, the defendant has the right to trial by jury.
(B) In a civil forfeiture action, the defendant, the state or political subdivision, and third party claimants have the right to trial by jury.
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The essential companion to Stieg Larsson’s bestselling trilogy and director David Fincher’s 2011 film adaptation Stieg Larsson’s bestselling Millennium Trilogy–The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Girl Who Played with Fire, and The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest–is an international phenomenon. These books express Larsson’s lifelong war against injustice, his ethical beliefs, and his deep concern for women’s rights. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and Philosophy probes the compelling philosophical issues behind the entire trilogy. What philosophies do Lisbeth Salander and Kant have in common? To catch a criminal, can Lisbeth and Mikael be criminals themselves? Can revenge be ethical? Drawing on some of history’s greatest philosophical minds, this book gives fresh insights into Larsson’s ingeniously plotted tale of crime and corruption.- Looks at compelling philosophical issues such as a feminist reading of Lisbeth Salander, Aristotelian arguments for why we love revenge, how Kant can explain why so many women sleep with Mikael Blomkvist, and many more – Includes a chapter from a colleague of Larsson’s–who worked with him in anti-Nazi activities–that explores Larsson’s philosophical views on skepticism and quotes from never-before-seen correspondence with Larsson – Offers new insights into the novels‘ key characters, including Lisbeth Salander and Mikael Blomkvist, and investigates the author, Stieg Larsson As engrossing as the quest to free Lisbeth Salander from her past, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and Philosophy is ideal reading for anyone interested in unraveling the subtext and exploring the greater issues at work in the story. | <urn:uuid:7629688a-8cb4-4a2c-93c5-f6dcc535882b> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://piercing-und-tattoos.de/produkt/the-girl-with-the-dragon-tattoo-and-philosophy-everything-is-fire-3/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573876.92/warc/CC-MAIN-20220820012448-20220820042448-00076.warc.gz | en | 0.881891 | 374 | 2.09375 | 2 |
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lispitu (sp. var. respeto) 1comm. respect. Kon waday lispitu dan he-a? Do they have any respect for you? Maid di lispitu nah ammod na. He has no respect for his parents. (sem. domains: 4.5.5 - Honor.) 2trans. to have respect for someone. Lispitiwom nan mittulum. Respect your teacher. Munlispito ka hi ammod mu. Have respect for your parents. Lumispito kah ibbam an tagu hin pihod mun malispito. Have respect for your fellowman if you want to have respect. ‑on/‑in‑, muN‑/nuN‑, ‑um‑/imm‑. Language Of Borrowing: Spanish: respeto. | <urn:uuid:43648409-d23a-4cd5-acda-d1cb480b744b> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.webonary.org/tuwali-ifugao/?s=respeto&partialsearch=1 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571869.23/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813021048-20220813051048-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.681988 | 181 | 1.546875 | 2 |
SEEING Lugano for the first time hits you like a Matisse painting. The colors are so intense they take your breath away. Being familiar with the delicately shaded wildflowers that grace Alpine slopes, I wasn't prepared for the riot of roses, camellias, or the big-as-a-basketball magnolia grandiflora, all set against a backdrop of velvet-green mountains and the bright blue Lake Lugano. As our guide pointed out on a recent trip, ``Lugano has all the gaiety, creativity, and romance of Italy, encased in a Swiss precision watch.'' Not a bad description, but it doesn't do justice to this startling beauty, nor to the people's exceptional hospitality.
Walk along the lakefront promenade of this steeply terraced, crescent-shaped city among stately palm trees. More than a dozen pieces of pleasing modern sculpture, topped by climbing children, dot the grassy park area. Surprisingly, there's also a Roman temple looking a bit out of place on the promenade, with a bust of ``Giorgio'' Washington inside.
Italian it most certainly is, in language, cuisine, and decidedly in temperament. Amazing how temperature and temperament are interrelated; Lugano, like Italy, is on the sunny, lee side of the Alps, where people and climate are both tourist-friendly.
Although Lugano appears laid back, especially at lunchtime and after work, when the whole town takes to sidewalk-caf'e sitting, it is actually a bustling cultural and financial center. Lugano is Switzerland's third-largest banking center; it's just that banks here have little wrought-iron balconies with pots of flowers on them.
Art lovers will feel they've really found paradise when they visit the Villa Favorita, about 15 minutes by bus from downtown Lugano. This magnificent estate, owned by steel tycoon Hans Thyssen-Bornemizsa, is said to contain the second most valuable private art collection in the world (after Queen Elizabeth's). The baron's father built a museum on the grounds of his 17th-century villa to house his premier works of Old Masters. The present baron has expanded the collections to include modern painting, furniture, jewelry, and ceramics.
Lugano, a Roman Catholic stronghold, has many magnificent churches (and a wonderful old synagogue, too). If you only see one, make it the Church of Santa Maria degli Angioli, with its remarkably preserved frescoes of Bernardino Luini, a pupil of Leonardo da Vinci. One of the most renowned frescoes in Europe is his vibrant ``Crucifixion,'' which covers an entire wall.
This church is just steps away from the promenade and at the edge of the pedestrian area of the ``old town.'' A good thing no cars are allowed in this charming network of piazzas and arcades - it's meant for strolling and savoring. Lugano's shopping area is full of dazzling jewelry stores, designer boutiques, and pastry and chocolate shops that defy you to walk on by.
Entering the first of a series of piazzas, you'll find two-foot-long salamis winging overhead and table upon table of just-picked produce. The piazzas, along with the lake promenade, are the soul of the city.
We were fortunate enough to arrive during a traditional jazz marathon and, to our utter frustration, found that six different groups were performing simultaneously in various piazzas - all for free!
Lugano has to be experienced on many levels, literally. There are two spectacular mountain peaks from which to view the city and its lovely lake. Ascend Mt. San Salvatore by funicular to see the charming villages that dot the shores of Lake Lugano. You'll also get a glimpse of Lake Maggiore. At the other end of the crescent is Monte Bre, a favorite starting point for walks along mountain trails.
One can also view Lugano from the water. Small rental boats are available, but ferries are a wonderful way to check in at many of the not-to-be-missed sites along the water. Among them is Campione, a picturesque town belonging to Italy, but virtually surrounded by Switzerland. This paradoxical arrangement has to do with the fact that Campione has a full-fledged casino (gambling is very limited in Switzerland). We realized what a jet-set mecca we had found when we saw that Frank Sinatra was to be the next casino entertainer.
The fishing village of Gandria is truly a cliffhanger. Fortunately, the ferry will take you there, because cars cannot navigate those tiny, vertical streets. Morcote is another delightful destination, noted for its arcades, under which the whole town seems to be selling the well-loved native pottery. Morcote is also famous for the Madonna del Sasso Church, with its magnificent 16th-century frescoes.
In the village of Melide, less than half an hour from Lugano by bus or train, and just a bit longer by ferry, you can stroll through all of Switzerland - laid out in minute detail at Swissminiatur, a wonderful amusement park. You'll see toy cows grazing in mountain meadows, storied castles, and such other famous Swiss sights as the stately capital buildings of Bern, all on a scale of 1:25. Much of this unique world is automated, including tiny cable cars and cogwheel trains traversing Alpine peaks. When the lights come on at dusk it's truly magical.
A bit farther away, but easily visited in a day, are the sophisticated resorts of Locarno and Ascona on Lake Maggiore. We learned that visitors are so intent on seeing and being seen in the sidewalk caf'es of Ascona that management will provide fur lap robes to match your mink if winter days are nippy.
Then back to your spanking clean (after all, they are Swiss) hotel or pensione; choice and price vary widely, and the Lugano Tourist Office is guaranteed to steer you right - and in English.
Dining is a very serious matter in Lugano, whether in the elegant restaurants along the lake or in ``grottoes,'' where you'll find the city's adult population, often dining on Lasagna Verdi and other northern Italian specialties. The teens of the town have adopted Burger King, and what a jarring note to see that on a historic piazza. That's the only fault we found with Lugano!
Would I hurry back to Lugano, with so much of the world still to see? Absolutely - I'm in love with this town!
If you go
Lugano is easily reached by any means of transport you choose. Switzerland's internal airline, Crossair, connects with international Swissair flights in Zurich or Geneva. Since Lugano is close to the Italian border, many visitors prefer to fly into Milan and then take a train or coach for an hour's drive. For further information, contact the Swiss National Tourist Office at 608 Fifth Ave., New York, NY 10020; (212) 757-5944. | <urn:uuid:eb2bc423-d760-4bde-a764-18b0dfc4bbdd> | CC-MAIN-2016-44 | http://m.csmonitor.com/1988/0408/tluga.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-44/segments/1476988721555.36/warc/CC-MAIN-20161020183841-00178-ip-10-171-6-4.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.950107 | 1,498 | 1.625 | 2 |
Often we may feel like we are just surviving, just barely keeping on top of our illness. Sometimes we might just feel like all we’re doing is trying not to succumb to the depression we feel creeping in on us.
But can we be happy instead? Can we feel near-constant contentment despite our disease?
In the United States, we typically define happiness in a material sense. We believe that those who are wealthy are successful, and material success is equal to happiness.
But studies have shown that this is not the case—circumstances have very little to do with our happiness levels. We see documentaries and read books about the poorest people in the world, and they are often described as the most content in their simple yet sometimes challenging situations.
We indeed can be happy, right now, in our present circumstances. But being happy doesn’t come naturally for a lot of us. Changing our thought processes and our behaviors takes intentional effort.
Happiness is intentional
A 2005 study called “The Promise of Sustainable Happiness” is a major contributor to the research on chronic happiness. Evaluating thousands of people, the study’s authors, led by University of California at Riverside professor Sonja Lyubomirsky, found that happiness and un-happiness rely on three factors:
- Life circumstances
- Set point, meaning the mixture of your personality and genetics that create your natural happiness levels
- Intentional activities
Let's take a closer look at each of these three factors.
Surprisingly, the researchers found that life circumstances only comprise a low 10 percent of our happiness levels. In fact, our well-being varies relatively little according to gender, marriage state, age, income, culture, and life events.
“Happy and unhappy people experience similar events but interpret them differently,” wrote Lyubomirsky.
In contrast, our set point constitutes 50 percent of our happiness levels and is rather unchangeable from the time our personality fully develops and onward. As humans, we typically adapt to good changes quickly and then return to our baseline happiness state.
For example, a study found that lottery winners quickly adapted to their wealthier lifestyle but, over time, were actually less content with daily activities and overall life than non-winners.
But we can prevent our happiness from waning if we are deliberate about appreciating good changes. A newly married couple can quickly revert back to their baseline happiness levels, but if they are intentional about showing gratitude for their spouse, completing acts of kindness, and savoring happy moments, their happiness can stay at a heightened level, and thus they experience chronic happiness.
This intentional behavior is the most promising way to improve our happiness. Intentional happiness is achieved through:
- Committing acts of kindness
- Expressing gratitude
- Savoring joyful events
The good thing is that this intentional activity comprises 40 percent of our happiness levels. Even if our set point or our circumstances never change, we can dramatically improve our happiness and even sustain chronic happiness if we focus on the three actions listed above.
Each of these actions comes with benefits. Practicing acts of kindness builds better social interaction and self-regard. Expressing gratitude alters our brains to interpret situations in a more positive light. Gratitude retrains your brain to think thoughts like, “Yes, I feel sick today, but the sun is shining and my son told me he loved me. So it’s a good day.” And savoring happy moments allows us to concentrate on and experience longer-lasting positive emotions.
Remember that you can always fake it until you make it. Chronic well-being and happiness don’t happen in a day. Pretend you’re happy, smile when you don’t want to, perform acts of kindness when you just want to be by yourself, and you may see your outlook changing for the better.
Happiness has health benefits
Happiness can even boost your health. Years of research suggest that not only is happiness good for the soul, but it's also beneficial in helping you manage your chronic illness. Conversely, many studies have illustrated that negative emotions may harm the body. Chronic anger or anxiety could have bad effects on the heart. Prolonged and intense stress or fear may eventually help cause illnesses like diabetes, heart disease, and stroke.
A 2007 study led by Laura Kubzansky, professor at the Harvard School of Public Health, found that “emotional vitality—a sense of enthusiasm, of hopefulness, of engagement in life, and the ability to face life’s stresses with emotional balance—appears to reduce the risk of coronary heart disease.”
This emotional vitality and zest for life, mixed with optimism, support from family and friends, self-discipline, the belief that good choices are the cause of good life situations, and the avoidance of risky behaviors like overeating, excessive drinking and unsafe sex, help people avoid or healthfully manage many chronic diseases.
You can change now
Do you sometimes feel burdened by your disease? If only we could suspend these emotions for a moment and feel happy. “Everyone needs to find a way to be in the moment,” Kubzansky tells us, “to find a restorative state that allows them to put down their burdens.”
Many of us are resigned to thinking that it’s too late to change and that the effort it takes to try to be happy is too difficult. We believe that this lifting of our burdens and living in the moment is out of reach. But since there’s growing evidence that happiness can improve our health and our state of mind, it’s worth it to try.
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High sugar diet linked to cancer promotion, study finds
New WHO guidelines recommend significantly slashing sugar intake. (Loris Eichenberger / shutterstock.com)
Published Monday, January 4, 2016 8:05AM EST
A new U.S. study has found that the high levels of sugar in the typical Western diet could promote the risk and spread of breast cancer.
Previous studies have already looked at how sugar can play a role in the development of cancer; however, according to the team of researchers from the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, this is the first study to look at the direct effect of sugar consumption on the development of breast cancer and the specific mechanisms involved using breast cancer animal models.
In the study, funded by the National Institutes of Health, the breast cancer animal models were mice that had been genetically modified for breast cancer research, before being randomly placed into 4 different groups. Each group was then fed a different diet with varying levels of sugar until the mice reached six months of age.
At six months, the results showed that a diet with a level of sugar similar to that in the typical Western diet led to an increase in the growth of tumors and the spread of cancer to the lungs when compared to a non-sugar starch diet, with 50-58 per cent of mice who were fed a sucrose-enriched diet developing mammary tumors.
Looking at the mechanisms that may be involved in the growth and spread of tumors in the mice on the sugar diets, the team believe that sugar increases the enzyme known as 12-LOX and the fatty acid known as 12-HETE in breast cancer cells, which could both be factors in the growth and spread of breast cancer and warrant further investigation.
The results also found that fructose, found in table sugar and high-fructose corn syrup, a common ingredient throughout the U.S. food system, was a particular risk factor in increasing 12-HETE production in breast tumors and contributing to the spread of the disease to the lungs.
The team believes that identifying the risk factors for breast cancer is a public health priority, and advised a diet lower in sugar, especially as sugar consumption in the U.S. is on the increase, with sugar already being identified as a factor in the development of other health problems such as heart disease and obesity.
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Education for Parenthood: A Program, Curriculum, and Evaluation Guide.
Morris, Larry A., Ed.
This guide offers school agencies and community-based organizations assistance in developing effective preparation for parenthood programs for teenagers. The contents of the guide represent the culmination of a nationwide program, Education for Parenthood (EFP), whose major purposes include: (1) providing teenagers with the opportunities to develop more positive attitudes about children and parenting; (2) improving teenagers' self-awareness and self-understanding; (3) increasing teenagers' knowledge and skills about the course of child development; and (4) familiarizing teenagers with child-care possibilities and requirements. The guide includes information about seven national voluntary organization demonstration programs in parenthood education; an overview of the evaluation of these programs; detailed information about materials and specific experiences available pertaining to parenting concepts; and guidelines on how to develop and implement an EFP program. The guide can be used as a training workbook. (Author)
Publication Type: Guides - General
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Sponsor: Administration for Children, Youth, and Families (DHEW), Washington, DC.
Authoring Institution: Behavior Associates, Tucson, AZ.
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In my CT article on Paul, I stated the following:
The problem in the early church, therefore, was not the temptation toward legalistic works righteousness. They faced the communal challenge of incorporating non-Jewish converts into the historically Jewish people of God. First-century Judaism didn’t have a legalism problem; it had an ethnocentrism problem. The first followers of Jesus were all Jewish, and had difficulty imagining that the God of Israel who sent Jesus Christ as their Savior could possibly save non-Jews without requiring them to convert to Judaism. This is the issue in Acts 15, when Christian Jews from Judea urged the Gentiles in Antioch, “Unless you are circumcised, according to the custom taught by Moses, you cannot be saved” (Acts 15:1).
While the early church leaders decided in theory that non-Jewish believers in Jesus were not required to become Jews (Acts 15:13-21), many churches struggled with the practical challenges of becoming healthy multiethnic communities.
Our conversation from the last few days indicated the need to define “legalism” and “ethnocentrism” more precisely. Today, however, I want to set the discussion within the context of the early church’s struggle to which I referred.
In Acts 2, the Spirit descends upon the followers of Jesus, demonstrating that the God of Israel is fulfilling his promises and furthering the story of Israel among Jesus’ followers and not among other Jewish groups. And these first Christians, of course, remained thoroughly Jewish, followed the Way of Jesus within Judaism, and were well-regarded among the Jewish populace. Luke sums up the effects of Pentecost:
Every day they continued to meet together in the temple courts. They broke bread in their homes and ate together with glad and sincere hearts, praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people. And the Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved (Acts 2:46-47 NIV).
The existence of a radical Jewish group proclaiming the return of God’s Spirit to Jerusalem, the holy city, would have generated much excitement and very little immediate opposition. Certainly the Jewish authorities wanted to keep the city’s population under control in order to maintain their positions of power. They knew the occupying Romans could easily replace them if things got out of control. Beyond this, however, the return of Israel’s God to his holy city was not a claim that challenged Jewish assumptions.
In Acts 8, however, things begin to change. Philip finds himself in Samaria because of an outbreak of persecution. He proclaims Christ and many repent. When word of this reaches back to Jerusalem, it isn’t greeted warmly. In v. 14, Luke simply reports, “When the apostles in Jerusalem heard that Samaria had accepted the word of God, they sent Peter and John to Samaria.”
The Jerusalem church sends the “big boys” down to Samaria to “sort things out.” Remember the intense racial animosity toward Samaritans. It was just so hard to imagine the God of Israel saving Samaritans. Goodness, if anything fell from heaven on Samaria, surely it would be God’s judgment!
As it happens, the apostles pray and the Spirit descends upon the Samaritans. They had not yet received the Spirit, having only been baptized. This is very unusual, the only instance of the Spirit descending a while after repentance and baptism. It happens this way to prove to Peter and John that God is indeed not content to reside in Jerusalem, but is spreading his salvation among the nations. They can bring this report back to the Jerusalem church as irrefutable proof that God is indeed on the move.
The same thing happens in Acts 10-11 after Peter’s ministry to Cornelius and his household. Luke recounts the aftermath:
The apostles and the believers throughout Judea heard that the Gentiles also had received the word of God. So when Peter went up to Jerusalem, the circumcised believers criticized him and said, “You went into the house of uncircumcised men and ate with them” (Acts 11:1-3).
Again, the early Christian church, an entirely Jewish group, is not at all comfortable with the salvation of the God of Israel including non-Jews who remain non-Jews.
In addition to the Jerusalem Council in Acts 15 we could note Paul’s final return to Jerusalem in Acts 21. When he meets with the community leaders, James informs him that his presence is likely to cause problems both among Jews in general and the Jewish Christians.
When they heard this, they praised God. Then they said to Paul: “You see, brother, how many thousands of Jews have believed, and all of them are zealous for the law. They have been informed that you teach all the Jews who live among the Gentiles to turn away from Moses, telling them not to circumcise their children or live according to our customs. What shall we do? They will certainly hear that you have come, so do what we tell you. There are four men with us who have made a vow. Take these men, join in their purification rites and pay their expenses, so that they can have their heads shaved. Then everyone will know there is no truth in these reports about you, but that you yourself are living in obedience to the law (Acts 21:20-24).
I sketch this broader context to emphasize a few brief points. First, it was not the case that the first Christians realized they were stuck in a legalistic religion which they abandoned for the freedom of Christianity. The first Christians constituted a group within Judaism and called on their fellow Jews to join them in following Jesus. There was no thought that Judaism and the Way of Jesus were incompatible or even two separate religions.
Second, the first Christians struggled mightily with the implications that the God of Israel was seriously committed to his mission of creating one new family in Christ made up of Jewish Jesus-followers and non-Jewish Jesus-followers. Paul’s mission activity takes place amidst this struggle and his ministry becomes the focal point of the tensions arising from it.
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LA Bike Kitchen Helps Get Cyclists on the Road
Like similar spaces across the country, the Bike Kitchen is a hub for DIY culture
While living in Oakland, Vivek Mittal's only form of transportation — aside that of public variety — was his bicycle. But after living in car-dominated Houston and now Los Angeles, the 33-year-old attorney moved away from bike riding and instead came to rely on his automobile to get around.
That is, until now.
After six years without owning a bicycle, Mittal recently purchased a used ride on Craigslist so he can join the growing bicycle culture in Los Angeles. In some parts of LA, bike riding more than doubled just between 2009 and 2011, according to the LA Bike Coalition.
“I just didn't think about it,” Mittal said of why he only recently got around to purchasing a bike. He now plans to commute the three miles from his East Hollywood home to his downtown office.
To get his second-hand road bike in working condition, Mittal brought it to the LA Bicycle Kitchen for a tune up.
The Bicycle Kitchen is a non-profit bicycle repair educational organization. The setup consists of six workstations, all the tools necessary to repair a bike, and spare parts. Anyone is welcomed to stop by or make an appointment to work at one of the stations at a suggested donation of $7 an hour and the cost of the used parts; no one is ever turned away for lack of funds. Experienced volunteers, known as “cooks,” are around to teach customers what needs to be done, but they will not do the work themselves.
The organization was started in 2002 by a bicycle messenger. Its first home was in an unused room in LA's Eco-Village. After a period at the corner of Heliotrope and Melrose, the Bicycle Kitchen recently moved to a new space on Fountain near Sunset Boulevard.
Eric Potter first heard about the organization in 2005 through some friends. Mechanically inclined, Potter felt comfortable working on his mountain bike at home, but when he needed some assistance in rebuilding his bike's rear hub, he knew where to turn.
“Finally, that day came where I needed help with my bike and I thought 'Hey, I can go to the Bicycle Kitchen,'” the musician and sound engineer said. “I just knew I could go down to the kitchen and pick a couple of brains about it.”
Potter, 48, now volunteers regularly as a cook. “We see a lot of people who need help with their bikes,” Potter said. “Some times it's people who have some idea of what they need to do but just want a little help. I think more and more we've been seeing economically marginal people who might even be homeless. That seems to be a slowly growing segment of our clientèle.”
The Bicycle Kitchen is not unique to Los Angeles. Other LA-area bicycle workspaces include the Bike Oven in Highland Park, Bici Libre near downtown, Bikerowave in Mar Vista, the Bicycle Tree in Orange County, and the Valley Bikery in the San Fernando Valley. There’s a Bike Church in Santa Cruz, Bike Kitchens in San Francisco and Sacramento, and host of similar bicycle repair collectives in cities around the world.
The LA Bicycle Kitchen does not sell bicycles, but does have a number of used bikes in various stages of disrepair. Customers can work on them at the Kitchen and then keep the bike for an agreed-upon price. Other programs offered by the Bicycle Kitchen include Bicycle Bitchen, exclusively for women and transgender; youth outreach; and regular workshops.
The Bicycle Kitchen is a horizontally based organization with no leadership and almost entirely run by volunteers (there's one paid staff member responsible for the bookkeeping).Potter chairs the Bicycle Kitchen's board and said that the organization is sustained through the suggested $7-an-hour donations from people working on their bikes as well as grants and other contributions.
“What powers this place is enthusiasm,” Potter said. “The enthusiasm comes from camaraderie and also from riding your bike. You ride your bike around the city, you become more enthusiastic about the city and you're physically energized. When we arrive here on our bicycles, we're physically energized and enthusiastic and we're ready to do something for someone.”
Riding in Los Angeles has increased in the last few years, thanks in part to the popularity of riding events CicLAvia and LA Critical Mass, which claims to be the largest community bike ride in the US. Critical Mass celebrates its 20th anniversary in San Francisco this week. The next CicLAvia is Oct. 7.
“There are people of all sorts of radically different backgrounds,” said long-time volunteer Jon West about who comes through the doors of the Bicycle Kitchen. “It's kind of a neat thing to go in and help all of those people. It's a pretty diverse group of people who ride bicycles.”
Before stripping down a donated bike for parts — items such as the chain, handlebars and bike post will be reused while the rusted out frame will be recycled — West explained the mission of the Bicycle kitchen.
“We're here to teach people and help people learn to work on their own bikes,” West, 35, said. A resident of LA's Glassell Park neighborhood, West has been involved with the Bicycle Kitchen for five years.
Fifteen-year-old high school student Andrew Arevalo knew little about working on bikes when he first purchased a used bike online last year. The Silver Lake resident visited the Bicycle Kitchen last year to gain some knowledge, and now volunteers when he can.
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The Pembroke Pines
Charter School Foundation, a 501c3, was established in January of 2004 to assist teachers and students through the creation of a one million dollar endowment. These monies provide scholarships for
high school graduates, teacher scholarships for advanced degrees, and Employee of the Year bonuses for instructional and non-instructional employees in the Pembroke Pines Charter School
In 2011, the Foundation revised the
Articles of Incorporation with approval from the Internal Revenue Service, to allow financial contributions to the Pembroke Pines Charter Schools. The Foundation is supported entirely by the generous
contributions from individuals, businesses and granting organizations. The Foundation also hosts fundraising events annually that help to provide funding for Foundation
Fiscal Year 2015-2016 Fundraising Proceeds
In response to an influx of residents and a need for schools following Hurricane Andrew in 1992, the
City of Pembroke Pines decided to start a Pembroke Pines Charter School System which today is the largest Charter School System in Broward County, and the largest municipally run non-profit charter
system in the State of Florida.
In 1998, Pembroke Pines built and opened two elementary schools and a middle school: Pembroke Pines Charter West Elementary and Middle, and East Elementary campuses. The Charter High School was then built as part of the City’s Academic Village. Two years later, another elementary and middle school were built –
Pembroke Pines Central Charter Elementary and Middle Campus. And in 2003, the Pembroke Pines Florida State University (FSU)
campus opened, the last campus to be built.
Created in June 2013, Support Our Schools, a parent-led group, holds a variety of fundraising events for the Pembroke Pines
Charter School Foundation. They help obtain donation pledges, and encourage and inform families about the importance of donating and becoming involved in SOS. Click on the below links for more
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Dr. Emile Lenteur was recently awarded the ORDER OF SLOW (OS) by the International Institute of Not Doing Much for his groundbreaking work on discovering relaxons.
Relaxons are invisible particles emitted by people in a deep state of calm and well-being. And these particles have a calming effect on bystanders within a range of ten feet (3.048 meters).
As with many inventions, Dr.Lenteur’s discovery was by accident. He was in the Institute’s comfortableology lab, developing the most comfortable and fully organic living sofa when he first identified relaxons.
“My work looks at optimum environments for plant growth,” said Dr. Lenteur, in a Slow News interview. “Plants generally grow well in the presence of negative ions.” However, he declined to go into detail about the link between negative ions and relaxons.
Dr. Lenteur invented the Relax-O-Meter™, a device for measuring relaxons from over fifty feet (15.24 meters) from the subject.
Physicians at the Institute now routinely screen patients with this device as a prelude to recommending appropriate slow therapies. Dr. Lenteur is currently working on trials of the Relax-O-Meter 6 with experimental anti-grump. Anti-grump lowers cortisol, a steroid hormone, which is a natural relaxon blocker.
Trials of the Relax-O-Meter 6 are currently limited to highly stressed corporate executives. But there are hopes for wider production in the future.
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the course of the past century, humankind has witnessed tremendous advances in scientific knowledge regarding the etiology, prevention, and control of infectious diseases. The antibiotic era ushered in a brief interlude of optimism and complacency
that was accompanied by the relaxation and interruption of public health surveillance and control programs. The misconception that the modern, developed world was no longer vulnerable to widespread infectious diseases has been shattered many times
since, predominantly with the emergence of pandemic HIV/AIDS, SARS coronaviruses and continuing with other new life-threatening infectious diseases and the vigorous resurgence of infectious diseases prematurely dismissed as historical artifacts.
Today infectious diseases remain a major cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Although the immediate burden of tropical infectious diseases falls most heavily on the people of developing countries, citizens of industrialized countries are increasingly
experiencing their effects, especially as international travel increases contact with the causative organisms. Moreover, the emergence and rapid spread of new infectious diseases, most dramatically pandemic HIV/AIDS, Ebola, Zika virus disease, COVID-19,
SARS/MERS, West Nile encephalitis, and chikungunya fever has been accompanied by the resurgence of "old" and "reemerging" diseases such as cholera, tuberculosis, scrub typhus, rabies, dengue, Venezuelan equine encephalitis, and yellow fever. The emergence
of some of these in more virulent and drug-resistant forms has further underscored our global vulnerability to infectious diseases.
The UTMB Center for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases (CBEID) was established in 2003, the same year the National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) selected UTMB as one of eight institutions
to lead a Regional Center of Excellence for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases Research (RCE) and to receive a grant to construct on the UTMB campus one of two National Biocontainment Laboratories, now known as the Galveston National Laboratory.
The 10-year, $105M RCE grant awarded to UTMB was led by Dr. David Walker, the CBEID Executive Director, and served as the foundation for investigator-driven research at UTMB and collaborating institutions in Texas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Arkansas,
and Louisiana. This award was a direct response to the need for strong infrastructure and multifaceted research, training and development activities applying the best basic, translational and clinical science to the generation of new diagnostic and
vaccine countermeasures for NIAID Category A, B, and C pathogens and emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases.
The main goal of the CBEID is to support the mission of the Institute for Human Infections and Immunity (IHII) by coordinating activities and research involving infectious agents, particularly emerging infectious diseases and agents of bioterrorism. The
CBEID has two main objectives:
- To reduce the vulnerability of the US and other nations to the use of biological weapons for warfare and terrorism.
- To alleviate suffering from emerging infectious diseases through application of basic, translational, and field research, and through education.
The strategic research philosophy that has guided the CBEID's development is to enable the best available intellectual and physical resources to be integrated and focused on defense against biological weapons, as well as emerging and tropical infectious
agents of major global importance.
The Center has attracted an exceptionally talented and multidisciplinary team of research scientists with broad expertise in many biodefense and emerging infectious disease agents. Research programs have been developed in all major areas targeted by the
NIAID in its biodefense program, including the basic biology of bacterial and viral biological warfare and terrorist pathogens, as well as emerging diseases. Immunology and host response to infection, with emphasis on pathogenesis, vaccine development,
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Remants of Khiam. Commemorating the History of a Devastated Detention Centre in Southern Lebanon. Testimony, Memorial, Vestiges
Royal College of Art, London
Year of enrolment: 2014
This research project aims to explore (1) the history of the Khiam Detention Centre in Southern Lebanon (1985-2006) and (2) the artistic tactics employed since to represent the traumatic experience of a detention camp as well as the challenges associated with the commemoration of its history. The Khiam Detention Centre was a prison and interrogation camp during the years of the Israeli occupation. Allegedly administered by the South Lebanon Army (SLA), the camp was in use from 1985 until Israel’s withdrawal from Lebanon in May 2000, and the subsequent collapse of the SLA. The use of torture and other serious human rights abuses in the facility were reported by non-governmental organizations (Human Rights Watch 1999; Amnesty International 2000). After the withdrawal, the detention centre was preserved in the condition it was abandoned, and converted into a museum by Hezbollah. The Israeli Air Force destroyed the prison during the 2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict. The case study of the Khiam Detention Centre will be used as an anchor for broader theoretical speculations on the representation of trauma. I will consider (a) the heuristic and epistemological role of the remnants – human witnesses, space as memorial, ruins – for the recollection, reconstruction and transmission of traumatic experiences; and (b) evaluate the ways in which they have been employed within political, humanitarian and artistic discourses in postwar Lebanon. The study will focus on a corpus of artworks produced in the wake of the Lebanese Civil Wars and will consider their post-representational documentary aesthetics as a strategy to overcome a double representational impasse, one being the result of the deconstruction of the place and role of documentary evidence in the construction of historical truth, the other being the legalistic, existential and representational prohibitive factors facing cultural producers in a post-war scenario characterized by amnesty politics and widespread censorship. | <urn:uuid:1279063d-bcb4-44c5-b539-d15f395f3807> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://www.techne.ac.uk/for-students/techne-students/techne-alumni-list/techne-students-2015/elisa-adami | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570913.16/warc/CC-MAIN-20220809064307-20220809094307-00067.warc.gz | en | 0.945257 | 417 | 1.695313 | 2 |
Guest Writer for Wake Up World
Himalayan crystal salt is far superior to traditional iodized salt. Himalayan salt is millions of years old and pure, untouched by many of the toxins and pollutants that pervade other forms of ocean salt.
Known in the Himalayas as “white gold,” Himalayan Crystal Salt contains the same 84 natural minerals and elements found in the human body. This form of salt has also been maturing over the past 250 million years under intense tectonic pressure, creating an environment of zero exposure to toxins and impurities.
Himalayan salt’s unique cellular structure allows it to store vibrational energy. Its minerals exist in a colloidal form, meaning that they are tiny enough for our cells to easily absorb.
Himalayan Crystal Salt: The Health Benefits
The health benefits of using natural Himalayan Crystal Salt may include:
Controlling the water levels within the body, regulating them for proper functioning.
Promoting stable pH balance in the cells, including the brain.
Encouraging excellent blood sugar health.
Aiding in reducing the common signs of aging.
Promoting cellular hydroelectric energy creation.
Promoting the increased absorption capacities of food elements within the intestinal tract.
Aiding vascular health.
Supporting healthy respiratory function.
Lowering incidence of sinus problems, and promoting over-all sinus health.
Reducing muscle cramps.
Increasing bone strength.
Naturally promoting healthy sleep patterns.
Creating a healthy libido.
In combination with water, it is necessary for blood pressure regulation.
Prevents cellulite, when compared to table salt.
Reduces chances of developing rheumatism, arthritis and gout, when compared to common chemically-treated salt.
Reduces chances of developing kidney and gall bladder stones when compared to common chemically-treated salt.
Table salt: “The Health Destroyer”
Many people are unaware that common table salt contains chemicals and even sugar! Salt is necessary but can be dangerous if taken in this chemical form.
Table salt is composed of 97.5% sodium chloride and 2.5% chemicals like iodine and absorbents, and sugar. Common salt is dried at more than 1,200 ° Fahrenheit, a process which zaps many of the natural chemical structures.
The table and cooking salt found in most homes, restaurants, and processed foods is void of nutritional value, lacking beneficial trace minerals. Processing salt turns it into sodium chloride, an unnatural salt the human body actually sees as a toxic invader! The body cannot dispose of it in a natural, healthy way which can lead to inflammation of the tissues, water retention and high blood pressure.
Processed salt crystals are also energetically dead, as their crystals are completely isolated from one another. For the body to metabolize chemical table salt, it must waste tremendous amounts of energy to keep the body at optimum fluid balance. This creates a burden on the elimination systems in the body. Water is removed from other cells in attempt to neutralize the unnatural sodium chloride.
Studies show that for each gram of table salt your system cannot process, your body will use over twenty times the amount of cellular water to neutralize the sodium chloride in chemically-treated salt. This can lead to cellulite, rheumatism, arthritis, gout, as well as kidney and gallbladder stones. The average American consumes 5,000 mg of sodium chloride a day, the issue is serious and needs to be adressed.
Choosing to use Himalayan Salt as an alternative can have a big impact on your total health and well-being. I only use and recommend Original Himalayan Crystal Salt.
-Dr. Edward F. Group III, DC, ND, DACBN, DABFM
Previous articles by Dr Edward
- The Health Benefits of Cloves
- Tribulus Terrestris: Herbal Aphrodisiac?
- Top 10 ProBiotic Foods to Add to Your Diet
- 10 Foods That Detox the Body
- The Benefits of Organic Hemp Milk + How to Make Your Own
- 15 Foods High in Vitamin E
- Lung Cleansing With Peppermint Oil
- How to Flush the Liver
- Natural Remedies For Bad Breath
About the Author
Dr. Edward F. Group founded Global Healing Center in 1998 and is currently the Chief Executive Officer. Heading up the research and development team, Dr. Group assumes a hands-on approach in producing new and advanced degenerative disease products and information.
Dr. Group has studied natural healing methods for over 20 years and now teaches individuals and practitioners all around the world. He no longer sees patients but solely concentrates on spreading the word of health and wellness to the global community. Under his leadership, Global Healing Center, Inc. has earned recognition as one of the largest alternative, natural and organic health resources on the Internet. | <urn:uuid:57a9ce28-c5c7-4026-9781-66e281c8b9f9> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://wakeup-world.com/2013/08/26/the-benefits-of-himalayan-salt/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560283008.19/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095123-00089-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.903151 | 1,006 | 2.265625 | 2 |
MIAMI, Fla., (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Each year 700 thousand people suffer a stroke in the United States. Until now, the only recovery for paralysis brought on by the stroke was lengthy rehabilitation. Now, a new stem cell therapy is helping stroke patients move again.
James Anderson is a tri-athlete and physical education teacher. He was visiting Florida from Maine when suddenly, “I started to feel a little dizzy a little tingling in my right hand and ah I ended up having a stroke,” James Anderson told Ivanhoe.
James did not respond to clot busting medication or blockage treatments. So he became paralyzed on the left side of his body. Neurologist Doctor Dileep R. Yavatal treated him as part of a clinical trial, where some of the patients were treated with their own stem cells. While Anderson doesn’t know if he was injected with his own stem cells, two months after treatment, Anderson said, "I have had more movement and strength in my legs."
For the clinical trial, stem cells must be injected into the brain no later than two weeks after the stroke occurs. James is now able to move around with a walker, during rehab, and hopes to be able to compete in a triathalon again.
Dileep R. Yavagal, MD, Interventional Neurologist at Miami Miller School of Medicine, talks about the first clinical trial where stroke patients are injected with their own stem cells.
What is your specialty?
Dr. Yavagal: Interventional Neurology.
You are conducting a clinical trial here at Jackson Memorial. What is it for?
Dr. Yavagal: It is the first clinical trial of injecting the patient’s own stem cells.
It is the first?
Dr. Yavagal: It is the first US clinical trial testing the injection of the patient’s own stem cells into the carotid artery going to the brain. These stem cells come from their own bone marrow; we inject them into the brain on the side of the stroke. This is an attempt to improve the patient’s recovery using those stem cells.
You use the stem cells after you inject TPA, which dissolves the clot?
Dr. Yavagal: That is correct. It is not done immediately after, but the time window for giving the stem cells is about two weeks after the stroke; it is a limit of 19 days and in fact, we do not give it immediately after TPA or opening of the arteries, because we want the patient to be stabilized first from their stroke. Then we also have to aspirate their bone marrow once they are stable to harvest the stem cells.
You do that from the hips?
Dr. Yavagal: It is done from the hip bone.
Tell me about your patient James Anderson. He had a stroke on what side? What happened to him?
Dr. Yavagal: James Anderson is a very nice 58-year-old teacher from Maine who was vacationing in Naples and while he was at the rental car counter he suddenly became completely paralyzed on the left side. He was taken immediately to a local hospital where TPA was given, but he did not improve. He was then flown over to Jackson Memorial for an endovascular treatment procedure to open up the blocked artery in the brain that was causing his stroke. His stroke was on the left side; the artery in the brain on the right side was blocked and unfortunately the procedure did not open up the clot, which happens in about 20 to 30% of cases, and he remained paralyzed. He actually had to undergo a surgery to remove the bone on the right side of his head to prevent the swelling from the stroke pushing down on his brain and then he consented to participate in this clinical trial that we are doing called Recover Stroke where we would give him stem cells or do a Sham procedure based on which group he would get randomized to.
When you say Sham, you mean a placebo?
Dr. Yavagal: That is right. Sham is the term used in surgical trials. In this trial, three patients got the treatment; for every three patients, two patients get Sham, In the Sham group, they are brought to the Angio suite and then a simulation of the procedure is done, but the actual procedure is not done and stem cells are not given.
What is TPA?
Dr. Yavagal: TPA stands for “tissue plasminogen activator,” a clot-busting medication. It dissolves the clots that occur in arteries or veins. In stroke cases, it is supposed to dissolve the clot that is blocking the artery in the brain.
This did not work for Mr. Anderson?
Dr. Yavagal: It did not work nor did endovascular treatment, that is the device directly put into the artery to open it; that also did not work. That is precisely why stem cell therapy is really promising, because a number of patients do not benefit or sometimes wouldn't even get the TPA or endovascular procedures. However, stem cells could be treatment that those patients could get as the time window to get stem cell treatment appears to be longer.
How exciting is this that you are able to use the stem cells; and what is his prognosis now that he may have received them?
Dr. Yavagal: It is actually extremely exciting. My own field of research in the lab is looking at stem cells to improve stroke outcomes and the fact that we are now able to do this trial in the US is a big step forward to bring that laboratory promise to the patients. We have about 30 patients, who have been enrolled in this trial, and after a total of 100 patients; we will have some results to see if this therapy can be moved forward to patients.
How does someone get into the clinical trial? What do they need to do?
Dr. Yavagal: They need to be transferred to centers like ours that are participating in the clinical trials and have the infrastructure to both do the bone marrow and do the endovascular procedure.
How are the stems cells given to the patients?
Dr. Yavagal: The stem cells are given via a catheter that is inserted from the groin all the way into the carotid artery. For example, this is the procedure from James Anderson’s acute treatment where we tried to open up the blocked artery, but without being able to say whether he got stem cells or not, if he were to get stem cells; a catheter like this would be brought up. I would inject stem cells into this region so that the stem cells go into the brain that is injured. The catheter would be brought up all the way up to the brain artery and then infused; stem cells would be infused so that they reach directly into the injured area of the brain.
So was it the stem cells that busted the clot?
Dr. Yavagal: No.
How did you end up getting that clot busted up?
Dr. Yavagal: It turned out that after this procedure was done, in the next couple of days, the artery opened up by itself. And yet, that was late. Even though the artery opened up, the brain was already severely injured. That is the limitation of treatments that open up arteries, is that they have to be done extremely urgently and even after they are done extremely urgently, only about 40% of the patients really recover significant brain. Therefore, we need new therapies like stem cells to help that injured brain recover.
So what actually ended up breaking up the clot?
Dr. Yavagal: The body itself has strong substances that break up clots. The TPA remains and that can break up clots. It is just the time sensitive nature where if the clot does not open up within the first few hours then often the brain gets irreversibly injured.
How do the stem cells work, if the patient gets the stem cells, what do they actually do in the brain?
Dr. Yavagal: In the past, it used to be thought that stem cells would go and regenerate into new neurons, the cells in the brain, but it is now becoming quite clear that especially stem cells that are from the bone marrow, play more of a nursing function where they stimulate the body’s own mechanisms of repair and enhance them and make them work harder to get the repair done much better than if the stem cells were not there. They act like small factories secreting a number of substances that stimulate the brain surrounding the injured environment and help with recovery.
What kind of recovery has Mr. Anderson had?
Dr. Yavagal: Mr. Anderson has shown remarkable recovery. Again, we do not know what he got, but despite that he is now walking with a walker within about 6 weeks from his stroke. His arm is still paralyzed, but he is able to use a walker with minimal support to take steps; so that is very exciting and in a year, we will find out if he got the stem cells and if in comparison to the patients who got Sham whether he did better.
Okay, so he will continue to get better?
Dr. Yavagal: Yes. That is typical for most stroke patients to show some recovery and the idea is that these stem cells, if he got them, would enhance that recovery.
What about doctors who are not using the stem cells, how will this benefit them in the future? How will that benefit other doctors around the country to use the stem cells?
Dr. Yavagal: This trial will lead us to the next study where approval can be sought for this kind of therapy. And these 100 patients will count towards that approval and such an approval would allow all doctors, not only in the US, but around the world to use this therapy.
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These meditations, sketches and poems by Nikki Giovanni are rhapsodies of grief, adoration and honor. Her theme is memory, and what she remembers is outrage, racial pain, minor joys, gentle love, courage and turning points.
"Art Sanctuary" best represents her outlook. An iconoclast, she prefers to challenge and perhaps die in order to enlighten and weaken the cruel herd. The majority and the powerful have their roll call of honor. But in Quilting the Black-eyed pea, Giovanni recites the names of those heroes who gave the world treasures of freedom, love and truth-- that could only be found in darkness and blood. She speaks for instance of Emmett Till, the young boy whose death by lynching inspired Rosa Park's decision to sit down.
Giovanni's narrative voice gives the world an historical overview that it rejects. The media has its priorities and its darlings. Women are not seen by the regular media as truly active in world events. Here, Giovanni shows that women were powerful forces in black history, American history, and literary history. Emmett Till's mother, who bravely opened her son's casket; Rosa Parks who refused to be moved. Here they are the great and the small, folks who affected history on a large scale and folks who are unknown saints, touching only those within their community.
Her humor blends with grief, sarcasm and outrage to create writing that pulls the reader into histories, small and great. In speaking of the events of 9-11, she is as brave as ever and speaks her mind regardless of political correctness.
The meditations are slow, conversational, plaintive. Often they take the reader back to days both white and black readers may want to forget, to the time and places of lost things. Communities change, people like her friend fellow-poet, Gwendolyn Brooks die. Dreams fade because talented black men are somehow still ending up in prison. Giovanni takes the reader through each loss. Each sketch is a long journey for the reader. Whether it's a bike or meatloaf, each journey takes us through a way of life, a way of triumphing and coping, and an appreciation. At the end of the journey we understand the loss and the courage. And, paradoxically, we understand the joy. The book is about joy, all kinds of joys. The kind of joy that can only come from overcoming. The joy that comes from friendship and community. The joy of surviving cancer.
When faced with a serious illness, most writers write intensely and almost obsessively about it. Giovanni seems to
have used the cancer as a springboard to push memory into affirming what is important in the life of a black woman, the various fabrics and patterns that go into cooking up a triumphant life. Although the book is primarily about black life, many readers will read the book and find themselves gratefully remembering life-affirming memories. Quilting the Black-Eyed Pea is a highly recommended book of poetry by one of America's foremost black poets. | <urn:uuid:65782de5-d06a-494b-a5af-c3513ac2d319> | CC-MAIN-2016-44 | http://www.curledup.com/quilting.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-44/segments/1476988725475.41/warc/CC-MAIN-20161020183845-00510-ip-10-171-6-4.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.952113 | 632 | 2.53125 | 3 |
Ford uses infrared laser technology to navigate without lights
The unmistakable glare of car headlights cutting through the darkness on roads at night could soon vanish thanks to new self-driving technology.
Car giant Ford has revealed it is testing the ability of its autonomous vehicles to navigate in pitch black conditions without any headlights.
The cars use laser sensing technology, called LiDAR, to map the vehicles' surroundings with infrared light, allowing them to steer along even the most winding country roads.
Ford said it is essential its self-driving vehicles are able to stay on the road at times of the day when they are not able to use its camera technology as there is not enough light.
The self-driving technology could mean the glare of headlights from passing cars could become a thing of the past. Ford tested its technology at its Proving Ground in Arizona (pictured)
Usually Ford's driverless cars use three separate sensing technologies – radar, cameras and LiDAR – which work with its virtual driver software to steer the car on the roads.
But the company said the cars can also work using just LiDAR when driving on country roads at night.
It could mean the light pollution caused by car headlights at night will become a thing of the past as autonomous vehicles become more common on the roads.
Jim McBride, Ford's technical leader for autonomous vehicles, said: 'Thanks to LiDAR, the test cars aren't reliant on the sun shining, nor cameras detecting painted white lines on the asphalt.
'In fact, LiDAR allows autonomous cars to drive just as well in the dark as they do in the light of day.'
In the United Kingdom, around 40 per cent of collisions occur during the hours of darkness, while in the US more than 40 per cent of fatal accidents occur at night.
To test its technology Ford took its Fusion Hybrid autonomous research vehicle out into the desert at its Arizona Proving Ground.
The headlights were turned off and all internal lights in the car were covered using black cloth and tape.
A LiDAR system mounted on the roof sends out 2.8 million laser beams pulses a second in a grid that maps the surrounding area in real-time and this is added to additional information from the radar.
This is then combined to high-resolution 3D maps used by the cars which help it determine where the road goes, the surrounding topography and landmarks.
During the test, Ford engineers wore night-vision goggles to allow them to monitor the vehicle as it drove around the test road.
Wayne Williams, a Ford research scientists and engineer, rode in the car to monitor its progress.
He said: 'Inside the car, I could feel it moving, but when I looked out the window, I only saw darkness.
'As I rode in the back seat, I was following the car's progression in real time using computer monitoring. Sure enough, it stayed precisely on track along those winding roads.' | <urn:uuid:74421fbc-408a-48f2-a080-2c8576a50069> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.driven.co.nz/news/news/ford-uses-infrared-laser-technology-to-navigate-without-lights/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560282202.61/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095122-00546-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.967601 | 602 | 3.015625 | 3 |
Posts that don’t take in the requirements of an ecommerce supply and distribution network that is increasingly becoming a circular economy could find themselves facing several unwanted challenges.
In recent years, the requirements of the connected society have seen numerous industry sectors adapt to an always-on consumer attitude to goods, services and, increasingly, post or parcel delivery schedules. And while the presence of the ubiquitous computer in the pocket and increased internet access has allowed people to not only purchase what they want when they want it, there is an increase in the number of unwanted purchases entering the distribution network almost as soon as they have been delivered.
According to a recent article published on TechSpot, the reverse supply chain is a significant part of established distribution networks. Thanks to ecommerce giants like Amazon, there is a defined market for returned goods, with consumers seemingly happy to blind buy products and then ship them back to the selling company or distribution center. Around 20 percent of all products sold by Amazon are returned, with the company’s 30-day return policy – which includes free shipping labels and a full refund – extremely attractive to people who either bought something without thinking or, more likely, received it as an unwanted gift.
When you factor in that these items are likely to be both be shipped back to a warehouse and then set aside for reselling, then the challenge facing posts is that they are – in numerous cases – responsible for the entire lifecycle of a distributed item.
A postal office, for example, will have received the item from the seller, sorted it, tagged it and then dispatched it for delivery. Less than 30 days later, the same package could be back in that same distribution center and the process starts again … the only difference is that the package may not be in the same condition as originally received and the ultimate destination is not a home address.
With that in mind, the logistics of the circular economy take on a different perspective. A contributed article on Transport Topics said that the question of reverse logistics was a puzzle that was not only difficult to solve but also one in which the receiving distribution hub or carrier had to allocate more time to returns than to original shipments. Packaged items leave a physical location in a manner that is designed to provide efficient and effective delivery to the end receiver, a scenario that is rarely replicated when the goods come back.
An inbound truckload of products or packages can take anywhere between two to eight hours of sorting, the article said, while it can take as much as 48 hours to process a vehicle filled with returns. In addition, the author of the article noted, his logistics company has discovered that returns take up 20 percent more space and require twice the amount of labor needed to send something out.
Reverse logistics may require a whole new set of digital technologies to manage inventory and workflow. And while ecommerce is a major contributor to this so-called circular economy, the scale of returns logistics is often hard to comprehend.
Supply and Demand Chain Executive reported that more than $550 billion worth of returns occur every year and the prevalence of free shipping on returned goods is having the expected impact on the distribution and logistics sector –according to the Reverse Logistics Association, returns cost supply chains $50 billion every year!
Citing a recent industry report, SDC said that around 34 percent of consumers admit to regular impulse purchases, with social media platforms seen as the perfect vehicle for selling on a 24/7 basis. A full 63 percent of these impulse shoppers will send the purchases back to the retailers, the news source said. When you consider the number of non-return packages that currently flow through distribution networks, then it becomes clear that there is a significant amount of pressure being applied to the existing ecosystem.
Gartner’s recent Future of Supply Chain survey found that 70 percent of supply chain leaders were planning to invest in the circular economy in the next 12 months, citing delivery and customer engagement as reasons to improve their reverse logistics operations.
Digital solutions such as advanced analytics and effective inventory management are the preferred options, Gartner said, with 35 percent of companies stating that digital technology would be a key enabler. The caveat to this proactive attitude is that only 12 percent of the 1,374 respondents surveyed said that they had put digital and circular economy strategies in place.
The question that needs to be asked is how the distribution and logistics sector – which includes postal operators, naturally – can cope with the increased pressure on their networks. It is worth noting that the concept of a reverse supply chain is not a new one – the Harvard Business Review highlighted the importance of the circular economy in a published article in 2002, for example – and the digitalization of society has merely made this business practice more mainstream.
As a result, the effectiveness of a reverse supply chain will depend on both the available technology and digital solutions. Postal operators, for example, may find value in increasing the points of engagement for customer returns with PUDO networks an essential part of the logistics ecosystem. In addition, advanced analytics can track where returns are being generated and, in some cases, alleviate the pressure on physical locations by providing customers with the means to return goods without the need for counter service.
Ultimately, the distribution and logistics sector will have to evolve to cope with the new normal of a reverse supply chain. Ecommerce may still only account for less than 20 percent of all retail purchases, but there is an expectation that this will increase exponentially as more people choose to shop online. And while not every person will send a product back, the simplicity (in their minds, at least) of the returns process will increase the pressure on the entire distribution network. | <urn:uuid:873dcfbd-3673-46fb-a4bf-cf82a306c869> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.eschergroup.com/ru/blog/why-the-reverse-supply-chain-matters-for-posts-9/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571090.80/warc/CC-MAIN-20220809215803-20220810005803-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.957699 | 1,148 | 2.203125 | 2 |
You’re about to go in for your interview. It’s a job that you know is a big deal, maybe for an internship that you know will set you on the path for the career you want, or a job at a company you’ve wanted to work at for years. You’re in the waiting area when you notice for the first time just how badly your palms are sweating. You’re hoping they don’t notice just how bad you’re sweating everywhere. You’re focusing on your breathing, but your mind is a little too busy trying to focus on everything that could go wrong.
All this stress might have been avoided if you just had a couple of these foods with your lunch.
Aside from being insanely delicious, avocados are rich in folate. Stress and high blood pressure have been linked to a folate deficiency. By indulging in a little avocado with your lunch, you’re actually helping your body fight future stress. Use this recipe to get all the benefits of avocados for breakfast in just two minutes.
Broccoli is high in vitamin C. It actually has more than the old vitamin C standby, an orange. People who consume more vitamin C have been shown to have lower blood pressure and lower levels of cortisol, the adrenal glands response to stress which has been shown to impair memory and exhaust the body. Try this recipe for cheesy broccoli tots, for those days when you really just don’t want to eat your veggies.
Walnuts are rich in the omega-3 fatty acid, alpha-linolenic acid (ALA), which has been shown to reduce cortisol and adrenaline levels, as well as prevent memory loss. This oatmeal bake gives you the potassium of a banana, the vitamin C of strawberries, and the ALA of walnuts, all of which will help to put your mind at ease.
Potassium-rich foods, like bananas, have been found to lower blood pressure. Potassium affects the body’s sodium absorption. Whereas sodium constricts blood vessel walls, potassium relaxes them. If you want to de-stress, try making this rich and healthy dessert.
5. Dark Chocolate
Here’s a reason to indulge a little: dark chocolate has been shown to increase serotonin and endorphin levels, which improves mood. In fact, eating a little bit of dark chocolate every day has been linked to lower levels of cortisol. To really up the benefits, marry avocado and dark chocolate together, like in this truffle.
6. Green Tea
Drinking five cups of green tea a day has been shown to reduce stress by 20 percent. Five cups may sound like a lot, but even just one cup a day could help combat the stress of an interview. For a more long-term effect, try sneaking more green tea into your day with morning smoothies.
Spinach and other leafy greens are rich in magnesium. Stress can actually deplete your magnesium intake, which can help trigger depression, irritability, and even psychosis. Green smoothies are a great way to get more magnesium in your life.
Honey has been shown to reduce inflammation in the brain. Although it’s a relatively new study, this reduction may be linked to lowering levels of anger, anxiety, and depression. It’s often used as a remedy for insomnia. Be careful not to have too much, though. Too much sugar may actually exacerbate anxiety. Be sure and do your research on how to make every day a little sweeter with honey.
Mango is filled with a compound called linalool which has been shown to lower stress levels. There are plenty of ways to add mango to your diet, and the tropical feel of it might help you feel like you’re on vacation, rather than in a waiting room. Add mango and avocado to your smoothie for a relaxation boost. | <urn:uuid:4aa0c6af-5db6-46ab-8645-aec80b51a710> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://spoonuniversity.com/lifestyle/9-foods-to-calm-your-nerves-before-a-job-interview | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560282935.68/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095122-00247-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.94206 | 807 | 2.3125 | 2 |
I was trying to start a post on the probable consequences of that reform, but I just can't seem to get over how improbable that particular reform would be. Obviously, Constitutional amendments are hard. Beyond that...well, it's a bit tricky. On the one hand, there is a story we tell ourselves about a constantly expanding electorate (after beginning with a lot of restrictions, first it expands to all white men, then to women, then eventually to African Americans, then to younger voters...). That story is as much myth as fact (we've had plenty of disenfranchisement in American history). But I do think it's true that the kinds of indirect voting envisioned in the original Constitution for the Senate and for the president is widely seen as undemocratic, and it's very hard to imagine this particular reform succeeding. It's hard to imagine the consequences of a reform if it's hard to imagine the changes that would have to take place in order for that reform to pass.
What I'll do instead is to comment briefly on Bartlett's claims about states, which I strongly disagree with. Of indirect voting for Senators, Bartlett says:
The purpose was to provide the states--as states--an institutional role in the federal government. In effect, senators were to function as ambassadors from the states, which were expected to retain a large degree of sovereignty even after ratification of the Constitution, thereby ensuring that their rights would be protected in a federal system...When senators represented states as states, rather than just being super House members as they are now, they zealously protected states' rights. This term became discredited during the civil rights struggle of the 1960s as a code word for racism--allowing Southern states to resist national pressure to abolish racial segregation. But clearly the states have interests that may conflict with federal priorities on a wide variety of issues that defy easy ideological classification.I think that's wrong on the history (states' rights was always about white Southerners and race). More to the point, I think that it gets wrong something that is well worth getting right. Bartlett is wrong that states have "interests," or at least ones that should be protected by the political system. People and groups have rights and interests, and there is far too much diversity within states to talk about the people who live in a state as a meaningful political group. But I don't see any reason that states should not be strong and meaningful political units, even without rights or interests of their own. Because what one can argue did get wrongly discredited by white Southerners' bigotry over time are the values of local control and variation. Federalism is in my view an excellent Madisonian device for avoiding the tyranny of majorities and thus strengthening the Republic, even if it's one that Madison himself didn't really like all that much. And I like multiplying avenues for political activism, and I also like the whole laboratories of democracy thing. Of course, those arguments apply to local governments as well as state governments.
Now, in the world of practical politics, where one stands on local control is generally determined by where one sits, and in particular partisan considerations. Republicans support state self-determination when Democrats have unified control of the national government, and vice versa. I don't recall reading a good recent discussion of which things ought to be controlled locally and which nationally, but I would like to see one. I don't think that conceptualizing states as having interests, much less rights, gets us there, however. | <urn:uuid:b28d859b-b113-4d4e-9aec-e846a7a78cd1> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://plainblogaboutpolitics.blogspot.com/2010/05/states-and-senate.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280266.9/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00495-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.980206 | 706 | 2.53125 | 3 |
SGU's mission is to provide society with geological information. This includes producing statistics on how much metal, minerals and aggregates are produced in Sweden.
On this page, we present interactive charts and tables that provide an overview of current mineral resources statistics: what is produced and how much, employment and exploration costs.
While the number of mines has fallen from around 240 in 1900 (mines and mining fields) to 12 in 2019, production has gone in the opposite direction. In 2019, ore production was the highest ever with 86.5 million tonnes. Ore production largely follows the economic cycle. In the diagram, the depression of the 1930s, the recession after the Second World War and the oil crises of the 1970s make a clear impression with declining production. The economic boom of the 1960s gave high domestic and foreign demand for ores. The corresponding increase in demand in the 2000s is driven by the outside world, mainly from China and other Asian countries. The diagram also shows the large increase in supply in Sweden from 2010 onwards, which is mainly due to increased ore production in LKAB's mines and Boliden Aitik, but also increased production in other mines.
Copper, lead and zinc
Production of base metals was rising until 1986. After that, production fell and reached a lower level until the financial crisis of 2008–2009. From 2010, metal production has increased significantly, which is due to the international economy.
Gold and silver
The silver production has been constantly rising. In the 2010s, better enrichment processes led to a significant increase. In recent years, however, production has decreased due to lower silver contents in the ore. Gold production was long dependent on the Boliden mine in Västerbotten, where 1933 still stands as a record. The rising gold production in recent years comes from several mines with gold in the portfolio. The Aitik mine now produces the largest quantities of gold.
Mines are usually a long-term business. Of the mines in operation today, eight are older than 50 years. The oldest mine, the Garpenberg mine, is mentioned in written documents as early as the beginning of the 14th century, but mining is much older than that. Archaeologists have found traces of metal handling in the area from as long as 2 400 years ago.
This diagram shows mines and mining fields. The structure of mines is different now than before. In the past, the technology was relatively simple, which led to many small mines, while modern technology has made possible fewer but larger mines. This has meant the closure of a large number of mines. Those who remained have a much more efficient production. Another consequence is that the mining industry is now established in far fewer places.
The mining industry is a process industry with large mechanical and computerized production processes. Something that usually mean job losses. Despite this and the fact that the number of workplaces has been fairly constant since the 2000s, the increasing production has meant more employed persons. Since 2000, employment has increased by 65 percent.
Women in the mining industry
For a long time, female workers in the mining industry were extremely rare. Nowadays, the proportion grows by a few percent for each year. Since 2000, the number of women working in the mining industry has increased by 11 percent.
The exploration efforts increased dramatically in the early 2000s when the international demand for metals took off. In recent years, international exploration has been declining slightly, in contrast to Swedish exploration, which has picked up again after a few weak years. However, it is very near-mine exploration that is increasing and not exploration for new mines.
Industrial minerals and natural stone
The production of industrial minerals and natural stone has a slightly declining trend.
There are more than 60 different types of minerals, rocks and similar raw materials that are included in the concept of industrial minerals. It can be, for example, limestone, as in the diagram above, which is used for cement production or as fillers in paint as well as in the steel industry. Industrial minerals are used in many places in spatial planning, often without being noticed. Other industrial minerals can be, for example, iron ore used for Falu red paint and rödfyr used for gravel tennis courts.
Dimension stone quarries are spread over large parts of Sweden. Granite, gneiss, diabase and gabbro are mined in the bedrock. In the younger sedimentary bedrock in southern Sweden, mainly Ordovician limestone. In the mountain bedrock, deposits of limestone and slate are mined. About 40 percent of mined granite, gneiss and diabase are exported as trading blocks for further processing. The dimension stone industry had a somewhat declining production rate in 2019 compared with 2018. During the year, 184 000 tonnes of finished products were delivered in the form of trading blocks, semi-finished products and finished stone products from the 55 producing dimension stone quarries.
SGU's annual report Mining Statistics contains detailed information on Swedish ore production as well as statistics on the production of energy peat, dimension stone, industrial minerals, national interests and mineral rights.
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Few geopolitical events in the 20th century could compare to Richard Nixon’s historic visit to China 40 years ago. Today, the “week that changed the world” is chiefly remembered as a bold gamble in diplomatic revolution that paid off handsomely for the American president and the United States. Even more obvious today, however, is that the Nixon visit started a process that eventually ended China’s self-imposed isolation and paved the way for the Middle Kingdom’s re-emergence as a great power. Over the last 40 years, China has gained far more than the United States from the Sino-American strategic rapprochement.
In terms of security, the quasi-alliance established between the United States and China following the visit vastly enhanced China’s ability to stand up to the Soviet Union, which amassed 30 to 40 divisions against China and was contemplating a preemptive strike on Chinese nuclear facilities shortly before the Nixon visit. Of course, adding China as a balancer against the Soviet Union helped the United States wage the Cold War. But the United States would have ultimately defeated the Soviet Union in this contest even without the Chinese contribution, which was modest in substantive terms.
Given the political turmoil of the Cultural Revolution (1966-1976), the economic dividends of the U.S.-China rapprochement would have to wait a few more years. It wasn’t until Deng Xiaoping’s return to power – and the economic revolution his reforms launched – that China began to appreciate the economic importance of its ties with the United States. Obviously, the astute Deng himself grasped this importance instinctively. That’s why the first overseas visit he made after gaining political supremacy in December 1978 (the month during which, incidentally, Beijing and Washington formally normalized relations) was the United States. He knew that China’s economic reform and opening couldn’t succeed without investment and technology from the United States. The model that drove China’s economic rise – high investment, openness to foreign direct investment and trade, and de-centralization – would have delivered far less impressive results had the U.S. market been closed to Chinese goods and American companies banned from investing in China (as they were before the Nixon visit).Enjoying this article? Click here to subscribe for full access. Just $5 a month.
So this past week, four decades after the Nixon visit, the verdict is in: China has been the clear winner. Luckily, the U.S. didn’t lose, either. It has been a rare win-win game in geopolitics. Nevertheless, even in this win-win situation, China has undoubtedly gained far more than the United States. The tallying of such relative gains makes one wonder why so many Chinese elites should harbor such anti-American resentments today.
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Significance and Use
5.1 This procedure should be used for in vivo evaluation of the performance of antibacterial handwash products that are intended to reduce the skin micro flora following repeated use. Activity against the combined transient and resident micro flora may be assessed. Historically counts from the first basin are considered to be transients. , The latter measurement is probably more meaningful as the resident population is more stable.
5.1.1 This test method is applicable for testing all forms of topical antimicrobial handwash formulations.
1.1 This test method covers determining the effectiveness of an antibacterial handwash for reducing the level of aerobic bacterial flora on the hands, following an extended period of use.
1.2 A knowledge of microbiological techniques is required for these procedures.
1.3 In this test method metric units are used for all applications, except for distance. In this case, inches are used and metric units follow in parentheses.
1.4 Performance of this procedure requires the knowledge of regulations pertaining to the protection of human subjects. (Title 21 CFR, Part 50).
1.5 The values stated in SI units are to be regarded as standard. No other units of measurement are included in this standard.
1.6 This standard does not purport to address all of the safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appropriate safety and health practices and determine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use.
2. Referenced Documents (purchase separately) The documents listed below are referenced within the subject standard but are not provided as part of the standard.
D1193 Specification for Reagent Water
E1054 Test Methods for Evaluation of Inactivators of Antimicrobial Agents
ICS Number Code 71.100.40 (Surface active agents)
UNSPSC Code 53131626(Hand sanitizer)
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Are you planning your next holiday for the warmer months, or simply saving until you have enough money for a trip? Whichever way you plan your travel, you’re probably not alone.
The travel insurance experts at Compare the Market have surveyed more than 2,500 adults across Australia and North America to understand people’s preferences and habits when they are planning a recreational trip, and the results are quite varied!
The world is slowly opening up thanks to some relaxation of COVID-19 travel restrictions and it seems that many people are rearing to go and take a well-deserved break. Expedia’s Traveler Value Index: 2022 Outlook found that 54% of people are looking to spend more on travel than they did prior to the pandemic.1
Furthermore, the research states that on average, Australians will be looking to spend $2,845 (US$2,050) on their next holiday, while Canadians are looking to fork out a similar amount of CA$2,567 (US$2,020). Americans were the biggest spenders of the 8 countries surveyed by Expedia, with an average of $2,353 being put towards a typical vacation.2
Before people can reach paradise and relax, oftentimes there are many nights spent looking for the perfect destination, cheapest prices, and best times of the year to take that all-important holiday. Our survey into travel habits found that people have some key considerations when planning for a holiday.
In Australia, the most common consideration (at 35.5%) was travelling to destinations at off-peak times, followed by having enough money to go places (30.5%) and travelling whenever people are able to get time off work (29.7%).
In North America, the main consideration for planning a holiday was having enough funds for a vacation (34.9% of Canadians and 40.9% of Americans). For Canadians, this was followed up by travelling to a destination for a specific season (31.6%) and the ability to travel whenever they are able to get time off work (28.3%). Travelling during the off-season (30.2%) and travelling for a specific season (29.2%) round out the top 3 for Americans.
There also seems to be a stereotypical divide amongst the Australian age groups – the most common travel consideration for people aged 18-24 was having enough money to go on holiday. For those aged between 25 and 34, it was getting time off from work, while for Australians aged between 35 and 44 it was travelling within the school holidays. Those aged 45 and above preferred holidaying during off-peak times.
The majority of Americans aged between 18 and 54 opted for travelling once they had enough money saved, while the main concern for those aged 55 and above was to travel in the off-season. Canadians had the most variation across the board – 18-24-year-olds and those over 65 mainly preferred destinations in a specific season, whereas people aged 25-44 and 55-64 mainly wanted to go on a holiday as soon as they had the money. Those aged 45-54 were simply looking to go on a holiday when they were able to get time off work.
Whether it’s experiencing the Northern lights in the middle of winter or sun tanning at Bondi Beach in summer, seasons can play a huge part in how someone experiences a new place for the first time. This is why we wanted to know whether people thought seasonality played a large role when planning a vacation.
Out of those who travel, over 84% of Australians and Americans put at least some consideration to the season at their destination.
This number increases to over 88% for Canadians; and who could blame them, when most of the country is in perpetual winter for much of the year!
We also wanted to know if people travel to avoid a specific season in their home country. The results were surprising, with 32.26% of Australians and 37.77% of Americans looking to travel to avoid a particular season. At a much higher rate, 51.86% of Canadians also look to do the same.
Our survey also explored the preferred season for travellers to take a holiday. Hands down, summer was the all-around winner, with 34.25% of Australians, 56.12% of Canadians and 42.22% of Americans preferring a vacation in the sun. For many Australian travellers (31%), holidaying in spring was quite a draw card while Canadian (11.99%) and American (19.48%) travellers were not as enthused about seeing locations come to life after the long winter months.
There was also a steadfast segment who had no seasonal preference for a holiday. Australia held the greatest majority of no seasonal preference (16.5%) among the three countries, while Canadians (6.3%) and Americans (10.3%) had a more modest group.
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What is SMP?
SMP is a multicultural program, founded by the Black Studies Department, that addresses the educational disparities of the historically underrepresented students of SUNY New Paltz. SMP develops a community of scholars and leaders who celebrate academic achievement, whilst becoming culturally competent, to develop an inclusive campus.
“It was a pleasure being a part of the Scholar's Mentorship Program, as it allowed me the opportunity to learn and grow while being part of a loving community.” — Priscilla Kwarteng ‘20
“It has been an honor being a part of the Scholar Mentor program. I have learned a lot and found a community in New Paltz through SMP. I sincerely thank you and the other members of the program for your impact in my college experience.” — Thalia Quinones ‘20
“Thank you for the positive impact you have made in my experience at SUNY New Paltz.” — Greyson Thomas ‘20 | <urn:uuid:e3005dc6-ffac-4a8c-9bb9-75d5268ccd28> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.newpaltz.edu/smp/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573540.20/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819005802-20220819035802-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.948435 | 209 | 1.6875 | 2 |
Fragrance sachets are small cloth bags filled with fragrant dried herbs, potpourri and spices tied off at the top with a ribbon. Fragrance sachets are utilized for both decorative and freshening purposes. To the decorative end, fragrance sachets are often made of either a semi-transparent fabric or are embroidered. Sometimes, the ribbon used to close the sachet has beads strung on to the ends. Fragrance sachets are relatively simple to put together and take little time if you create a basic version without extra embroidery. This makes them a great candidate for party favors or gifts for a group of people.
Things You'll Need
- 2 5x7 pieces of fabric
- Needle and thread or sewing machine
- Fragrant dried herbs or potpourri
- Length of ribbon
Sew a half inch seam on one of the shorter sides of each of your pieces of fabric.
Lay the two pieces of fabric together, seams facing outward. Sew the fabric pieces together along the three sides that don't already have seams sewn in.
Reverse your sewn-together pieces of fabric. You will have a small bag.
Fill the bag with your dried herbs or potpourri, leaving at least two inches of clearance at the top.
Close your bag with the length of ribbon, tied tightly into a bow.
Tips & Warnings
- If you don't like sewing or don't have the time, use pinking shears to cut a square patch of fabric, place your potpourri or herbs in the center, and tie the patch off with a ribbon.
- Don't use a fabric with holes or that has a net-like texture, as it will allow the dried herbs or potpourri to escape.
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On 2-5 May 2022, UNESCO and the Republic of Uruguay hosted the annual World Press Freedom Day Global Conference in a hybrid format in Punta Del Este, Uruguay. Under the theme “Journalism under Digital Siege”, participants discussed the impact of the digital era on freedom of expression, the safety of journalists, privacy and access to information.
As part of this timely initiative, APC and the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression, Irene Khan, co-organised a session on 3 May focusing on a key aspect of disinformation: its gendered component.
Building on our previous work on disinformation and gendered disinformation, APC believes it is key to continue to focus on the impact of disinformation on women and gender-diverse people. Gendered disinformation particularly targets women journalists, women human rights defenders (WHRDs) and women in politics.
To raise specific examples of how this type of disinformation works and how to address it, we talked with:
Irene Khan, United Nations Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression
Lucina di Mecco, of the #ShePersisted campaign
Nkemakonam Agunwa, of Witness organisation
Julissa Mantilla, president of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
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Years ago I was working as a shipping clerk. Every morning I would come into work, wait for the shipping lists to print, and spend the remainder of the day trying to
bring order to complete chaos. It was a highly stressful job that made me both mentally and physically exhausted.
One day during my lunch break I was sitting outside the warehouse on a patch of grass, I crossed my legs and started to focus on what I was feeling at that moment, mentally, emotionally and physically. What I realized was that my body is tightly connected to my mind, and that negative thoughts and emotions played a role in how my body felt.
Somehow by allowing myself to feel my feelings, both emotionally and physically, I started to connect with my own being; and started to feel better overall. I continued to practice this meditation daily on my lunch breaks until one day, while driving home from work, a feeling of absolute peace came over me. I was hooked on the practice after that, and soon afterward purchased a meditation pillow so I could meditate at home.
As I began meditating at home, I started noticing those things that usually go unnoticed. The neighbors barking dog, the sound of distant cars on the highway, and the wind chime outside. I was becoming more conscious of consciousness.
There are those who will insist that you must sit a certain way, or do this or that in order to benefit from meditation. My opinion is that there is no standard practice for meditating. In fact, throwing a bed pillow on the floor is plenty good for sitting and meditating. A private space is, I believe, necessary. Any space where you can spend time without interruption is good. Also, there is no set duration of time for meditating, Fifteen minutes to an hour, whichever you please, is fine.
Remember that the practice of meditation is for you. It is not a choir or some burdensome ritual. It is all about getting in touch with your being and should be beneficial. | <urn:uuid:30c0e1fb-e1c9-4384-becf-810747bd13a4> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://bluestar.uno/index.php/archives/9-meditation/15-meditation-on-the-fly | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572033.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814113403-20220814143403-00267.warc.gz | en | 0.981508 | 407 | 1.5625 | 2 |
Neuron is a fun puzzle game in which your objective is to connect all the lines by rotating the tiles clockwise. You have to think before making any move because too many moves will take a lot of your time which will not give you three stars rate. Good luck!
Neuron is an online and Physics Puzzles games on Opiga. This game has been played 18 times and currently has a rating of 0.0 out of 5 after 0 votes.
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Almost every manufacturer leases equipment or real estate. For decades, companies weren’t required to report many lease-related assets and liabilities on their balance sheet. That’s all about to change under a controversial new lease accounting standard that’s scheduled to be published in early 2016.
Shifting the reporting paradigm
Under current U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), companies are required to record lease obligations on their balance sheet if the lease is considered a financing arrangement, such as rent-to-own contracts for buildings or vehicles.
Currently, companies must consider various rules to determine if they have a capital lease. First, if the present value of lease rental payments amounts to more than 90% of the asset’s value, the contract is generally considered a capital lease and the asset and liability are placed on the lessee’s balance sheet. The other factors that force a balance sheet approach include a determination to see if the lease transfers ownership at the end of the lease term, if the lease agreement contains a bargain purchase option or if the lease term is equal to 75% or more of the estimated economic life of the asset.
Under existing GAAP, if any of these conditions are present, the lessee must report the lease on the balance sheet as a capital lease. If these conditions aren’t met, the lease is generally considered an operating lease and the lessee simply records the payments as expenses on the income statement.
The current accounting rules give companies significant leeway to structure deals to look like rentals. Investors and lenders often complain that this practice makes lessees appear more financially secure than companies that take out loans to buy the same assets. For some companies — such as trucking companies that lease their fleets of vehicles or manufacturers that rent all their warehouse space — lease payments represent significant financial obligations.
In 2013, the Financial Accounting Standards Board released Proposed Accounting Standards Update No. 2013-270, Leases (Topic 842), to change the way these obligations are reported. It was largely converged with an international standard with the same name.
The standards boards have since disagreed on several aspects of the project — in particular, how leases should be reported on companies’ income statements — and expect to publish separate final standards on leasing accounting in early 2016. However, both standards will focus on providing greater transparency in reporting future lease obligations.
Exempting operating leases
Manufacturers and distributors are especially concerned about the impact the new standard will have on their financial statements and the compliance burdens it will impose. They tend to rely heavily on fixed asset leases and, therefore, expect to suffer disproportionate adverse effects compared with companies in other industries. They’re especially concerned that the new lease standard will upend loan covenants that require borrowers to maintain certain debt-to-equity ratios.
After fielding significant criticism, the FASB has decided to make its final guidance less far reaching than its 2013 proposal. It’s expected to retain the requirement that companies record obligations to make payments on rentals of storefronts, equipment and vehicles as liabilities. But the FASB has decided that certain operating leases — those with terms of 12 months or less that are more akin to rentals as opposed to financing deals — will continue to be accounted for on the income statement as they are today.
Postponing the implementation date
As of this writing, the FASB is adding the finishing touches to its final standard on lease accounting. But the board has announced that the revised guidance won’t go into effect for public companies until annual periods beginning after December 15, 2018. Private companies will have an extra year to comply.
Despite this delay, proactive manufacturers should talk to a financial advisor today about how the lease standard is likely to affect their financial statements and debt-to-equity ratios in the future. Doing so can help preempt negative consequences related to this major change. | <urn:uuid:900430a6-1349-444c-be75-36e02bb5225d> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.lbmc.com/blog/major-shift-in-lease-accounting-could-cause-major-headaches | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280835.60/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00475-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.952731 | 797 | 1.695313 | 2 |
New FeaturesPage address: https://www.mnsu.edu/telecomm/cisco/training/faq/newfeatures.html
This function is available for local calls only. If you had this capability with the previous system, you should still have it. Remember that you must prefix any external number with a "9."
Note: When forwarding calls to an external number, do not be surprised when you hear a dial tone as soon as you press the initial "9". Ignore the dial tone and keep dialing the number, without pausing.
The same one you had with the old system.
No. The number of speed dials is restricted to the two speed buttons physically present on the telephone. Some phones, such as those with the 'call pickup' or 'call park' options, will have only one speed dial available.
The Cisco 7940 phone has two line/speed dial buttons, while the Cisco 7960 phone has six. Basically, the number of speed dials available depends on how many phone numbers the phone has. Only those line/speed dial buttons not in use for a phone number can be assigned a speed dial function.
"Meet me" allows a group of people to meet by telephone at a pre-determined time. Each attendee is given a time and a "meet me" telephone number prior to the session. When the time comes, the participants call the access number and join the conference. This service is password protected, and must be set up in advance.
Establishing a Meet-Me Conference Call allows other callers to dial into the conference call from anywhere. This requires a special conference number which must be reserved through ITS.
Steps for the conference call originator
Inform the meeting participants in advance:
- Conference Phone number
- Time to call - let them know if they get a busy signal they have called too early
The call originator must dial in first and initiate the call from a CISCO IP Phone.
- Take the phone off-hook.
- Press the More soft key to display the Meet-Me tab.
- Press Meet Me soft key.
- Dial the assigned four digit Meet-Me conference number to establish the meeting.
- Note: Only the initiator needs to select 'More'/'Meet Me'.
Steps for all other conference call participants
- Dial in to the meeting using the assigned number.
- Dial like any phone call - they do not select 'More' or 'Meet Me'
- On campus phones dial the 4-digit conference extension same as any other MSU number.
- Long-distance participants will need to dial 507-389-(4-digit conference extension number).
The assigned dial-in number is authorized only for the specific date and time specified in the user's request. A new request is required for each conference session to avoid individuals dialing into someone else's conference call by mistake. | <urn:uuid:b2a35ff1-feb2-490c-970c-c6468ad4f1f8> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | https://www.mnsu.edu/telecomm/cisco/training/faq/newfeatures.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560281424.85/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095121-00336-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.897413 | 605 | 1.578125 | 2 |
Please note that you should always consult with your physician before making any changes in your diet, your level of exercise and activity, medication or behaviors related to substance use.
The best way to make use of these techniques is to read through them, select three that stand out to you and practice them. I would be glad to hear from you on your responses.
- First, remind yourself what the stewardess or steward tells you before the plane takes off: put your own oxygen mask in place before attempting to help anyone else.
- This is the Serenity Prayer: “God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.” Find a way most compatible to your spiritual preferences to say this as you provide care to the person you love.
- Therefore, identify what you can accomplish and focus your energies there. Identify the things over which you have no control, so that you don’t waste your energy trying to do the things you can’t.
- Monitor guilt and note how you respond to it. For instance, does guilt tell you not to take care of yourself? Or that you’re supposed to handle every situation that comes up on your own? Your loved one may have needs that you aren’t able to address. And attending to their needs may prevent you from taking care of other matters. Be compassionate towards yourself.
- Reach out to others for support. This can mean asking family members to take on some specific duties, either direct caregiving or collateral tasks like shopping. If you ask someone who likes to cook to cook a meal, it’s more likely that they’ll agree to do so. Schedule time with supportive and non-judgmental friends to share recent events and to let off steam.
- Reaching out can also mean searching for resources in your community or healthcare system. Are there support groups for caregivers? Does your doctor’s office or medical center have a social worker with whom you can consult about in-home care options? Is there an agency that provides services for people impacted by what your loved one is impacted by? Senior service centers and your local Department of Mental Health can also be useful resources.
- Is there a local resource that can train you in skills related to your caregiving situation? An increased sense of knowledge and mastery of the tasks specific to your loved one’s situation can decrease your levels of stress. Such training resources can include Red Cross; the wellness component of healthcare insurance; nursing staff associated to your local medical center, service agencies or hospice; and social workers, occupational therapists and discharge planners at hospitals. Your local library is also likely to have books related to training the skills specific to your situation, as well as caregiver handbooks.
- As you are providing support to someone consider that you also require care, beginning with self-care. Someone providing support to you on a one-to-one basis can be very effective. Depression, anxiety, anger and grief are normal responses to caregiving, and their symptoms can be reduced. This support might be available at your church or temple, social service agency and of course in individual therapy. It can also be effective to schedule with a supportive friend or family member to check in with you on a regular basis.
- Self-care includes eating balanced meals, getting exercise and adequate sleep. It also includes following up on your own medical care. Let your own doctor knows that you’re performing caregiver duties. Practices to decrease stress are essential, including walks, breaks, meditation, or long hot baths. Less helpful is self-medication.
- Consider starting the day with a self-care ritual. This might be writing in a journal, meditation, reading poetry or an inspirational text, listening to uplifting music, gentle exercise, prayer or chanting an affirmative mantra. It helps you enter the day gently, and lets you remember that even though you have responsibilities, you can access some of your time for yourself. This is also an effective practice to guard against burn-out.
- Consider: how can you pamper yourself? Of the resources available to you, what good thing can be put in place for you sometime in the day? | <urn:uuid:6f32a163-652a-4f71-9abd-42f922074991> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://petercashorali.com/coping-techniques-caregivers/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571090.80/warc/CC-MAIN-20220809215803-20220810005803-00065.warc.gz | en | 0.958648 | 884 | 1.882813 | 2 |
Horse tripping event organizers try to block Animal Law Coalition's photos of animal cruelty
Animal Law Coalition has released a video revealing horse tripping events still occur in Oregon, one of the few western states where the cruel practice remains legal. In the last legislative session a bill to ban horse tripping or horse roping in Oregon did not pass, in part, because legislators were told it no longer occurred in the state.
Horse tripping involves riders on horseback chasing a horse and causing the animal to flee. When the horse has reached full speed, a rider lassoes one of the horse's legs, then stops and pulls back on the rope, causing the horse to trip forward and smash full-force onto the ground. In other so-called horse roping practices, a horse is lassoed about the neck and the rope is then pulled down and taut, driving the animal's head into the ground.
Rope thrown around horse's neck and his head slammed into the dirt
Russ Mead, Animal Law Coalition's General Counsel, saw the horse tripping and horse roping first hand at the Harney County Rodeo in Burns, Oregon on July 7, 2012. The organizers don't even try to hide it. The grisly event was held at the county fairgrounds. Mead said, "You can hear the horses gasping, struggling, all the way outside of the arena. This is not a sport. This is animal cruelty, plain and simple."
Horse roped around leg, to be tripped and slammed to the ground
Organizers of the rodeo tried to block Mead from photographing the horse tripping and roping. They tried to "block my view, and at one point, I was surrounded by ten people on horse back and taunted and threatened. One person tried to grab my camera." Even so, Mead was able to obtain photographs showing this cruel practice continues in Oregon.
The horse tripping exposed in Burns follows the release in May of video by SHARK that proved the cruel practice occurred also at the Jordan Valley Big Loop Rodeo in Southeastern Oregon.
Mead summarized, "One person at the rodeo told me tripping horses is a 'tradition', a 'part of the culture'. 'Tradition' and 'culture' are always used to justify practices we now know are wrong. Times change, and it's time for horse tripping and horse roping to go the way of animal fighting. It's time Oregon joined most other western states and banned this animal cruelty."
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The structure of the heart is shown in the diagram below:
The structure is closely related to its function.
Mammals have a double circulation, which means that the right hand side of the heart pumps deoxygenated blood to the lungs in the pulmonary artery to pick up oxygen and release carbon dioxide. The oxygenated blood then returns to the left hand side of the heart in the pulmonary vein.
From there the blood is pumped to the body in the aorta, eventually returning to the right hand side of the heart in the vena cava to start the cycle again.
Since the right side pumps to the lungs which are situated close to the heart, the walls are much thinner than the left side which has to pump blood out of the heart to the body.
The heart has 4 chambers; 2 on the right hand side (the left as you look at it in the screen) and 2 on the left. The top chamber on each side is called the atrium; the bottom is called the ventricle. The atria receive blood as it enters the heart and pumps it into the ventricles. The ventricles pump blood out of the heart.
Due to this, the walls of the atria are much thinner than the walls of the ventricles.
Inside the heart and at the base of the vessels that leave the heart are valves. These valves only open one way, which ensures that there is no backflow of blood.
The valves are held open or closed by tendons (chordae tendinae or perhaps better known as heart strings), which are attached at the other end to the papillary muscles in the ventricle walls. The valves open to let blood through and then snap shut. This sound of the valves closing is the 'lub dub' sound of the heartbeat.
The muscle of the heart is called cardiac muscle and is made of tightly connecting cells. This close contact allows rapid ion transport from cell to cell. This then allows smooth, efficient waves of depolarisation to produce contractions (and repolarisation to bring about relaxation), which pass through the heart.
The tissue is said to be myogenic, i.e. it does not need electrical impulses from a nerve to make it contract. If the cardiac muscle is supplied with oxygen and nutrients (a task carried out by the coronary arteries which you can see running over the surface of the heart) it will continue to contract at a steady pace.
Nerves supplying the heart, though they are not needed to start the contractions, can bring about an increase or decrease in the rate of contractions when appropriate.
One cardiac cycle consists of the atria and then the ventricles contracting so that the blood that has entered the heart is pumped out. This occurs about 70 times every minute and is continuous. The periods of contraction are called systole. The periods of relaxation are called diastole.
We shall start when the atria and ventricles are in diastole.
Blood at a low pressure in the veins flows into the atria. This increases the pressure inside the empty atria as they fill. Some of the blood trickles through the open atrioventricular valves into the relaxed ventricles below.
When the atria are full, they go into atrial systole, their walls contract and blood is pushed through the valves into the ventricles. The pressure in the atria is increased due to the contractions and the pressure is increasing in the ventricles as they fill with blood.
When the atria contract, blood cannot flow back into the veins because the pressure of the blood pushes on the valves in the veins to shut them.
After a short delay the ventricles contract from the apex (base) upwards. The pressure inside the ventricles increases due to the ventricular systole. As the pressure increases to a higher level than the pressure in the atria, blood pushes against the atrioventricular valves, shutting them (the first heart sound) and preventing backflow.
The semilunar valves open under the pressure and blood leaves the heart.
The ventricles relax - ventricular diastole - and the semilunar valves snap shut behind the blood (the second heart sound).
To work out from a graph what stage of the cycle the heart is in, it is important to look at the relative pressure of the atria and ventricles.
The heartbeat is initiated in a specialised area of muscle in the right atrium called the sinoatrial node (SAN) or the pacemaker. The SAN starts the waves of depolarisation, which results in contraction.
The waves spread out over the 2 atrial walls so that they contract. There is a band of fibres between the atria and ventricles, which have a high electrical resistance so the waves cannot spread from the atria to the ventricles.
There is an area, however, which does conduct in the septum, and the waves can pass from here through the ventricles. This specialised area is called the atrioventricular node (AVN) and will pass on the waves of depolarization after about 0.1s.
It would be disastrous if the ventricles contracted at the same time so that is why there is a short period of delay before the ventricles contract.
The AVN passes them on to the Purkinje (also called Purkyne) fibres in the inter-ventricular septum. The excitation is passed to the apex of the heart and then through the ventricle walls. This causes the ventricles to contract from the base upwards ensuring that the blood is forced up and out in the vessels leaving the heart.
Regulation of the cardiac cycle by the heart by other factors
The total amount of blood pumped by the heart in lone minute = cardiac output
Cardiac output = stroke volume x number of beats per minute (Stroke volume is the volume pumped in one beat)
Increasing the stroke volume therefore can increase cardiac output. A larger volume might enter the atria through the veins during exercise because the vessels become dilated to enable more blood to flow to the muscles to supply more oxygen and nutrients. The atria are stretched more than normal; the heart detects this and responds by beating faster and with more force.
Increasing the number of beats per minute can also increase the cardiac output.
The effect of hormones.
This occurs when adrenaline is released from the adrenal medulla, flows in the blood and affects the SAN. The SAN is stimulated, works faster, increasing the heart rate.
The effect of nervous stimulation.
One nerve, the accelerator nerve, runs from the cardioacceleratory centre in the medulla of the brain to the SAN.
Another, the vagus nerves, runs from the cardioinhibitory centre in the medulla of the brain to the SAN.
These nerves are stimulated in various situations, e.g. during exercise, the accelerator nerve is stimulated. It releases noradrenaline at the SAN resulting in the heart rate increasing due to a decreased delay at the AVN and increasing the force of the contractions.
If the vagus nerve is stimulated, acetylcholine is released at the SAN. The delay at the AVN increases and the cardiac output falls.
Blood pressure also affects the cardiac output. Some blood vessels (e.g. the aorta and carotid arteries) have baroreceptors (also called stretch receptors) in their walls. These detect the pressure and send impulses to the cardiac centre in the medulla.
If the pressure is too high: the cardioinhibitory centre is stimulated, impulses are sent down the vagus nerve, the heart rate is slowed and the pressure will fall.
If the pressure is too low: the cardioacceleratory centre is stimulated, impulses are sent down the accelerator nerve, the heart rate is increased and the pressure will rise. | <urn:uuid:19e29330-f56a-415d-8ffd-fed1f3961740> | CC-MAIN-2016-44 | http://www.s-cool.co.uk/a-level/biology/transport/revise-it/the-heart | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-44/segments/1476988719677.59/warc/CC-MAIN-20161020183839-00560-ip-10-171-6-4.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.927143 | 1,657 | 4.0625 | 4 |
The order of causes. Of [brace] Gods fore-knowledge, election, and predestination. And of mans salvation or damnation. Laid down so clearly, and proved so plainly by the scriptures, that even the meanest capacity amongst rational men may understand it, to their great satisfaction. As also, whether Christ died for all, or not for all: with the causes and effects that may follow or not follow, seriously considered, meekly controverted, and plainly proved by the scriptures of truth; to the great satisfaction of all rational people fearing God. By Henry Haggar, a servant of Christ, and of the congregations of his saints.
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This month’s Herald contains a variety of articles, news, views, and art we hope will become part of your spiritual refreshment this summer, whether at home or on holiday. There’s an ode to how God works in animation by Ken Priebe, a small and honest slice of life from Katie Funk Wiebe’s new memoir, lessons Dorothy Siebert learned about meddling, and more.
About the poem (page 15): Some time ago I read an article in Canadian Mennonite by Canadian poet D.S. Martin, encouraging us to make room in our lives for poetry, even if we’ve had the joy of it robbed by academics or are afraid of “not getting it.” It occurred to me that Christian periodicals might take some responsibility as well, and offer, more frequently than they generally do, a poem in their pages, so readers can exercise the attentiveness poetry inspires. This month, it’s a pleasure to carry one of my own favourites, Denise Levertov’s “Patience.” I cannot read this poem without being warmed again by what it leads me to, by intimation – the “knowledge” in Christ upon which all our waiting (for God’s ultimate purpose to be fulfilled) so deeply depends. | <urn:uuid:c9d946ae-2a6f-4d17-a5bd-4c4d8da22c93> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://mbherald.com/about-this-issue-2/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573908.30/warc/CC-MAIN-20220820043108-20220820073108-00269.warc.gz | en | 0.943493 | 280 | 1.695313 | 2 |
I am very excited that Plan-It has a new line of planners developed specifically for Middle School and High School students! They incorporate goal-setting right into the planner pages, and are packed with tips on goal setting, effective studying, internet safety and loads more.
Plan-It planners I have reviewed. The layout is the same in both the Middle School and High School planners. Both of these planners run from August 2011 through July 2012.
The inside cover has all of 2011 at a glance. The first page has spaces to write your personal information, emergency contacts and other information.
There are pages to write your class schedule for easy reference.
And there are LOADS of information pages! I won't show them all, but there are pages for Study Tips; Study Skills with advice on different learning methods; Goal Planning tips and space to list goals in different categories; excellent pages with information about Internet Safety; Test Taking Tips, Social Studies facts (shown below), details on the Branches of U.S. Government and how they work; English parts of speech, punctuation, spelling tips, and rules for capitalization; a huge list of Commonly Misspelled Words; Science tables of measurements, metric system equivalencies, conversion tables between U.S. and metric measurements; Geometry angles and shapes. There's tons of information packed into this book for handy reference!
The weekly pages have lined day spaces with loads of room to write, even on the weekends. Holidays are also printed in these day spaces, and there is a reference calendar of the current month. I really like the color scheme in the Middle School planner, the pages are so nice to look at!
Starting in July the calendar switches to a week per page, saving pages during the summer when you probably will use your planner less than during the school year. Inside the back cover is a reference calendar for all of 2012.
As you might imagine, I especially love the Goal Setting pages (which I specifically didn't show a photo of because I don't want to give away any secrets!) and the space in the monthly pages to write goals, to keep them visible all the time. Plan-It, I would love to see a "grown up" version of this planner with pages of goal-setting tips and spaces to write goals on the monthly and weekly pages. This is extremely useful for everyone, at any age.
Many, many thanks to Plan-It for sending me these planners as samples to review! They are excellent for students of any age, and anyone at all really. I would highly recommend these for anyone looking for an academic-year planner.
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Differences in therapeutic consequences of exercise testing between a rural and an urban Danish county: population based studyBMJ 2001; 322 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.322.7299.1394 (Published 09 June 2001) Cite this as: BMJ 2001;322:1394
- Troels Niemann (), research fellowa,
- Torsten Toftegaard Nielsen, professor in cardiologyb,
- Niels Thorsgaard, specialist in internal medicinec,
- Jørgen Lous, assistant professor in general medicined
- a Medical Research Unit of Ringkøbing County, 6950 Ringkøbing, Denmark
- b Cardiology Department, Aarhus University Hospital, Skejby, 8200 Aarhus N, Denmark
- c Medical Department, Herning Central Hospital, 7400 Herning, Denmark
- d Institute of General Practice and Research Unit for General Practice, Aarhus University, 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
- Correspondence and requests for reprints to: T Niemann, Finsensgade 26, 7400 Herning, Denmark
- Accepted 17 January 2001
Coronary angiography is the main diagnostic test for deciding whether to refer a patient for coronary revascularisation, but referral for coronary angiography may vary significantly among regions. 1 2 Regional differences have been explained by the fact that access to cardiac catheterisation facilities is associated with a higher likelihood of undergoing angiography. 3 4 We investigated the impact of exercise stress testing on decisions taken about patients suspected of having angina pectoris and the barriers to referral for coronary angiography.
Subjects, methods, and results
We identified all exercise tests and coronary angiography performed during 1996 in two Danish counties, Aarhus (urban) and Ringkøbing (rural), with five hospitals in each county. The total study population was about 900 000 inhabitants. Invasive cardiac facilities were available only in Aarhus but were for use of both counties. Data from the County Public Health Authorities on the number of admissions resulting from acute myocardial infarction and from the Danish National Board of Health on mortality from suspected ischaemic heart disease showed a similar or slightly higher prevalence of ischaemic heart disease in Ringkøbing in 1996.
A total of 2934 patients underwent bicycle exercise testing and 1691 patients underwent coronary angiography. Age adjusted rates of exercise testing were 3315 (urban) and 3183 (rural) per million inhabitants (rate ratio 1.04 (95% confidence interval 0.96 to 1.11)). Age adjusted angiography rates were 2162 (urban) and 1244 (rural) per one million inhabitants (1.74 (1.66 to 1.83)). Proportions of patients with an exercise test result that suggested disease (angina pectoris, severe ischaemia on electrocardiography, or decreased blood pressure) were similar among the 10 hospital catchment areas (table). The decision to refer for coronary angiography a patient who had a test result that suggested disease was taken either by a medical consultant at the local hospital or by a cardiology specialist (three in each county). Stratified for age, the relative risk of referral (urban versus rural) for angiography (if an exercise test result suggested disease) was 2.06 (1.39 to 3.05) for women and 1.27 (1.09 to 1.50) for men. Adjustment for history of myocardial infarction did not affect the relative risk. The highest proportion of patients (per million inhabitants) with a test result that suggested disease who were referred for angiography was 79%—in the hospital catchment area 21 km from the angiography centre. The lowest proportion was 33%—in two areas 128 km and 154 km away. A linear regression was significant (P<0.01) with a slope of −0.78.
Referral for coronary angiography in patients with a bicycle exercise test suggesting disease varied strongly with the distance from the angiography centre, showing that triage by medical consultants may constitute a barrier to referral for coronary angiography.
The two Danish counties in this study did not differ in their rates of exercise testing, and the doctors gave similar interpretations of the test results. No economic restrictions affected referral of patients from any of the local hospitals to the angiography centre, and both counties had similar policies on the management of healthcare problems.
The clear association between the distance to the coronary angiography service and the doctor's decision to refer the patient for coronary angiography presumably reflects different local medical cultures rather than problems with the transport of patients. Our data show that the medical specialist is a major barrier to referral for coronary angiography. The observed differences in practice between centres have implications for the organisation of the coronary angiography service, the diffusion of new technology, the use of guidelines, and continuing performance development. It is not known whether the observed differences in 1996 reflect appropriate or inappropriate use of medical resources; this issue deserves further investigation.
We thank Professor Henrik Toft Sørensen for epidemiological support.
Contributors: TN and NT had the original idea, and TTN and JL helped to design the study. TN collected and analysed data and drafted the paper. TTN, NT, and JL helped to interpret the data and revise the paper. TN is guarantor for the study.
Funding A research grant from Ringkøbing County.
Competing interests None declared.
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In January, IEEE Spectrum's Willie Jones asked a question: What if China, which mines more than 95 percent of the world's supply of electronics-essential rare earth minerals stopped selling? Given Chinese media reports from earlier this week that the country may reduce export quotas of these minerals by up to 30 percent next year, many others are asking that same question.
As Bloomberg Businessweek reports, China's Commerce Ministry responded to media in a statement that said the country will “continue to supply rare earth to the world," but must reduce exports for environmental and economic reasons.
Japan, which buys some 56 percent of China's rare earth minerals, is already feeling the pinch, Reuters reports. A reduction in cerium, essential for making flat-panel televisions and hard-drives, has sent manufacturers there into a scramble as they have noticed a 16-fold increase in the price of the mineral over the past decade.
Of course we could all get the elements somewhere else, given that "rare" is a misnomer. Cerium, for example, is actually the 25th most abundant element of the 78 common elements in the earth's crust, according to the USGS. A better name for the 17 rare earth minerals might be "hard-to-extract safely minerals." As Global Post describes:
The ore typically contains radioactive elements, like thorium, radium and even uranium in the case of the Chinese mine. Moreover, the ore needs to be boiled in acid literally thousands of times. This renders the waste stream dangerous. . . The massive Inner Mongolia mine, on the banks of the Yellow River, is said to be an enormous toxic wound on the earth, but environmental standards in the Middle Kingdom remain lax.
Some, such as George Leopold at EE Times suggest that the United States should devise new, safer ways to mine and process rare earth elements here. Molycorp Minerals, in Greenwood, Colo., the owner of the largest U.S. repository of rare earth metals, which stopped operating in 1992 when prices dropped, might be one place to start. Leopold also says we might encourage consumer electronics recycling programs as in Japan.
Another alternative might be redesigning electronics so they don't need these minerals. Dexter Johnson addressed using nanoscale materials for this exact purpose in a Nanoclast blog post in June.
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About this blogI tell the stories about teaching our children and the struggles and successes in and outside the classroom.
- 93 substitutes used in Washoe County classrooms on the first day of school
- Overcrowded Washoe County schools, 7 elementary schools are over 100 % capacity
- What this could cost the WCSD; Spanish Springs High promotes from within
- At least 12 schools will have new principals for 2014-15 school year; District's largest school without a principal
- District lifts trespass on Larry Dailey, parent of a child with special needs
Monthly Archives: December 2012
Washoe County High School students may someday soon get to graduation without having to pass Nevada State proficiency exams.
There is a push from the Washoe County School District and the state to end these tests that measure reading, writing, math Continue reading
Christmas came early for the Carson City School District. The Department of Education announced Tuesday Carson was one of 16 applicants to receive the competive grant. The Washoe and Clark County school districts were not named as finalists.
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National holidays are something that the vast majority enjoy. As well as being a cause for celebration, they can often also mean that people get time off work so that they get to go out with their friends and have a few drinks or spend time with their family. These types of national holidays are large established events that involve millions of people, such as Thanksgiving and of St. Patrick’s Day, yet they are relatively rare and only come around a few times a year. Don’t fear though, if you want to enjoy yourself for more days of the year there are plenty of strange and unusual national holidays that have been set up that aim to publicize odd events and behaviors.
Every year, Nejapa in El Salvador celebrates the festival of Bolas de Fuego. It sees those taking part soak rags and cloth in petrol before setting them on fire and throwing them around the streets. While it isn’t an official national holiday, thousands of people take part in the event that has been a tradition for more than 300 years. The flaming balls remember a volcanic eruption in the area that forced the residents to relocate to Nejapa from a nearby town.
If you have ever wanted there to be a day where you can complain to people about their use of punctuation then you should mark September 24 in your calendar as it is recognized in the United States as National Punctuation Day. The whole point of the holiday is to appreciate how to use punctuation correctly and try to eradicate mistakes from written text. | <urn:uuid:e6026674-bce2-4fa0-9c52-15c115fa9537> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://buzzkeys.com/10-bizarre-national-holidays-from-around-the-world | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573118.26/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817213446-20220818003446-00675.warc.gz | en | 0.974443 | 309 | 2.703125 | 3 |
(This is an essay I constructed some time ago, for the Daily Brief – but in light of ongoing events in the Middle East is still quite relevant, and worthy of being recycled to a larger audience.)
The pufferfish is an odd little creature with mostly poisonous flesh, which has developed as a primary defense, the ability to inflate itself in order to appear larger to predators. In addition, the spiny pufferfish is covered all over it’s body with short bony barbs. In full defense mode, it looks like nothing so much as a small spiky ball, a sort of aquatic porcupine, attempting to look larger and more combative, more dangerous than it actually is. I was reminded of these qualities a some years ago, when I read something apropos of an Islamic hissy-fit over Pope Benedicts’ mildly stated observation as regards violence and Islam. I am not quite sure where I read it, or anything but the general thrust of the suggestion, which was in a way, revolutionary.
What if Islam is not a strong, vibrant and attractive faith, growing like some sort of theological kudzu, sweeping all before it? What if it is actually a hollow construct, under stress from a number of directions, seeming strong but in reality fragile, riven throughout with tiny cracks, and teetering on the edge of implosion? What if the frequent explosions of violence at the slightest of critical voices were not a demonstration of power and strength, but of tamped-down fear … fear that if the orthodoxy is questioned or defied, then the whole construct will come crashing down in ruins? What if the whole structure of Islam is actually shivering on its foundations, and the whole bloody-handed constellation of imams and ayatollahs, of shaheeds and jihadists know and fear that, down in the pit of their souls? That the whole thing is a sham, based on the maunderings of a desert bandit, pulled from bits of this or that, for his own aggrandizement? What if the whole jihad against the West is the last spectacular lashing out of those who know in their hearts that if the roots of Islam are ever questioned, then doubt will set in, and the whole edifice come crashing down… and that quietly, here and there, the faithful are slipping away, and ever more would join them but for the threat of death for apostasy.
This is an interesting train of thought; as Eric Hoffer pointed out decades ago in his study of fanatical belief, “The True Believer”… a certain sort of fanatic is driven by secret doubts of his or her own abilities or qualities. The most violently inclined towards homosexuals, for example, may be someone who may in their deepest and most private part of the mind feel homosexual urges, and is then shamed and horrified by them. The most virulent advocate of racial superiority, for example, may be the one who at heart has doubts about himself … and reacts with special brutality against a member of what is viewed as a lesser race who yet exemplifies more superior qualities than himself. For myself, I have always observed that someone who was entirely comfortable in themselves and in their deeply-held beliefs was not threatened by someone who did not share them… and certainly not threatened enough to erupt in threats and violence.
Ages ago, I read Bernard Lewis’ “The Roots of Moslem Rage”, when it first was published in “Atlantic Magazine. I made a total pest of myself to my friends, because I ran around with my tattered copy (this was at about the start of the first Gulf War) saying “See… this is what makes them so angry with us!!!” It seemed only the sensible, empathetic way of looking at it then, and still does now: that the Islamic world, once so powerful, glorious, famed for tolerance, scholarship and culture, was diminished and shattered. That men who had been told all their lives that they were the righteous and blessed, should look around and see that their world was diminished, powerless and ridden by disease and ignorance, and should at once seek for a reason that this should be the way of things, that there should be a reason for this. And of course, it is always easier to find a reason: the rich and powerful should be so because they had cheated, or were empowered by Satan. There could not possibly be any fault in Islam or in those who followed the faith most perfectly for they were chosen and favored by God, in being submissive to him. It was entirely understandable to me, with a great deal of sympathy and regret, that of course, those who thought themselves so chosen must be looking around and observing that most of the lands where Islam ruled were plagued with poverty, disease, ignorance and autocrats. Even those in the Middle East who sat on a lot of oil reserves were not in all that much better a shape. Only so much can be imported and paid for with oil money.
Being carefully raised in the Lutheran tradition and somewhat of a history nut as well, I had been schooled in the history of the Protestant Reformation. I knew very well how the great unified fortress of the medieval Catholic Church began fracturing once the Bible began to be translated from Latin into the various vernaculars spoken across Europe. It was revolutionary not just because ordinary people could read it for themselves, without the intercession of a priestly authority… but because a great many clever people had to sit down and work out for themselves exactly what each word, each phrase, each sentence actually meant. Ambiguities had to be resolved, alternate versions of varying antiquity had to be consulted. There’s nothing like a translation for thrashing out meaning from a text. The authority and power of one holy, catholic and apostolic church shattered on the rock of textual analysis … something that might be starting to happen with the Koran. I read a fascinating article about the work of Christoph Luxemberg, his analysis of Koranic texts and his dangerous speculation about various possible sources in Aramaic. (link to article here. More on that topic here.)
But according to Moslem orthodoxy, the Koran may not be translated, examined, analyzed… merely accepted whole and entire, memorized and recited. For what dangerous heresies and doubts might emerge then? Might the Islamic faith militant, exemplified by Bin Laden and his merry chums, sympathizers and apologists be ridden by a secret terror of their own… that Islam is not growing, powerful, and omnipotent, but flawed at the root, and dying by degrees… a dangerous-looking but essentially hollow show, like the pufferfish? Is it a hollow faith, crumbling by insidious degrees, as it’s commonly assumed tenents are being examined in the spirit of skeptical scholarship? The ferocious reaction to any departure from orthodoxy suggests that the most fanatical believers may fear so, very deeply. Even the scholar of linguistics, Christoph Luxemberg, in his study of influences of the Aramaic language on the Koran must publish under a pseudonym… for his suggestion that translations of the Koran must consider the Aramaic in teasing out exact meanings is as explosive as what devotees of the Prophet strap about themselves, or pack into automobiles as their response to the insults of another extant belief system. And again, the violent response suggests that something more is going on here, something deep and dangerous… but the very violence of the response is enough to make a curious person wonder why… Why so touchy?
Some years ago, NPR aired another one of those poor-mouthing stories about the sad plight of Hispanic female converts to Islam and how they must cope with family disapproval, and—horrors! How people look at them funny when they wear a headscarf! NPR seems to love this sort of story, they bang on (and on, and on and on!) about the Poor Muslim having to Cope In Heartlessly Hostile America about as often as they do about the Poor Palestinians Having to Cope with the Brutal Israeli Occupation, demanding our sympathies as if their listening audience were some sort of psychic ATM… swipe the story-card through the slot, here’s another twenty bucks worth of Sympathy for the Chosen Victim Class. I’d love to hear a story, for once about Amish or Mennonite women having to endure other people giving them the stink-eye because of their somewhat distinctive and defiantly old-fashioned dress-sense, but that’s just me. And I am also left to wonder… what about converts from Islam?
I googled that topic, when I originally drafted this essay; “Islam+converts+from” and got a couple of stories and a query “Do you mean “Converts to Islam”? Well, no, I meant exactly what I typed in… but considering that conversion from Islam means a death sentence as an apostate… talk about a story that most major news media don’t want to touch with a ten foot pole, and a subject which converts themselves would also mainly prefer to remain untouched. Since exposure as a convert means the death penalty for apostasy, one can hardly blame such converts for being extremely circumspect. Missionaries and ministers to converts also must feel the same need for a similarly subterranean profile… but there are still a trickle of accounts and witnesses, mostly from religious organizations. A story which intrigued me when I first read it was about conversions to Christianity among the Berbers of Algeria… that very quietly, many local Berbers were rejecting Islam as a horrific death cult; in fact, they were reclaiming their heritage as Christians, which they had been up until the Moslem conquests of the 8th century. (St. Augustine’s mother, St. Monica was a Berber Christian.)
There is currently a Christian evangelist in Iran, currently under a death sentance. Some years past there was briefly famous Afghan convert, and a handful of others, leaving one to wonder how many other converts there are in the shadows, seeking no notice of themselves for fear of being murdered. One also wonders how many outwardly conforming Moslems have quietly declared apostasy in their hearts, going through the outward motions for the sake of their families and a bit of peace and quiet, or have moved to another city, or country and just let the whole thing lapse. There’s probably no way to work out the numbers, but it is food for thought.
Especially since life under a strict Wahabi Islamic rule seems desperately unappealing: Afghanistan under the rule of the Taliban and Iran under the Ayatollah Khomeini and his successors looked more like a sort of religious concentration camp, with every pleasure in life, small and large being banned, constrained and forced underground.
This is only a speculation, a working out of various themes and memes in my own mind. But it is different way to look at the whole structure of Islam, and a way to account for the hostility on display every time the followers of the Prophet feel disregarded and to have been offended. Might it possibly be that the disporportionate reactions among the Moslem faithful are those of frightened men who feel power trickling out of their fingers, like grains from a handful of sand? | <urn:uuid:405c3029-3273-4fda-a7c5-4c37172aa073> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://chicagoboyz.net/archives/25116.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571234.82/warc/CC-MAIN-20220811042804-20220811072804-00076.warc.gz | en | 0.973083 | 2,329 | 1.664063 | 2 |
I was watching my kids play Angry Birds the other day when I noticed how quickly they went for the restart button.
When they didn’t get the first bird to land just the right way they bailed out of the level and started over.
I wonder. Are today’s kids less likely to make a comeback?
I’m all for trial and error and learning from your mistakes. Yet, I wonder if a penalty-free restart sends the right message. This has got me thinking about my students who ask if they can retake a quiz. Should I let them restart their assessments? Right now, assessment retakes become a logistical nightmare if you let everyone have do-overs but this will change as more and more assessments go digital?
Let’s assume that we have an unlimited supply of assessments. These are the questions I have:
- When, if ever, should we allow students to restart an assessment?
- If they restart, should the restart be penalty-free?
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What can be done to counter false allegations in court cases?
In order to defend yourself against an allegation which you dispute, our first advice is to remain calm and avoid doing anything which could be used against you. Because of the adversarial nature of child contact court cases, many allegations are made in order to criticise the other parent. The court will always want to see proof rather than just unsupported statements, and it will consider whether any statements are credible.
Can denial of contact be considered as coercive control?
The Domestic Abuse (Scotland) Act 2018 introduces penalties for abusive behaviour towards a partner or ex-partner that a reasonable person would consider would be likely to cause physical or psychological harm to that person. We consider LINK that the controlling behaviour in some contact disputes could be within the scope of this legislation. The Act has only been in force since April 2019 and we wait for this to be tested in court.
Does a breach of the peace conviction always prevent child contact?
An appeal judgement overturned a non-harassment order which would have prevented a father from seeing his children after he had been convicted of breach of the peace. In the appeal judgement, delivered by Lord Brodie, it was concluded that as the children in this family were not the victims for which the non-harassment order was made, the original Sheriff was wrong in making an order that would prevent contact with them.
Why is a “no comment” response often the best thing to do?
If you have been arrested in connection with a contact dispute the police will try to ask you questions, saying that this is your chance to say what happened. Resist this temptation and give a “no comment” answer to these questions until you have taken advice from a criminal lawyer.
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Could be the start of a cargo transport revolution.
Hyperloop Onehas signed a deal with one of the world’s largest port operators that could lead to the transport system being used to move cargo to inland ports around the world.
Under the deal, Hyperloop One will work with DP World on a feasibility study into moving cargo containers from Jebel Ali Port in Dubai, to a new container handling facility 18 miles inland.
Inland ports are a rapidly growing business as they allow quicker access to goods, and are often cheaper and more convenient than coastal ports for companies that want to be based near a distribution center. However, they currently rely on road and rail links, causing congestion and create heavy levels of carbon dioxide emissions.
The Dubai study will investigate the business case, route options, and the costs of building and running a Hyperloop system between the two ports. By 2017, Jebel Ali will have the capacity to handle 19.5 million 20-foot containers, a large proportion of which will pass through the inland facility. Hyperloop One claims its system would speed up the transfer process considerably, and reduce local emissions as it runs on electricity and would remove a huge amount of trucks from the road.
Sultan Ahmed Bin Sulayem, Chairman and CEO of DP World, said: “This is about testing in real terms how much it costs and how much we can save because if it works in Dubai, we will do it in Africa, India and across Asia.”
DP World operates 77 coastal and inland ports on six continents. “I believe in the Hyperloop,” the Sultan added. “I believe it’s the future.”
Hyperloop One is also carrying out similar feasibility studies in Russia, Finland, Switzerland, Sweden, and the United States. It is also investigating of running the system underwater.
If Hyperloop works and is cost effective, it could well spark a revolution in global cargo transport. However, it’s likely to be so expensive to build and run that only huge, cash-rich multi-nationals like DP World will be able to afford it. It seems unlikely it would replace truck and train transport for smaller, more localized cargo movements. It’s size-limited by design, as well, so oversize loads will always have to go by road or rail. | <urn:uuid:5b4da81d-e5cd-4f5f-9002-15d1da56a1cd> | CC-MAIN-2016-44 | http://www.motor1.com/news/94282/hyperloop-one-and-port-dubai-conduct-cargo-offloader-feasibility-study/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-44/segments/1476988722459.85/warc/CC-MAIN-20161020183842-00345-ip-10-171-6-4.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.961667 | 481 | 2.109375 | 2 |
It was strange enough that thousands of unmarked red Skittles spilled onto a rural Wisconsin highway on Friday. Weirder still was the fact that they were bound for a cow farm. But the most bizarre revelation of the Great Skittle Spill of 2017 is the fact that the candies have been routinely fed to cattle for years — and that the implications of doing so are minimal.
While it is certainly alarming to imagine a barn full of cows chowing down on fruity red pellets, the practice seems less odd when you consider what that candy actually is on a molecular level. Made mostly of high-calorie corn syrup, Skittles are, as one former farmer reported to WBAY, “cheap carbs.” This is why candy manufacturers such as Mars, which produces Skittles, have been known to sell defective candy to factories that process the sweets into calorie-dense animal feed.
To fatten up their livestock quickly and efficiently, farmers normally feed their animals corn-based meal, which is a major source of carbohydrates. The sugar that makes up Skittles are simply carbohydrates in a different form — and, as University of Tennessee animal nutritionist John Waller, Ph.D., explained to Live Science in 2012, it doesn’t really matter where a cow’s carbs come from; all that matters is that it gets them in the right quantities, together with other necessary nutrients. “Ruminant animals are very good at utilizing a wide variety of feedstuffs, because the microbes in the rumen can digest things that other animals can’t utilize,” he said, pointing out that it’s actually a pretty clever — not to mention environmentally friendly — way of getting rid of food that would otherwise wind up in a landfill.
What’s concerning about the GSS 2017, however, is that the Skittles were produced at a plant that doesn’t normally sell its rejects for feed. According to Mars spokesperson Denise Young, a power outage led to the Skittles being produced without their signature “S,” which is why they were deemed unfit for consumers. Currently, the company is investigating why this particular batch, which escaped from a wet box on the truck it was being transported on, was bound for the cattle farm.
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The current gold standard for screening for angle closure and adopting universal approaches to prophylaxis is the assessment of the anterior chamber (AC) angle by gonioscopy, a technique that has substantial interobserver variability and relies on subjective assessment. Slit-lamp estimation of the peripheral anterior chamber depth (ACD) by the Van Herick technique is a noncontact approach for estimating angle width and various authors have commented on its sensitivity and specificity as a screening tool for identifying narrow angles as well as angle closure. This case series draws attention to the fact that as many as 28 out of 36 (77.78%) seemingly open angles on Van Herick test were found to be potentially occludable angles on gonioscopy.
Therefore, it may be concluded that gonioscopy is essential even in patients with deep peripheral ACs, before an occludable angle can be ruled out.
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When someone brings up endangered species, the first things to pop into your head are likely the sad faces of Bengal tigers, black rhinos or giant pandas. But believe it or not, these mammals only represent a very small demographic of animals threatened by the rapidly changing world.
There exists a whole world of vulnerable species that remain ignored as the media focuses all its attention on the more 'popular' species. And a recent study has highlighted just how dire the predicament of the lesser known species is, suggesting that more than half of all unassessable species may be at risk of extinction!
Classified by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) as ‘Data Deficient’ species, this group offers insufficient information for a proper assessment of conservation status to be made. And 56% of these Data Deficient species are suspected to be on the verge of extinction.
In order to determine the extinction risk of 26,363 species that have previously been evaluated for the IUCN Red List, Jan Borgelt and his team created a machine learning system.
The calculations were based on previously released information about the geographic regions in which the species are found, as well as on elements known to have an impact on biodiversity, such as climate change, human land use, and threats from invasive species. After that, the researchers applied their technique to forecast extinction risks for all 7,699 species with insufficient data.
According to them, 4,336 (or 56%) of the Data Deficient species are probably endangered. In contrast, according to the IUCN Red List, 28% of the species it has evaluated are in danger of going extinct.
Extinction risks for Data Deficient species varied by category and geographic region, with a likelihood of extinction of 85% for amphibians, 40% for ray-finned fish, 61% for mammals, 59% for reptiles, and 62% for insects. Land-dwelling species in danger of going extinct often live in narrower geographic areas within regions like Madagascar, central Africa, and southern Asia.
Further, estimates suggested that between one-third and 50% of the marine species with insufficient data were in danger of going extinct.
The study shows the conservation importance of many Data Deficient species that are likely threatened by extinction, but are not classified as threatened by the IUCN. And it throws light on the potential biases in current conservation priorities.
The study's authors think more precise evaluations of these species might aid in shifting conservation priorities and make it easier for them to be incorporated into biodiversity and sustainable development agendas.
The findings of this study are published in Communications Biology and can be accessed here.
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Since the beginning of our history, Black Americans fought for our Nation,
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equal opportunities. But our story is not finished, and we can work together
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The Zanzibar gem is widely reputed to be an easy-to-care-for houseplant; they often thrive on neglect! However, these hardy plants have several common issues affecting their health and aesthetics.
Although the ZZ plant may be ideal for the blackest thumb, not everyone can manage to keep this exotic beauty thriving. So, how do we know when a ZZ plant is dying?
The common signs of a dying ZZ plant include yellowing or browning leaves, brown tips, scorched or dropping foliage, black spots on stems, bending stalks, wrinkled bulbs or rhizomes, root rot, and poor growth. Ensure to provide enough sunlight, water, soil, and fertilizer to keep the plant healthy.
The trick to keeping your ZZ plant happy (or any other houseplant) is to identify and understand the underlying symptoms and linked problems. So, this article will provide the top signs of a dying ZZ plant and how to prevent the problems from reoccurring.
Signs That Your ZZ Plant Is Dying
Although many people say that a ZZ plant thrives on neglect, all plants require a degree of care to survive. These plants mostly need adequate lighting and watering every few weeks to grow happily.
If your scenario differs from the information mentioned above, do not fret. We’re here to enlighten you on the ten most common signs that your Zanzibar plant is dying, along with eight excellent tips to reverse and prevent these adverse signs from reoccurring.
First, here are the top ten signs your ZZ plant is dying:
- The ZZ plant’s leaves are yellowing
- The ZZ plant’s leaves are turning brown
- Brown tips appear on the edges of the ZZ plant
- Scorched foliage
- Dropping leaves
- Black spots on the ZZ plant’s stems
- The ZZ plant stalks are bending
- Wrinkled bulbs or rhizomes
- Slow or poor growth
- Root rot
ZZ Plant Dying Common Signs
Now, let’s briefly discuss each sign:
The ZZ Plant’s Leaves Are Yellowing
A healthy ZZ plant has thick deep green leaves with a naturally glossy surface texture. In comparison, a sickly plant may exhibit yellowing leaves.
The yellow leaves can be an individual stem with some leaves, or all the plant’s foliage can turn yellow.
While yellowing leaves do not mean that the plant is already dying, it’s a clear indication that your Zanzibar plant needs some TLC to prevent it from dying in the future.
Yellowing leaves are typically signs of:
- A lack of nutrients: Your ZZ plant’s leaves may be turning yellow from a lack of nutrients in the soil. Nitrogen is the essential nutrient needed to produce chlorophyll – the pigment that turns plants green.
- Too much sun exposure: ZZ plants prefer bright, indirect light. So, if the plant is in direct sunlight for prolonged hours, you may notice the leaves turning yellow.
- Overwatering: Overwatering damages the ZZ plant’s foliage, causing it to turn yellow. When overwatered, the plant’s roots stay soggy for too long and can drown from the lack of oxygen. In turn, the leaves turn yellow and fall off.
The ZZ Plant’s Leaves Are Turning Brown
Brown leaves are another tell-tale sign that the ZZ plant is dying. The leaves turn brown to indicate that a part of the care regimen isn’t working correctly and needs looking into to prevent the Zanzibar plant from dying.
While it’s natural for some of the older foliage to brown and fall off with age, something is wrong when the majority of the leaves turn brown all of a sudden.
Here are the possible reasons for browning leaves:
- Poor water quality: ZZ plants are sensitive to low-quality water containing harmful substances like salts, chlorine, and fluorine. These unsuitable minerals build up in the soil, leading to nutrient deficiency and damaging the plant. As a result, the leaves start to turn brown.
- Too much sunlight: If the ZZ plant receives too much sun exposure for several hours a day, it can develop sunburn on its foliage, resulting in brown, calloused patches.
- Underwatering: Although the ZZ plant is drought tolerant, underwatering can cause the plant’s rhizomes to dry out too much, causing brown leaves.
- Pests: Bacterial or fungal diseases can cause brown leaves. These pests affect the growth and health of the plant, browning the leaves and leading to death if left untreated.
Brown Tips On The Edges Of The ZZ Plant’s Leaves
We now know that the ZZ plant can experience yellowing or browning leaves. However, it can also exhibit brown tips on the edges of foliage.
- Poor water quality: Water containing harmful minerals like salts, chlorine, and fluorine affects the soil quality. As a result, the mineral build-up harms the roots, causing the leaves to dry out and brown.
- Low humidity: A ZZ plant thrives in highly humid conditions. Moisture enables the plant to form stems and leaves with vibrant green colors. However, low humidity will increase the plant’s transpiration rate, causing it to lose a lot of moisture. If you fail to replenish the houseplant with water, it can cause browning leaf tips.
- Too much sunlight: A ZZ plant does not tolerate intense UV rays or hours of bright direct sunlight. Prolonged exposure to harsh sunlight can scorch your Zanzibar plant’s leaves, causing the foliage to wither and the tips to turn brown.
It’s essential to remember that even though the ZZ plant is hardy, it does not tolerate direct sun exposure well. However, over-fertilizing the plant can also scorch a Zanzibar plant’s foliage.
- Too much sunlight: Extended exposure to direct sunlight tends to dry out or scorch the plant’s leaves.
- Over-fertilizing: ZZ plants require minimal fertilizer servings. Excess fertilizer can damage the plant and cause scorched leaves. You’ll notice excess salt deposits appearing as white, fuzzy bits in the soil.
Leaf drop is a frustrating issue on any plant because this condition can be challenging to diagnose and correct the situation.
If you suddenly notice the ZZ plant dropping many leaves at once, or if the plant is losing healthy green foliage, it can be one of the following problems.
- Shock: Shock is a principal reason for leaf drop. If you expose your plant to sudden changing conditions, including temperature, light, humidity, and watering habits, it can experience leaf drop.
- Low humidity: Dropping leaves from low humidity is a natural response as the ZZ plant attempts to conserve its moisture by losing leaves to minimize transpiration.
- Pests: Pests like scale, spider mites, and mealybugs can cause leaf drop if you do not treat the Zanzibar plant.
Black Spots On The Stems And Leaves
Zanzibar plants can suffer from black spots and discoloration forming on their stems and leaves. Note that you might initially notice hints of yellow surfacing on the tips or edges of the foliage that eventually turn into black spots. In addition, many of the black areas exhibit a yellow outline.
If you notice your plant suffering from black spots, here’s why:
- Fungal infections: The most prevalent reason for extensive black areas is a fungal infection. Fungal infections are linked to overwatering as they thrive in moist environments. Therefore, you’ll want to ensure that leaves do not stay too damp to prevent fungus from growing.
- Pest damage: The most common pest culprits to cause black spots on your ZZ plant’s foliage and stems are aphids, scale, mealybugs, and spider mites.
- Overwatering: Black spots on your ZZ plant can be the plant’s final cry for help if you are overwatering it. Damage from overwatering initially seeps into the roots and spreads up into the leaves.
Injuries and other improper conditions can cause your ZZ plant to appear weak and spindly.
Here’s why your Zanzibar plant has bending stems:
- Overwatering: The ZZ does not require frequent watering. When you overwater the houseplant, it damages the roots, preventing the plant from receiving needed oxygen. In turn, the stems start leaning and drooping, causing the plant to fall over.
- Underwatering: The Zanzibar plant can experience similar effects from a lack of water. The foliage will curl and shed, and the plant’s stems or foliage will drop.
- Trauma: When your plant experiences trauma, it may start to lean over and tip from stress.
Wrinkled Bulbs Or Rhizomes
When repotting your ZZ plant, you may notice that it has wrinkled bulbs or rhizomes at the plant’s base. These bulbs are essential to store nutrients and water to feed the plant and help it thrive.
The two culprits behind wrinkled bulbs and rhizomes are:
- Overwatering: If you overwater your ZZ plant, the bulbs can range from black spots and wrinkles as they drown.
- Underwatering: Underwatering the Zanzibar plant can cause the rhizomes or bulbs to dry and wrinkle.
Slow Or Poor Growth
Slow and poor growth can be a tell-tale sign that your ZZ plant isn’t happy with its environment. So if you do not notice growth or new stems forming in the springtime, you may want to jump in before it’s too late.
Before digging into the causes of poor growth, we want to remind you that a ZZ plant undergoes dormancy during winter. However, if you speculate that your plant is growing because its dying, here are two common reasons:
- Too little light exposure: ZZ plants thrive in bright indirect light. Essentially, if the plant does not receive enough light, it cannot photosynthesize properly to produce energy to grow.
- Nutrient-deficient soil: A houseplant can only utilize the soil in its pot. If the ground is nutrient-deficient or depleted, it cannot grow effectively.
Root rot is a severe, even deadly issue that does not announce itself upon its arrival. So, it can be pretty challenging to spot as it occurs under the soil’s surface. However, some signs include foul-smelling soil, drooping stems, and mushy roots.
The following factors can cause root rot:
- Overwatering: Overwatering is the most troublesome issue of all. The Zanzibar plant needs oxygen to survive, making waterlogged soil a significant problem. The roots drown and rot in the excess water and die.
- Unsuitable soil: The ZZ plant can become waterlogged if you do not have well-draining soil. A combination of improper soil and overwatering is detrimental to the ZZ plant as the roots receive excess water exposure.
- Poor drainage holes: If your ZZ plant lives in a pot with poor drainage holes, the excess water won’t drain thoroughly, causing root rot and ultimately killing the plant.
- Fungal infections: Fungus thrives under wet conditions, especially in water-logged soil. The fungus can cause root rot and kill the ZZ plant.
Tips To Keep Your ZZ Plant Healthy
Consider following these tips to your “tough as nails” ZZ plant healthy and thriving:
- Try to keep the ZZ plant in bright, indirect light. In addition, avoid low conditions as the Zanzibar plant can quickly become leggy; however, avoid direct sunlight to prevent scorched leaves.
- Ensure that the ZZ plant has a standard, well-draining potting mixture with a handful of perlite and sand to encourage drainage.
- Avoid using clay soil that can lead to soggy conditions.
- Ensure that you pot the plant in a container with ample drainage holes.
- It’s better to underwater the ZZ plant than overwater it. Aim to maintain a balanced water schedule by deeply the water plant until the moisture seeps through the drainage holes and leaves it until the soil dries out completely.
- Avoid using poor-quality water that contains salts, chlorine, and fluorine.
- Aim to place the Zanzibar plant in a moist area in your home, like the bathroom. Alternatively, increase the humidity by investing in a humidifier or placing the pot on top of a water tray.
- While the ZZ plant does not require regular fertilizing, it’s advisable to apply a balanced fertilizer every four weeks to supply the proper nutrients during the growing season.
- Repot the plant every two or three years to replenish the soil.
- Prune the infected areas of the plant (roots, stems, and leaves).
- If the ZZ plant has root rot, consider repotting it into new soil to prevent fungal and bacterial infections from spreading.
Frequently Asked Questions About ZZ Plant
Let’s answer a few FAQs to ensure we cover all your questions.
Why Are My ZZ Plant Leaves Turning Yellow?
When yellow foliage presents itself, it is generally concerning your watering schedule. Adjust when and how often you water the ZZ plant to reverse the damage.
What Does Root Rot Look Like On A ZZ Plant?
Root rot can present itself in various ways on a ZZ plant, including mushy roots, smelly and musty soil, discolored roots (gray or black), and drooping stems.
Does A ZZ Plant Need High Humidity?
ZZ plants are usually extremely hardy. They thrive in various humidity levels but prefer regular indoor moisture levels around 40 to 50%.
How To Get Rid Of Mealybugs On A ZZ Plant?
Mealybugs look like a white powdery material on the ZZ plants. Fortunately, they are susceptible to most pesticides, insecticidal soaps, horticultural oils (like neem oil), alcohol wipes, or systemic pesticides.
First, wipe off the cotton-looking substance with rubbing alcohol and a q-tip. Then, spray the plant down with insecticidal soap or neem oil.
While ZZ plants are generally as tough as nails, it isn’t immune to neglect. In comparison, too much of a good thing can also cause harm.
So, try to watch your houseplants for signs that it’s unhappy or dying. There are many ways to treat and revive your plant, but it’s essential first to know how to identify the signs and causes of a dying Zanzibar plant before you can determine the perfect strategy.
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Collagen is the main protein of connective tissue in animals. It is found exclusively in metazoa, including sponges, and is the most abundant protein in mammals, making up approximately 25% to 35% of the bodies protein content. As a major component of endomysium, collagen comprises between one and two percent of muscle tissue, and accounts for six percent of the weight of muscles. Collagen is also a major component of cartilage, ligaments, tendons, bone and skin. Its natural tensile strength is evident in the strength and elasticity of skin and blood vessels. It also contributes to vision and is located in the cornea and lens of the eye in crystalline form. It is widely used in the medical profession, being an essential component of many cosmetic, dental, orthopaedic and burn surgery procedures.
However, there have been concerns over the use of bovine collagen since the outbreak of Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (TSE’s), of which BSE gained the widest media attention. Bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), commonly known as mad-cow disease (MCD) is a fatal, neurodegenerative disease in cattle that causes a spongy degeneration in the brain and spinal cord. BSE has a long incubation period, about 4 years, usually affecting adult cattle at a peak age onset of four to five years, all breeds being equally susceptible. In the United Kingdom, the country worst affected, more than 179,000 cattle have been infected and 4.4 million slaughtered during the eradication programme.
It is believed by most scientists that the disease may be transmitted to human beings who eat the brain or spinal cord of infected carcasses. (note 3). In humans, it is known as new variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, and by February 2009, it had killed 164 people in Britain, and 42 elsewhere with the number expected to rise because of the disease’s long incubation period. (note 4). Between 460,000 and 482,000 BSE-infected animals had entered the human food chain before controls on high-risk offal were introduced in 1989.
A British inquiry into BSE concluded that the epidemic was caused by cattle, which are normally herbivores, being fed the remains of other cattle in the form of meat and bone meal, which caused the infectious agent to spread. The origin of the disease itself remains unknown. The infectious agent is distinctive for the high temperatures at which it remains viable; this contributed to the spread of the disease in Britain, which had reduced the temperatures used during its rendering process. Another contributory factor was the feeding of infected protein supplements to very young calves.
Collagen products prepared from bovine materials may carry the risk of transmission of animal BSE agents. Users of collagen in pharmaceutical, cosmetic and surgical industries must ensure that the bovine materials are free of any TSE’s and materials from other animal species in which TSEs naturally occur. To ensure this occurs, bovine materials should be obtained from countries which have a surveillance system for BSE in place and which report zero or cases of BSE.
According to a European Commission study undertaken by the European Food Safety Authority to assess the risk of finding BSE in a number of countries, New Zealand is among one of the few countries that do not have TSE’s, with not one case of BSE ever being diagnosed in either country. Experimentation in the UK and EU has used New Zealand cattle as guaranteed BSE-free controls. As a result, New Zealand has developed a reputation for providing high quality BSE-free bovine collagen to the international marketplace. | <urn:uuid:90543521-8f4b-4c50-a0b0-234bd52f8593> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://www.korsanpartisi.org/bse-free-bovine-collagen/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573623.4/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819035957-20220819065957-00671.warc.gz | en | 0.961654 | 770 | 3.921875 | 4 |
Personal Living and Finances
Students learn how to navigate the financial decisions they must face and to make informed decisions related to budgeting, banking, credit, insurance, spending, taxes, saving, investing, buying/leasing a vehicle, living independently, and inheritance. Instruction in personal finance prepares students to function effectively as consumers, savers, investors, entrepreneurs, and active citizens. The course incorporates all personal living and finances objectives included in the Code of Virginia §22.1-253.13:1.B. Contextual instruction and student participation in co-curricular career and technical student organization (CTSO) activities will develop leadership, interpersonal, and career skills. High-quality work-based learning (HQWBL) will provide experiential learning opportunities related to students' career goals and/or interests, integrated with instruction, and performed in partnership with local businesses and organizations. | <urn:uuid:e795cd09-25a4-4c0f-95d8-1b25ee2d86e9> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.cteresource.org/career-clusters/finance/personal-living-and-finances/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573029.81/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817153027-20220817183027-00271.warc.gz | en | 0.93219 | 179 | 2.5625 | 3 |
We collect data based on factors that influence auto insurance premiums such as gender, age, address, race, model of car, years, type of coverage, sum insured, and no claim discount. These factors influence auto insurance premiums as below:
Supported by many years’ worth of data, males were proved to drive more recklessly. Males also have more chance to drive which leads to a higher chance of being involved in an accident.
Statistically, young men usually have to pay higher insurance rates than young women since more male teenagers have accidents than female teenagers. However, older women are suggested to be involved in more minor accidents than older men. Thus, when become older, the men could get better rates than women.
Based on statistics, many insurance companies use age to determine the car insurance rates as age is one of the most influential statistics. Younger drivers in the age range between16 and 23 are at higher risk for accidents while drivers between 40 and 50 years old have proved to be the safest drivers.
Generally, drivers who live in urban areas need to pay more for car insurance than those who live in rural areas because urban areas tend to have higher rates of accidents, vandalism and theft compared to rural areas. Since there are more big cities in West Malaysia, the premium in West Malaysia could be higher than the premium in East Malaysia, which has more small cities and rural areas. In addition, due to the high unemployment rates, there are quite a number of uninsured drivers in many urban areas as they cannot afford to insure their cars.
d. Age of the Car
Although the repair costs of an older vehicle are similar to the costs of a newer vehicle, it is more likely that the owner will choose to discard an older car instead of repairing it after an accident. This is because the cost of repairing an older car can often be higher than the vehicle’s entire worth. Since the cost to... | <urn:uuid:40dc3da6-d84e-4b19-a7af-5c26c5707bc2> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.brainia.com/essays/Regression/435067.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560284411.66/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095124-00455-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.978231 | 387 | 2.21875 | 2 |
(Saints) Martyrs (January 3) (4th century) Two victims of the persecution under Diocletian, about A.D. 303 in Cilicia (Asia Minor). The Greek Menologies relate how Zosimus, accused of being a Christian, succeeded in converting Athanasius, an officer of the Court of Justice, who then shared his fate.
- Monks of Ramsgate. “Zosimus and Athanasius”. , 1921. CatholicSaints.Info. 29 December 2016. Web. 17 January 2017. <> | <urn:uuid:b0187517-ad45-401f-9838-c93fc26a3824> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://catholicsaints.info/book-of-saints-zosimus-and-athanasius/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280065.57/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00547-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.913047 | 118 | 2.40625 | 2 |
We Are Learning 3D Printing Through Our Personal Experience…
As we like to play with various materials to print 3D objects with we got some samples of 3D printer filament that glows in the dark thanks to the presence of phosphors inside the thermoplastic. We got both ABS (left) and PLA (right) Glow in the Dark samples of filament from 3DFilaPrint that is apparently being manufactured by the Chinese company RepRapper Tech. Both filaments are white in color and they need to be exposed to stronger light to “charge” the phosphors, so that the filament will be able to glow in light green color in the dark. The PLA glow in the dark filament does seem a little bit yellowish than the ABS one that looks more white under normal light conditions, so we expected that the results we’ll be getting from the two filaments will differ a bit.
After exposing both types of glow int he dark filaments to stronger light for a bit and putting them in not totally dark environment we have noticed that the ABS filament has a stronger green-ish glow than the PLA one. Both filaments were exposed to the same amount of light, so it seems that the ABS glow int he dark material “charges” faster and initially glows brighter for a brief period of time, after a bit the glow in the dark light from both the ABS and PLA filaments seems to become the same. So probably the initial difference comes from the ABS “charging” the phosphors faster than PLA, but then quickly things get pretty much even.
Do note that the light that is produced from these glow in the dark filaments is not much, unless they were exposed to strong light for a while right before they get into complete darkness. So the glow in the dark effect could be considered more of a cool effect that is not very useable, but still could be quite fun to print some stuff using glow in the dark ABS or PLA filament. A good idea would be to use this one for keychains or other stuff that might help you find something it the dark, such as a battery holder or similar. We however don’t think we’ll be needing a full spool of Glow in the Dark filament for the moment as the wraps we have will be enough to play with the filament. We do plan to soon try another interesting alternative to achieve the same effect – paint a 3D printed object with paint that contains phosphors in order to produce the same glow in the dark effect. This method could be more useful and easy to implement as you don’t need to get special type of filament, but print in any filament that can be then turned on to a glow in the dark object. The only drawback from using paint is that it may not be so durable as if you have the thermoplastic itself producing the glow in the dark effect. | <urn:uuid:c9c4953b-a87d-4c8e-afca-ae7a1ff72f9b> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://3dprinting-blog.com/173-abs-vs-pla-glow-in-the-dark-filament/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280292.50/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00339-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.954539 | 590 | 2.578125 | 3 |
CRS InsightsThe Counterterrorism Partnerships Fund (CTPF) Proposal: Questions for Congress
In his June 26, 2014, amended FY2015 request for Overseas Contingency Operations (OCO) appropriations, President Obama seeks $5 billion to establish a new, flexible Counterterrorism Partnerships Fund (CTPF) with broad purposes and authority. The Administration has stated that the CTPF would "build on existing tools and authorities" to establish a "more sustainable and effective" counterterrorism approach, focusing on building the counterterrorism capacity of partners worldwide through "train-and-equip" and other activities. The CTPF could also be used to strengthen DOD's post-Benghazi build-up of embassy protection and personnel recovery capabilities in Africa (see CRS Report IF00029, U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) (In Focus), by Lauren Ploch Blanchard). Proposed statutory language for the CTPF would provide $4 billion in Department of Defense (DOD) funds "to enhance its counterterrorism and crisis response activities and to provide support and assistance to foreign security forces, irregular forces, groups, or individuals to conduct, support, or facilitate counterterrorism and crisis response activities." Proposed support includes DOD Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR), Special Operations, and "enablers" such as transportation and logistics. Proposed State Department funding of $1 billion would augment existing foreign aid accounts for "undertaking counterterrorism purposes worldwide, responding to crises, and addressing regional instability from the conflict in Syria." The request comes amid contentious debate over the evolving nature and degree of the threat posed by Al Qaeda and other terrorist groups, and the appropriate U.S. response. (See recent House and Senate hearing transcripts.)
The CTPF proposal raises many questions regarding counterterrorism strategy, roles, responsibilities, authorities, and Congressional oversight, some of which are listed below.
Issues and Questions for Congress
Flexible Funding Oversight. To increase flexibility, the Administration asks that CTPF funds be available for three years, and be transferable to any DOD account, to specified State accounts, and between the two departments. CTPF monies could be spent anywhere overseas, notwithstanding any other provision of law. For DOD funds, the Administration proposes a prior 15-day notification to congressional defense committees (armed services committees and appropriations defense subcommittees), and for State Department funds a prior five-day notification to appropriations committees. These notifications could be waived for national security reasons (with later notification).Two similar authorities, DOD's "Section 1206" global train-and-equip authority (P.L. 109-163, as amended) and the joint DOD-State Global Security Contingency Fund (GSCF, Section 1207. P.L. 112-81, as amended), are subject to limitations elsewhere in law, to State Department approval, and to the oversight of foreign affairs committees (see CRS Report RS22855, Security Assistance Reform: "Section 1206" Background and Issues for Congress, by Nina M. Serafino and CRS Report R42641, Global Security Contingency Fund: Summary and Issue Overview, by Nina M. Serafino). These statutes do not provide authority for U.S. conventional forces to assist "irregular forces, groups, or individuals" but the U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) may provide such assistance with an Ambassador's approval (Section 1208, P.L. 108-375, as amended.).
- Given the lack of specific information provided by the Administration, what justifies Congress providing a new, largely unrestricted, authority for a substantial amount of money not subject to budget limits with little congressional oversight? Do train-and-equip programs require the same flexibility and expedited oversight as crisis response, for which the Administration plans to reserve $500 million in CTPF funds?
- When might the Administration use CTPF funds under Section 1206, GSCF and other authorities, rather than the proposed CTPF authority? Might it be more inclined to use existing authorities if Congress were to raise or lift the current spending limits on them?
- "Section 1206" and the GSCF arguably have not delivered assistance to meet emerging needs as rapidly as Congress intended. How might this new authority be more timely and effective?
Counterterrorism Strategy and Agency Roles. Official statements suggest the CTPF is intended to support U.S. counterterrorism strategy as set forth in a 2013 speech by President Obama and a 2011 policy document. These statements call for whole-of-government approaches comprised not only of military action—including precision strikes against terrorist targets—but also international partnerships, diplomatic engagement, and foreign assistance. Nevertheless, some observers suggest the Administration must better articulate its strategy by clearly linking ends, ways, and means and must more effectively integrate the varied tools of state power in current counterterrorism efforts. Further, critics describe the CTPF as a "militarization" of U.S. counterterrorism strategy.
- To what extent, if any, does the CTPF proposal suggest the Administration is placing greater weight on international partnerships in its counterterrorism strategy? (See CRS Report R43403, The 2014 Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR) and Defense Strategy: Issues for Congress, by Catherine Dale.)What risks, if any, might this pose, and how might those risks best be assessed?
- What diplomatic efforts and related State Department/USAID assistance might be needed to complement increased training and equipping of foreign security forces and other activities?
- CTFP funds would be allocated through an interagency policy process "jointly led by the National Security Council and the Office of Management and Budget in order to ensure integrated planning and comprehensive oversight...." What roles will the State Department, DOD, and other agencies play in identifying and prioritizing CTPF programming?
Enabling Foreign Partners. The Administration proposes using the CTPF to augment ongoing bilateral and multilateral counterterrorism efforts, increasing direct partner support in the Middle East, Africa, and South and Central Asia. Some $1.5 billion in DOD and State Department monies would fund the Syria Regional Stabilization Initiative to assist Syria's neighbors and vetted elements of the Syrian opposition (see CRS Report RL33487, Armed Conflict in Syria: Overview and U.S. Response, coordinated by Christopher M. Blanchard). The CTPF could also fund new responses to transnational terrorism threats. Some observers believe the proposed CTPF authority—exempt from human rights and other conditions—might be counterproductive.
- What specifically will CTPF funds provide to support partners' counterterrorism efforts in the Middle East and Africa, which are likely focus regions for the CTPF? How much does the United States currently spend on counterterrorism in those regions, and to what effect?
- Do partner nations have sufficient political will and capacity to absorb more counterterrorism programming?
- How might an increase in counterterrorism assistance affect other bilateral or regional policy priorities?
- Apart from vetted elements of the Syrian opposition, what, if any, irregular forces or groups might the CTPF support, and why?
Prioritization of Activities. For participating agencies, the proposed CTPF may force tradeoffs with other priorities. For DOD, the availability of greater resources could lead to over-commitment of already heavily-tasked units, perhaps especially in USSOCOM.
- Are affected DOD entities, State Department offices, and other agencies adequately staffed and resourced to take on an expanded counterterrorism role?
- How will DOD distribute CTPF efforts between Special Operations and conventional forces?
- Will USSOCOM's counterterrorism training missions expand with CTPF? Will "kinetic" counterterrorism activities, disrupting and destroying terrorist networks, expand as well?
(Contributing authors were: Alexis Arieff, Analyst in African Affairs; Amy Belasco, Specialist in U.S. Defense Policy and Budget; Lauren Ploch Blanchard, Specialist in African Affairs; Christopher M. Blanchard, Specialist in Middle Eastern Affairs; Catherine Dale, Specialist in International Security; Andrew Feickert, Specialist in Military Ground Forces; and Carla E. Humud, Analyst in Middle Eastern and African Affairs.) | <urn:uuid:214d2d75-e3eb-41c1-9917-bf5f80484151> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | https://fas.org/sgp/crs/terror/IN10103.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280730.27/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00247-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.919104 | 1,692 | 1.625 | 2 |
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's opinion of Russian President Vladimir Putin seems directly correlated to his hostility toward America. The more hostility he shows, the more she seems to like him. In this vein, Rice defends her support for Russian inclusion in the G-7, (now G-8), by arguing that it enables the club of industrial democracies to "influence" Putin.
In an interview with The Wall Street Journal on Thursday, former world chess champion and current leader of Putin's liberal political opposition Gary Kasparov responded ironically to Rice's notion. "Occasionally you have to look at the results of your brilliant theories," he said.
But as the date of her departure from office approaches, Rice's unwillingness to examine the results of any of her brilliant theories only increases. Take North Korea for example.
On Thursday, a delegation of American nuclear inspectors traveled to North Korea to inspect the "disablement" of the nuclear installation at Yangbyon. Speaking of their mission and of the status of US-North Korean relations to the press on Wednesday, Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Hill, who serves as the chief negotiator with North Korea, said that aside from some technical matters, the US has no outstanding issues with the Stalinist dictatorship in Pyongyang. In his words, "I don't think there is anything to be resolved. There will be technical issues, but I don't think we have any political issues."
This US position on North Korea is disconcerting. From 1994 until the present, the North Koreans have breached every single agreement they have made with the Americans. Indeed, according to the agreement that Hill himself reached with them in February, they were supposed to dismantle their nuclear complex at Yangbyon seven months ago.
Rather than abide by their word, the North Koreans, as is their wont, ignored it and demanded and received further concessions from the Americans after they signed the deal. Among other things, they were supposed to dismantle the Yangbyon installation. Now, due to their post-agreement brinkmanship, they are only supposed to disable it -- whatever that means.
Given the North Koreans' abysmal track record, it is far from clear why Hill thinks they can be trusted now. But beyond that, it isn't even clear that dismantling or disabling Yangbyon today will make much difference. As former US ambassador to the UN John Bolton wrote in August, Yangbyon ceased to be the central component of North Korea's nuclear weapons program several years ago. In recent years Pyongyang scattered its nuclear program to secret sites both inside and outside the country. And those sites are overlooked in Hill's agreement.
This again returns us to his statement on Wednesday. How can the State Department's point man on North Korea claim that the US has no "political issues" with North Korea less than two months after Israel reportedly destroyed a North Korean nuclear installation in Syria modeled after the Yangbyon complex? Given North Korea's apparent nuclear collaboration with Syria and its well-documented nuclear collaboration with Iran, to claim that the US has no political issues to discuss with North Korea is to suspend disbelief.
So Rice's State Department insists on moving forward toward implementing an agreement predicated on a denial of reality. Perhaps worst of all, it is an agreement which leaves Japan, America's most important Asian ally and North Korea's most vulnerable target, high and dry.
AS WITH Japan in Asia so with Israel in the Middle East. Rice's interest in establishing a Palestinian state rises in tandem with Palestinian extremism. US-backed Fatah leader Mahmoud Abbas recently asserted that he will only sign a "peace" treaty with Israel that includes an Israeli commitment to withdraw to the 1949 armistice lines and accept unlimited numbers of foreign-born Arabs, otherwise known as "Palestinian refugees," as citizens within its truncated borders.
Rather than accept that this position sinks any possibility of reaching any deal, Rice's response to Abbas's extremism was to announce that the US will give an additional $450 million to his Israeli-defended Fatah enclave in Judea and Samaria. More than $100m. is earmarked for Abbas's office.
And rather than condemn Fatah for its terrorist activities (such as its security forces members' plot to assassinate Prime Minister Ehud Olmert), the State Department announced plans to hire private security contractors to train Fatah forces. Moreover, rather than demand explanations for statements by Fatah leaders indicating that they will renew negotiations with Hamas after Rice's planned summit at Annapolis, the State Department has increased its pressure on Israel to destroy all the Israeli communities built in Judea and Samaria since 2001 and to prevent Jews from building anything beyond the 1949 cease-fire lines.
All of these machinations inevitably raise the question: Why is Rice acting as she is? What prompts her to harm American security interests and weaken US allies? An answer to these questions begins with a comparison of the contrasting fortunes of former US policy makers who based their policies on delusion to those of policy makers who crafted policies grounded in reality.
Take Joseph Cirincione for instance. Cirincione is a former professional congressional staffer who dealt with arms control issues. He is considered an expert on nuclear proliferation and is widely interviewed by the media and consulted by politicians. Cirincione's status as an expert is a clear indication that to be considered an expert it is not necessary to actually know what you are talking about.
In 2003 he rejected the notion that Syria was interested in nuclear weapons. And on September 19, he called the press reports regarding the North Korean nuclear installation that Israel reportedly destroyed in Syria "nonsense." He further asserted that the reports stemmed from a plot hatched by "a small group of officials leaking cherry-picked, unvetted 'intelligence' to key reporters in order to promote a preexisting political agenda." After aerial photographs of the site in Syria were made public, Cirincione allowed that the photographic evidence "tilts toward a nuclear program." But still he insisted that even if this is the case, Syria constitutes no threat.
Cirincione is similarly unconcerned by the Iranian and North Korean nuclear programs. In both cases he argues that America should conduct negotiations with no preconditions lest the US anger these non-threatening countries and provoke them to support terrorism and build nuclear weapons.
In recognition of Cirincione's wisdom and expertise, he has been ranked as one of the 500 most influential voices shaping American foreign policy.
Then there is former US Middle East mediator Dennis Ross. Throughout his long tenure, Ross conceived and implemented a strategy predicated on the assumption that peace would be achieved between Israel and the Palestinians through an extended process where Israel was forced to make concessions to Yassir Arafat. After the strategy and the assumptions on which it was based collapsed in 2000, Ross was honest enough to acknowledge his basic mistake. And yet, despite this, Ross has stubbornly adhered to that failed policy and the false assumptions on which it was predicated ever since. And for that he is trumpeted as an expert on Middle East affairs and regularly appears on television as an esteemed authority.
Finally there are the esteemed former national security advisers under presidents Carter and Bush Sr., Zbigniew Brzezinski and Brent Scowcroft. While it is impossible for anyone to always predict or fully grasp world events, while in office, both Brzezinski and Scowcroft distinguished themselves for their repeated inability to do either.
Brzezinski was surprised by the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan and he failed to come up with a coherent policy for contending with the failure of detente which the invasion signaled. Moreover, he supported Ayatollah Khomeini against the shah of Iran and encouraged the shah to negotiate with Khomeini, and so contributed to the success of the Islamic revolution. He then failed to note the inherent hostility of the Khomeini regime or to craft policies to contend with it, even after the takeover of the US embassy in Teheran in 1979.
Then there is Scowcroft. Scowcroft failed to foresee the breakup of the Soviet Union even as it occurred before his eyes. And after the USSR collapsed, together with former president Bush, he attempted to reconstitute it.
Beyond that, Scowcroft, Bush pere and former secretary of state James Baker are at least partially responsible for the violent internecine struggle that unfolded in Iraq after the fall of Saddam's regime. In 1992, after encouraging Iraq's Shi'ite majority to revolt, they turned their backs on the Shi'ites and let them be massacred by Saddam's forces. With that they destroyed US credibility with the Iraqi people.
Rather than be shunned as failures, since they left office at least one of them seems to be a member of every blue ribbon foreign policy panel. Then, too, the media routinely demands that administration officials respond to their "expert" advice and opinions on the issues of the day.
Actually, their opinions are not very different from Cirincione's or Ross's. Indeed, it seems that regardless of the issue at hand, Brzezinski and Scowcroft's advice is always the same: Pressure Israel to give away land or strategic arsenals and appease the tyrant du jour, be it Saddam Hussein, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Kim Jung Il, Bashar Assad, Pervez Musharraf, Saudi King Abdullah or Vladimir Putin. And don't do anything without UN Security Council approval.
CONTRAST THE fortunes of these men with that of men like Bolton or Richard Perle, to give two examples. In Bush's first term, as undersecretary of state for arms control and international security, Bolton oversaw the establishment of the Proliferation Security Initiative. With nearly a 100 member nations, the PSI stands out as the most successful international counter-proliferation program the administration has undertaken.
As for Perle, as assistant secretary of defense for international security policy in the Reagan administration, he crafted many of the policies that fomented the collapse of the Soviet Union.
Yet Bolton is dismissed by the media as a "hawk" and a "hardliner." For his part, Perle is reviled as the "Prince of Darkness" and the godfather of the so-called "neoconservative conspiracy." And of course, they are not alone in their fate.
In Israel, where opinions among policy makers and the media are even more uniform, the situation is even more problematic. The fact that Shimon Peres, the father of the failed Oslo peace process with Arafat, is now the head of state shows clearly how Israel's elites regard the notion of contending with the results of "brilliant theories."
What all of this means is that in the current environment, former officials' status as experts is directly proportional to their willingness to champion "brilliant theories" after reality rejects them. For Rice to voluntarily alter her course, this environment will first have change. | <urn:uuid:6072fb9f-4646-4f58-8d45-3cc814e1e43f> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://townhall.com/columnists/carolineglick/2007/11/03/the_results_of_brilliant_theories/print | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560281353.56/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095121-00069-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.968305 | 2,226 | 1.6875 | 2 |
After the Net explores the paradoxical development of the Internet. As the current Web 2.0 hype begins to wane, the exhibition reflects upon the promises of technological progress, global networking and instantaneous communication. Presented artworks draw attention to key developments: from cybernetics to free and open source software, and social networking platforms.
Reflected in the title, the exhibition makes explicit reference to the documentary film The Net by Lutz Dammbeck (2003), and has three iterations: for Valencia (2008), Plymouth (2009) and Toluca (2010). The selection of artists is updated for each venue as a new version.
- Roy Ascott, Blackboard Notes (1967), special poster edition of 1000 produced for After the Net (2.0) by KURATOR
- Wayne Clements, logo_wiki (2007), and The Best and Worst of Possible Worlds (2009)
- Arcángel Constantini, NANODRIZAS (2009)
- Geoff Cox, antisocial notworking for Arnolfini (2008), and with Duncan Shingleton, Hello World! (2008)
- Lutz Dammbeck, The Net: The Unabomber, LSD and the Internet (2003)
- Alejandro García, Three-face mirror (2010)
- Rui Guerra, www_hack (2008)
- Linda Hilfling, Participation 0.0 - Part I (2007)
3 March 2010, 11:30 - 12:00, Auditorium 3
- Geoff Cox, Antisocial Notworking
4 March 2010, 16:20 - 18:00, Auditorium 3
- Linda Hilfling, Gate Peepin
- Alejandro García, The three face mirror
- Arcángel Constantini, Nanodrizas
The participation of Linda Hilfling was supported by the Danish Arts Council Committee for International Visual Art. | <urn:uuid:3e2d83d2-3015-4319-8258-3077dd187a9b> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.kurator.org/projects/after-the-net-3/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560279224.13/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095119-00475-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.789028 | 395 | 1.570313 | 2 |
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