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Blink Fitness Reaches Milestone of 100th Gym with Grand Opening of Houston Location
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Inclusive Fitness Brand Brings Happiness to Houston with Grand Opening and Special Giveaways to Celebrate New Gyms in Spring Branch, Westchase, Glenbrook Valley, and Northline Houston, TX Neighborhoods
December 02, 2019 // Franchising.com // HOUSTON - Blink Fitness (Blink), an inclusive, affordable gym that values Mood Above Muscle®, is entering the Houston market with four new, state-of-the-art workout gyms. With the opening of the Spring Branch location, Blink has now reached a growth milestone of 100 gyms nationwide.
The secret to Blink’s rapid growth is its approach to fitness for all. Blink Fitness is a firm believer that exercise isn’t just about looking good; it’s also about how it makes you feel. In its commitment to putting Mood Above Muscle®, Blink Fitness gyms are brightly lit and feature colors that are scientifically proven to lift moods. Blink takes pride in its commitment to celebrating every unique body and its EveryBody Happy philosophy. Gym-goers are greeted and encouraged by specially trained employees called Mood Lifters®.
To mark this special occasion of the 100th Blink Fitness center opening, the Spring Branch location will be hosting a preview party from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, December 7. The first 100 eligible guests who arrive at the start of Spring Branch preview will receive a free membership, and Blink will be giving away prizes every hour. Kealia Ohai, a World Cup champion who plays for the Houston Dash soccer team, will be making an appearance and sharing tips about her fitness routine and why she shares the Blink philosophy that exercise contributes to both physical and emotional health. KBRE radio station will also be onsite playing music to keep the mood happy at the celebration.
Blink also has three other Blink locations opening in Houston, TX later this year and early in 2020. Staff at these locations are already accepting membership applications, and are offering a limited time pre-opening discount on memberships. All new gyms will offer monthly memberships starting at just $15. By the end of 2020, there will be eight Blink locations in the Houston area.
“Opening our first two gyms in Houston is just the beginning of our presence here in the market as well as our continued growth nationally,” said Todd Magazine, CEO of Blink Fitness. “A growing and diverse population brought us to Houston, where we plan to add 225 jobs to the local economy. We look forward to bringing our affordable, inclusive approach to health and wellness to Houston. We’re eager to enter the market and excited to establish a substantial footprint early on.”
Blink Fitness fitness centers in Houston will feature state-of-the-art equipment for every fitness level, including cardio machines, strength equipment, dumbbells, and designated areas for stretching, HIIT, bodyweight training and more. Certified personal trainers will be available for members looking for one-on-one fitness coaching, and every membership comes with a free personal training start-up session. On an ongoing basis, personal training sessions start as low as $30.
The gym recently launched its Blink Fitness mobile app that empowers members to workout anytime, anywhere by providing hundreds of workout videos, including HIIT, strength, yoga, stretching, Pilates, spinning and treadmill classes, as well as guided meditations. Plus, the app offers nutrition advice and recipes.
Local residents and area commuters can purchase pre-opening memberships at Blink Fitness’ membership offices at 1836B Wirt Road in Spring Branch, 11167 Westheimer Rd. in Westchase or on the gym’s website.
Blink Fitness Spring Branch will be situated at 7824 Long Point Rd. in the Spring Valley Shopping Center, and Blink Fitness Westchase will be located at 11145 Westheimer Rd. in the plaza at the intersection of Westheimer Road and Wilcrest Drive. In addition to the Spring Branch and Westchase gyms, Blink Fitness is opening in the Glenbrook Valley (near the Hobby Airport) and Northline neighborhoods in early 2020.
For more information on Blink Fitness in Houston or to learn how to enter the sweepstakes for a chance to win a free one-year membership, visit https://www.blinkfitness.com/locations/area/houston.
Connect with Blink Fitness:
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About Blink Fitness
Through its revolutionary philosophy of Mood Above Muscle®, Blink Fitness - a premium and affordable fitness brand - celebrates the positive feelings exercise elicits, along with the physical benefits. Blink has 140 locations open or in development throughout New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Michigan, California, Illinois, Florida, Virginia, Massachusetts and Texas. Blink has been ranked on the Inc. 5000 list three times, was recognized as one of the top health clubs by Club Industry and selected as the best budget chain by Men's Health.
Blink Fitness has franchise opportunities available nationwide with a focus on the following markets: Charlotte, Dallas-Fort Worth, Phoenix, Raleigh, Las Vegas and Kansas City. For more information about Blink, visit blinkfitness.com.
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Wow, the end of February already! I’m reminded that I started this year by posting my guide to making responsible FOI requests. Judging by some requests that we FOI Officers receive, a reminder is timely.
Here’s a perfect example of the sort of thing that drives us round the twist (and drags the reputation of FOI through the mud). The requester asked universities:
“I am really interested in the heights in feet and inches of the interviewees and the accepted undergraduate population.”
And there’s the requester who uses What Do They Know to bombard hospital trusts with questions such as:
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2) How many specialities are there?
3) Which specialities require surgical ability rather than just diagnostic ability?
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b) How many gigabytes of information are on the website provided for doctors by the BMA?
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d) Is the BMA website open to the general public’s use?
e) If not why not?”
Of course, the person concerned may be honestly curious about these issues. And giving them the benefit of the doubt, they may think that a hospital is the best place to go to ask these questions (rather than say, checking the BMA website). But why they have to send the same questions to 18 NHS Trusts (which is an improvement on the last set that went to approximately 200) I’m not sure I understand.
It’s tempting I’m sure to think that these are just the whinges of public servants who should just get on with it. And to a point you’re right. But I have a sneaking suspicion that sooner or later this Government is going to find that FOI is as inconvenient for them as it was for some in the last government.
Remember the ‘toilet roll’ requests that were rolled out by the Labour Government when it wanted to adjust the fees regulations? I think we’ll someday soon hear a Coalition minister reeling off the most ridiculous requests they can find as justification for tightening up on FOI (there were some hints of this in Martin Rosenbaum’s interview with Lord McNally recently). And this time they’ve got the added argument of the need to make significant cuts to public services. This government likes openness (just like the last one to be fair) just as long as it has the choice over what it is being open about.
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Secondly, it’s easy to imagine that the line between genuinely useful enquiries and plain silly ones is a clear one, but it’s not. Take the question about the height of University interviewees – there is plenty of evidence that taller people do better in their careers and earn more money, which suggests some sort of unconscious bias is in play. Do Universities unwittingly follow this bias? The request could potentially provide data which would show if this is true. In fact, it won’t: most courses are not interviewed for, and Universities have better things to do than record the heights of potential students. (Though even here, a long-running programme at Ivy League Universities in the US until the 1960s involved making biometric measurements of students) My entirely personal impression of UK FOI legislation is that the level of genuinely pointless questions is quite low, and by their nature they tend to be the ones that get a very quick and simple response. I would say that enquiries that are both pointless and require a lot of effort to answer are quite rare. Would others agree?
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Saudi Arabia to restore full oil output by next week - source
Business Reuters Sep 24, 2019 00:08:31 IST
LONDON (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia has restored more than 75% of crude output lost after attacks on its facilities and will return to full volumes by early next week, a source briefed on the latest developments told Reuters on Monday.
Saudi oil production from its Khurais plant is now at more than 1.3 million barrels per day, while current production from its Abqaiq plant is at about 3 million bpd, the source said.
The Sept. 14 attacks on the two giant plants caused raging fires and damage that halved the crude output of the world's top oil exporter, by shutting down 5.7 million barrels per day of production.
Saudi Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman and the chief executive of state oil company Aramco, Amin Nasser, have said output will be fully back online by the end of September.
The attacks sent oil prices up 20 percent although they came off after the kingdom pledged to bring back output swiftly. On Monday, prices stabilised at $64 per barrel, paring earlier gains, following comments by the source.
The kingdom has managed to maintain supplies to customers to the levels they were at prior to the attacks by drawing from its huge oil inventories and offering other crude grades from other fields, Saudi officials said.
Saudi said it would ensure full oil supply commitments to its customers. The kingdom ships more than 7 million bpd to global destinations every day, and for years has served as the supplier of last resort to markets.
No casualties were reported at the sites even though thousands of workers and contractors work and live in the area.
The Wall Street Journal reported on Monday repairs at the plants could take months longer than anticipated.
Thousands of employees and contractors have been pulled from other projects to work around the clock in bringing production back. Aramco is shipping equipment from the United States and Europe to rebuild the damaged facilities, Aramco officials told reporters on Friday.
Reporters were shown repair work underway at both locations on Friday, with cranes erected around burnt-out stabilisation columns, which form part of oil-gas separation units.
Saudi Arabia's ability to restore oil production quickly after the attacks, which hit at the heart of the Saudi energy industry, would demonstrate an important degree of resilience to potentially very damaging shocks, Moody's said last week.
Aramco is getting ready for an initial public offering possibly later this year. Aramco has a meeting with analysts scheduled for Wednesday at the company's headquarters in Dhahran, two sources said.
(Editing by Susan Fenton and David Evans)
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A Design Study for an Integrative Intervention of Adjuvant Chemotherapy and Chinese Medicine on the Quality of Life of Women with Stage II Breast Cancer
Author: Jorge Intal, Ph.D.
Objective: To describe the design of a study to gather quantitative data and qualitative observations regarding the effect of an integrative oncology intervention of individualized Chinese medical formulas in conjunction with adjuvant chemotherapy on measures of quality of life (QoL) in women with stage II breast cancer. To integrate distinct forms of research methodology to cultivate a deeper understanding of this disease and patterns thereof, individualized interventions, and the process of healing. To merge objective conventional methods into the traditional, subjective clinical foundations of Chinese medicine (CM) rather than attempting to apply Western approaches to understand/evaluate the scientific merits of Chinese medicine. To propose an integrated research model that allows for pathophysiologic pattern-based differentiation and individualized interventions, and that may represent the complexities of clinical practice within the context of Chinese medicine and healing. Methods: A randomized, cross-over trial is described using the CM intervention with chemotherapy of eligible female subjects reporting outcomes on: 1) the FACT-B (Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy); 2) the MOS SF-36 (Medical Outcomes Study 36-item Short Form Health Status Survey); and 3) a qualitative Chinese medical case study of each participant. Eligible women with stage II breast cancer according to the TNM Classification of Malignant Tumors cancer staging system, beginning adjuvant chemotherapy will be randomly assigned to four groups. After randomization, each group will undergo the 32-week observational study: sixteen weeks of individualized CM therapy with chemotherapy; and sixteen weeks without the CM therapy (chemotherapy only). Results: (1) The therapeutic intervention of utilizing individually modified formulas of Chinese medicine based on the pathophysiologic pattern-based clinical practice of Chinese medicine is a viable, critically important approach to clinical research. Utilizing individualized treatment strategies based upon Chinese medical patterns and treatment principles (rather than standardized interventions) are of tremendous value within the context of integrative clinical investigation emphasizing holistic perspectives of medicine and healing. (2) If constructed effectively, multi-method research designs merging diverse aspects (e.g., of quantitative and qualitative, objective and subjective, biomedical and holistic, and modern and traditional methods) offer highly innovative, groundbreaking approaches for the field of integrative medicine. Such multi-method approaches should not comprise the rigors of scientific investigation or the integrity of holism. On the contrary, multi-method research may become the means to enhance scientific rigor and to encompass a breadth and depth of human experience that includes the body, mind and spirit. Accordingly, combinations of appropriate methodologies may provide comprehensive knowledge and understanding toward a more integrative, humanistic medicine. (3) This project illuminates further the significance of the prevention and early treatment of various Chinese medical patterns associated with early-stage breast carcinoma. Therefore, it is imperative that women be presented with appropriate treatment options according to their pathophysiologic patterns as early as possible (rather than to await further disease progression and consequently decide among more limited possibilities). (4) As an investigative endeavor that is closely tied to the clinical practice of humanism in Chinese medicine, this project serves to enhance fundamental qualities of life experienced by the individuals of this population. Conclusion: There are infinite possibilities in pursing integrative research within traditional frameworks. Accordingly, within integrative investigation, holism need not be lost or diluted in order to co-exist with or be evaluated by Western approaches. Despite serious limitations to this study, future studies may further expand upon the use of multi-method approaches within traditional frameworks. Even though the case study or clinical narrative may remain as among the most meaningful means for inquiry within the field of Chinese medicine, there are various methodologies (and combinations thereof) that may well serve investigations of holistic approaches to Chinese medicine. Therefore, it is not necessary to choose Western methodologic approaches to the exclusion of more traditional ones or vice versa. Moreover, the use of multiple diverse methods shall become the future of integrative medical research as it equips researchers of integrative medicine with powerful tools and methods to continue to explore and uncover the mysteries of the world of medicine and the human experience.
A Qualitative Review of the Role of Acupuncture in the Management of Diabetes and Its Complications
Author: Seiff-Mendelson, Eleonor (L.Ac)
Objective: To review, summarize and analyze literature in relation to the effects of acupuncture and its affiliated modalities (moxibustion and acupressure/massage) on glucose metabolism and type 2 diabetes complications and to point for future research directions. Methods: A systemic literature review of acupuncture modalities which were translated to English or originally published in English since 2000 to date, were retrieved from English-Language databases and Chinese medical journals. Only studies related to human subjects were included in this review. Results: 45 studies were located. Of these, only 25 met the inclusion criteria. All studies reported of statistically significant effect on lowering glucose levels of participants but the there was no follow up to indicate how long these effects lasted. All studies also reported of improvement in patients symptoms. There was no evidence of any adverse effect of acupuncture on glucose metabolism or the treatment of type 2 diabetes complications. Most of the studies were of short duration, but had adequate sample size. Almost all studies included a control group. Conclusion: The findings presented here provided grounds for cautious optimism in considering the potential role of acupuncture for diabetes management. Acupuncture was demonstrated to have beneficial effects on some of the metabolic risk factors for type II diabetes as well as its complications. However, the overall poor quality of reporting in the controlled trials requires further investigation of well designed trials.
A Summary of Findings on the Treatment and Prevention of Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathies in TCM
Author: So, Calvin (LAc.)
Objectives :Through the study of literature, TCM diabetic specialists’experience in clinical practice was summarized, discuss the pattern analysis and treating methods of TCM, review the effect of herbal formulas, herbs, and acupuncture in the treatment and prevention of diabetic peripheral neuropathies. Methods：By summarizing, comparing and analyzing findings of DPN studies conducted by TCM diabetic specialists,the TCM theory and therapies in the prevention and treatment of DPN were discussed. Result : According to the literature review, there are six TCM patterns of DPN including spleen qi deficiency, qi and ying deficiency, phlegm and heat stasis, yang deficiency, liver qi stagnation, and blood stasis. Based on these six DPN patterns, summary on herbal formulas, single herb and acupuncture technique was made according to recommendations of specialists. Finally prevention of DPN was discussed. Conclusion：Treatment methods used in researches conducted by specialists are mostly based on single herbal formula or one treatment technique which cannot be generalized in the complicated conditions with DPN. More researches need to be conducted before standards can be drawn in TCM for the treatment and prevention of DPN. Key Words：Diabetics mellitus, peripheral neuropathies, TCM, prevention/treatment, summary
Acupuncture and Traditional Chinese Medicine vs Western Medicine for Infertility Treatments
Author: Fu, Heidi (RN, LAc. MBA)
Objective: Discuss the differences between treatments of infertility using Western Medicine vs Traditional Chinese Medicine. Find out if Eastern Medicine treatment is more effective than Western Medicine, or if Western Medicine plus Acupuncture and TCM is best. Methods: This paper will consist of a survey of Western Medicine treatments for infertility, acupuncture and Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) treatments, and combined treatments. This paper will discuss the advantages and effect of TCM theory and therapies by analysis of TCM treatments versus Western treatments including safety of TCM versus Western. Results: Research demonstrates the effectiveness and safety of Eastern medicine. Acupuncture and TCM is a safe, painless, healthy alternative for treating gynecological problems like infertility and PMS. Millions of people have found Eastern Medicine, Acupuncture and TCM to be a better solution than Western drugs and surgery. Conclusion: Acupuncture and TCM and Western Medicine each have unique features to offer in the treatment of infertility and can complement each other. They have already demonstrated they can work well together in China. The two traditions should try to work together in the United State of America and worldwide in order to benefit people desiring to be parents and suffering from infertility. Key words: Acupuncture, TCM, Eastern Medicine, Western Medicine, Woman and Men Infertility, Herbs, Diagnoses, Causes, Tests, Treatments.
Acupuncture’s Role in Cancer Care
Author: Tran, Loanne (L.Ac)
Objective: This literature review aspire to bring into light the potential benefits of acupuncture treatments in cancer-related symptoms; improving quality of life and enhance routine oncology care. It aims to familiarize physicians the workings of acupuncture as a part of a larger ancient art of healing, Traditional Chinese Medicine. Methods: Review of over 50 research papers existing from late 1990’s to present employing PUBMED, JEJM, JAMA, and researches conducted by government organizations. Quantitative studies include mainly randomized controlled trials to increase level of evidence. Results: Acupuncture reduces cancer pain, boosts immune system, reduces nausea/emesis, potentiates conventional medicine, and benefits many other cancer-related symptoms. Conclusion: Acupuncture’s role in cancer care is effective and beneficial.
An Investigation of the Treatment and Management of Type 2 Diabetes using Tai Ji Fan Exercise along with TCM Formulations and Conventional Western Medications
Author: Lan, Sheng-wei (L.Ac)
Objective: This study design aims to gather preliminary data pertaining to the efficacy of an integrative intervention using Tai Ji Fan exercise and individualized TCM formulations with conventional western medicine of type 2 diabetes. As a research effort that is closely linked to the clinical TCM practice, this study serves to improve basic qualities of life experienced by the type 2 diabetic patients. Methods: This study was designed and conducted with a complimentary TCM consultations and prescription of Tai Ji Fan exercise along with TCM formulations and conventional western medicine for research purpose. Study was conducted at Great Compassion Healing Center in Berkeley, California with total of 120 participants divided in two groups spanning over 12 weeks. Study investigated the changes in the blood glucose levels and major TCM symptoms improvements in response to the prescription Tai Ji Fan exercise. Results: The susceptibility of the metabolic response to exercise amazed biochemists for years. The prescription of Tai Ji Fan exercise for treatment and management of type 2 diabetes improves glucose level on fasting and postprandial blood glucose results. Conclusion: Tai Ji Fan exercise can potentially treat and manage type 2 diabetes in a non-medical way and significantly reduce the risk of long term implications.
Analysis of the Theoretical Basis of Fu Qing Zu Nu Ke Using the Framework of Five-Element
Author: Jeffrey Na, L.Ac.
Objectives: The goal of this paper is to narrate the school of thought on the Positive Five Elements during the Ming and Qing dynasties and present its concepts through "Fu Qing Zu Nu Ke", a book on Chinese medicine and clinical practice. Based on this new style of application for diagnosis and treatment in Chinese medicine, I will analyze the relationship between the theory of diagnostic treatment and the characteristics of different Chinese herbs. Methods: To apply the concept of Positive Five Elements, which include generating and controlling; sequences in transformation; insulting, opposing and harming relationships; flourishing and restricting periods of earthly branches and heavenly stems(see Appendix, table 2-1,2-2,2-3). I will use these terms to analyze the main gynecological disorders described in the “Fu Qing Zu Nu Ke” (e.g. leucorrhea, metrorrhagia & metro taxis, menstruation, and infertility) and the prescriptions for treatment. All the amounts in the prescription will also analyzed by Chow I’s imageology and numerology Results: Because the theory of Positive Five Element matches very similarly with the natural environment and the treatment of “Fu Qing Zu Nu Ke” is also based on the principle of nature, therefore, the analysis will sufficiently show a close fittingness between them and demonstrate the core principal of the Positive Five Elements. According to the treatment of symptoms in "Fu Qing Zu Nu Ke", it reflects the relationship between symptoms and the herbs, the relationship of sufficiency or insufficiency of the Five Elements. For example, the herbs with the “earth” property could make the element of “fire” disperse, bury the “metal” element, and also enhance the “wood” element; the “metal” herbs can enhance (produce) “water” element, extinguish “fire” element, and also regulate the “wood” element; the “fire” herbs could help stomach & pancreas as middle soil (“earth”), save yang deficiency, warm the lungs, disseminate cold, stop pain, and invigorate blood. Generally speaking, the cold symptoms won’t utilize “metal” or “water” elements; the symptoms are always treated by with the “wood”, “fire”, and “earth” elements. And similarly, the symptoms of heat should not be treated with “wood” and “fire” elements but with “earth”, “metal”, and “water” elements instead. All these results prove that the theory of Positive Five Elements is not only used for analysis, diagnosis, and treatment, but it also provides a research foundation for an extended application in TCM. Conclusion: According to the discussion and the result, we can have four conclusion listed below:1) The well-known masters of history were not aware of the new, contemporary developments of Positive Five Elements, but they understand I-Ching, and focus on “learn from the nature” and, subsequently, “unite with nature” as their greatest goal. This means their school of thought is also compliant with the late concepts of Positive Five Elements. It is also properly to analysis the prescription in famous “Shanghan Lun” by the principle of this theory.2) When analyzing the application of herbs in the article, the Positive Five Element is categorized by ways of comparing the taste and function of herbs with the Ten Heavenly Stems. This approach is different from the earlier classifications by Tao Hong Jing and Huang Yuan Yu. The book of “Fu Xing Jue”, written by Tao, categorizes by the taste of subjective authorization and channelization. The books of “Changsha Yao Jie” and “YuQiu Yao Jie”, written by Huang Yuan Yu, are categorized merely by the way of channelization. To compare the ways done with the masters, the Positive Five Element methods are more meaningful in the application field.Key points: Positive Five Elements, Fu Qing Zu Nu Ke, Analysis of Diagnosis 3) The records of Five Elements category in “Huang di Nei Jing” and “Fu Xing Jue” is quite different. From the author’s point of view, both of these books are not perfect, since they lack the objective comparison to decide which taste belongs to which element. One can find a detailed comparison in the chapter of “Chinese Herbs Category of Five Elements” in my book, “Yi Hai Shi Yuan”. To ensure proper comparison, it is more appropriate to apply the herbs’ features into the diagnosis and treatment.4) The dosage application in “Fu Qing Zu Nu Ke” is obviously using I’s imageology and numerology to present the feature of Five Elements of herbs. The treatment process is also compliant with the same principle. From this point, we can tell that the knowledge of I is already an integral part of the author’s clinical experience.By the framework of the analysis, we may expect more application of the Five Elements into TCM and expanded into clinical practice. We may explore more of the unspoken essence of the ancient and walk down a new broad way for TCM.Key Words: Positive Five Elements, Fu Qing Zu Nu Ke, Analysis of Diagnosis
Analysis research of traditional Chinese medical literature on Eight Extraordinary Channels and Extraordinary acupuncture points
Author: Julie Zhu n
Objectives: Eight Extraordinary Channels and the eight convergent acu-points is an important part of the channels system and especial acupuncture points. The great majority of these vessels branch out from the twelve primary channels and sharing the function of circulating Qi throughout the body, from a web of complex interconnections with the primary channels. Each of these channels has a distinct course which facilitates the functional relationships among the primary channels. At the same time, each has its own functional characteristics and clinical utility independent of the primary channels. We studied it from different points of view, such as its etiology, target diseases, symptoms of differentiations and so on. Our research aims to obtain some new knowledge and inspiration on both academic and clinic.Methods:Modern methods were combined with traditional ones. A lot of the ancient and traditional books, modern books and medical magazines, and modern journals were used, with statistical software packages, such as Microsoft Excel and Visio and so on were used to classify and graph these data. We hope to express information concisely. Results:Each of the eight extraordinary Channels has a meeting point on the upper and lower limb. Although it is true that not all of the Eight convergent acupuncture points are related extraordinary Channels circulate extensively through the limbs, nevertheless each is indirectly linked through its ‘meeting’ with one of the twelve Primary channels. These points are utilized in accordance with the symptomatology of the eight extraordinary Channels. Ordinarily, a meeting point on the upper limb is combined with a related meeting point on the lower limb.The eight extraordinary points are named gongsun, neiguan, linqi, waiguan, houxi, shenmai, lieque, zhaohai all the points locate the position under the elbow and ankle. These points treat the extra ordinary’s diseases and although can treat internal and external diseases too. Ancient doctors, such as Songzihua, Douhanqing, Liuchen, Xufeng, Gaowu, Yangjichou act. They do lot research that “How Eight Extraordinary Channels and the eight convergent acupuncture points meeting together and how used these points”. Conclusion:The eight extraordinary points, four are Luo-connecting points, two are Shu-stream points, and tow starting points. The tow starting points which connecting with the Conception and penetrating vessels, the both two pair points used to treat gynecology diseases, and tonify qi and nourish blood, regulate the Conception and penetrating vessels, adjusting yin and yang balance. Key words: Eight Miscellaneous channels, Eight Extraordinay points, effects and indications, clinical application, literature analysis
Analysis Research of Traditional Chinese Medical Literature on Ling Gui Zhu Gan Tang
Author: Hsu, Chun-Hua (OMD)
Objective: 「Ling Gui Zhu Gan Tang」 is an important formula of Zhong Jing,Zhang, it has been used extensively, We studied it from different points of view, such as its etiology, target diseases, symptoms and so on. Our research aims to obtain some new knowledge and inspiration on both academic and clinic. Methods: Modern methods were combined with traditional ones. Computers were used to search for ancient books and records, modern journals, then, statistical software packages, such as Microsoft Excel and Visio and so on were used to classify and graph these data. We hope to express information concisely. Results: This formula was recorded in seven classified catalogues, and it is appearance 113 times in eighty- seven books. From 1994 to 2009, in China Journal Full-text Database, there are 204 articles related to「Ling Gui Zhu Gan Tang」. It was classified by (ICD-9-CM), obtain cases 3875, 898(23titles) have contrasted, including diseases of the circulatory system 982 cases, diseases of the nervous system and sense organs 972 cases. Medical Magazine of Taiwan there are three materials, one titled 「Ling Gui Zhu Gan Tang」and two with the same keyword. PubMed there are two materials with the keyword which is「Ling Gui Zhu Gan Tang」. Shenzhen National Central Library there are six materials search results. Conclusion: 「Ling Gui Zhu Gan Tang」was used for treating the dampness and phlegm disease mainly in the past, but now it is existed in high qualitative modern life. Following development of technology, life standard and medicine, diseases are different from old days, but the mechanics of the disease is actually unanimous. Keyword: Ling Gui Zhu Gan Tang，phlegm.
Analyze and Discuss the Treatment of Fibromyalgia Syndrome from Perspective of Body-wide Pain in Shang Han Lun Classic
Author: Charlie Yao-Ning Chuang
Objective：Many studies have been done on the treatment of fibromyalgia syndrome using Chinese Medicine and Acupuncture, but rarely find using Shang Han Lun classic in research as the basis of discussion for fibromyalgia treatment. This research paper is to organize logical methods and clinical guidelines found in Shang Han Lun classic for treatment of fibromyalgia.Methods：Search and review relative literature and publications, and understand existing Chinese Medicine and Acupuncture versus Western medical treatments for fibromyalgia. Further analyze Shang Han Lun classic clauses by concluding the possibilities of the treatment of fibromyalgia. Results：Obtained 5 represented collective randomized controlled trials, (RCTs), and reviewed existing literature and publications on the overview of fibromyalgia. Some search results shown Chinese Medicine and Acupuncture provides effective treatment for the management of FMS, and some not suggested. Further, there are studies indicated that integrative East-West medical treatment could have better results; or incorporate multidisciplinary approach such as, aerobic exercises, mild weight training, relaxation and meditation practice, patience education, and cognitive behavioral therapy all can help and lead to effective results in treatment of fibromyalgia. Few studies and the inconsistent results provide limited evidence for clinical practice.Conclusion：Analyze and discuss the probable treatment of fibromyalgia from perspective of body-wide pain in Shang Han Lun classic clauses; thus, to research the corresponding formula and syndrome with specific characteristics in treatment of fibromyalgia. Summarize the experiences of professors, especially from Professor Hu Xi Shu’s academic perspective based on the framework of Shang Han Lun classic, and also organize the clinical application in the direction of corresponding formula and syndromes. Further, consider related syndromes with body constitutions, and formula with symptoms. Theoretical analysis and discussion in classic formula for treatment of fibromyalgia finds raising the vitality or vital-qi with overall body management should be the key focus in fibromyalgia treatment. The main formula group to be considered in the protocol of fibromyalgia treatment can be Cinnamon (GuiZhi) Family/CinnamomiRamulusor Ephedra (Ma Huang) Family/EphedraeHerba. Bupleurum (Chai Hu) Family/Bupleuri Radix can be prscribed for symptoms associated with fibromyalgia; and Aconite accessory root (Fu Zi) family/Aconiti Radix lateralispreparata can be prescribed for severe cold and dampness symptoms.Key Words：Fibromyalgia, Shang Han Lun, chronic widespread pain, body-wide pain, Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), classic formula
Antioxidants in Chinese Herbal Medicine with Chlorine Free Radicals Testing and Literature Review
Author: Cappa, Ann Tung (L.Ac)
Objective：With the rising interests in antioxidants in disease treatment, this article focuses on the results of the initial screening of antioxidants in common Chinese herbs through simple testing to further conclude literature review on the treatment effects and clinical applications on this kind of herbs. Methods：There are experiments based on simple radical-cleansing effects in water with chlorine to screen out common Chinese herbs with antioxidant properties, and through Google search with keywords “antioxidant” and respective herb name to integrate and analyze related articles. Results：Among 22 Chinese herbs tested, 12 herbs shown to be effective in chlorine cleansing, which involve several categories in different effect: Ju Hua (Release the exterior), Jin Yin Hua (Clear heat release toxicity), Yi Yi Ren (Drain dampness), Mu Xiang (Regulate Qi), Dan Shen (Invigorate blood transform stasis), Chuan Xiong (Invigorate blood transform stasis), Dang Gui (Tonify Blood), Huang Qi (Tonify Qi), Bai Zhu (Tonify Qi), Shan Yao (Tonify Qi), Gan Cao (Tonify Qi), Mai Men Dong (Tonify Yin). The results as antioxidants in these herbs are confirmed in literatures, the basics include chemical ingredients, pharmacological effects and clinical application in all kinds of condition. Conclusion：Herbs with properties of removing toxins helps to relieve reactive chlorine species (RCS) in diabetes conditions. Those herbs further researched show more correlation between its antioxidant properties with its treatment functions, such as herbs with properties of invigorating blood are also antioxidants towards oxygen free radicals (OFR) in heart disease, and herbs with properties of tonifying qi are also antioxidants towards reactive oxygen species (ROS) with the effect of anti-aging. Antioxidant properties also possibly fall into categories of Yin tonification in improving immune system of cellular lipid peroxidation (LPO) under oxidative stress. The application of antioxidants includes cardiovascular systems, immune systems, nerve systems and anti-aging. Key Words：Cinese herbs, antioxidants, screening test of clearance of Chlorine, free radicals, effect & clinical indications
Ban Xia Constitution、Ban Xia Indication、Ban Xia Formulas’ Indications & Their Relationship--- A Study on Huang Huang’s Thought of Classic Formulas
Author: Robert Yizhong Yao
Objective：The constitution theory of “Medicinal Man” of Chinese medicine proposed by Huang Huang has been successfully used in clinical practice. Since there is high percentage of “Ban Xia Constitution” population , the author did following research to try to clarify the definitions of “Ban Xia Constitution”; “Ban Xia Indication (Ban Xia Syndrome)”; “Ban Xia Formulas’ Indications (Ban Xia Formulas’ Syndrome)”. Additionally , the author creatively developed a “Ban Xia Tree Model” to dimensionally explain the above definitions and their relationships for enhancement of accuracy of clinical reasoning . To benefit the clinical practice, the differential diagnosis of Ban Xia Constitution, mixed Ban Xia constitutions and genetic basis of Ban Xia Constitution were discussed in the paper. Methods：1. Modern literature study using CNKI, Cqvip, Wanfang Data. 2. Classic literature research. 3. Research on Huang Huang’s works on classic formulas. 4. “Ban Xia Tree” a theoretical model created by author was used.Results：1. About “Ban Xia Constitution”: “Ban Xia Constitution” is a relatively stable characteristics of human being and high percentage of populations belong to “Ban Xia Constitution”. They are characterized by following 5 features: 1) appearance: well nourished, slightly overweight, large and vivid eyes. 2) psychological status: tend to be nervous, suspicious, easily to be scared. 3) tongue: normal or thick or slippery coating 4) pulse: normal or slippery pulse 5) abnormal tendency of: strange symptoms ; nausea、vomiting； paresthesia in throat; cough、sputum、palpitation; dizziness; insomnia; paresthesia on limbs et al.2. About “Ban Xia Indication”: The indication includes: persistent or frequent nausea or vomiting; slippery or thick coating on tongue; yellow or gray complexion.3. About Ban Xia Formulas’ Indications: Clinically , the common Ban Xia Formulas’ Indications are: Ban Xia Hou Po Tang Indication ; Wen DanTang Indication; Xiao Ban Xia Tang Indication; Ban Xia Bai Zhu Tian Ma Tang Indication; Er Chen Tang Indication; Huo Xia Zheng Qi Wan Indication; Dao Tan Tang Indication.4. The relationships of above definitions: their relationships are similar to a tree, “Ban Xia Tree”. “Ban Xia Constitution” is the root; “Ban Xia Indication” is the trunk; “Ban Xia Formulas’ Indications” are branches. Their characteristics are upwardly interwoven. Conclusion：1. Definition of “Ban Xia Constitution”: Ban Xia Constitution is a constitution existed in sub-health population, named after Ban Xia, a common Chinese Medicine herb. Such population generally could be used with Ban Xia or Ban Xia formulas for illness prevention and usually could achieve better result from it.2. Definition of Ban Xia Indication: Ban Xia indication is the indication of therapeutically using Ban Xia and it’s a series of pathological symptoms, or syndrome. Ban Xia indication is a group of basic symptoms that people with Ban Xia constitution transform from sub-health status to pathological status. Since Ban Xia indication comes from population with Ban Xia Constitution , their features usually coexist simultaneously.3. Definition of Ban Xia Formulas’ Indications: They are the indications of using different Ban Xia Formulas and they are a variety of specific, pathological syndromes. 4. The relationships of above definitions / Ban Xia Tree Model: “Ban Xia Constitution” , “Ban Xia Indication” and Ban Xia Formulas’ Indications” are all within the tree and their characteristics are upwardly interwoven. In clinical practice, confirming the constitution first, then taking the symptoms into consideration could easily reach the diagnosis of certain Ban Xia Formula Indication.5. The merits of Huang Huang Constitution Theory are: 1) Integrity. Paying more attention to the body than the illness, focusing on the general more than the local. 2) Feasibility in clinical practice. 3) Safety in clinical application. 4) Logicality in theory. 5) Applicability for remote medical system. 6) Easy acceptability by Western society and common people. Therefore, there is a broad prospect for Western and TCM Combined Medicine application. 7) Since the components and dosage are relatively uniform, classic formulas that constitution theory uses are reliable and feasible for clinical research. 8) From the view of clinical evaluation, the lab data of some patients changed slower than their clinical manifestations. Therefore, the relationship between the change of clinical manifestation and lab test need be studied further. Key Words：Constitution; Ban Xia Constitution; Medicinal Man; Herbal Indications; Formulas’ Indications; Ban Xia Indication; Ban Xia Formulas’ Indications
Characteristics and Analysis of Uterine Fibroids in Hand Diagnosis
Author: Mei, Eva (LAc.)
Objective: Uterine Fibroids are the most common noncancerous (benign) tumors that develop in the uterus during a woman’s childbearing years. However, the current diagnostic methods have some limitations. Hand diagnosis provides an intuitive and practical indicator to reach an accurate and reliable result. In addition it is an easy skill to learn. Hand diagnosis is valuable in that it can help with early detection of disease and it is also able to read medical history of a patient. This paper summarizes published books which specialized in hand diagnosis. The author is able to obtain specific hand characteristics of an uterine fibroid patient from the summarization. Hand diagnosis can also be used to complement Chinese and Western clinical diagnosis. Method: The author researched hand diagnosis by studying more than 30 published works on the subject. Through analysis, sorting, comparing and consolidating of all the data from the sources, the author is able to reach a conclusion of the specific hand characteristics of a Uterine Fibroid patient. Results: 1) There are six locations on the hand that represents the uterus: Location 1: 85.71%，location 2: 28.57%，location 3:19.05%，location 4: 9.52%，location 5: 9.52%，location 6:4.76%。 2) Specific hand characteristics appear in the uterus areas: “Tiny islands shaped” 100%，“messy lines” 50%，“diamond shaped”, “cross shaped”, and “tiny asterisk shaped,” each consist 16.67% . 3) Dots and bumps on the uterus areas: more than half of the scholars mentioned spots or dots appear in the uterus areas (9/13); 44% mentioned “white” dots or spots, 33.33% mentioned “dark reddish-brown”. 66.67% mentioned “raised bump”. 4) Indentation in the uterus area: Three scholars mentioned the uterus area shows indentation. Conclusion: 1)Location 1 should be used as the standard for diagnosing uterine fibroid. Location 2 should be used as a reference in supporting to location 1. If both location 1 and 2 show positive findings, then the diagnosis for uterine fibroid should be more accurate. The other four areas are use as warning signs. 2) If “tiny island shaped” and spots appear in the uterus area, then the diagnosis of Uterine Fibroid can be confirmed. The physical changes like: color, quantity and shapes can be used to further determine the progress of the disease. For patients who are predisposed to Uterine Fibroid or have early stage Uterine Fibroid, other physical characters changes like “messy lines” “depressed areas” can also be used as warning signs. 3) This paper is based on published books in hand diagnosis because no related clinical research literatures have been found. The results still need to be further verified by randomized controlled study through the combination of hand diagnosis with lab tests like ultrasound, laparoscopic, etc. Key Words: hand diagnosis, uterine fibroids, diagnostic
Clinical Application of “Preventive Treatment of Disease” Theory in Treating and Preventing Stroke by TCM
Author: Wan He
Objective：Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) is a healing system that has been over two thousand years old. In recent years, TCM has been able to assist in a patient’s rehabilitation after a stroke has occurred. However, TCM has also been able to help in treating factors that have been commonly associated before a stroke happens (e.g high blood pressure, diabetes, etc). This paper outlined and summarized key concepts and principles of stroke-related preventative treatment, along with therapies that have been published in various TCM research papers. By addressing these concepts and principles, the author proposed that preventative treatment should play a key role in the future of stroke prevention and treatment.Methods：The author adapted previous work related to clinic stroke prevention and treatment using acupuncture and Chinese herbal formulas found in knowledge databases. (i.e. www. Cnki.net, www.Aqvip.com and www. Wanfangdata.com.cn), as well as related topics and clinic case studies reported in classical.literatures: ( ), (< SHANHANLUNYIAN>), (),(), using TCM’s preventive treatment philosophy.Results：It is important to be able to correctly recognize and apply the concept of preventive treatment to sustain health and ensure one’s ability to prevent a disease from occurring. Based on TCM’s health science, practice through dietary adjustment/therapy, Qi Gong, Tai Chi, and acupuncture would keep Yin and Yang in balance, allowing Yin to flourish smoothly and Yang to vivify steadily, resulting in a relative equilibrium and balanced health that can be maintained, and keeping away from diseases. Using theories of different syndromes as guidance for treatment, applying acupuncture, massage, Chinese herbal formula, and other nursing means can help prevent a stroke from happening. For those who have had a stroke, applying those methods not only can prevent the progression and deterioration/ development of a stroke, but also can prevent reoccurrence. Strong evidence from research on TCM has confirmed that TCM could act as a viable option for stroke prevention and rehabilitation.Conclusion：TCM’s preventative treatment philosophy has shown effectiveness and reliability in clinical treatment and in the prevention of stroke. Increasing application of this philosophy not only can prevent strokes from occurring, but also can protect against other diseases in the first place. Up to now, the inheritance and development of TCM’s preventative treatment philosophy has been very limited. If we can utilize modern science regarding evidence-based medicine and technology to strengthen and promote the concepts and principles of preventative treatment, the widespread of TCM therapies would be practically significant and contributed better to human health.Key Words：Stroke; Preventative Treatment; Acupuncture/ Stroke; Traditional Chinese Herb /Stroke; Literature Review.
Clinical discussion of Chinese medicine treatment of breast cancer
Author: Junting Liu
Objectives:Breast cancer is the second highest cause of death in women diseases, especially in the United States every eight women may be a patient. The etiology and pathogenesis of breast cancer is unclear. Western medicine doctors believe it may be related to endocrine hormone disorders, work and life in a variety of pressures, pollution of the surrounding environment, family members carried in genetics, poor diet, obesity, and lack of exercise. Chinese medicine doctors believe that the etiology due to liver qi stagnation, blood stasis, liver, spleen and kidney qi and blood insufficiency. Currently, among breast cancer treatment options, the main method is surgical resection plus chemotherapy, radiotherapy, endocrine therapy, Chinese medicine in the existing literature reports only as an adjuvant therapy.The author has been received medical education in western and eastern for many years and has over 30 years’ clinical experience on integrative medicine. The choice of this research topic is intended to enhance the awareness of medical profession team and breast cancer patients: besides invasive procedures, it also has an alternative treatment which is non-invasive, painless, low cost, no side effects. As an evidence of practice, the clinic outcome has confirmed by pathologic test.Methods:By reading a lot of classic recipes and clinical literature, select two types of oral herbal medicine, one type of topical medicine, apply to two breast cancer patients who diagnosed as invasive ductal cancer. Results:One patient was confirmed by pathological report (re-biopsy) that the tumor cells disappeared completely after fulfilling four months medicine treatment. The tumor of the other patient was significantly reduced after 40 days herbal medicine treatment; the surgery procedures changed from mastectomy to lumpectomy. After four years of follow-up, two patients had no evidence of recurrence of breast cancer.Conclusion: Using Chinese medicine to treat breast cancer is effective, it can avoid or reduce surgical trauma for some patients. Author's idea: when some patients are diagnosed with breast cancer confirmed by pathological report, for the patients who declined to do mastectomy or have to wait a long period to receive surgery, they can try Chinese medicine. Although the author's lack of large clinical sample and pathological research, but two patients took the same herbal medicine which made tumor cells disappeared and without recurrence for more than four years, it is not an accidental phenomenon. The efficacy reflects the wisdom of 5,000 years of Chinese medicine and crystallization, the author believes that there is clinical value to use modern scientific methods, and gradually discover why the Chinese medicine can treat cancer mystery.Key words: Breast cancer, early diagnosis, early treatment, cancer typing, Breast Stone, liver qi stagnation
Clinical Trial Design of Acupuncture with “Hua Tuo Jia Ji” Points in the Treatment of Neck Pain
Author: He, Stephanie Na (L.Ac.)
Objective: To make a clinical trial design of acupuncture with” Hua Tuo Jia Ji” points in the treatment of neck pain. Methods: Follow random-control-blind principle to do clinical experiment. Initially evaluate the curative effect of traditional points (DU14, SI3, UB62) and “Jia JI” points to treat neck pain. Adopt visual analog scale and Short-Form McGill Pain Questionnaire (SF-MPQ) to assess pain. Use uniform reinforcing-reducing needling technique, take traditional points selection treatment as a control group. Use SPSS 13.0 statistical software to conduct data processing. Results: There are three substantial results of this clinical trial design. “Jia Ji” points has better, as same as or not good as curative rate than traditional points. Conclusion: “Jia Ji” points connect to zang fu. It has very close relationship with neuroganglion. Needling “Jia Ji” points may not only affect ramus posterior nervi spinalis, but also ramus anterior nervi spinalis which contact with sympathetic trunk. In the future, we may do some research about acupuncture “Jia Ji” points to treat complete or incomplete spinal cord injure or other neurological disease.
Combination of acupuncture, moxibustion, and traditional Chinese herbal medicine in the treatment of delaying the skin aging process
Author: Xiaofen Shen
Objective: The goal of this study is to observe the effects of combining acupuncture, moxibustion, and traditional Chinese herbal medicine in the treatment of delaying the skin aging process, assisting the removal of spots and wrinkles, and promoting skin rejuvenation through a combination of treatment modalities where acupuncture point selection and choice of herbs are all guided by syndrome differentiation. This study intends to provide more practical application to theories in TCM cosmetology and to serve as guidelines for use in the clinical setting.Method: We summarized the theories of acupuncture and traditional Chinese herbal medicine as they apply to cosmetology, together with findings from modern research and clinical experience. Based on TCM theory and through syndrome differentiation, the application of combining acupuncture, moxibustion, and Chinese herbal topical cream in delaying the skin aging process and the mechanism of action in this treatment method are discussed.Results: Acupuncture with moxibustion warming the needles directly on acupuncture points (warm acupuncture), as compared to the normal acupuncture (acupuncture without moxibustion), has the effects of enhancing the flow of qi in the meridian, regulating the qi and blood, warming the five Zang organs, removing wrinkles, whitening and moisturizing the skin, which all play an important role in delaying skin aging. The combine use of warm acupuncture and Chinese herbal topical cream, not only achieves the regulation of qi and blood in both local and whole-body levels, but also regulates qi and blood internally in the organ level.Conclusion: The application of combining warm acupuncture and Chinese herbal topical cream has the ability to treat both internally and externally, addressing both the root cause and the symptoms concurrently, and regulating at both local and whole-body levels. The therapeutic effect is stable and long-lasting. This treatment method has broad application prospects in the delaying of the skin aging. As it brings practical value to the continued development of theory and application in TCM cosmetology, it is worthy of more in-depth studies in the future.Key Words: Acupuncture with moxibustion warming the needles, Chinese herbal topical cream, delaying the skin aging process
Comparison of Western and Eastern Medicine’s Diagnosis, Treatment and Preventive of Endometriosis
Author: Chao, Ping (L.Ac)
Objective：Endometriosis is a common disease of childbearing age women. Incidence rate shows a clear upward trend. Endometriosis which causes dysmenorrhea, lower abdominal pain and intercourse pain seriously affects women’s health and quality of life. This disease is also one of the main causes of infertility. Through this study, I would like to draw more attention to improve the preventive medicine and TCM treatments to reduce the number of women in pain, cost of medical treatment and waste of human resources. Methods: Research is done through medical libraries materials, medical health academic references and trustworthy websites from different parts of the world and China, consultation with medical professionals and health providers. By comparison of western and eastern medicine specialties, elaboration of prevention methods are proposed for endometriosis using material gathered through research. Results：There are different view of medical theories, understandings and way of treatments for endometriosis between Western and Eastern medicines. Both have own cons and pros (advantages and disadvantages). Although the symptoms observed by western and Chinese medicines share similar analysis the treatments of both practices are completely different as western medicine does not treat the root of the problem as TCM does. In this study it is discussed the use of Western medicine to ease the pain and also the use of Chinese medicine to treat the causes of endometriosis. Chinese medicine is used as a preventive medicine theory to improve the reproductive capability of women and to reduce the causes of the disease. TCM has proven to have better benefit and the possibility to prevent endometriosis. In this thesis, I will provide an extra theory to support my own point of view which is revolves around phlegm. Conclusion: It is learned in this study TCM treatments can possibly prevent cases of endometriosis. The concepts derived from TCM not only have a medicinal value but combined with different aspects such as physiological, psychological and elements of the universe TCM can heal the body. Endometriosis can be prevented if daily exercises as recommended by TCM are followed. Key Words: endometriosis, endometriosis treatments, endometriosis prevention
Comprehensive Treatment of Acne
Author: Min, Long (L.Ac.)
Objective: By studying classic acne treatment methods in Chinese medicine, combined with clinical data evidence, the author has proposed a comprehensive approach to acne treatment, and will explore and discuss the practicality and efficacy of this approach from a theoretical perspective. Methods: According to the etiology and pathogenesis of the disease, acne is divided into different subtypes, which can be treated with an integration of various methods, including a traditional Chinese medicine mask, acupuncture, pricking and cupping, traditional Chinese herbal medicine, and diet therapy. Results: The data shows that a comprehensive treatment of acne has unparalleled advantages over simply treating the disease with a single treatment method, and this approach can simultaneously address both the internal and external pathogenesis and deal with the root causes as well as the symptoms. Conclusions: By applying different treatment methods based on acne subtypes on an individual patient basis this comprehensive approach will not only achieved short-term relief, but also provide a long-term improvement on acne patients. This has clearly demonstrated the great potential and bright future of Chinese medicine in treating acne disease. Key Words: Acne, comprehensive treatment, Chinese herbal mask, acupuncture, pricking and cupping, traditional Chinese medicine, diet therapy
Discussion of the spinal etiology for 32 cases with breast cancer
Author: Qi, Xiu Ping (L.Ac.)
Objectives: To preliminary explore the relationship and correlations between breast cancer and the etiology and pathology of spondylosis. Methods: Guided by the etiology and pathology of spondylosis, Dr. Long’s“three-step” diagnosis method is applied to examine the spinal irregularities of 32 known breast cancer patients together with a comparison group, which is composed o f32 patients as well with non-cancer related back pains. Results: This is the first study of such topic in this area; examination details are recorded and positive correlation between the cancer patients with spinal deformation is noted. Through statistical analysis, it is shown that correlation between breast cancer occurrence and particular exhibition of spondylosis is statistically significant. Conclusion: According to the data presented here and the etiology and pathology of spondylosis, a successful attempt has been made to highlight the potential linkage between breast cancer and spondylosis, paving the way for further scientific studies in this area. This attempt is also an effort to combine eastern and western medicine, in particular the eastern medicine techniques that treat internal as well as external symptoms to relieve the suffering of the breast cancer patients. The investigations also offer a fresh perspective that relevant patients with breast abnormalities be provided with timely clinical, spinal examination and treatment to avoid potential damages to other internal organs that may eventually lead to the breast cancers. Key Words: spinal etiology, breast cancer, control trial
Discussion on Awn Needle for the treatment of lumbar disc herniation
Author: Zhi, Qi (L.Ac.)
Objective: To analyze in-depth the treatment of lumbar disc herniation with Awn Needle and discussed its therapeutic mechanism, providing the evidence of Awn Needle for clinical application. Methods: This paper describes how to treat the syndrome differentiation during the treatment of lumbar disc herniation with Awn Needle, including the principle of selecting acupuncture points, the relation between acupuncture points and nerves, and acupuncture techniques. Result: The treatment mechanism of lumbar disc herniation with Awe needle includes: (1) From the anatomy point of the view, the selected acupuncture points are much deeper. Author believes that regular acupuncture needle is too short, so the needle can pierce shallow and can not penetrate into the meridians, thereby unable to achieve the better efficacy of treatment of lumbar disc herniation. On the other hand, the Awn Needle is much longer, the penetration is much deeper, can reach the deeper acupuncture points, i.e. “directly access the disease location” to achieve the desired effect. (2) The results of Awn Needle treatment of lumbar disc herniation are obvious because of the deep penetration of the needle interactive with the spinal cord, spinal nerves, sympathetic trunk neural. The spinal cord, spinal nerves, spinal ganglia, sympathetic trunk nerve and sympathetic trunk ganglion around Lumbar intervertebral disc is a whole. The penetration of an Awn Needle can directly stimulate the deep spinal nerve, the dorsal branch, will also affect the anterior branch of spinal nerve and stimulate nerve endings, causing the nervous system in the wider dissemination of bio-electrical pulse and transmission, i.e. of that "Qi to the effective", thus stimulating the spinal cord to release chemical materials, forming analgesic mechanisms, resulting analgesic effect. (3) With the participation of the sympathetic nerve, the changes in chemical composition of body fluids and biology resulted that the system of nerve-body fluids returned to normal fluid balance, promoted local blood circulation and lymph circulation, reduced blood and lymph stasis, thereby reducing the inflammatory exudation. In inhibiting inflammatory process, local edema and inflammation were absorbed that reduce the stimulation to nerve root, relieve pressure to the nerve root, that is conducive to prominent nucleus back to where it is. This way can effectively reduce, mitigate or cure lumbar disc herniation disease, namely, "no pin if through." Conclusion: This study illustrates the Awn Needle for treatment of lumbar disc herniation has a theoretical basis. Statistics also reported that the clinical treatment of lumbar disc herniation with Awn Needle is an effective means of non-surgical treatment. To promote the Awn Needle on the clinical treatment of lumbar disc herniation has a great significance. Key words: Awn Needle, deep dampness and far Bi syndrome, directly access the disease location, Low Back Pain / lumbar disc herniation, nerve root, sciatic nerve, treatment mechanism
Discussion on Gui Zhi Tang Variants For The Treatment of Spleen and Stomach Disorders
Author: Kui Ma
Objectives:This paper creates an awareness of Guizhi Tang and its modifications as a Herbal Soup medicine for the clinical treatment of three Stomach and Spleen pathologies. Analyses are presented of how the basic formula as defined for classic exterior deficiency with wind-cold invasion is transformed to treat multiple Middle Jiao disorders through modifications. Efficacy data is provided to support the optimal use of the basic formula modifications and a summary of applications recommendations are included in the paper. Method:The research method consists of three steps. Step one is a data collection processes which establish as a baseline the performance of the basic formula Guizhi Tang including its theory and nature from both ancient and modern data. This work will include efficacy data, clinical prescriptions and decoction/preparation methods. In step two Guizhi Tang variant formulas and patient administration are presented as prescriptions for syndromes detailing the herbal additions and subtractions, dosage, modifications and adaptations of derivative formulas such as the ChaiHu Guizhi Tang, XiaoJianZhong Tang, Guizhi Keel Oyster Soup and BaiHu plus GuiZhi soup. In step three, additional research and analysis of Guizhi Tang and its variant formulas was performed to determine their cautions and contraindications in their application to the root causes of disorders of the Stomach and Spleen. Lastly, formulas addressing Middle Jiao pathology were developed. Results:GuiZhi Tang can be used to treat cold, stomach disease, rheumatism, blood arthralgia, Ying and Wei Qi Disharmony, etc. Today its application has expanded to treating diseases of spleen and stomach, stomach deficiency, abdominal pain. Through clinical study it has been proven to be an effective solution for the treatment of stomach and Spleen disease as well as stomach pain. Variant formulas of Guizhi Tang are closely related to its foundational formula. They are used to treat cold and stomach disease, by harmonizing Ying Qi and Wei Qi and balancing Yin and Yang. Stomach and its related diseases are often treated with variant formulas of Guizhi Tang because its basic formula, Guizhi Tang, can enhance blood and energy circulation, invigorate the Middle Jiao, harmonize the Ying Qi and Wei Qi, subdue Excess and expel external wind cold pathogens. Conclusions:In clinical practice Guizhi Tang and its modifications can effectively treat Ying/Wei Qi disharmony, be used to regulate the gastrointestinal function, improve immune system and to treat a range of stomach related diseases. In addition, current research on Guizhi Tang from published sources further supports its efficacy and application to Spleen and Stomach disorders. However, the Rule of Modified Formulas derived from basic Guizhi Tang needs additional research and clinical data.Key Words:Guizhi Tang Tang, Stomach and Spleen disease (disorder), Middle Jiao Disharmony (deficiency), Treatment, Spleen Stomach Disharmony.
Discussion on prevention, diagnosis and treatment from the theory of “Five Evolutiove Phases and Six Climatic Factors”
Author: Liao, Whitney (L.Ac.)
Objectives: This paper, based on the theory of “Five Evolutive Phases and Six Climatic Factors”, merges traditional methods into clinical experience in order to propose effective methods for disease prevention, diagnosis, and treatment through analyzing the correlation between clinical symptoms and “Five Evolutive Phases and Six Climatic Factors.” Methods: Through analyzing patterns of changes in “Five Evolutive Phases and Six Climatic Factors,” this paper sums up how the theory can be applied on disease prediction and therapy patterns by explanatory clinical cases, which are used to investigate how the theory of “Five Evolutive Phases and Six Climatic Factors”, predicts disease pattern and individual features of developing diseases. The clinical cases illustrated how to fit clinical diagnosis into patterns of changes in nature, to improve effects of treatment and prevention for the diseases. Results: There are corresponding patterns of climate changes to years when “Five Evolutive Phases” become too powerful, weak, or balanced. When incorporating geographical differences, we could predict patterns of climate changes through patterns of “evolutive phases dominated years” and “climatic factors dominated years” by harmonizing lunar calendar. Through predicting influences of “Qi-hua” tendency on human body, we could predict potential pathogenic factors, and the connection between physiological functions of organs and natural climate allows us to predict pathogenesis among organs, prognosis, etc. which provides a reference for clinical decision of corresponding medicine or methods of acupuncture. This will be explained through analysis of 10 clinical cases. Conclusions: The theory of “Five Evolutive Phases and Six Climatic Factors” is the soul of traditional Chinese medicine, it contains abundant astronomical and calendar knowledge, it is a theory summarized by the ancients from long-term life practice, it is very precious medical data. As it involves all things with mystery and profoundness, it is hard to prevail clinically at modern times. Therefore, it is required to suit measures to time, local and human conditions in clinical application, It shall be used flexibly according to the climate and region characteristics and the relation between actual climate and diseases, change randomly, not limited to a fixed range, so as to conclude the changes in human channels and collaterals, Qi and blood, Yin and Yang, and estimate potential diseases, so that the corresponding preventive and treatment measures can be adopted to prevent and cure diseases. Key words: Five Evolutive Phases and Six Climatic Factors, theory of Chinese medicine, prediction of diseases, rules for treating diseases
Discussion on Tai Chi Liu He Acupuncture Method
Author: Lau, Javis (LAc.)
Objective: Tai Chi Liu He Zhen Fa is a new comprehensive acupuncture method based on traditional Chinese medicine and I-Ching Tai Chi Bagua theory. Summarizing the theory and the rule of the clinical application of Tai Chi Liu He Zhen Fa to better guide the clinical significance, enhance the efficacy of the acupuncture treatment, and simplify the learning process. Provide the basis for its clinical application, but also provide research ideas for its mechanism of action, and can lead to more in-depth research. Methods: Summarizing on the writings of ancient physicians involved in Tai Chi Liu He Zhen Fa’s acupuncture theory, and rule for clinical application and acupuncture points formula. In addition, referring to some modern literatures on the clinical application of indications, and limited inductive analyzing on the application method. Results: Tai Chi Liu He Zhen Fa is based on the ancient Tai Chi Bagua and I-Ching theory. It uses the traditional Chinese medicine theory as a guide, Tai Chi Bagua meridian control system as a pivot, the human body's three-layers of Tai Ji Bagua as a model, and the twelve regular meridians and eight extra-ordinary meridians as coordination, with integrated multi-directional multi-angle synthesis resulting in a new acupuncture method. I-Ching theory of “Heaven and man correspond, Heaven and man are one “ forms the foundation of Tai Chi Liu He Zhen Fa’s theory. Tai Chi Liu He Zhen Fa is a comprehensive method on selecting the acupuncture points, using a new multi-faceted multi-angle integrated "Four-step regulation" distributing needle treatment method. "Four-step regulation" needle operation technique is the essence of Tai Chi Liu He Zhen Fa. Regarding to the inner Ba Gua as treatment needles, the middle Ba Gua as guiding needles, the infection area as inspiriting qi needles, and the outer Ba Gua as strengthening needles. Through the peculiar four-step needle distribution cure diseases by promoting qi and blood to the zang fu of the body. This needle method applying the holographic theory of modern human body conditioning through the peculiar mode of needle distribution stimulate the body's largest potential energy. Use the comprehensive regulation of the inner, middle, and outer Bagua to display a physiological holographic resonance in order to stimulate the energy information double overlay, and improve the efficiency of treatment of disease. Conclusion: Tai Chi Liu He Zhen Fa is originated from I-Ching, Tai Chi and Chinese medicine theory, and is integrated with the Taoist theory of acupuncture. Tai Chi Liu He Zhen Fa's needle distribution approach is different from any current popular needle method, such as the abdominal acupuncture and the navel acupuncture. Through “Four-step regulation” operation technique, it causes the qi of inner, middle, and outer Bagua penetrate extensively. Its treatment effect produces resonance for the four-dimensional three-dimensional space. Tai Chi Liu He Zhen Fa is an effective, fast, simple and practical new acupuncture method. It is more effective in treating acute and chronic diseases than other common acupuncture methods. Key words: Tai Chi Liu He Zhen Fa, I-Ching, Zhen Jiu, Tai Qi, Ba Gua, Holographic treatment
Discussion on the theoretical basis of Fang`s scalp acupuncture from both TCM and Western medicine
Author: Edward Dong
Objectives:This paper is a preliminary study to explore the relationship between points of the Fang’s scalp acupuncture and biomedical theory about Brodmann area of cerebral cortex. Through this exploration, the paper provides theoretical basis of Fang’s scalp acupuncture from both Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) and biomedicine, which may guide the clinical applications for better therapeutic effect.METHODS:Based on the theories in modern western medicine, including human anatomy, neurophysiology and functional map of cerebral cortical known as Brodmann area, and meridian theory in Chinese medicine, the author put forward the corresponding relationship between points of Fang’s micro acupuncture on scalp, such as Fuxiang, Fuzang, Daoxiang and Daozang, and brain mapping.RESULTS:A detailed description is done in this paper about the corresponding relation between Brodmann areas and 21 points on scalp in Fang’s acupuncture, which provides references for the clinical application in different diseases. For example, Thinking point is major in relation to BA 10, the prefrontal area that locates anterior to superior frontal gyrus and middle frontal gyrus. The orientation of Thinking point could be between the bilateral frontal tubers.CONCLUSIONS:The theory of Fang’s scalp acupuncture is created according to the projective positions of brain gyrus on skull and the wholism concept of Chinese medicine. Based on the theory of Fuxiang and Fuzang, combined with knowledge of Brodmann areas and Meridian theory in Chinese medicine, the location of Fuxiang and Fuzang and its relationship to functional map in cerebral cortex a contributes to, more accurate orientation and more satisfactory acupuncture effect.Key words: Fang’s scalp acupuncture, Bromann area, relationship between points location and functional mapping, theoretical discussion
Exploring the system approaches of the prescription-formulating
Author: Ligong Leon Ho
Objective：The excavated ”Fu Xing Jue Zang Fu Yong Yao Fa Yao”rekindles the vitality of revealing the Jing Fang orthodox, the attached ”Jing Fa Tu” extracts the theoretical ideas of ”Tang Yi Jing”: Inter-Containing of Five Elements, Changes of Five Flavors, Reinforcement and Reduction of the Prescription-Formulating, resulting in the wonderful ”Jing Fa Tu”. The system approaches of the Prescription-Formulating are made of the origin of the above mentioned three fundamental ideological. In this thesis, the Jing Fang ideological is researched and elucidated; a theoretical foundation and guide line is created to formulate the herbal prescriptionin clinical practice.Methods：Systematic research and analysis of the original text in ”Fu Xing Jue” is performed to observe what the ”Jing Fa Tu” is seeking to convey about the formulating principles, and then to analyze the prescription-formulating pattern.Results：Prescription-formulating pattern, which resulted from analyzing Jing-Fang principles, reveals five-element attributionsand Algorisms implied by the major and minor formula. Conclusion：In the light of the Five-Element Algorisms，we can easily, by knowing “the Inter-Containing of Five Elements” of the "Herbs-Selected", take the “deficiency or excess” of an organ, and its Five-Element relationship to other organs into consideration to prescribe a formula in accordance with the herbs’ five-element attribution. Thereby we can research the classical "Shan Han Za Bing Luen" accordingly, to inherit and carry forward the essence of the traditional Chinese medicine to make the past serve the present, namely, the purpose of the thesis.Key Words：”Fu Xing Jue Zang Fu Yong Yao Fa Yao”,”Jing Fa Tu”, Inter-containing of Five Elements, Changes of Five Flavors.
Herbal formula and acupuncture treatments for Cold Uterus Infertility fromChinese medical classics
Author: Julie Lung
Objective: Female infertility is one of the common gynecological diseases around the world, specially the cold uterus symptom. According to Chinese medical classics, herbal formula and acupuncture, moxibustion are widely practiced as treatments to gynecological diseases. The purpose of this study was to establish a research method to investigate how herbal formula and acupuncture, moxibustion were used in female cold uterus infertility in Chinese medical classics for clinical practice.Method: Fourteen ancient disease terms of female infertility were obtained from two references. These terms were then used as keywords to perform searches in Chinese medical classics with herbal formula and acupuncture, moxibustion treatments published before A.D. 1911 (Chin Dynasty) and sorted by “classics and herbal formula” “classics and acupoints”.Results:From 68 Chinese medical classic books, 140 herbal formulas and 206 herbs were used; alsoforty-three acupoints and 9 meridians were commonly used in treatment of female cold uterus infertility.Conclusion: The following prescriptions are suggested from this study: Herbal formulas treatments: The herbs that warm the interior, tonify yang and dispel cold and wind are most common used. Warm herbs are promoting the qi and blood circulation, helping clear the blood stasis. Rou gui, Renshen, baizhu, fuzi, huajiao, xiaohuixiang and ganjiang are the most common warms herbs to warm interior and dispel the cold. Dan gui, shu di huangare the top 2 to tonify the blood. Acording to modern research, the herbs that tonify kidney yang, such as bajitian, du zong and xuduan… can work directly to warm the uterus and helping fertility.Acupuncture treatments: Select the meridians of ren and kidney as primary acupoints and those from bladder meridian, extra-meridian acupoints, stomach meridian, spleen meridian, liver meridian, du meridian, gallbladder meridian,, and heart meridian as an secondary acupoints. Zhongji (RN3), Guanyuan (RN4), Rangu (KI2), Yinjiao (RN7), Yinlian (LR11), Qichoug (ST30), Yongquan (KI1) were suggested as major points selected for female infertility treatment.Key words: female infertility, uterus cold infertility, herbal formula, acupuncture and moxibustion prescriptions, and Chinese medical classics
High Performance Thin Layer Chromatographic (HPTLC) Analysis of Dan Shen (SalviaMiltiorrhiza) Roots Grown in Different Regions of the World
Author: Schoenbart, Bill (L.Ac.)
Objective: To determine whether the roots of Dan Shen (Salvia miltiorrhiza) organically cultivated in the United States have a similar constituent profile to roots grown and imported from China. Methods: Samples of Dan Shen (Salvia miltiorrhiza) were collected from a variety of Asian sources. Using High Performance Thin Layer Chromatography (HPTLC), these were then compared to samples grown organically in the United States. Results: The roots grown organically in the U.S. showed high levels of the bioactive tanshinones andsalvianolic acid. In all cases, they compared favorably with the Asian samples both qualitatively and quantitatively. Both organically grown samples from the U.S. appeared to have equal or higher levels of these important compounds. Conclusion: Dan Shen (Salvia miltiorrhiza) can be successfully grown outside of China with organic agricultural methods. The harvested roots appear to have high levels of known bioactive compounds. This has positive implications for the environment, both in the reduction of pesticide and synthetic fertilizer usage, and in reducing pressure on Chinese agricultural land due to increased demand for Chinese herbs worldwide.
Increasing Efficacious Outcomes in the Treatment of Fibromyalgia Associated Lumbar and Sciatic Pain: Case Studies Comparing Acupuncture/Electro-Acupuncture Alone versus with Acupuncture Injection Therapy of Sarraceniacea purpurea and Selected Homeopathic Injectables
Author: McDonald, Fred Melvin, Jr.
Fibromyalgia is an idiopathic syndrome (FMS) that affects an estimated 7-10 million in the United States alone, and affects mostly women between ages of twenty to fifty. Objective: The present study was performed to determine whether the addition of acupuncture injection therapy of Sarraceniacea purpurea and selected homeopathic injectables would increase the effectiveness of a previously used acupuncture/electro-acupuncture protocol that produced minimal responsiveness after six weeks. Methods: There were two case studies in which the patients were evaluated during two six week periods with a three week break between these two periods. The two six week periods were labeled Phase I and Phase II respectively. Phase I was represented by acupuncture and electro-acupuncture alone. Phase II was represented by acupuncture/electro-acupuncture combined with acupuncture injection therapy (AIT) of Sarraceniacea purpurea and selected homeopathic injectables. Patients were evaluated via a Visual Analog Pain Scale (VAPS), a Fibromyalgia Oswestry Pain Questionnaire (FOPQ), and weekly range of motion (ROM) measurements during both phases of the study. Results: There was an average overall improvement of 15% from baseline in Case Study A in Phase I compared to an average overall improvement of 37% from baseline as seen in Phase II of Case Study A. In Case Study B, there was an average overall improvement of 16% from the baseline in Phase I and an average overall improvement of 35% from the baseline in Phase II of Case Study B. Conclusion: The results of this study indicate that acupuncture injection therapy may be a viable adjunctive therapy in complex hard-to-treat patients with fibromyalgia and/or chronic myofascial pain that do not readily respond to acupuncture or electro-acupuncture alone. It would appear that a larger more complex study would be warranted.
Integrated Acupuncture with Western Medicine Treatment during the Fibrotic Stage of Lateral Epicondylosis: Literature Review and Clinical Applications
Author: Yee, Lisa (L.Ac)
Objective: To review the critical points of current knowledge on tendonopathy and integrate TCM theories of treatment to improve healing rate and expedite recovery. The essential question posed by this review is: what effect does acupuncture have on increasing the healing rate of lateral epicondylosis? Methods: A systematic review of the anatomy and physiology of tendons and tendonopathy during the inflammatory stage to chronic fibrotic stage is outlined. Various Western Orthopedic therapies and treatment approaches were reviewed for current concepts in treating lateral epicondylosis. TCM classical texts and books available in English were reviewed for treating tendon problems. Results: After the collection of theories, concepts, and ideas were gathered, a comparative study of several theories were critiqued. In clinical practice and theory, Chinese medical practitioners treat a variety of musculoskeletal disorders, including tendonosis. The basis of Chinese medical treatment is the facilitation of balance and harmony. For acute tendonitis from overuse, the focus is on decreasing inflammation and promoting healing. However, Chinese medicine views treatment of chronic tendon recovery in terms of breaking stagnation and accumulation of blood and fluids, nourishing the tendon, balancing qi and blood, and restoring normal circulation in the injured area to improve tendon quality and therefore correcting pathology and restoring physiology. The author believes that integrated Chinese acupuncture and western medicine therapies combined during the fibrotic stage of lateral epicondylosis can improve the recovery rate and rehabilitation by promoting local blood flow. Conclusion: Integrated Chinese acupuncture and Western medicine therapies are complementary in treating lateral epicondylosis. Acupuncture’s inflammatory action benefits the chronic stage of tendonosis by moving qi along the meridians to break local fibrosis. Secondly, acupuncture supplies blood and nutrients locally to nourish and rebuild the injured tendon, promotes circulation to the area, and facilitates balance to this chronic degenerative condition. Combining both medicines of acupuncture and western manual therapy of: self-soft tissue massage, stretches, activity modification, and strengthening expedites healing rate, regains functional activity, and reduces recurrence.
Literature review of "Winter-Disease-Treated-In-Summer" for pulmonary diseases including asthma
Author: Tan, Annie, LAc.
Objective: Through literature review of "Winter-Disease-Treated-In-Summer" to find out the theoretical basis and clinical application to asthma/wheezing, lung and airway disorders. Methods: Analyze and summarize the information obtained from the literature search of "Winter-disease-treated-in-Summer" to form the principle/rule of acupoint selection and herbal prescription to clinical application. Results: Feishu (BL 12), Dazhui (GV 14), Dingchuan, Xinshu (BL 15), Pishu (BL 20) and Tanzhong (CV 17) were found the most common used acupoints, while Bai Jie Zi, Yan Hu Suo, Xi xin, Gan Sui and Ma Huang were the most common used herbs. Conclusion: For diseases occurred more frequent in winter such as asthma/wheezing, lung and airway disorders, as well as periarthritis of shoulders and joints can be relieved by applying the "Winter-Disease-Treated-in-Summer" techniques. The selected acupoints and the selected warm and acrid herbs are able to tonify kidney and fortify Yang, to balance Yin and Yang in the body, and also strengthen immune system. Key Word: Winter-disease-treated-in-Summer Acupoint application therapy Asthma Herbal compatibility Acupoint compatibility
Literature review on TCM therapy of artificial menstrual cycle in gynecology
Author: Katherine Sun
Objective: TCM (Traditional Chinese Medicine)therapy of artificial menstrual cycle is based on TCM theory about “Kidney regulates the reproduction system” and “the normal reproduction relies on the balance among Kidney- Tiankui- ChongRen- BaoGong axis”. It adopts theory of menstrual cycle in western medicine to guide the TCM treatment. It is an effective therapy for most of gynecological disorders, especially on infertility and irregular period. This effect is substantial. Compare with western hormone method, TCM therapy of artificial menstrual cycle regulates Hypothalamus-Pituitary-Follicle axis thoroughly. It does not have the side effects caused by hormone treatment and can be used for long time. The prognosis is also good. The indications for TCM artificial menstrual cycle method is increasing. Just few papers about overall evaluation of TCM therapy of artificial menstrual cycle are found. They didn’t cover the latest research results, none of them mentioned acupuncture’s role on TCM therapy of art ficial menstrual cycle, andhow this therapy can be cooperatedwith Artificial Reproduction Technology (ART) and In-Vitro fertilization (IVF). In this thesis, the latest articles about TCM therapy of artificial menstrual cycle will be systemically collected and analyzed for better serve for clinical application. Methods: Searching through the key words as “Artificial menstrual cycle” in Wangfang database from 2009 to 2012,totally 51 articles are included into this study. Results: The TCM theory for this therapy is consensus in most articles, mainly based on the periodic attribute of menstrual cycle, the mechanism of menstrual cycle, TCM theory about “Kidney regulates the reproduction system” and “the normal reproduction relies on the balance among Kidney-Tiankui-ChongRen-BaoGong axis”. Different Chinese herbs are used according to 4 different phases in menstrual cycle. In Follicular phase, focuse on tonifying the kidney ying.In ovulating phase, focuse on promoting blood circulation.In luteal phase focus on strengthening kidney yang, and in menstrual phase focus on promoting blood circulation again. On Kidney- Tiankui- Chongren- Baogong axis, the treatment is concentrated on kidney qi. In order to differentiate the phases more accurately, basal body temperature (BBT), virginal discharge, and the date during the cycle could be the references, making measurement quantified in clinical practice. The TCM therapy of artificial menstrual cycle can be used to treat infertility, polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), menorrhagia, irregular period, endometriosis, premature ovarian failure, uterine fibroids, amenorrhea, acne, etc. It also can be used in ART and IVF. The research on the mechanism of this therapy showedthattonifying kidney would enhance function of sex axis, and combining with herbsfor promoting blood circulation would facilitate the ovulationdur ing ovulating phase. Conclusion: TCM therapy of artificial menstrual cycle was created based on TCM theory of balancing kidney-tiankui-chongren-baogong and theory of sex axis in western medicine. It has been used for many gynecologic disorders such as infertility, PCOS, menstruation disorder, endometriosis, premature ovarian failure, uterine fibroids, andacne, etc. Different treatments are used based on 4 phases of cycle and pattern differentiation. Not only focuses on the physiologic attribute in4 different phases, but also focuses on the individual’s condition. Different experts have various emphases. With the development in both clinical and experimental studies on this therapy, its indications are increasing. Scientifically using this therapy to improve clinical effect will be addressed in future research. Key words: TCM therapy of artificial menstrual cycle, literature review, basic theory, gynecological disorders, indications/clinical application.
Literature review on the preventions and treatments of cataract by Chinese Medicine
Author: Hsien-min Yeh
Objective: Cataracts are the most common cause of blindness in the world. The typical clinical symptom is a clouding of the lens inside the eye which leads to a decrease, and eventually, a complete loss of vision, the literature will discuss how to prevent and treat cataracts by Chinese Medicine from different aspects, and develops a Chinese medical patent formula that fits modern people in order to resolve vision problems from technological progress.Methods: The literature will collect and search references from Wan Fang database, Chinese knowledge database, libraries at Five Branches University and American College of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine. The forty two Chinese medical formulas are from references that include ancient ophthalmology famous formulas, clinical common used formulas and some specific cataracts’ formulas for researches in the past 30 years. The research paper is going to analyze and calculate components of those forty two formulas in order to find any characteristics or special regulation. Results: According to the differentiations of cataracts in Chinese Medicine, the literature submits six major types of cataracts with different treatment strategies. On the other hand, the research also finds several results after analyzing the forty two formulas. First of all, Gou Qi Zi has the highest using percentage (26/42) in those forty two formulas. Second are Ju Hua (20/42) and Shu Di (20/42). Jue Ming Zi (16/42) belongs the third group, Bai Shao is 13/42, Fu Ling and Bai Ji Li both are 12/42, Shi Jue Ming, Dan Shen, Dang Gui and Dang Shen all are 11/42 and San Yao, Gan Cao, Tu Si Zi, Wu Wei Zi are 10/42. Tonify Qi and blood herbs are the major herbal medicines in the characteristics of forty two formulas, then clearing heat, extinguishing wind and anchor liver herbs are the second. Invigorating blood and removing blood stasis herbs with strengthening spleen herbs play the important roles for enhancement. Conclusion: Users extremely use video display terminal products long period. It may have potential risk to deteriorate people’s vision sooner if users also have allergies or metabolic diseases, thus it is worth more concern and care the relationship between modern diseases and cataracts. The writer sets "Yes dispelling cataracts formula" to be prevention and treatment formula for cataracts and Computer Vision Syndrome. It is the expectation of this specific formula that provides modern prevention and protection for cataracts if the formula combines more cataracts’care techniques. The research evidence of "Yes dispelling cataracts formula" needs more clinical trial in the near future. Key Words: Chinese medicine, Acupuncture, Cataracts, Video display terminal, Computer Vision Syndrome, Allergy, Metabolic disorder
Literature review on the Tongue Diagnosis and Clinical Use In Recent 10 Years
Author: Mei Yi
Objective：The purpose of the present review was to provide an overview on the Chinese diagnostic method on tongue observation based on literatures from the last decade; more specifically to outline the origins of the Chinese tongue diagnosis, the process of development, and to provide a review of the Chinese diagnostic method used for the tongue. The author also illustrates self-knowledge and personal construct on this controversial topic in regard to tongue diagnoses. The present review highlights the importance of considering Chinese tongue diagnosis as an alternative method for clinicians when working with patients during diagnoses and treatments. Methods：The current review generated an detailed overview of the most updated literatures focusing on the clinical application of tongue diagnosis in the last decade. The references were comprised of articles from both Chinese and foreign literature database, from year 2002-2012. The literatures were consisted of comprehensive information on the development background of the tongue diagnosis, the clinical application, and incorporated previous researches from both China and other countries. Moreover, the author provided valuable information on predicting the development trends and application prospects of tongue diagnosis in clinical settings, while incorporated personal outlook on the future direction in Chinese tongue diagnosis.Results：Tongue diagnosis is a kind of medical diagnosis, in which its applicability to the medical profession can bring about many benefits. Previous studies on the clinical application of tongue diagnosis have greatly contributed to furthering the incorporation of tongue diagnosis in clinical settings by allocate empirical evidence in supporting the efficacy of tongue diagnosis. In detail, the studies examined the Chinese tongue diagnostic criterion used in various diseases and investigated the diagnostic methods for tongue diagnosis. A clearer understanding of clinical application and future direction was obtained through a closer examination of previous literatures on tongue diagnosis. Conclusion：Although Chinese tongue diagnosis was originated with adequate empirically supported evidence, researchers and clinicians have found the right direction by integrating theory and application, and through the process of active research, Chinese tongue diagnosis has been proven to be efficacious in modern day diagnosis and treatment. Taken together, the present review illustrates the advantages of Chinese tongue diagnosis when used with other diagnostic methods, however, there is still a clear need for research in tongue diagnosis in correspondence to the further advancement in medical technology. Future research in the incorporation of medical technology and tongue diagnostic methods may help to promote the modernization of Chinese medicine. Key Words：Tongue Diagnosis, Clinical Application, Diagnostic Development, Overview
Modern Knowledge and Research of Qi---Nitric Oxide
Author: Ann Sun, L.Ac
The present research study discovers that Nitric Oxide NO (NO) Radicals play an equivalent role in human’s blood vessels when compared to a role of Qi and blood in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) view. By study of modern pharmacology theory, we have deepened our understanding of a phase in which the invisible Qi transform to a visible molecular . Consequently, we can further understand material basis of Qi and have started our new thinking on development of medicine, in which we essentially create a real Qi model in a micro world.In this way, it will help future physiopathology to better model experimental design and will further recognize comparative medicine effectiveness. Furthermore, we can achieve clinical effectiveness by developing TCM nanotechnology research.Objective: A basis of Qi’s material. The present pharmacology study of NO helps us to recognize a basis of Qi material and a phase in which the invisible Qi transform to a visible molecular. Hopefully the study effort can promote TCM to a newer state. As a result, more and more people in the world come to recognize TCM’s essence and significance; it also helps to establish a solid foundation for TCM development. The progress of research will further help us to build a Qi model in a micro environment, favorable for a new medicine development and its application.Methodology:We collect and analyze information provided by clinical pharmacology journals and sort out various Chinese medicine characteristics. Primarily all collected information source from the journals and modern study books on TCM. Conclusion:To analyze Qi at the molecular level and to apply it to practical clinic usage is of paramount importance in the research topic of Qi. TCM clinical application can present a substantive form of Qi. Consequently, we think that Nitric Oxide equivalent to Qi as described in TCM theory. Results:As we learn more about the essence of Qi and about its material base in depth, it is expected that people can achieve its clinical effectiveness and they will also be demonstrating much better modeling of physiopathology and comparison of medicines. The research in practice will give a significant help for Micro Nanotechnology of TCM to further achieve its clinical effectiveness.Keywords:Qi (Energy), Blood, Yin, Yang, Nitric Oxide(NO), NOS, Radicals
Peripheral Neuropathy of Unknown Etiology: A Case Study
Author: Cowan, Beverly K., Dipl. OM (NCCAOM), L.Ac.
Objective: To describe a treatment protocol for peripheral neuropathy using acupuncture and electrical stimulation. Methods: A 76-year-old man had experienced peripheral neuropathy of unknown etiology, numbness, and pain for 9 years. Muscle Channel Technique was used (He Sea points as Anchor Points, and other areas on Channels as Access Points). De Qi was obtained manually with each needle. Electrical stimulation at 100 Hz for 30 minutes was used. Treatment schedule was twice weekly for 5 months. Results: After a 5-month treatment period, improved sensory stimulation and pain reduction were achieved. The patient’s balance improved but was never fully regained; ambulatory function improved and foot pain was minimal. During the end of the treatment protocol, the patient reported feeling pain when De Qi was achieved, suggesting that sensory levels were maintained. Conclusion: Electroacupuncture may be an effective modality in treating peripheral neuropathy of unknown etiology.
Prevention and Treatment of Illness of Spleen and Stomach through Five Elements and Seasons
Author: Doris Pao Chih Liu
Objective：1. Through the analysis of ancient books of Hetu, Five Elements theory and Huang Di Nei Jing Su Wen, the association of the Five Elements theory, time and seasons with spleen and stomach disease was proved, the primary season of the spleen and stomach disease was accurately and properly recorded, providing a very good foundation and reference point for pre4vention and treatment of spleen and stomach disease. 2. With the understanding of the Five Elements theory and organs and the controlling and producing relationship of Wood Element, Fire Element, Metal Element, and Water Element with Earth Element, it further evidences of the importance of the spleen and stomach to the association of all organs. For the wellness, health and longevity of oneself, one must control and regulate the nourishment of spleen and stomach.Methods： Study of the ancient books of Theory of Spleen and Stomach, Huang Di Nei Jing Su Wen, Shennong Ben Cao Jing (Divine Farmer’s Material Medica), (15 books of modern school of Chinese TCM, blog.yam.com, Oriental blog network, Baidu encyclopedia network) Chinese learning network articles with the Five Elements, spleen and stomach, spleen and stomach diseases and comparative analysis of the prevention and treatment of spleen and stomach disease antibody.Filter from the network of ancient books and a number of health congees, health food, prevention and treatment of diseases of spleen, massage and acupuncture point data.According to the summaries of the data, combined and compare with data from Beijing hospital for two years of spleen and stomach disease incomplete statistics to summarize format and analyze the study results.Results：Through the study of ancient books and online articles, the study of illnesses related to spleen, stomach and other organs, which is also the producing and controlling relationship of the Five Element fits together. With spleen and stomach as center, all diseases are raised from the spleen and stomach failure. 1. Pulmonary disease, much of it is due to the weakness in spleen and stomach. Must adjust and enhance the spleen and stomach then lung disease can be cured.2. The four seasons have great relationships in prevention and treatment of spleen and stomach diseases. Therefore with the different seasons, there are many ways to nourish the body to good health.Spring is to nourish the liver and strengthening the spleen and stomach. Summer is to nourish the heart and to support and to strengthening the spleen and stomach. Autumn is to nourish the lung, strengthening the spleen and stomach. Winter is to nourish the kidney and strengthen the spleen and stomach. Need to raise the qi and nourish the spleen and stomach all year round, meaning that spleen and stomach is the life force of one’s life.3. Spleen and stomach are strong in all four seasons. One should use the four seasons to nourish the four organs. The last 18 days of each season of Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter are for nourishing the spleen and stomach, which the Earth element is the strongest. Conclusion：Through clinical experiences in the treatments of many diseases, the author discovered that most illnesses need to treat the spleen and stomach in order to be curable. Use the point of discussion of ascend, descend, float, subsidence, supplement and drain in the Theory of Spleen and Stomach was discussed. The key season for spleen and stomach based on the Five Elements Theory is not only “Long Summer”, it is the last 18 days of each of the four seasons which we considered as “be in the season”. The four “be in the season” is the best time to nourish, enhance or adjust the spleen and stomach. Taking different food in different seasons to nourish the different types of Earth element in the four seasons is advocated. In the Spring and Autumn, the earth is dry; in the Summer the earth is wet and hot; in the Winter, the earth is wet and cold. Earth Element produces the four organs, therefore the four different kind of earth will nourish four different organs.Key Words：spleen and stomach diseases with the five elements, prevention and treatment of spleen and stomach disease, Hetu and five elements methods, wellness of spleen and stomach, four seasons health and wellness
Progress of Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine for Postpartum Depression
Author: Yilongyuan Yu
Objective: This dissertation summarizes literatures about the research of postpartum depression (PD) published in recent 10 years, discusses the etiology and pathogenesis of PD together with early-stage intervention, prevention and therapy in the views of traditional Chinese and western medicine, and analyzes and expounds methods of current research and possible emphases in the future. The article aims at providing more train of thought, methods and their theoretical evidences for effective diagnosis and treatment of the PD, improving the clinical diagnosis and therapeutic effect of the PD by summarizing the treating rules, enhancing the physical and mental health of puerperants which also helps healthy and sound grow-up of the newborns. Methods: The dissertation reviews traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) literatures of case studies concerning postpartum regulation and treatment of puerperal diseases in recent 10 years, and the results are further analyzed. Literatures involved include classics of TCM and modern periodicals. About 70 articles are obtained by searching the key words of “puerperal disease, postpartum depression, metal intervention” in Wanfang Database and Google Scholar. Forty-one articles related to etiology, pathogenesis and treatment of PD are finally cited in the dissertation.Results: TCM classifies PD as depression syndrome. Both doctors in ancient and modern ages consider that the etiology and pathogenesis of PD is qi-stagnancy with blood stasis and healthy energy deficiency with evil excess. The diagnosis and treatment should focus on differentiating patterns of excess or deficiency, coldness or heat and interior or exterior. To cure PD, it is proposed that tonifying qi-blood, opening the inhibited lung-energy to dissolve depression and eliminating pathogen to promote smooth flow in channels are primary, cooperated with removing blood stasis to promote blood circulation, moisturizing to dredge intestines, removing heat to cool blood, invigorating the kidney to induce lactation, dissipating phlegm and dehygrosis, invigorating spleen and stomach, and tranquilizing mind etc., as well as prescription of respective herbal formulas for soothing liver-qi stagnation, purging heat from the liver, nourishing the blood & calm the nerves, invigorating the spleen & nourishing the heart, no rishing Yin and clearing heat etc. depending on clinical syndromes.Grouping the PD in neurotic depression but different from normal mental diseases, western medicine normally takes the standard of "Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders" constituted by the American Psychiatric Association, and considers the etiology of PD is complicated and related to the factors such as inheritance, environment, transmission disorder of neurohormone and the greater changes of hormone levels in pregnant women. Integrated Chinese and western medicine therapies can better control the development of PD. Psychological intervention approaches show positive effect, too. Since the function and effect of emotion is valued in Chinese medicine, it may be combined with psychological approaches.Conclusion: Modern TCM has good therapeutic effect mainly based on invigorating qi and blood, opening the inhibited lung-energy to dissolve depression, regulating qi & relaxing vein but less on acupuncture and moxibustion therapy, which is therefore worth discussing in depth. Integrated Chinese and western medicine has satisfactory curative effect and great potential of clinical application. Along with the transforming from the biomedical model to biological, psychological and social medical model, it is more and more extensively concerned that labor is also strongly influenced by psychological and social factors. Education and consultation on perinatal care for the maternity patients is significant for prevention and treatment of PD. To break the bottleneck of current researches, one important aspect of the prospective researches is that it is highly necessary to do the researches evaluating objectively the actual efficacy of antepartum psychological intervention upon prevention and treatment of PD. Additionally, when and how Chinese and western medicine are integrated still need further studies and normalization. The etiopathogenesis of PD, comparison and selection of various ways of effective prevention and cure of PD need to be further discussed as well.Key Words: postpartum depression, depression syndrome, etiology and pathogenesis, diagnosis and treatment, diagnostic standard, integrated Chinese and western medicine, mental intervention, summary.
Author: Dong, Sun Chung (Fred) (L.Ac.)
Title: Reishi Doctoral candidate: Sun Chung (Fred) Dong, L.Ac. Abstract Objective: To make aware the value of Reishi to people and how it can benefit our health through regular consumption. Methods: This paper gathered data from various sources, performed detailed analysis and organized the reporting into key functions of Reishi, detailing biological and chemical functions on how the ingredients work in our body. Results: Ganoderma Lucidum, a dried fructification of fungus, is an herb which possesses much wider medical functions than ginseng. In Japan, it is called Reishi（靈芝）. In the last ten to twenty years, Japan had developed technologies to grow this miracle mushroom in mass production, as well as a way to extract the essence of Reishi from the spore. This so called “spirit plant”（靈芝）is found to have huge medical benefits in improving modern illness like cancer, vascular disease, hepatitis, immune system issues and many others. Conclusion: We can conclude that Reishi is suggested to be used as a precious health maintenance supplement product towards disease prevention, which is affordable and can be used long term without side effects. Key words: Ganoderma Lucidum, Reishi, Ling Zhi, cancer, cardiovascular, vascular disease, immune, hepatotoxicity, hepatitis, diabetes, high blood pressure, hypertension, neurasthenia, allergy, asthma, aging, cosmetic, skin, wrinkles, health, maintenance, supplements
Review of Chinese Medicine Treatment on Perimenopausal Syndrome
Author: Xianhua Meng
Objective: To investigate and summarize the advantages of using traditional Chinese medicine for the treatment of perimenopausal syndrome, in order to maintain women’s health and improve the quality of life; as well as providing suggestions for improving the effectiveness of clinical treatment and establishing a foundation for future research.Methods: Using keyword searches in multiple medical and academic databases, 82 research articles were found that related to this topic. After further selection and analysis, 53 publications (spanning from 2002 to 2012) were cited in this thesis.A combination of personal clinical experience and published research methodology/ findings was used in the analysis of current treatment modality of perimenopausal syndrome and its modulation by traditional Chinese medicine via the effect on the function of autonomic nervous system.Result: Three approaches (theoretical, clinical and experimental) were used in investigation of the current topic. The theoretical approach described the classical and modern medical theory of the pathogenesis of perimenopausal syndrome. The clinical approach described the various pattern differentiation systems and acupuncture treatments. Clinical research indicated that while Chinese medicine itself was not a stimulant, it could regulate the hypothalamus-pituitary-gonadal axis; thus had definitive effect in alleviating perimenopausal symptoms through the modulation of the nervous, endocrine and circulatory systems. The experimental approach described the latest research studies of the treatment of perimenopausal syndrome by the usage of individual herbs and formulas. The experimental data revealed that traditional Chinese medicine not only effectively resolved multiple signs and symptoms associated with perimenopausal syndrome, but also prolonged and improved the quality of life.Conclusion: During perimenopause years, ovarian function decreased, resulting in dramatic reduction of estrogen and corresponding elevation of GnRH, FSH and LH. Traditional Chinese medicine can regulate reproductive endocrine and immune functions; therefore, can help perimenopausal patients to recover from the nervous, endocrine and immune system imbalances, and delay reproductive aging. Clinical research showed that traditional Chinese medicine can normalize the levels of estrogen, progesterone, FSH and LH in blood, hence relieving the perimenopausal symptoms caused by anomalies in autonomic nervous system. In summary, traditional Chinese medicine is a safe, effective way to treat perimenopausal syndrome and prevent osteoporosis.Keywords: Perimenopausal Syndrome, Traditional Chinese Medicine Therapy, and Review
Studying the Herb-selecting Rules in Shanghan Lun by Comparing the Modifications of Six Formulas
Author: Chen, Chao Ming (L.Ac)
Objective: The goal of this thesis is to study the principles of selecting herbs in “Shang Han Lun”. Method: There are six formulas, Minor Bluegreen Dragon Decoction, Minor Bupleurum Decoction, Center-Rectifying Decoction, True Warrior Decoction, Vessel Freeing Counterflow Cold Decoction, Counterflow Cold Powder, which have modifications in each of these formulas. The thesis identifies the relationship between symptoms, pathomechanisms and herbs in these modifications. It then compares the herb-selecting principles in both the modifications of the six formulas and those in other formulas in the book. Results: The result shows that the author chooses herbs consistently based on the pathomechanism. This means that “Shang Han Lun” does have certain consistent herb-selecting principles. Conclusion: The author would use the same herb if patients have different symptoms with the same pathomechanism. He would use different herbs if patients have the same symptoms with different pathomechanisms. This principle can be proven both in the modifications and the compositions of the formulas. Keywords: Shang Han Lun, modifications, herb-selecting principle
Summary on Chinese Medicine treatment in infertility derivingfrom Corpus Luteum deficiency
Author: Chen, Judy (LAc.)
Objectives: Terms in ancient medicine such as “not to have the child”, “the abnormal menstruation”, “the uterine bleeding”, “the embryo leaks”, “the abortion” and so on are equal to the term of infertility in western medicine, which is a common disease in gynecology. The modern medicine considers corpus Luteum deficiency to be the important factor in infertility. This research discussed treatment methods based on kidney tonification of Chinese medicine toward corpus luteum deficiency in infertility and their clinical effects from the past clinical experience and literature review, hoping to enhance the rate of pregnancy through treatment of Chinese medicine for corpus luteum deficiency in infertility . Methods: Through studies on theories in textbooks of "Chinese medicine gynecology" and "Western medicine gynecology", and reading more than 200 papers related to infertility resulting from corpus luteum deficiency from periodicals in recent 10 years, dozens of literatures especially the research from old doctors of traditional Chinese medicine were screened for intensive reading. And some commonly used treatment methods in clinic (e.g.: Herb formula; Acupuncture and moxibustion; acupoint selection & treatment) were summarized in this paper. By unifying my own clinical experience, it draws up “clinical diagnosis and treatment plan”. Results: The kidney deficiency is the main pathogenesis, and the kidney yang deficiency is the leading factor of infertility resulted from corpus luteum deficiency. Chinese medicine emphasizes on treatment methods based on pattern differentiation and the holism concept, taking into consideration about the combination of kidney tonification and liver qi adjustment to significantly improve patient’s symptoms of kidney deficiency and effectively enhance the hormone level in patients with infertility resulting from corpus luteum deficiency, which advantageously helps the continuation of pregnancy, thus in turn achieving the goal of treating both the symptoms and the root cause. Conclusions: The literature review indicated the clinical effectiveness of treatment by kidney tonification and liver qi adjustment for corpus luteum deficiency in infertility, both in effectively improving patient's symptom and in maintaining the satisfactory rate of pregnancy. Also because the treatment methods of Chinese medicine are easy, convenient, economic and effective without obvious side effect, they present broad prospect in treatment of infertility resulting from corpus luteum deficiency. Key words: Corpus luteum deficiency; Infertility; Kidney deficiency; Liver qi stagnation; treatment methods of Chinese medicine
Summary on contemporary experiences of famous TCM doctors in treating peptic ulcer
Author: You Ting Liu
Objective: To summarize contemporary famous TCM doctors’ experiences in treating peptic ulcer and understand the causes and the corresponding treatments of peptic ulcer in TCM theory. The analysis of these famous oriental medicine doctors’ experiences provides the principles and the methods in treating peptic ulcer in the clinical.Methods: Use computer programs to search books and contemporary journals in recent ten years, and demonstrate the methods that these famous oriental medical doctors of oriental medicine used based on differentiation of syndromes and features of Chinese herbs presented in their formulas. The summarization and analysis helps understand their theories in treating peptic ulcer.Result: TCM doctors use many methods to cure peptic ulcer. Some doctors treat peptic ulcer based on single pathogenesis. For instance, they think the pathogenesis of peptic ulcer is deficient cold of spleen and stomach or qi stagnation. Some doctors treat peptic ulcer addressing different periods. For instance, they think peptic ulcer can be divided into acute period and late period. Some doctors treat peptic ulcer based on TCM patterns. For instance, they think peptic ulcer contains several patterns, like dampness-heat of spleen and stomach, liver qi invading stomach, and deficient cold of spleen and stomach. Some doctors treat peptic ulcer based on modern medical theories. For instance, they think gastric ulcer means liver qi invading stomach; duodenal ulcer means deficiency of spleen and stomach.Conclusion: TCM doctors use many methods to cure peptic ulcer, and these methods are generally based on pathogenesis, periods, syndromes and modern medical theories. However，these treatments can be summarized into three periods, including the beginning period of onset, active period of ulcer and remissive period. And then, TCM patterns of peptic ulcer, like deficient cold of spleen and stomach, dampness-heat of spleen and stomach, and liver qi invading stomach could be integrated into these three periods. By the summary of the above rules, treatment based on syndrome differentiation would be more simplified and precise.Keywords: Gastric ulcer, duodenal ulcer, peptic ulcer, TCM, summary of clinical experience
The Application of processed Acronite (PaoFuzi) in North California
Author: Tracy Nan Ye
Objective：To explore the supply source and clinical applications of Aconite in Northern California, esp. bay area, to eliminate the fear of herb, and to enhance the confidence of acupuncturists and herbal practitioners in treating certain diseases. To provided reference for FDA while they make regulations about this herb.Methods：Through the literature analysis, case studies, and experiences transplantation to find the aconite applications based on classic TCM theories, rich clinical experience of predecessors, and to explain how theory and experience may be applied to contemporary clinical practice in Northern California.Results：Aconite are relatively stable sources of supply and quality assurance in the Northern Californiaarea. The region phenology and diet characteristics comply with certain diseases and the scope of application of the aconite.Conclusion：Processed Fuzi may enhance the function of visceral organs, reduce joint pain, and relieve the pain due to rheumatoid arthritis. It may reduce chronic asthma triggered by allergies. Key Words：Aconite, Fuzi, arthritis, allergies, asthma
The Basis and Method of Using Phase Energetics Theory to Reckon Patient’s Constitution
Author: Ren, Jane (L.Ac, RN)
Objective: To introduce the basis and method of Phase Energetic Theory to reckon patient’s constitution, also test and verify the method, to apply it to diagnosis, treatment and detect the possibilities of prognosis. Methods: Base on Phase Energetic theory, according to the patient’s birthday, describes the simple method of determining the annual Ganzhi, Five evolutive phases and six climatic factors calculation process, the tendency of the patient's physical defects Classification and Case explanation. Results: According to Phase Energetic Theory, the derivation of physical illness in patients with a tendency correlation with clinical manifestations consistence is valuable for clinical application. Conclusion: The patient's physique inclinations and shortcomings are very important parts which every acupuncturist should know in their medical practice. Using this theory to guide clinical practice for the diagnosis, treatment and prognosis have significant meaning. Key words: Phase Energetic Theory, constitution tendency, clinical application
The effect of acupuncture for osteoarthritis of the knee: a systematic review Doctorate
Author: Hyunjeong Koo
Objective: To prove the effects of acupuncture for treating knee osteoarthritis by analysis of literature review.Methods: A specified literature search was performed of Medline, Cochrane Central, EMBASE, and AMED computerized databases in October 2011. Randomized controlled trials where patients were treated with specified interventions for knee osteoarthritis were selected and analyzed their pooled effects on pain and function.Results: A total 7 trials representing 1275 participants met the inclusion criteria and were analyzed in this review. Five of the studies compared a true acupuncture group to a sham acupuncture control group. One study used a usual care control. The remaining study added medication on acupuncture treatment to compare conventional treatment control. The treatment period of the studies varied from 5 to 26 weeks for as few as 10 to as many as 23 sessions. Participants were blinded to group assignment in the studies comparing true acupuncture to sham acupuncture. The same 4 acupuncture points were selected in all the studies: GB34, ST36, SP9, and Xiyan. Outcome measurements included the Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index (WOMAC), Oxford Knee Score (OKS), and the Visual Analogue Scale (VAS). All studies had pain in common as an outcome measure. Six studies measured physical function. In 6 of the 7 studies, the acupuncture group experience statistically significant pain reduction in comparison with the control group. Two of these studies also found that the reduction in pain was significantly greater for the acupuncture group versus the conventional treatment group. Three studies found a statistically significant improvement in physical function in the acupuncture group versus the control group. Two studies found that the physical function was not significant differences between acupuncture and control groups.Conclusions: All the studies concluded the acupuncture was effective, and most studies found that the acupuncture group experienced significantly greater improvements in pain than control group. However, the trials represented here used standardized acupuncture points for knee osteoarthritis such as GB34, SP9, ST36 and Xiyan. In TCM theory, the condition of osteoarthritis is called Bi syndrome. Bi syndrome differentiates as Wind Bi, Cold Bi, Heat Bi, and Damp Bi according to patient’s symptoms. In practice, TCM frequently uses Chinese herbs and individualized treatments based on TCM diagnosis. Individualized approaches and supplemental herbs according to patient’s condition are actually more effective than standardized acupuncture-only treatment. The effectiveness of individualized treatments for osteoarthritis of the knee should be challengeable trials in the future. In conclusion, acupuncture is effective in treating pain associated with osteoarthritis of the knee, and is superior to sham acupuncture and conventional treatment. The evidence appears to be robust enough to encourage wider use of acupuncture for osteoarthritis of the knee. But further large, high quality trials are needed in order to reach more definitive conclusion in the future.Key words: acupuncture, effect/pain & function, osteoarthritis/knee joint, systematic review.
The Importance of Chinese Herb Ge Gen in the Treatment of Xiao Ke
Author: Park, Jae Young (L.Ac)
Objective: To explain why Ge Gen has been such a popular herb in treating Xiao Ke based on its medicinal properties and Traditional Chinese Medicine theory. Methods: A systematic review of a number of Chinese Herbal Medicine and TCM books available in English is studied to examine the rationale behind the frequent use of Ge Gen for the treatment of Xiao Ke from the TCM perspective. Also, latest available data from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are used to show the current status of diabetes mellitus population in the United States. Results: It is found that the wider use of Ge Gen for Xiao Ke is not just because of its nourishing the fluids and clearing the Stomach heat functions as widely described in most of Chinese herbal medicine books available in English. It is also found that Ge Gen’s status as the most frequently used herb can be mainly attributed to its entering TCM channels which are the Spleen and Stomach and its function of lifting Yang Qi to the Lung and eventually helping the Kidney. Conclusion: Since Ge Gen enters the Spleen which is responsible for transporting and transforming function in TCM, it is especially suitable for modern diabetes mellitus population considering the majority of them have central obesity which is mainly regarded as damp-phlegm stagnation in the abdominal area in TCM. Ge Gen will help to transform the abdominal fat and transport it up to the Lung to disperse through its Lifting Yang Qi function. More than anything, this function of “Lifting Yang Qi” is what distinguishes from all other frequently used herbs in treating Xiao Ke. More attention and research need to be done regarding this property of Ge Gen in regard to the treatment of Xiao Ke.
The Literature Review of Chinese Medicine Treatment for Anxiety
Author: Bai, Yuzhuo (L.Ac)
Objective：With the modern social work, human relations, economic pressures intensified, and many other factors, the incidence of anxiety gradually increased. In recent years, Chinese medicine has made great efficacy of the treatment of this disease, the article is a summary of the researches which provide theoretical basis and method for treating anxiety disorders. Methods：Using computer system to search for ancient books, modern journals; and then statistical analysis, present the information briefly. (Cqvip.com, Wangfang Data, CNKI.net, the Cochrane Library) Results：In Chinese database (Cqvip.com, Wangfang Data, CNKI.net) found a large number of literature confirmed that Chinese medicine, acupuncture, Chinese medicine psychotherapy is effective for the treatment of anxiety disorders; but in The Cochrane Library cannot find any discussion of Chinese medicine and anxiety disorder articles. Conclusion：Chinese medicine has very good effect to treat anxiety through the integration adjustment, treatment based on syndrome differentiation. Key Words：Anxiety; Chinese medicine; Emotional disorder; Acupuncture
The Summary of TCM treatment in Migraine---Internal herbal medicine and acupuncture & moxibustion
Author: Carma Shen
Objective：Migraine is a recurrent disease with throbbing headache. More and more people suffer from the disease. It not only affects the patients but also our society. Western medicine usually uses painkillers to treat the disease. According to the clinical reports, I find that the clinical cure rate is relatively high by using TCM treatment. So TCM has its advantage in treating migraine. I find that different doctors may use different herbs or points but they may follow a number of rules. The objective of this thesis is to analyze the clinical reports and summarize the common rules to treat migraine, in order to guide TCM doctors to treat Migraine in the future.Methods：By searching the clinical reports of treating migraine that published in the past 10 years, about 30 papers were recruited with the following key words: migraine, TCM, herbal medication, acupuncture & moxibustion, clinical application, treatment. Based on the analysis on these literatures, the author summarized the common rules of prescribing herbs or points that TCM doctors usually use to treat migraine and the acupuncture methods as well. The author also analyzed the limitation in the recent TCM research and gave suggestion on future TCM research.Results：Clinical reports show that the following herbs are usually used in treating migraine which includes herbal formulas to expel external pathogens, to transform damp and phlegm, to activate blood and relieve pain(especially Chuan Xiong), to smooth qi, to calm liver and stop internal wind, to tonify qi and blood and Chai Hu. In the field of acupuncture & moxibustion, TCM doctors usually choose points on Shao Yang meridians, especially points on head. They also add other body points according to different symptoms. They also choose LI4 & LU7 to expel external pathogens, LI4 & LV3 to activate blood, smooth qi and relieve pain by following the TCM pathogenesis of migraine. TCM doctors prefer penetration needling technique on the points on head and face. Electro-acupuncture technique is also widely applied in treating migraine clinically.Conclusion：In TCM, migraine is considered to result from the dysfunction of LV, SP & KD due to internal or external pathogens. The dysfunction may cause the human body to incur blood stasis and phlegm. And when the external pathogens such as wind, coldness invade human body, the blood stasis and phlegm could block the brain blood vessels and result into migraine. Therefore, the main causes of migraine are wind, coldness, phlegm and blood stasis. The external causes of migraine are external pathogens while the internal causes are the dysfunction of LV, SP & KD. By meridian differentiation, migraine mainly belongs to the disorder of Shao Yang meridians. In the clinic, TCM doctors usually prescribe herbs or points for migraine patients according to the above pathogenesis. In addition, there are the limitations in the recent TCM studies. For example, the symptom differentiation and the treatment evaluation standard are different; the parameters of electro-acupuncture are different and of the studies on the effects of different parameters are few; the needling techniques are subjective and different; the sample sizes are too small or control groups weren’t be set, etc. These deficits in study design need to be addressed in future research, such as, to unify the TCM pattern differentiation and outcome measurement of migraine; to clarify the parameters of electro-acupuncture and needling technique, to compare the effect of different parameters or needling technique; to increase the sample size and set control group, etc.Key Words：Migraine；TCM；Internal herbal medication; Acupuncture & moxibustion; Treatment; Summary
Theoretic Summary and Application of Synopsis of Six Qi Transformation
Author: Tracy T. Young
Objective:This thesis is to illustrate the theory of Six Qi Transformation with canonical case studies by using dialectic analysis of the Qi transformation, and to summarize history of this theory and the development as well as the clinical values in differentiating syndromes applying the theory of the Six Qi Transformation. This provides an alternative thinking process that helps physicians reduce the probabilities in making misdiagnosis and applying mistreatment. Furthermore the theory is applied to herbal medicine to adjust the Yuan Qi of the body and to harmonize the ascending and descending of the Qi flowing through the meridians to improve the treatment efficiency.Methods:Analyze the data from the ancient medicine books and related publications, extract and distill the clinical reports and doctoral theses from distinctive institutes of Chinese Medicine, compare and list the dialectic of the theory of Six Qi.Results:Six Qi Transformation theory utilizes Ben Biao Zhong Qi theory from NeiJing in pathogenesis of disease. According to Ben Biao Zhong Qi theory, there are two rules, which are the Mater/slave rule and the Following rule. Ben Qi, Biao Qi, and Zhong Jian Qi all work in harmony for the life on earth. Zhi Cong Chang, Xiu Yuan Chen, YuanYu Huang, and Rong Chuan Tang applied this theory to the six meridian disease pathogenesis in ShangHanLun. Each of their illustration on this theory is characteristic. For future research on this theory, we should combine Qi transformation with Zang Fu, meridian, Qi and Blood, and Yin Yang regarding physiology and pathology of human body to make the theory more practical. Therefore, this theory may be generalized more in-depth during clinical practice. Conclusion:The onset, development, and transform of diseases in human body are governed by Six Qi. We can apply meridian, Zang Fu, and Qi transformation theory to the diagnosis of human disease, but the root cause is the imbalance of Six Qi transformation. Applying Qi Transformation in the diagnosis of disease simplifies the diagnostic process.Key Words:Six Qi, Zhang ZhiCong, Chen XiuYuan,HuangYuanYu,TangRongChuan, Yun Qi Theory,Ben Biao Zhong Qi, Human-environmental inter-relation, Shang Han Lun, Six meridian Qi Transformation theory, clinic application
Utilizing the I-Ching Pattern Numeric Thinking Model and Five-Phase System to Analyze the Roots of the Six-Channel Disorders in Shanghan Lun and its Laws in Formula Composition
Author: Chow, Winnie (L.Ac)
Objective: Using the pattern and numerology thinking model of I-Ching and Five-Element system to analyze the source of Six Diseases in Shanghan Lun and the applications of related formulas Methods: Analyze the laws of yin-yang creation and its transformation in the source of I-Ching (the basis of numerology) and its applications in life creation and cycles in yin-yang qi changes, thus the relationships with the Six Diseases in Shanghan Lun. The Five-Element system is applied to the understanding of the formulas and their effects on yin-yang transformation in the human body. Results: Pre-natal pathological factors and post-natal pattern changes were considered in the creation of Shanghan Lun. The laws of these factors and patterns should be considered in the application of Shanghan formulas. The major Shanghan formulas were not created by Zhang Zhongjing, but adapted from the Yi Yin Decoction Classics which was the Formulas classics in use during the Han Dynasty. The guiding thought model in this Decoction Classics was based on 5-Elements theory. Understanding this thought model is important in applying and modifying the Shanghan formulas for clinical applications. Conclusion: The yin-yang transformation of Heaven qi and Earth qi affects the creation of life and diseases constantly. With the birth of a new life after qi transformation in the womb for ten months, man has pre-natal characteristics and disorders, affecting the development of potential diseases. Life has its own patterns of development, based on such pre-natal characteristics. These patterns were the basis of the six basic diseases in Shanghan Lun. There was no mention about Six Channels in Shanghan Lun, only the thinking model demonstrated by Six Diseases. Depending on the periods of life transformation, man are likely to develop disorders illustrated by the Six Diseases, complicated by post-natal patterns. Understanding the specific pre-natal and post-natal periods and patterns can increase the effectiveness in using classic formulas during clinical applications. Yi Yin Decoction Classics was inexistent. However, Fu Xing Jue Key to Apply Herbs for Five Viscera written by Tao Hong Jing was exposed from the Classics Cave in Dun Huang in 1900. This book revealed the source of Shanghan formulas, and also demonstrated the 5-Element thinking model that governed the applications of herbs in formulas. Each herb has its own nature and taste, therefore 5 elements within 5 elements, to produce the yin-yang generation, control and transformation processes, which affect yin-yang qi movements in the body. All the formulas in this book were composed with less than eight herbs. Each formula has its implication in affecting qi transformations and movements. Understanding this thinking model is critical to prescribing herbs in a simple yet effective manner. Key Words: Shanghan Lun, I-Ching, Pattern and Numerology Thought Process, Five-Element
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Implementing Best Practices
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Applying a best practices strategy in parallel with an automation strategy can enhance your competitive edge.
Don’t do “it” because FDA says so, or the USDA, or ISO, or any other regulatory agency. Do “it” because it makes sense-dollars and cents! “It” refers to best practices. When a manufacturer implements a best practices strategy, it minimizes problems with food safety and produces a better bottom line. Processors can pursue best practices without the help of automation, but will find in today’s competitive world that automation is a prerequisite to be a supplier to many retailers such as Wal-Mart in the US and Tesco in the UK.
But one size doesn’t fit all. “Food and beverage manufacturing processes vary tremendously from production process to production process as well as in the size of the company and facility. It would be incorrect to define a single best practice for all food and beverage facilities,” says Paul Moylan, Rockwell global food and beverage industry leader.
James Stanley, Emerson Process business development specialist, suggests that certain “shared best practices” probably exist in general, but the methods used by any one producer may be so specialized and proprietary that these “best practices” might even be considered intellectual property, which can give a producer an edge over its competition.
Where best practices start
In the food and beverage industries, best practices begin with good manufacturing practices (GMP) as covered in FDA’s 21 CFR 110.80. Gerry Broski, marketing manager for Thermo Fisher Scientific, concentrates on the basics. “The fundamentals of best practices in the food industry start with a good Hazardous Area Critical Control Point (HACCP) plan.” A common CCP is an in-line metal detector designed to prevent metal contaminants from making it through the production process to a customer. Other points might include freeze temperatures and times, sterilization temperature and hold time.
As though FDA’s basic rules weren’t enough, FDA Section 555.250 Statement of Policy for Labeling and Preventing Cross-contact of Common Food Allergens (2001) and the Bioterrorism Act of 2002 have given manufacturers new challenges. Karen Roberts, Cognex senior marketing manager, suggests that the risks for a manufacturer in not taking 555.250 seriously can result in consumer litigation, FDA recalls, recall expenses and loss of brand image. FDA has enacted various labeling laws to address the disclosure of product content. Solutions to making sure labeling is correct include the proper applications of vision systems and bar code scanners to verify that the right product goes into specified containers.
There is pressure on small food companies in the next year to become compliant with FDA 21 CFR Part 11, which requires them to track and trace ingredients, monitor and control key process variables (such as temperature, water content, humidity, pressure, etc.), and track products as they are shipped. The use of electronic signatures and record keeping, while not an FDA mandate, certainly makes it much easier to produce records quickly and potentially limit the extent of a recall. According to GE food & beverage Marketing Manager Brandon Henning, while most companies follow some internal best practices when it comes to complying with 21 CFR, much of the food industry lags behind the pharma industry, especially in the automation necessary to execute it.
Jeff Baxter, Progressive Software Solutions (PS2) systems engineer, sees a two-part problem with FDA regulations. First, though the FDA enforces HACCP well, it has problems enforcing other regulations on a consistent basis. Second is getting processors to sign on to 21 CFR Part 11. Many smaller food companies don’t take electronic record keeping seriously. They rationalize, “well, we recognize it’s a bit of a gamble, but what do you think the odds are that the FDA is going to spotlight us?” When Baxter asks them if they can manually produce the required information in a day’s time, the response is typically, “we think we can.”
Compliance with regulations, according to Gavin Clements, LINK business manager at FMC FoodTech, probably has more to do with human nature than technology. He says FDA documents tend to be relatively generic but with a lot of content, which can be open to interpretation depending the processor’s location and individual FDA inspector. Clements feels that even HACCP regulations are left open to interpretation in how they’re applied. What’s more, even though FMC FoodTech supplies 21 CFR Part 11 compliant equipment and software, the end user must still take the initiative to use it properly.
In addition to the FDA regulations, ISO has defined a new specification (ISO 22000:2005), which further addresses food safety management. ISO would like manufacturers to use ISO 9001 to address quality management. According to food quality and safety consultant and Clemson Professor Emeritus John Surak, both ISO standards have similar and compatible structures. ISO 22000 incorporates the five preliminary steps and the seven principles of HACCP. Surak sees the strength of ISO 22000 in its ability to link a producer’s quality management system to its business process by establishing a food safety policy with measurable objectives and increasing management responsibilities for the food safety team leader. (For more on ISO 22000, see sidebar below.)
Every company determines the depth of its own traceability needs in accordance with statutory requirements, industry standards and best practices. With the right software, a manufacturer’s entire process chain spanning production, processing, as well as retail, can be made transparent. Source: CSB-System International.
Automation helps
Best practices is a business strategy and can be augmented by automation. RedPrairie’s VP of Product Marketing, Tom Kozenski, suggests that processors pursue best practices with an integrated hardware/software approach. While the hardware monitors the mixing process, the software tracks all of the components that make up the finished goods. However, manufacturers must make GMPs part of best practices. Wonderware’s third party manager, Jay Jeffries, likens GMPs as defined in FDA’s 21 CFR 110.80 as providing the rules of discipline that any food manufacturer needs to follow, for example recording temperatures at critical control points. Automation serves as the “notebook” or repository that records all the crucial data with time stamps so humans don’t have to do it manually.
Matt Ruth, director of the food and beverage group at Advanced Automation, stresses stick-to-itiveness and goal setting. “Best practices are ones where you sit down, define what you want to accomplish, and actually stick to the task.” To make best practices work, engineers and managers must be able to translate these practices and align them with their company’s goals. For small companies that can’t afford large automation systems, Ruth recommends goal setting centered around food quality, efficiency, reuse of system designs and traceability, and then developing a platform that provides any or all of these goals incrementally within a planned budget.
Use SPC as a best practice to monitor cooking temperature as burgers emerge from the oven. Forming temperature (31°F) of the patty upstream plays a major role in the cooking of the burger. Photo: FMC FoodTech.
Gary Gold, vice president of Berner Foods, has some suggestions for small companies instituting a best practices strategy. It’s worked for Berner; its number of employees has tripled in four years, overall equipment effectiveness (OEE) has gone from 28% to 45-50%, and production output has zoomed. Gold suggests the following:
Don’t look behind to see what competitors are following you; keep going forward relentlessly.
Adopt all regulatory standards (FDA, USDA, ISO, etc.) and invite the inspectors to hang around.
Take on each and every quality aspect of the business and embrace them all.
Welcome outsiders to tell you what you’re doing wrong.
Have a ten-year plan going forward with a no-exit strategy.
Keep all employees up to speed on the company’s progress. A smart workforce is a key best practices strategy.
Have the right software tools keyed to your business.
Best practices needs to be all inclusive. For example, Kevin Mellor, director process technology at ConAgra, says that his company is defining best practices at all levels-from how operators run machines to the use of HMI and SCADA systems, and right up to the enterprise level SAP. Real-time plant floor data, along with sales data, needs to be available throughout the organization. Operating plants, however, should not forget how important it is to establish best practices for handling such seemingly mundane tasks as putting new roll stock on machines. On a Benhil margarine stick machine, for example, operators helped reduce the time it takes to change a roll from an average 26 seconds to 6 seconds. As part of best practices the operation is video-taped, and a simple set of instructions is made available for training or reference. ConAgra uses this same philosophy to develop a set of best practices for every operation and task within the entire corporation.
According to Greg Lisso, vice president, engineering and environmental affairs of Pilgrim’s Pride, best practices are shared across every area of his company’s business through a process of continuous improvement (CI). “[CI] helps drive achievement of our company vision, mission statement and strategic business goals. Each area of our business develops operational best practices that are aligned with these goals. Several of these best practices are related to automation and controls.” For example, his corporate engineering group uses best practices to help design, evaluate, implement and manage automation projects. The engineering group works closely with the corporate risk management and procurement departments, using best practices to pre-qualify potential vendors and suppliers and manage contractual relationships.
Equipment solutions should work together
Point-source FDA-compliant solutions can be embedded in equipment that is used at CCPs. Clements says his company is embedding 21 CFR Part 11-compliant software in equipment such as freezers and cookers. With the records produced by the software, manufacturers can quickly narrow down a run of undercooked burgers not meeting spec-not only satisfying FDA rules, but also preventing waste and potential recall of an unaffected product run. When a manufacturer adds more equipment at CCPs, it can tie the data outputs together via serial connections or an Ethernet LAN into a computer with additional software such as FoodTech’s LINK or an MES product.
In addition to LAN technologies, newer device technologies are providing the feedback necessary to get useful data more easily and cheaply to monitor machines. According to John Kowal, Elau global marketing manager, because a servomotor provides feedback on the torque it applies to a cap on a bottle, for example, 100% verification of proper cap application is now possible. In addition, mechatronic packaging machine designs that originated in pharma are also finding their way into food. In mechatronics, servos replace complex and contamination-prone mechanical drivetrains. Finally, Kowal sees an interest among food and beverage makers in the software tools used in the pharma industry to support traceability, manage program changes and simplify validation.
While manufacturers purchase various metal detectors to satisfy FDA requirements and their own food quality needs, these inspection systems shouldn’t be just another point-source application. Mark D’Onofrio, Lock Inspection Systems VP and general manager, is surprised by how few food manufacturers are tying their metal detection systems into a central data management system. “Tracking batch runs and contaminant events today is just as important as the inspection system itself,” he says. When buying metal detectors, the manufacturer should have connectivity clearly in mind and make sure that whatever it buys can be easily set up to work with a management system, which also automates the recordkeeping process. D’Onofrio observes that many processors are still relying on hand-written line reports.
Another word of advice concerns the mechanical connection of equipment-the conveyor. Scott Lucas, president, Dorner Manufacturing, suggests that conveyors should no longer be a last-minute item to order in an automated packaging line. To maximize OEE, careful consideration should be given to speed, capacity, footprint, sanitation requirements, guiding, wear items and most important-product transfer and equipment interfaces. Is there indexing required or a servo motor? What PLC will be used? How will real-time information be communicated for the packaging line? This up-front work helps meet the OEE goals for an automated packaging line once installed.
An element of best practices is reuse of design. Above: an industrial feeder is represented as a CBA-Profinet component. Below: other units (cutter and metal detector) are combined with the feeder using a plant-wide engineering tool. Source: Siemens
Software should encapsulate best practices, foster continuous improvement, and be simple enough for operators to use, but challenge them to greater productivity. Stanley relates his experiences of running a food plant in the past by saying that it was sometimes necessary to “dumb the process down,” not because the operators weren’t intelligent, but to build in interlocks. Today, he says, operators are empowered to run the process, and are trained on their own equipment in their own plant.
Mark Sutcliffe, president of MVI Technology, believes it’s possible to provide a very simplistic user interface (like a touch-screen voting machine) that empowers operators to act on information they can use to improve performance and productivity-rather than just allow supervisors to make these decisions. But key to making this happen is software that integrates manufacturing execution systems (MES), automation, distributed control systems (DCS), and ERP so the right people have access to their specific real-time information needs. To provide actionable information to the right people takes a real-time statistical process control (SPC) system that looks at the process as it goes along-not eight or more hours after the fact as an ERP system often does.
Surak notes that ERP software works great for finance because it’s designed for accounting. He contends that by using SPC as part of their best practices, manufacturers can create a system of continuous improvement because SPC answers questions about the process: How does it work? Is it working correctly? What are the sources of variation? SPC should always be part of the MES automation solution. However, Surak warns, know the answers to these questions before automation, or the automation will produce unusable results.
Ruth says, if a manufacturer implements SPC, careful consideration must be given to the physical logistics of implementing it. For example, it may require manual handling of a product at certain intervals such as picking loaves of bread to weigh. Ideally, the weigh scale would be tied into the entire system and prompt the operator to perform specific tasks. Collecting the weight automatically can be a challenge as well. For example, it may require an investment in a new weigh scale or conveyors, or even refitting the whole line. The latter could be very cost prohibitive for small producers. For small producers, the solution may lie between all manual and completely automatic.
Tip Top, New Zealand’s leading ice cream company, removed the identifying bar code from its 2 liter tubs, and instead uses the art on the packaging to identify batches. Pattern matching in the vision system assures no mix-ups that could lead to costly product recalls and food safety issues. Source: ControlVision, NZ
MES vs. ERP
Should a food manufacturer first purchase MES or ERP software if it already has control and HMI functionality in place such as Wonderware or Iconics? The argument for ERP is that this software is good at making business decisions. But how good is it for making shop floor decisions? Most ERP software products originated with accountants in mind, and therefore, may not be fine-tuned for manufacturing execution or shop-floor operations. Several MES providers, such as CSB-System International and CDC Software began their companies with direct shop floor experience-often in food and other comparable industries such as pharma or chemicals-where best practices are a must.
A key benefit of MES, according to Siemens Director of US Marketing for MES, Maryanne Steidinger, is its ability to identify quality failures so they are isolated at the moment the failure occurs, and before being passed onto the public. This is a key compliancy factor of the Bioterrorism Act and is easily achieved using MES.
Sutcliffe says that appropriate MES software for the food industry should be packaged specifically for its intended application. It should not be a generalized package that takes a consultant and system integrator to get up and running. “The automation vendors are in the automation business-not in the actual intelligence business, not in the business of making cakes. Our software is about making cakes. The supervisor interface already has built in 21 CFR Part 11 signatures and tracking; why should the customer have to work out the structure for it?”
Surak agrees concerning ERP software. A manufacturer should not have to change the way it does business or its best practices to suit an ERP solution. If the ERP package can’t easily be tailored to the specific needs of a food business, then it’s not the right software package. Surak also points out that at the HMI/SCADA level, a lot of accumulated data is not necessarily useful from a continuous improvement standpoint. If a manufacturer has to do data mining to determine what happened in the past day or two, this process will not be as useful as watching the current trends in a process via an animated graph. For example, are the cookies trending up in weight, or does there seem to be a trend downward in pasteurization temperature or CIP sanitizer temperature?
Cedar’s Mediterranean Foods, Inc., based in Massachusetts, is a leader in the production and distribution of hummus and other Mediterranean food items. Eliminating the need to stop production and bring samples to the quality control laboratory, the portable PH100 ExStik® pH meter allows personnel to take measurements at the point of production, resulting in less production disturbance and significant time savings. Photo: Extech Instruments
With Wonderware batch and HMI software plus Microsoft’s Navision ERP system, a system integrator built an ISA S-95 compliant solution that puts best practices to work. Mark N. Matassa, account executive for system integrator, InSource Solutions, notes that Nutramax Labs, Edgewood, MD, wanted to improve the throughput and efficiency of its Cosamin® DX food supplement line. Cosamin DX, for improving cartilage and reducing joint pain, undergoes strict quality control measures and is produced with the same kind of control that any pharma manufacturer uses. However, Nutramax couldn’t keep up with orders. After installing batch and HMI software provided by Wonderware, electronic procedures and work instructions were implemented following the company’s own good manufacturing practices. After bringing the new system on line, Cosamin’s production capacity and throughput increased by about 25% in four months. In addition, the company can meet all FDA regulations for track and trace plus electronic record keeping. Currently FDA doesn’t regulate these products, but should it, Nutramax will already be in step-unlike most of its competitors.
Best practices should not be used to please FDA. According to Lisso, “Best practices in our quality control and production departments are followed to ensure food safety and compliance with customer requirements-our overriding responsibilities. The best practices facilitated through our corporate continuous improvement philosophy have and continue to help our company reduce costs, operate more efficiently and improve compliance to customer requirements.”
Best practices begin with good engineering practices and good manufacturing practices as described by the FDA. FDA, USDA, ISO and other regulations can provide a good yardstick for food manufacturers to determine what they need to do to achieve GMPs. Best practices come about with involvement from key personnel in the plant and enterprise, and require a firm commitment in goal setting and understanding the manufacturing processes before automation can be applied. Knowing how to apply the correct automation strategy to work with a company’s best practices strategy will keep the company competitive going forward.
Paul Moylan, Rockwell, pemoylan@ ra.rockwell.com, 919-290-2654
James Stanley, Emerson Process, james.stanley@emersonprocess.com, 512-832-3386
Gerry Broski, Thermo Fisher Scientific, gerry.broski@thermofisher.com, 763-783-2600
John Lewis, Cognex, john.lewis@cognex.com, 508-650-3140
Brandon Henning, GE, brandon.henning@ge.com, 434-978-6139
Jeff Baxter, PS2, jbaxter@ps2inc.com, 541- 924-1741
Gavin Clements, FMC FoodTech, gavin.clements@ fmcti.com, 425-883-2244
Jay Jeffries, Wonderware, , 423-975-2917
Matt Ruth, Advanced Automation, matt.ruth@advanced automation.com, 610-458-8700 ext. 274
John Kowal, Elau, john.kowal@ elau.com, 847-490-4270
Mark D’Onofrio, Lock Inspection Systems, mark@lockinspection.com, 800-227-5539
Scott Lucas, Dorner Mfg., scott.lucas@dorner.com, 800-397-8664
Robyn West, CDC Software/MVI Technologies, enquiries@mvitechnology.com, 786-235-0682
Mark N. Matassa, Insource Solutions, 804-378-8981
Tom Kozenski, Kozenski, Red Prairie, tom.kozenski@redprairie.com, 262-317-2205
Maryanne Steidinger, Siemens, maryanne.steidinger@siemens.com, 215-646-7400
Sidebar 1: What is ISO 22000?
ISO 22000:2005 specifies requirements for a food safety management system where an organization in the food chain needs to demonstrate its ability to control food safety hazards in order to ensure that food is safe at the time of human consumption.
It is applicable to all organizations, regardless of size, involved in any aspect of the food chain who want to implement systems that consistently provide safe products. The means of meeting any requirements of ISO 22000:2005 can be accomplished through the use of internal and/or external resources.
ISO 22000:2005 specifies requirements to enable an organization to:
plan, implement, operate, maintain and update a food safety management system aimed at providing products that, according to their intended use, are safe for the consumer,
demonstrate compliance with applicable statutory and regulatory food safety requirements,
evaluate and assess customer requirements and demonstrate conformity with those mutually agreed customer requirements that relate to food safety, in order to enhance customer satisfaction,
effectively communicate food safety issues to suppliers, customers and relevant interested parties in the food chain,
ensure that the organization conforms to its stated food safety policy,
demonstrate such conformity to relevant interested parties, and
seek certification or registration of its food safety management system by an external organization, or make a self-assessment or self-declaration of conformity to ISO 22000:2005.
For more information, visit www.iso.org
Sidebar 2: Best practices in packaging deliver profitability and measure sustainability
Packaging sustainability is fast becoming an essential best practice for food companies. Major retailers, including Wal-Mart, now place more emphasis on sustainability factors – including packaging and packaging operations.
Georgia-Pacific introduced a Packaging Systems Optimization (PSO) program to help companies align essential business and environmental objectives by streamlining their packaging operations and reducing total systems costs while measuring sustainability.
PSO is an assessment program that looks for sources of inefficiency and waste across the packaging supply chain. Using a five-phase process, a team of Georgia-Pacific’s experts examine packaging supply chains from sourcing to manufacturing to distribution.
PSO starts with planning and a site assessment. The PSO team looks for packaging redesign opportunities to drive costs and waste out of the box itself. This includes an examination of package design, shelf impact, SKU consolidation, packaging materials and packaging alternatives.
The team then looks well beyond the box to examine opportunities for improvements in productivity, warehousing, material handling and transportation, which are also significant cost and sustainability drivers for companies.
The PSO team then develops a detailed plan with recommendations for profitability, packaging performance and sustainability enhancements. This may involve developing new box design concepts, for example, to better and more safely ship food free from damage while reducing fiber content. The team then builds, evaluates and refines packaging prototypes, examining their impact across the packaging supply chain.
Typically within three weeks, the team comes back to customers with a Total Cost Analysis (TCA) report. The report includes total cost-savings and sustainability goals, such as reduced fiber content (tons), energy efficiency (BTUs) and greenhouse gas (GHG).
In Phase 5, the implementation phase, Georgia-Pacific works closely with customers on further planning, equipment recommendations where necessary and tracking of results.
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Wayne Labs has more than 20 years of editorial experience in industrial automation. He served as senior technical editor for I&CS/Control Solutions magazine for 18 years where he covered software, control system hardware and sensors/transmitters. Labs ran his own consulting business and contributed feature articles to Electronic Design, Control, Control Design, Industrial Networking and Food Engineering magazines. Before joining Food Engineering, he served as a senior technical editor for Omega Engineering Inc. Labs also worked in wireless systems and served as a field engineer for GE’s Mobile Communications Division and as a systems engineer for Bucks County Emergency Services. In addition to writing technical feature articles, Wayne covers FE’s Engineering R&D section.
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CDC Advises Delayed Breastfeeding To Boost Vaccine Efficacy
January 23, 2012 by Kristen Michaelis CNC 249 Comments | Affiliate Disclosure
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Ten researchers from the CDC’s National Centers for Immunization and Respiratory Disease (NCIRD) released a paper arguing that because the immune-boosting effects of breastmilk inhibit the effects of the live oral rotavirus vaccine, nursing mothers should delay breastfeeding their infants.
This, dear readers, is the kind of convoluted logic that permeates the pharmaceutical industry. To be fair, the paper does not recommend that mothers stop breastfeeding, merely that they delay nursing at the time that the vaccine is administered. It also says that other avenues for boosting the vaccine’s efficacy should be explored.
Honestly, I don’t care how nuanced their recommendation is. Do they not realize what they have stumbled upon? In demonstrating that breastmilk counters the live vaccine, they’ve shown that breastmilk counters the virus.
A live vaccine contains a weakened form of the virus that causes the disease. The idea is that by presenting the weakened virus to your body, your immune system will develop an immune response to the virus sufficient to help you fight off a more virulent attack of the virus later. In other words, when your body is fighting off the live virus, it is effectively fighting off the virus itself, just in smaller quantities.
If breastmilk’s immune-boosting properties fight-off the live vaccine, then that means that breastmilk is fighting off the virus itself (just in smaller quantities).
Yet instead of recommending that the best way to fight this disease in infants is to encourage mothers to breastfeed, they’re recommending that mothers refrain from breastfeeding so that the vaccine can work!
I’m troubled by the underlying assumptions these researchers are making. They’re assuming, for example, that the vaccine should be used regardless of its efficacy. They’re assuming that the vaccine is better for the baby than breastfeeding. They’re assuming that the vaccine is safe.
Or, perhaps they’re not assuming any of those things. They are single-minded scientists after all. Their sole goal in this paper seems to simply be to measure the inhibitory effects of breast milk on the vaccine. They compared the breastmilk from mothers in India, South Korea, Vietnam, and the U.S. Indian mothers had the most potent breastmilk in fighting the vaccine, while U.S. moms had the weakest.
(I wonder if that’s because of our poor diets of overly-processed, industrialized food?)
I think it’s interesting to note that the researchers aren’t asking about what’s best for the baby. The question they have in mind is quite focused: just how much does breastmilk neutralize the vaccine?
Arguably, it’s a win for nursing mothers everywhere since it proves just how effective breastmilk can be!
And yet, these researchers didn’t stop there. They took their snazzy results and had the audacity to call them a “negative effect” of breastfeeding.
Clearly, they have one goal in mind: to sell more vaccines.
And therein lies the rub. The pharmaceutical industry could care less about actual health and wellness. After all, if you are healthy, they don’t make any money off of you. It is in their financial best interests for you to be perpetually sick.
I doubt that these researchers sat in their break room clad in black leather, sipping spiked coffee sporting evil grins as they plotted about how to take over the world. Most likely, they’re family folk feeling quite proud about the fact that they are developing vaccines to use in poor, undeveloped countries.
And yet despite their noble intentions, they can’t see how their assumptions influenced their recommendations. For if they were truly all about the health of the baby, they’d look at their findings and recommend that more women breastfeed. Or they’d look at their findings and ask why Indian breastmilk is so much more effective than American breastmilk, then start creating studies to unpack all the implications of that.
But who would fund those kinds of studies? Surely not the drug companies who are creating and selling vaccines? Surely not the universities who are also funded by grants from those same drug companies? Surely not the U.S. government which also receives large sums of money (as well as employees) from those same drug companies?
Nobody would fund those kinds of studies. (And that’s why they’re not done.)
It’s been said that good health makes a lot of sense, but it doesn’t make a lot of dollars.
Too true, that. Too true.
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Peter at Healing Center of Maine says
Reductionism at its finest.
daltontrundle says
Yeah, Scientists are EVIL CORPORATE shills trying to KILL all of us for what! just for MONEY! I for one know that baby Jesus is the only protection I need! That’s why after 30 years on this planet I still buy Mother Mary brand breast milk. It’s organic and GMO free and makes my skin tingle. Some of it I drink, but the rest I rub all over my body to keep the TOXINS OUT! Thanks you for shedding the light on this evil conspiracy to use the systematic study of reality to get me to change my behavior! Not all SHEEPLE can be as smart as we ARE!
Michael Steiner MD says
I’ve not seen the primary article, but from how it was paraphrased, it appears that the authors of the publication that was sited were not careful with how they worded their advice.
The conclusions by Ms. Michaelis are incorrect. The protective effects of mother’s milk are PASSIVE. This means, that there is no immunity bestowed on the child by consuming the milk. There is only an enhanced ability to combat infection. For our children to grow up healthy, they must develop active immunity against thousands of things. Vaccinations are designed to spare the child the damage and suffering that results from exposure to the disease, while providing the immunity protection that results from such illness. To conclude that mother’s milk could somehow substitute for the vaccine might be logical, but it is incorrect. There are no such magical properties inherent in the collostrum.
From what I’ve read, it sounds like the intent of these authors was merely to point out that the potency of the vaccination could be blunted by the ingested gamma globulins from mother’s milk because the milk leaves baby’s immune system less challenged.
There is so much misleading material on the internet concerning vaccines. It would be a shame if this were to become another piece of anti-vaccine propaganda.
Vaccinations are given at such a young age because it is infants who are at the greatest risk to succumbing to the disease. If this paper shows that mother’s milk can handle the infection then breastfeeding would be safer than a vaccine. It is safer for a baby to have a passive response to an infection than to illicit such a strong immune response by vaccination. Most of the deadliest effects of getting a disease are caused by our own immune system causing inflammation. Passive immunity of a mother’s milk would assure no inflammation and would be a much better alternative for an infant. Most of the vaccinations are to protect infants but do often cause inflammation which is very dangerous. It would be better if infants were breastfed to protect them from pathogens and then vaccinated when they are older so that the inflammation does not pose such a risk.
Ed Ski says
first, when you misspelled the word cited in your first sentence, i could tell you were not quite all there. went to med school for 8 years and you cannot correctly spell the word cited- a word used in medical journals worldwide. more likely you work for the VACCINE INDUSTRY, Big Pharma. second, infants should never be vaccinated. period. end of story. pregnant mothers should never be vaccinated. period. end of story. vaccines for infants causes AUTISM. don’t EVEN try and deny it, a CDC doctor has publicaly admitted this, and the continuing coverup of this fact. it is more than criminal that you are recommending infants to be vaccinated. third- if you read the label on these vaccines that you recommend for children, horrendous side effects are listed. fourth- every ear there are outbreaks of whooping cough, flu, measles, etc., and these outbreaks occur mostly among the children who got the vaccination. coincidence? nope. even polio outbreaks all over india follow the same trail as the vaccines. fifth- these vaccines you recommend contain mercury levels thousands of times higher than recommended in drinking water. mercury is completely toxic to humans. you are discredited as a shill for the vaccine criminals.
I just want to say a lot of respect to Edi Ski. It seems most people leave med school more asleep than when they went in. He is totally awake. we need more people like him in the world and coming out of med school!
Another thing is Breastmilk is one of the most important thing a mom can do for her baby. This is another criminal act by pharma to discourage the importance of bonding and sell more vaccines and poison more people so they can have lifelong patients and further their agenda to depopulate the world. the sad thing is people will actually go along with this.
J Maughan says
They’re also no magical properties inherent in vaccines either, otherwise individuals would not need boosters every few years to top up the vaccines.
JM says
I’m glad you commented. Stated better than I could have. Rants without complete facts don’t do anyone any favors.
Christian Mueller says
Wow, who do you work for????
Michael, they were very careful with how they worded their advice. this blogger is not careful with how she is relaying information. it is very misleading.
Jane Jones says
There is actually a wealth of great information concerning vaccines on the internet. People are getting wise to the facts that vaccines are not all we’ve been told and the RISKS associated with them has also been completelt ignored or downplayed. Vaccines are not a religion and should not be touted as such. The truth is vaccines are neither safe nor effective. There has not been one safety study done on our current vaccine schedule and they don’t intend to do one. Why would they not do the actual science on our schedule? Why keep adding to it with no safety studies? Our government has given the pharma industry a free pass on all liability. We don’t live under a rock–vaccine damage is real and prevelant now in every community. People are wising up to the corruption that is allowed at the CDC. Drs. push the propaganda for monetary gains. No Dr. and no organization should be able to make a profit and turn their backs on the people they have taken an oath to protect. The truth is out there–in every damn Drs. office –vaccine damage. It cannot be denied-vaccine damage is real! Learn the Risks! Every reputable DR. should be looking into this themselves—if you don’t and if you receive vaccination kickbacks then you should also be on the line. Remember this–the pharma industry is protected-individual Drs. are not. When you ignore vaccine damage then you should lose your liciense to practice!
Danno says
Lol…the only propaganda here is what you just spouted!!
It is impossible to achieve any immunity from vaccines,if vaccines conferred immunity , you would not need to inject the toxic concoctions multiple times.
Vaccines have never saved anyone let alone eradicated any diseases!
The whole history of vaccines is nothing but lies written by the criminals(Big Pharma).
The antibodies that are created from the vaccine is due to the chemical attack that’s in these junk shots, which if a person cuts themselves, their body will produce the same antibodies to fight infection, yet have no immunity from that infection!!
But vaccines are somehow magical right….lol!!
Serendipity says
There is a difference between the PASSIVE IMMUNITY of breast milk and the ACTIVE IMMUNITY of vaccination.
The protection of breast milk is TEMPORARY. It protects he baby for around 3 months, and then wears off.
Breast milk contains anti-bodies that temporarily protect the baby, but it doesn’t TEACH the baby’s immune system how to make more.
Once they break down, the protection is gone.
Vaccination is a SIMULATION OF INFECTION; a non-dangerous version of a germ is shown to the immune system, which “learns” how to fight it.
Because the vaccine germ “looks” like the real germ, the baby is now able to fight the real germ effectively.
The immune system LEARNS and REMEMBERS how to make antibodies (and other immune responses).
What breast feeding does is to help clear away the vaccine rapidly. The baby’s immune system is given less time to learn immunity from the vaccine, and so the vaccine is less effective.
Rotavirus causes diarrhea. It’s really not a health issue in the US at all–and wasn’t before the vaccine was developed. It’s not dangerous to anyone but newborns. And breastfed babies are far less likely to cone down with rotavirus. So, in all honesty, the only US babies for whom it might make sense to receive this vaccine are formula-fed newborns. But the media’s favorite vaccine doctor, Paul Offitt, makes money on every dose administered.
Please stop with your lies
Vaccines do NOT confer any immunity, never had, and there is no proof that they ever did.
Is this Dorit the Pharma lobbyest Reese to put it nicely spreading lies?
Lol…what I find humorous in vaccine junk science is, they claim a child can’t handle one disease, but can handle 8 differant ones at one time with multiple chemicals!
But yet the body was never designed to deal with multiple diseases at one time.
I’ve never heard of someone catching the Wild measles and mumps at the same , except from the vaccine!
That is why children die and have auto immune disorders from vaccunes, because a child’s immune system is going crazy from the attack of these toxic multiple shots and the immune system starts attacking itself!
Wow…what a great straight for the corrupt corporations to create return business.
Yeah, this had me pretty steamed, too. When I posted the info on Facebook, some folks suggested that if they were asking mothers not to breastfeed for a couple of hours, that wasn’t so bad. I don’t agree, as breastfeeding is a form of comfort as well as nutrition. Also, if you look at the related paper this study references, they discuss how colostrum inhibits the vaccine even more, which to me suggests that they are implying that babies forgo colostrum in order to make vaccines more effective, which is just completely nuts.
Breastfeeding has undeniable emotional and protective benefits. Vaccination is more effective if the baby isn’t breast feeding, because the antibodies in the colostrum help the baby’s immune system to clear away the vaccine before it has time to “learn” immunity. I agree with you that it seems inappropriate (and even bizarre!) that the conclusion is to delay breast-feeding .. surely, it means that early vaccinations simply require a booster.
The only exception I could see is if the baby is at high risk of exposure to a dangerous disease – for example, if parents are planning to travel to a place with poor water quality, they may choose to delay breastfeeding to ensure greatest protection from a polio vaccine.
Julie D. says
Please cite where in the study the researchers recommend that “nursing mothers should delay breastfeeding their infants.” I see them saying that “Strategies to overcome this negative effect, such as delaying breast-feeding at the time of immunization, should be evaluated.” There is a huge difference between recommending something and saying that something be evaluated.
Emiliano Jordan says
Thanks Julie, this article from the title to the content is misleading. ”Strategies to overcome this negative effect, such as delaying breast-feeding at the time of immunization, should be evaluated.” This means the paper recommended further evaluation of delayed breast milk feeding as a means to support the findings of the study. The paper never tries to recommend anything and Food Renegade is trying to drum up controversy to gain readership. In fact the study if brought to conclusion could be a step in the direction of supporting breast feeding for the reasons the article mentions. In fact, to date, the CDC still advises to continue breast milk feeding and encourages it in it’s General Recommendations on Immunization. http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/pdf/rr/rr6002.pdf
PLW says
Yes! Yes! Yes! This blog post is terrible because it completely misinterprets the article and its context. This is not a recommendation, it is a scientific article trying to understand why a vaccine doesn’t seem to work in some contexts. Given what they have found, they suggest that future trials should be conducted to better understand the problem. I figured you guys would be all over research to better understand the interaction between breastfeeding and viral infections.
KristenM says
Did I not make this clear when I said, “Their sole goal in this paper seems to simply be to measure the inhibitory effects of breast milk on the vaccine. They compared the breastmilk from mothers in India, South Korea, Vietnam, and the U.S. Indian mothers had the most potent breastmilk in fighting the vaccine, while U.S. moms had the weakest.”
How is that misinterpreting the study? I simply choose to take offense at the recommendations at the end of the study — at the questions the researchers AREN’T asking. Why, when presented with such proof that breastmilk inhibits the virus, do they interpret that as a “negative effect” of breastmilk rather than something worth more investigation? Why don’t they try to figure out how to improve breastmilk’s efficacy against the virus, rather than how to improve the vaccine’s efficacy by delaying breastfeeding? They take some neat information and ask all the wrong questions about it — questions skewed by the agenda of vaccine manufacturers.
Why, when presented with such proof that breastmilk inhibits the virus, do they interpret that as a “negative effect” of breastmilk rather than something worth more investigation?
They are not saying that breastmilk is, in and of itself, negative, or that breastmilk has a negative effect in general. Their study wanted to find out why the vaccine was less effective in developing countries, and they found out that it was because breastmilk in those developing countries had higher antibody levels. Higher antibody levels in the breastmilk meant that the breastmilk had a negative effect on the vaccine. The term, as used in this paper, has a very specific meaning that you are either ignorant of or are willfully misinterpreting to suit your preconceived notions.
The paper doesn’t recommend anything in terms of practical advice for mothers. It is a report on their findings with recommendations on how to further frame studies based on those findings, which is exactly what you’re criticizing them for not doing.
Let me summarize their summary so that its meaning can be clearly understood:
Hey! We wondered why rotavirus oral vaccine wasn’t working as well in developing countries, so we looked at the breastmilk in those countries and found out that it is pretty awesome at fighting rotavirus by itself! If we want to see all the implications of this information, studies should probably be done where we have some moms with this super milk wait a little while between the vaccine and their baby’s next feed, just to see what happens.
Nowhere in that paper is there any mention of public health recommendations on any level, so your headline is completely incorrect. This is an article on PubMed, which is intended for students and researchers so they can stay abreast of recent developments and see recent findings to guide their own research. You deliberately, with your headline, make it seem like the CDC sent out a notice to hospitals yesterday saying NO MORE BREASTFEEDING BECAUSE PFIZER SAID SO!
Actually, the paper *does* recommend that mothers wait at least an hour after vaccinating their kids to breastfeed. It then suggests that varying times should be further investigated to see if they are more or less efficacious.
I am sorry that you don’t like my headline, but I am limited by space. This one is already about 15 characters longer than I like mine to usually be. While some bloggers won’t have a problem with a headline that reads “Researchers in a recent CDC report find breastmilk inhibits rotovirus vaccine and recommend delaying breastfeeding to increase the vaccine’s efficacy”, I do. Writing headlines is difficult because I must balance confined space with enough substance to get readers to actually click through to the article. I also have to make sure the title is keyword rich so that it shows up in searches when readers want to come back to it later, or when new readers want to know my opinion on the subject. Balancing a tidy length with keywords and enough message to get people to click is a precarious endeavor indeed! The headline is not meant to convey actual information or my opinion. (That’s why I write a whole post and not just headlines!) It’s meant to get people to click through to read the post. I apologize if you find some of them misleading, but I do the best I can with what I’ve got.
The title length has nothing to do with it. The title is severely misleading. Something that could easily be fixed in the same character count.
As for the recommendation at the bottom it is strictly in reference to the study. NOT a general recommendation. Please read the CDCs current and official recommendations in regard to immunization.
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/pdf/rr/rr6002.pdf
semaj leachim says
” I must balance confined space with enough substance to get readers to actually click through to the article. ”
clearly, you have one goal in mind: to get more clicks.
The issue is you still got yournfacts wrong.
The logic is not convoluted. Delaying by an hour a breastfeed, which only provides passive protection, to ensure a child has long term active protection is perfectly logical.
There is almost no risk in a short delay of a breastfeed, in fact if you time your visit correctly there may be no delay at all. The benefit is enhanced long term immune reposnse to a deadly disease.
The one with convoluted logic is you
Nicholas Barnard says
“Why don’t they try to figure out how to improve breastmilk’s efficacy against the virus, rather than how to improve the vaccine’s efficacy by delaying breastfeeding?”
Because people don’t breastfeed forever, and even if you are breastfeeding its better to have two protections (the vaccine and breastfeeding) than just one.
It is true that people don’t breastfeed forever! What does that have to do with anything? If a mom has natural immunity to a disease, she passes it on to her baby in her breastmilk. So, why not wait to vaccine until babies are no longer breastfeeding and have actually developed an immune system strong enough to respond to the vaccine?
When Japan delayed all vaccines until children were at least 2 years old, they were much more successful at getting the vaccines to “take” (needing less booster shots to create “immunity”). They also eliminated almost all cases of SIDS (interesting coincidence, huh?).
Dreiske Arnold says
I exclusively breastfed my son for 7.5 months. Breastmilk continued to make up the major part of his nutrition for his first year. He still got rotovirus. Scariest time in my life, watching my almost-lifeless son vomit for six straight days. Breastfed babies still get rotovirus. Please don’t tell people otherwise.
Daniee says
I don’t believe KristenM is stating kids still can’t get the diseases. In the study, it did show milk from other countries seemed to be more effective. Perhaps, in Japan, the case is the same, and we need to investigate why milk here isn’t as effective.
Ophelia says
Yes & my best friends fully vaxed child was hospitalized with it..and he was breastfed…but my unvaxed breastfed child was not. Go figure. NOTHING is 100% and for ANYONE to imply it that anything is 100% would be completely foolish. Less than 100% does NOT make it ineffective though…because if that were the case you’d have to call EVERY vaccine ineffective as well.
I am sorry you went through that. While we never dealt with that specifically, my one child did contract a norovirus that was nasty (we all did, he just didn’t bounce back so quick) and vomited 10 days straight…it was hideous & scary. Norovirus is unfortunately just a regular tummy bug & they come around periodically, but he just got that one extra rough for some reason. I was told the ONLY reason he didn’t need hospitalization is that he was still heavily nursing at 20 months & it was keeping his electrolytes up despite the vomiting. Thank God for that.
Yes babies and children occasionally get sick. Yes it is scary, but part of life. In these parts, in this day and age when your baby has a gastrointestinal infection it can be supplemented with IV fluids and monitoring, and do just fine. By breastfeeding your baby you probably helped him get back to health more quickly. My first baby could not be breastfed and was vaccinated as required, and is the only one of my now 4,6,8 year olds that has really had any type of gastrointestinal bug lasting more than a few hours.
You`re going by the assumption that the vaccine would make any difference. The immune system is way more complex than titers of immunoglobulin. Vaccines are often the source of these outbreaks always automatically blamed on the non-vaccinated.
Exactly, Kristen! A few years ago, when I took our *then* puppy to a VERY pro-vaccine vet for puppy shots, I told him that the breeder had already given her her first round of shots. He shook his head and said those first vaccines were a complete waste because the momma’s milk counters the viruses in the vaccines and that vaccination should start after the pups have been weaned for at least a couple weeks if not longer. It makes perfect sense. Why would humans be different?
Now, this was from a vet who was so pro-vaccine he pressured me into way more vaccines than I wanted (and I changed to a holistic vet to help pull our poor dog out of the vaccine reaction she got from way overkill of shots, but that’s another story)!
She doesn’t pass on long term immunity to the baby!
Do you have any idea how passive protection works? The mother passes on antibodies only. The child’s immune system does not learn how to create those antibodies from the mother’s milk. It provides protection, a mild protection only, from the disease onkynwhile the child is breastfeeding. We can’t make this better, or make it long term.
The way to make the immunity better and king term is tomgice a vaccine
Nevra says
Nicholas – as with many other vaccine-preventable illnesses, Rotavirus is an example of one that is only severe in the first year or two of life. If one plans to breastfeed their child during this stage and doesn’t put the child into daycare, then I can see why some people choose not to administer this vaccine. Also, I would agree with your comment about it being “better to have 2 protections,” if only the vaccine were simply another protection. But the unfortunate reality is that Rotavirus vaccine is not entirely risk-free. For one thing, it contains some controversial ingredients, like monkey kidney cells and fetal cow blood, which some believe could introduce other infectious diseases. Also, there are a number of documented side effects that were discovered during the clinical trials of this vaccine. Sure, the probability of having one of these side effects is low, but hopefully you can see why some people choose not to double-up on their protections after evaluating the full risk/reward equation.
Rotorix specifically was removed from market in 2007 because it was found to have pig RNA (viral DNA if you don’t know) as a contaminant. It was “tested” found to be safe & rather than reproducing it without any pig viral RNA, re-released as is & it is the most common rotovirus vax given at present.
So? Rotavirus is infant diarrhea. And breastfeeding is free from risk for the baby, while vaccines certainly are not. In this case, I suspect that breast milk with more antibodies belongs to mothers more likely to have been recently exposed to the virus. Rotavirus isn’t really an issue in the US, and wasn’t before the vaccine, either.
Rota virus is a terrible disease that causes enormous amounts of morbidity and large costs to parents and society.
Breastfeeding is not a magic shield against rota virus. Which is why right up until the vaccine was introduced nearly every childmgotmrota virus by age 5.
It is misleading and inflammatory because the TITLE OF YOUR POST in YOUR OWN WORDS says “CDC Advises Delayed Breastfeeding To Boost Vaccine Efficacy”.
The CDC DOES NOT advise any such thing. In fact, the actual CDC recommendations pertaining to the vaccine in question say just the opposite.
One can open a dialogue about the implications of this paper without sensatioalizing it.
I am disappointed in seeing how REAL FOOD advocates, whom I respect deeply and from whom I have learned so much, resort to tactics like this. It is no different than real milk detractors writing about the horrors of infection from raw milk without ever actually looking raw milk’s safety record.
The credibility of the whole movement–at least for me—is at stake. I’m a WAPF member but if this kind of material keeps pouring out of the community, I will no longer be part of it because I won’t be able to trust the science any more than that of the medical-agricultural-industrial complex.
Do not become what you battle.
Please see my response to Valerie above to understand how and why I title my posts the way I do. I am sorry that you don’t like how I title my posts. You are always free to stop reading.
I found your reply to Susie to be disingenuous and dismissive. She makes a legitimate point, and I don’t know her from Adam. In order to earn the respect of critical thinkers and scientists who try to be as fair as possible in evaluating questions pertaining to health, we must be extremely careful, deliberate, and meticulous in drawing conclusions from research. We don’t want to lose the people with the brains and the good judgment and connections that will move us forward.
It seems that pride is an issue because Susie and the others are correct; the headline is sensational and apparently does not reflect an actual, CLINICAL recommendation at this point in time. The recommendation that is made is for researchers as they continue to probe into this area of study.
I just thought it was dismissive to say, “If you don’t like it, you’re free not to read”. That just, with a wave of the hand, attempts to get rid of Susie instead of engaging with her. That isn’t polite! I’m from northern NJ near Manhattan, and this is a very “New York” way to talk to someone, but I have never liked it. If you have a blog that invites comments, you need to be prepared to receive comments that are constructively critical, as well as favorable…And to respond to them as graciously as possible. I’ve never read your blog before this, and seeing the way the commenters are being replied to, is actually having the effect of alienating me from the blog. So please keep in mind that it’s not just Susie who will stop reading your blog, as you invited her to do. It will be others who are “observers” of the comments section who see how defensive your replies are to the legitimate concerns raised. I didn’t think the objectors were dismissive of you; they were forthright, logical, and respectful. This just doesn’t feel inviting to the reader.
Thank you for letting us know what questions researchers are looking at, re: breastfeeding and inoculations.
Bayley says
Thank you so much, Kristen. I follow you on Facebook and while I find you to be groovy, I also find you to be informed, informative and most importantly, without alterior motives.
I recently made the decision to adobt the no shots, no way policy for my children, and it’s because of this kind of stuff. It’s my children’s lives; it’s these people’s jobs.
I have a degree in marketing and marketing materials are all I found on The CDC website.
Saskia says
The reason you are being misleading is that you have taken a simple, ordinary everyday scientific study of an important but very specific question (“why does the rotavirus vaccine seem to be less effective in some of the countries that need it the most?”) and skewed it to sound as though the CDC recommends delaying breastfeeding following vaccination. This is not CDC policy, this is just one study, looking at one very small question about the effects of breastmilk on vaccination. The researchers didn’t even say that breastfeeding should be delayed, they just said this is one possible option to evaluate. To spin it out into something much bigger than it is is simply sensationalism and makes you look like you don’t understand how to interpret scientific research. If you have a point to make, and you want people to take you seriously, articles like these don’t help your cause.
Also I’m really confused by your point “do they not realize what they have stumbled upon? In demonstrating that breastmilk counters the live vaccine, they’ve shown that breastmilk counters the virus” – it seems pretty clear to me that the whole reason they were studying breastmilk was because they realised the immunological properties may be responsible for reducing vaccine effectiveness. The fact that breastmilk helps to protect against pathogens is scientific consensus, but you make it sound like the scientists must have been unaware of this fact, or even that this fact goes against their nefarious aims!!
So yes, this is a confused & misleading article, although thank you for drawing my attention to this study as it’s quite interesting and thought provoking.
” could be a step in the direction of supporting breast feeding”
Wow, that’s great. Cutting edge science.
The study actually does recommend waiting at least an hour after administering the oral vaccine to breastfeed. What they implied needed further study was the exact time frame necessary to have the desired effect (Would 20 minutes be sufficient? How about 30? Would it be more effective to wait even longer — say several hours?).
this kind of poor writing is what happens when a blogger doesn’t know the difference between a preliminary study, an actual study, and recommendations. Wow. I can’t believe the lack of critical thinking by the people who swallowed this article as truth, and the sheer irresponsibility of the writer. People, Google is a SEARCH engine, not a REsearch engine, and clearly this writer has no idea what she even read. SMDH.
Zephyr says
There is an obvious slant and missed connection that the researchers are missing. While there may be a bit of taking the study as “conclusive” rather than preliminary findings, there is clearly a narrow and largely technology biased direction being taken that is not considering in its recommendation moving forward, that more breast feeding may actually be the solution.
From the CDC abstract: “Live oral rotavirus vaccines have been less immunogenic and efficacious among children in poor developing countries compared with middle income and industrialized countries for reasons that are not yet completely understood” coupled with…..
“Breast milk from Indian women had the highest IgA and neutralizing titers against all 3 vaccine strains, while lower but comparable median IgA and neutralizing titers were detected in breast milk from Korean and Vietnamese women, and the lowest titers were seen in American women”
A well known scientific fact is that “extinction” of traits can occur when the biological imperative and practice that it evolved from is no longer present. In other words, it is a well known fact that….due to technology, lifestyle and lack of disease pressure, natural immunity can pass by the wayside. What’s really interesting is that IgA obviously has a superior general disease fighting ability that biologically views the vaccine itself as a potential threat indicating that it has a greater and superseding immunological benefit and yet……the slant is that it is in fact the “negative” culprit against what the researchers…..want in the outcome.
We are talking about 200,000 years of natural evolution (this is only the acknowledged time period of what is considered “homo sapien” and does not include the carry over genetic history of all life as we know it) vs. the metrics of scientific “progress” which is essentially a flat line of relativity up until the mid 19th century and the practice of research only since the beginning of the 20th Century. This is a a scientific fact that science fails to truly incorporate into its own “wisdom” and therein, adjust itself in humility
Vaccines still have the dubious measure of bypassing all of the body’s normal channels of pathogen/viral/bacterial defenses which is one of its main detractions (not to mention from a toxicological perspective all of the NASTY adjuvants used to evoke a “proper” immune response will be directly resulting the in immune dysfunction mainly via damage to the CNS) Vaccines are, will be, and will always be of questionable to outright worthless value… immune competency is much more effective without being enslaved to the pharmacuetical paradigm.
Vaccines actually use the body’s immune system. It doesn’t bypass the defenses, instead it stimulates them. Although it is a valid possibility, that it might not come up with as strong set of antibodies as a natural infection would.
Nevra @ ChurnYourOwn says
My understanding is that the immune response triggered by a vaccine is *not* the same as what you get from natural infection. I attended a talk by Dr. Thomas Cowan, who explained that the problem with vaccines is that they “only affect the cell’s mediated response, but not the humoral response…which has led to an epidemic of people with compromised cell mediated response.” I suspect he’s explaining what has been observed in studies, like Poland and Jacobson’s ’94 study entitled, “Failure to reach goal of measles elimination”, which show that measles vaccination “produces immune suppression which contributes to an increased susceptibility to other infections.” In other words, people who contract illnesses like the measles or rotavirus may be less susceptible to sickness later in life.
Your understanding is faulty
It is the same immune response to the same antigens
JennyS says
“Vaccines are, will be, and will always be of questionable to outright worthless value”. This is an unbelievable statement coming from someone who quite clearly does not work in public health. Vaccines have saved so many lives. How is that worthless?
Vaccines have destroyed more lives that saved. Social conditions and access to food are the main drivers of disappearance of disease. Watch the third world countries starve and drink their own piss. Vaccinating them and renaming Polio to a flacid paralysis something won’t change reality. Vaccines are voodoo-science, and they’re fully exposed as fraudulent. Now that people have access to information, the day of the vaccine is near it’s end.
A much wrong
Sanitation did zero tomreduce the incidence of mumps, measles, rubella, tetanus, Hib, dipthehiria etc. there was no drop in incidence of these disease u til the vaccine.
Sanitation is great for stopping cholera but not measles. Measles is an airborne droplet disease. Clean water and flushing toilets make no difference
Vaccines have saved the lives of literally millions of people.
Adrienne @ Whole New Mom says
Very interesting post. I am especially intrigued about the differing effectiveness of the breastmilk from different countries. And I am so glad that I nursed my kids for a long time. Thanks for sharing.
One Facebook commenter said something interesting about that. She proposed that rather than it having to do with diet, the increased efficacy of breastmilk in Indian women may have to do with the fact that the women themselves are/were unvaccinated and have a stronger natural immunity to pass on in their milk. I like that theory!
That theory actually makes sense.
American moms are unvaccinated for rotavirus too. Rotavirus vaccines have only been on the childhood schedule from 1998-99 and then 2006-present. Adults do not get the rotavirus vaccine.
Unfortunately by having so many unvaccinated it also meant that about half of children died before age 5
Not a lot to like about that theory, you want mother’s to have more antibodies, but at the cost of half the childhood population dying!
Crystal - Prenatal Coach says
Thank you Food Renegade! Shared on my FB page 🙂
Kristen, I was appalled when I saw this yesterday, but you make a very good point. This should be encouraging us to promote breastfeeding over vaccines all the more! Thanks for the reminder and keeping positive.
Augie says
Maybe they will patent breast milk
Oy vey, Augie. You do say the most trying things! ;p
i can’t wait to see how many sick, autistic and learning disabled kids are produced when they vaccinate them without prior fortification of breast milk!
can our social safety net handle a generation of sick kids?
The supposed link between autism and learning disabilities has been quite thoroughly debunked.
If it weren’t for vaccines we’d still have people dying or disabled due to polio, and small pox would be running rampant!
I am assuming that you meant “between autism and vaccines” or “between (autism and learning disabilities) and vaccines” not “between autism and learning disabilities”, as autism is by definition a learning disability.
That being said, this is still a very inflammatory comment that is based on sensational claims without the studies to back them up. Although according to epidemiological data, the incidence rates of many diseases decreased faster than they had been (as most diseases with vaccines were already dropping in prevalence pre-vaccine) following introduction of a vaccine, the mortality rates do not show the same decrease. Smallpox is a prime example of this, along with others like measles, rubella, and chickenpox.
One possible explaination for this is that the vaccine helped to prevent the otherwise healthy individual whose naturally functioning and stimulated immune system would otherwise be perfectly capable of handling said disease from getting it in the first place, while not conveying the same level of protection to the person who really needed it, ie the person who couldn’t fight off the disease in the first place. While the concept of “herd immunity” sounds really nice, placing all people on the front-lines in the “War Against Bugs”, there are holes in it. One example is that even people who have received a vaccine for a disease, like the flu for example, can still catch, harbor, and spread the virus responsible for the disease in amounts significant enough to cause infection, even if they are not expressing symptoms, which can actually increase the spread of disease in certain circumstances.
Although polio’s epidemiologic data does not fit the pattern described above, of interesting note is the simultaneous drop of polio morbidity and mortality, linked with an increase in the morbidity and especially the mortality of aseptic meningitis following the introduction of the polio vaccine, as diagnostic criteria for polio were changed such that if someone had recieved the vaccine, they “couldn’t have gotten” polio, and so were automatically lumped into a catch-all diagnosis.
Autism is not a learning disability. Autism is its own separate disability consisting of a combination of up to 13 separate symptoms.
Josh, you are correct, I intended to say “between autism and vaccines” – I was commenting at 3 am my time.
That being said Wired did a series which included a through article on vaccine timing.
Mammaduck7 says
Doubtful considering most diseases we immunize for were in sharp decline long before the vaccines were introduced.
http://www.whale.to/a/graphs.html
Laureen says
“To be fair, the paper does not recommend that mothers stop breastfeeding, merely that they delay nursing at the time that the vaccine is administered.”
You were pretty clear, I’d say. Thanks for the well-written post that asks just the right questions. Too bad no one at the CDC will ever have to answer them.
I too would love to see some research into the questions that haven’t yet been answered. I think the study results, and in fact that this particular study was done at all, are remarkable, but it would be great to see some conclusions that have the mother and baby first, not the vaccines (and by extension, the pharmaceutical industry).
Thanks for thinking about this stuff! 🙂
JBAR says
I tried to look up the offending article and finally found it. Everything states that there is no change in efficacy of the vaccine when the recommended dosage is given (i.e. all three doses.) When reading what the CDC says on the subject, they clearly state that mothers should continue to breastfeed their children and no mention of delaying breastfeeding have been officially made in the hopes of making the vaccine more effective. In fact, in the articles I read, they stated that breastfeeding was one of the best ways to prevent rotavirus and the vaccine should be used in conjunction with breastfeeding to build the child’s immunity. I know I breastfed both my children immediately after they had the vaccines and no one told me not to. If I have another child, I’ll do the same. You have taken one study and run with the misinformation that the CDC says to hold off breastfeeding when the CDC officially says nothing of the sort.
Crunchy Con Mommy says
Ugh. My prediction: doctors will no longer be nice and accomodating about mamas nursing their babies in the doctor’s office after shots. Babies will be crankier because they don’t receive comfort/pain relief as quickly. Nursing moms will feel guilty whether they nurse their baby immediately or whether they wait while their baby fusses.
Not cool.
but cool that the study showed another cool disease-fighting feature of breastmilk!
Hebe says
Thank you Julie, Emiliano, PLW, Valerie, and Susie, for helping other readers like me look at the big picture and not just at an inflammatory statement.
Thank you Kristen, for letting us know the good news that are found in this study (breastmilk helping fight viruses).
I’m completely in favor of breastfeeding, completely against having a healthcare system that makes profits out of healthcare.
If you are ok with constructive criticism, I would definitely choose a different headline, not because I don’t “like it” (as in a matter of style) but because it does say something different from what the rest of the post says. Headlines are difficult, and so are many things in life, but that doesn’t mean they should say something that does not correspond to the actual news or information provided. The evaluation of the recommendation to delay (not a recommendation, but evaluation to recommend) considers an extremely temporary delay compared to the big-picture of all the time nursing, not significant enough to be called a “delay” as in “stop nursing so we can make money out of vaccines”.
I also believe many of the misunderstandings commented here come from the fact that you’re jumping to contradictory conclusions. Your post, in fact, says that ” the paper does not recommend that mothers stop breastfeeding, merely that they delay nursing at the time that the vaccine is administered”. How is that, in any way, going against breastfeeding just to sell vacciens???
However, later you state that:
“Yet instead of recommending that the best way to fight this disease in infants is to encourage mothers to breastfeed, they’re recommending that mothers refrain from breastfeeding so that the vaccine can work!” {…} “They’re assuming that the vaccine is better for the baby than breastfeeding”.
Mmm… No, they are not assuming the vaccine is better for the baby than breastfeeding, unless you meant it is better during one hour of the baby’s life (the time when it is being administered). And no, they are not recommending that mothers refrain from breastfeeding, they are only considering evaluating delaying nursing A BIT while the vaccine is being administered.
Stealthy Mom says
I think I’ll file this information under “WTF did the makers of formula pay for this?”
Both of my son’s nursed within minutes of birth- as soon as they were weighed by the staff and handed back to me, they started right in. Our youngest was overdue so a bit dehydrated. He nursed for an hour right after birth.
There is no freakin’ way these kids were getting needles within a minute of their birth!
C. Aoyagi says
I have two little girls.
My eldest had almost all her shots, had skin issues, iron deficiencies, and some emotional issues all remedied by diet (eliminated almost all grains and I limit high starchy and sweet foods for us all)
She was breast fed till she was 3.5 years old
Littlest has had no shots, with no issues (although she has been on our above diet pretty much since birth) She is still breastfeeding (she is almost 2)
I do notice that the littlest one gets sick more often (maybe due to having an older sister out and about?) and when she does get sick, it seems to last a little longer than her sisters bugs ever did or do
BUT- Even though it is quite miserable for parents when your little one is throwing up for a week straight, or has a raspy, gooey cough for 2+ weeks- especially when the mother gets sick too- Maybe the trade off is acceptable? It’s too early to tell, but like one response above pointed out (in different words), maybe getting sick while young is better? I know it’s anecdotal, but I know quite a few really old, healthy people (and not so old, my dad!) that had quite a few of these childhood disease when young, and don’t get nearly as sick as often as I see my generation getting.
(And yes, I know that there are some disease I don’t want my kids getting, like polio and TB- but some scientific evidence exists that point to these diseases being prevented and protected against through diet; it is a risk, and not one I’ve determined worth taking yet..)
As a note to parents who freak out about their kids getting sick- you need to know what you’re looking for, and you need to know the protocol with dealing with sickness- I’m not a doctor, but with these simple steps I’ve taken on the worst bugs with no doctor or hospital visits. (And know quite a few nurses and other non-hypochondriac medical professionals who follow this as well)
If your child has the sniffles, cough, flu symptoms with a fever bellow 103(not lasting for more than a day or two) and they aren’t catatonic, leave them be with the over the counter crap (no fever suppressors or chemical loader cough suppressor) and doctor visits and antibiotics. Use breastfeeding, comfort, trust, and maybe some safe simple herbal remedies to help with the discomfort, but try not to meddle too much! Fevers are meant to burn off the bad stuff, coughs are meant to clear out the lungs. Stomach flues are bad, but making sure the child is hydrated (I know it sucks seeing your child throw up your breast milk for the 4th time that day.. but) that is the only thing the doctors can do for a child in the hospital anyway (IVs suck and your child has the potential to come down with something worse!)- the cause of deaths due to stomach flues (the rotavirus included) are mostly due to dehydration and it’s complications- if you don’t panic your child will be uncomfortable but fine in a few days.
Sorry for the little rant, but seriously, if you have children, don’t just think it’s other people’s jobs to take care of them (doctors), ‘school’/raise them (schools), and indoctrinate them in everything from food to what to think (government).
Educate yourself, keep an open mind, and question eveything (well almost everything) that comes your way. That way you teach you children that as well.
I love Food Renegade’s posts, and the fact that she bluntly points out the weaslely way this paper minces words to ‘prove’ it’s theory (i.e. twisting the questions and answers to get the conclusion they want)
People as a mass can be easily swayed by things calling themselves science and people calling themselves experts.
Thank you for another glimpse!
em says
india loses almost 100,000 children a year to rotavirus. this fact negates pretty much everything in your post. if breast milk were as effective as the vaccine, that would not be the case. if western mothers were endangering their kids with their poor diets and leading to lower, vaccine reliant immune systems in their children, that would not be the case. what is actually the case is that poor kids in india die every day because the vaccine is only available privately and their mothers cannot save them simply breastfeeding.
molecule says
This is such a hugely important subjet. Through no fault of their own, mose American women don’t really understand what the function of breastfeeding is. The main purpose of breastmilk is not to supply the totality of baby’s “food” or nutrition support. Breastmilk is not about baby’s diet. That is way too huge a subject to cover in a comment.
In the 1860s an evil man named Jenner was doing research in England on use of vaccines. Whether it was his intent or not, I personally believe his research became the foundation by which vaccines could be adopted for use in warfare. (This was back when the political horizon was being ploughed in preparation for mass exterminations of WW-I and II, largely by disease. Another huge subject.)
Jenner was working with diseases of the time, being smallpox, syphilous, and tuberculosis. He found that when one of the four teats of a cow was painted with the pus from an open infection, or with the saliva of an infected patient, then, that particular teat (and only that teat) would produce a strange and powerful kind of milk. That milk, when put in a petri dish with the virus in question, would kill the virus. (This was before antibiotics.) He also observed that milk drawn from the three other teats of the same cow would not kill the virus. His studies started when he noticed that milk drawn by milkmaids who had encountered cowpox infections were cured by that milk.
It may be too radical for this site, but the CDC and MDs are part of a depopulation agenda, and toward that end, they are well aware that purpose of breast milk is to build and protect baby’s immune system, in accord with the environment that he finds around his mouth. The first thing a baby does is put everything from his or her environment on its mouth. 350 million years ago, he might put poop from sabre tooth tiger on his mouth. Today, he puts whatever on his mouth. Then baby attaches to his mother to nurse.
Baby does not have an immune system of his own for the first two years. This proves the fraud of baby vaccination. Baby does not yet have an immune system for the vaccine to tweak. For the frst two years, baby’s antibodies are produced by the thymus gland behind the breast sternum in front of the mother’s heart. These antibodies flow across the breast gland where they are homeopathically tuned to build baby’s immune system. The nipple of the breast gland is a homeopathic sensor. When baby attaches to it, it immediately senses what is in baby’s environment, and what is safe and not safe. Baby’s vibrations on the nipple then instruct the mother’s breast gland how to produce the milk fats in the milk in such a way as to assist baby in strengthening in his environment. (All diseases have frequencdies (Royal Raymond Rife … Rife machines) Homeopathy cures (C-word!) diseases by useing the same frequencies to destroy a virus … right there I’ve lost many people if they are not seen or are not familiar with the powers of vibrations, essential oils and homeopahtic remedies.)
The breat nipple is a vibrational sensor. It tells the breast gland how to vibrate the mother’s milk, so as to prepare exactly immune system that baby needs for his environment, as measured by baby’s mouth and the exchange of saliva during attachment.
What this means is that the mother’s breast is detecting the true nature of the vaccine … it’s making baby weaker … it’s designed to do that. The true weapon is the serum itself, but the mercury and formaldehyde and aluminum, and squalene (which mimicks serotonin and thus tricks baby’s growing immune system into thinking that his own serotonin is a hostile for foreign protein) are no help. If the mother’s diet is lacking in nutrients, especially minerals and oils, or her endocrine system is off and she’s not producing antibodies for herself, she won’t be able to produce the antibodies that her baby needs as well. Also, suction pump (breastfeeding without attachment) does not communicate baby’s health to the nipple sensor system. I’m suspicious that the 100,000 babies die in India each year from a rotavirus due to solely to inadequacy of mother’s breast milk or breastfeeding technique. Arghhh … hurriedly … so please forgive misspelling etc
Cholla N says
The next time you take your pet to the veterinarian ask them why they always wait until a puppy or kitten is fully weaned from breastmilk before they vaccinate! It’s common knowledge is the animal health industry that vaccines do not work effectively while infants are nursing….the studies have been done and the logical conclusion is to wait to vaccinate until infants are fully weaned. Not the other way around! Human doctors take a hint from veterinarians maybe you’ll learn something new!
Chandni says
Why what the Indian mother’s breast milk better? That’s easy, because they are exposed to more types of Rotavirus more often so they have more antibodies, it’s not because they have some super better organic diet, you can’t even get organic food in India, they use tons of chemicals there.
Actually, part of the reason babies in other countries have more resistance is that their mothers have more resistance. Breastfeeding mothers pass on their immunities to their babies. So mothers in India have more immunities to give since they are not vaccinated for everything under the sun as we are in our “developed” world. I hate GMO’s, too, but have read that diet is not much of a contributing factor.
sandy peterson says
This was copied from another website…
Rotavirus is the leading cause of severe diarrhea and dehydration in young infants worldwide. Each year, rotavirus illness is responsible an estimated 453,000 deaths among infants around the world. Before the introduction of a rotavirus vaccine, rotavirus illness caused in an estimated 55,000 to 70,000 hospitalizations and 20-60 deaths in children under 5 years of age in the United States each year…
So if I need to delay breastfeeding my infant by 2 hours after the vaccine, so be it! Im glad to do it if the spread of rotavirus is less likely. Cheers.
joyce wang says
hi Kristen，
i have been following your blog on eating real food and home natural remedies but now a new thing came up and i really would like to seek your opinions.
i am 28 weeks pregnant, doctor has recommended that i receive the tdap vaccination stating that if i don’t take it, and if the baby gets the whopping cough within his first month after birth it could cause serious problems and babies die from it.
i don’t want to be vaccinated and especially not during pregnancy but then i don’t want to live with that risk of what it could potentially do to my baby, what should i do? i feel like i won’t be able to sleep at night no matter which i choose!
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Jane Johnson via Facebook says
Oh good gravy that’s the worse advice ever…
Jennifer McGonagill via Facebook says
Leslie Walden via Facebook says
And what’s sad is some mothers will just nod their head and do as they’re told. My way of thinking is this, if the government recommends one thing, do the opposite 🙂
TC Miray Kapuska Dayton via Facebook says
OMG i hope docs never recommend this. Breastmilk already fights with viruses and boosts baby’s immune system. Why would delay it. DELAY THE FRICKING VACCINE keep your baby away from strangers until vaccinated.
Emmanuel Guivas says
Well.. Actually breastmilk only fights against the specific viruses of which the mother has immunity. Breast milk is not antiviral, it’s simply a means of transmitting antibodies. If the mother is not immune to the rotavirus and the infant is exposed to it and has not been vaccinated, reality is that child will most likely die if it was born in a third world country.
Kyra Holmes via Facebook says
The CDC are a bunch of idiots….
Rebekah 'Lawrence' Engebretson via Facebook says
My goodness!!
Danielle Nelson via Facebook says
The CDC needs to STFU already.
Terri McAllister via Facebook says
Totally irresponsible and ignorant.
Paul Carson via Facebook says
Breast feed ladies….it better for your baby..
Claudia P. Blum via Facebook says
Oops, I messed up. I nursed while they got vaccinated, because then they wouldn’t cry or be in distress. My bad, lol.
Kristin Lindsey via Facebook says
Remember Doctors used to tell women that smoking was “good for the digestion” and that bottle feeding was healthier for the child (because breast feeding was unsanitary and less nutritious). They aren’t always wrong but they sure aren’t always right either.
TifnGreg Johnson via Facebook says
The vaccine will only be more effective in harming your child!! Gah. Heartbreaking that some will follow this “advice” because they truly believe the “alphabet agencies” care about health and not $$$. ~Tif
Jason Hussein Askelini via Facebook says
“Strategies…should be evaluated”. They are not advocating the delay of breast feeding.
Tammie Graff Pruitt via Facebook says
Miriam Halbrooks via Facebook says
Maybe my opinion will be unpopular here, but this article made me very uncomfortable to read. The paper says ” Our findings that mothers in America and Korea had no or only modest titers of neutralizing activity in breast milk also indicate that breast-feeding may not have a substantial negative impact in these high income settings. ” That means that Americans don’t fall into this category of possibly suggesting delaying breastfeeding. Also, if you read the paper, they’re not talking about delaying breastfeeding as in “don’t breastfeed until X age”, they’re saying “if you’re getting the vaccine at 2pm, don’t breastfeed after 12pm or before 4pm”. This paper also says more studies should be done and ” the potential negative impact of breast-feeding is likely to vary by setting and could be greatest in poor developing country settings with the highest burden of rotavirus and frequent maternal exposure to natural rotavirus infection. “
Curly Grain via Facebook says
Why would you get a vaccine that they have already said doesnt work??? I’m 70 and would never get one
Sandy Champagne via Facebook says
We can always trust the cdc, right? (Sarcastic laugh)
Kelly Curry-wills via Facebook says
This is just ridiculous! Its all about $$!
Kate Muckenfuss via Facebook says
I am beginning to not trust ANYTHING the CDC says. This is one of the dumbest things I have read.
Amanda Kowal via Facebook says
Could it be turmeric and garlic? Article says Indian mother’s milk is most potent for fighting the vaccine. What is different about their milk? I read a study that said babies prefer breast milk of mothers who consumed more garlic.
Monica Hoffman Fintel via Facebook says
I call bs. All my kids BF. All had vaccines on time. Guess what- they are all healthy and smart and sick less than their peers. ‘Course we don’t usually eat crap food either
Sheila Vives via Facebook says
Well then if everyone breastfeeds it should negate any alleged need for vaccines.
Shanna Blumhoff via Facebook says
The CDC…… You should trust them………..
Havah Armstrong Walther via Facebook says
Lame CDC, lame.
How about if we delay vaccinations until breast feeding is nearly over?
Roxanne Elise via Facebook says
Oh my gosh… Isn’t the first breastmilk the most important for establishing natural immunity? Isn’t there something called colostrum that is only present at the beginning?
Karen Branson via Facebook says
Lisa Klear via Facebook says
Hell no and this is BS!!!!!!
Tammy Lindy Roberts via Facebook says
Oh my gosh! How stupid do they think we are???
Laura Fischer Kovats via Facebook says
Kara Soderquist – yikes!
My non vaxed & non poisoned child is very healthy. Don’t buy their BS! There have been over 200 plus man made chemicals found in the cord blood of babies. Our children don’t need more chemicals.
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/newborn-babies-chemicals-exposure-bpa/
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Renee Turula via Facebook says
Oh my, now I’ve heard everything stupid !!!! Good thing we are getting smarter girls !!
Netta Lou via Facebook says
Amanda Main via Facebook says
Rachel, A whole new level of stupid right here!
Jessie Grinnan via Facebook says
Now I’m wondering why Indian breastmilk is so much more potent!
Kara Soderquist via Facebook says
Crazy!!!
Carolyn Walker via Facebook says
You’ve got to be kidding me! What about colostrum and the inherent immune benefits there? What idiocy!
Kimlin Landers via Facebook says
BE GONE, CDC!!!
When will organizations stop telling parents / care givers how to do for their kiddos? We’ve been birthing and nursing babies a LOT longer than the CDC has been around!!!
Chadorlisa Infirmier via Facebook says
let me put on my tin foil hat and say something here…..are they trying to dumb us down to control us better er something….
Theresa Thompson via Facebook says
They can “advise” all they want…
Michelle Grant via Facebook says
But isn’t it the mother’s immune system (antibodies etc) IN the breast milk that is fighting the live vaccine rather than the breast milk itself?
Delia Marie
Delia Marie via Facebook says
Hahahahahahahahahah Boobies always Win !!!!!! Take than man made garbage 😀
Christy Hicks via Facebook says
No, I’d delay vaccines…
Dawn Gifford via Facebook says
That’s just nuts… SMH…
Rachel Sabedra via Facebook says
Melissa Yancer via Facebook says
Hell no.
Lanna Mercer Barbaroux via Facebook says
Sounds like this is from The Onion.
Erika Davis via Facebook says
Candace Davis
Lindsay Haczynski via Facebook says
Greg Haczynski remember Jim bob talking about this?? Smh
Frank Krueger via Facebook says
Who makes this shit up?
Jennifer Thompson via Facebook says
Maria Menounos Lambrakis via Facebook says
RI-DI-CU-LOUS
MaryAnn Davis via Facebook says
CDC is advising to delay breastfeeding for what reason? Because breastfeeding kills the live virus?
Read about it here –> https://www.foodrenegade.com/cdc-advises-delayed-breastfeed…/
Would you delay breastfeeding after reading this?
Cathy Kley via Facebook says
Interesting I can find NOTHING on the CDC website to support these claims which leads me to believe this is bogus.
Kieran Jones via Facebook says
Stupid f$&@?!$&ing cdc modern medicine dumba$$es!
This article is fake.
Elinor Gawel via Facebook says
It doesn’t say it’s the CDC’a recommendation. Just ten researchers.
Laura Wheeler via Facebook says
Given what the Hib vaccine is, I’d skip the vaccine and nurse a child every time. Bacteria cannot be vaccinated for, so they took a piece of the bacteria and inserted it into a virus, creating a genetically engineered disease that is far worse than the illness it is supposed to protect against. Gives you a NASTY flu illness that sets up a chain of secondary infections in the sinuses, ears, throat, lungs, etc. And it is very contagious.
The CDC is completely cracked. As in, BROKEN, and INSANE.
Leah Weintraub via Facebook says
Breasts make milk, for a reason. We should use what we’re made with, and for. Period.
Leslie Rice Castaneda via Facebook says
Total crap!
Holly Bowan via Facebook says
That’s when the mind control starts
Lisa De Nike via Facebook says
The CDC did NOT recommend delaying breastfeeding. http://skepchick.org/2012/01/cdc-says-postpone-breastfeeding/
Please check things out before you pass them along.
Ellen Bognar via Facebook says
1. CDC is not advising to delay breastfeeding. Did you even read the paper?
2. Not sure why you’re posting a paper from October 2010 as if it’s news.
3. Four of the paper’s authors are from the CDC, not 10.
4. They’re not “advising” anyone to delay breastfeeding, merely *suggesting* near-simultaneous breastfeeding *could be* *one of* the causes of decreased vaccine efficacy in developing countries.
5. They suggest a “transient delay” in breastfeeding might help because mothers in third world countries frequently breastfeed at the clinic during their babies’ vaccine appointments. Transient, as in minutes or a couple of hours.
6. The authors maintain that breastfeeding exclusively for the first six months is best.
7. This is an issue because mothers in third world countries have pre-exposure to the rotavirus, so it’s kind of like their breast milk contains a mini vaccine to the vaccine.
8. Again, because the mothers are pre-exposed to the rotavirus, not because “breastfeeding” itself “kills” the virus and not because their diets are healthier or antibiotic- , hormone-, or pesticide-free.
9. So this doesn’t apply to those of us in the developed world.
10. Nearly half a million children in the third world die from rotavirus annually. Clearly breastfeeding does not magically protect against the virus.
11. The authors are not “assuming” the rotavirus vaccine is efficacious. It’s 85-98% effective in first and second world countries. That’s a fact.
12. The follow-up report from 2013 states that its findings and conclusions are those of the authors and not the CDC.
13. It also states that they don’t have any funding or conflicts. And if you look at their credentials it’s clear they’re not the people selling vaccines but the people trying to save kids’ lives.
14. This paper is specifically applicable to the rotavirus vaccine in a specific population. Even if the authors (who are not the CDC) were advising (which they are not) a (transient) delay (around the time of vaccination) in breastfeeding (which they heartily recommend), that advice wouldn’t be about all vaccines and it wouldn’t apply to anyone who is reading this ridiculous article.
*slow clap*. This is a brilliant response for every single reason you listed. I just had to leave a group (couldn’t stand the stupidly of these women) where the women took the blog posting as the gospel of the CDC and condimed the CDC. I doubt that any of them read the original findings.
The CDC is good for nothing in a lot of cases but, well, see everything written above for a good defense.
Secondly, these leading articles are contributing to the stupidly of our Face Book culture. The average FB user gets their information from a head line alone, without bothering to read where the original information came from or the blog ariticle itself. Your opinion about a factual matter is now being spread as fact. People are actually saying that the CDC wants people to delay breast feeding for this vaccine. They are not but people believe it. We cannot turn our world into a place where people follow the opinions of others because they’re too damn lazy to do the research and make up their own opinions. It’s your blog, but I believe in encouraging people to draw their own conclusion.
Ana says
Exactly. This “article” is so wrong. Propaganda, actually.
Sean Elliott via Facebook says
Sounds like somebody didn’t look deeper into this before they passed it on. Many many discrepancies here. So long FR.
Jamie Leigh Chami via Facebook says
Amy Haithcock Phinney
Elizabeth Huebert via Facebook says
So dumb
Joyce van B via Facebook says
Reganne Denton-Giles not a very good article at all actually but interesting about the recommendation
Angie Lynn via Facebook says
Seriously???? This is beyond crazy!!
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DeeDee House via Facebook says
I find this SO evil and troublesome! They are determined to deprive us of a healthy life and make us sick. how dare they!!!
Dixie Rose Nies via Facebook says
Oh. My. God. Screw. This.
Jessica Constantino via Facebook says
That deserves a giant EFF YOU CDC!!! Seriously?!?!?!
Pam Bentley via Facebook says
Perhaps another question that should be asked is why so many baby boomers are so fit and healthy – despite how few vaccines we have received. Instead we had ‘mumps parties’, measles parties’, etc when mothers would ensure that their child had contact with a child who had the illness in order to catch it. I don’t recall anyone having anything more than temporary discomfort but after vaccination, one boy I knew became severely disabled, his life ruined by vaccination.
Sherry Elaine Cummings via Facebook says
We don’t vaccinate. Therefore, I’m not concerned. I’ll keep nursing.
Sam Stanton via Facebook says
Amanda Woods-Osman via Facebook says
What?!? Uh, no!
Shanna Samul via Facebook says
Insanity.
Crystal Mazey via Facebook says
Leah Mackey via Facebook says
Wow. That sounds like a terrible idea.
Joselyn Bayliss via Facebook says
Pls feel free to send any requests for recipes or ideas with all restrictions and I’ll do my best, Happy Christmas from https://www.facebook.com/contactthenaturalkitchen?fref=nf
Kirsten Taylor via Facebook says
Heck no. I nursed my babies immediately upon giving birth. Our bodies naturally produce what babies need most. Fools!
Mary Light via Facebook says
Someone should do a satire of a culture that poisons their people through medical fearmpongering, serving up lousy toxic food, and injecting them with substances which cause disease and repress the immune system, like a production line, at the other end is a hospital, clinic and huge cash register. Oh wait- We already have that!
Simona Goldin-Borzouyeh via Facebook says
Last time I checked no such recommendation exists in that study, this is totally made up anti-vax bs.
James Pressley via Facebook says
My wife breast fed all four of ours. Never used a bottle. They’re sick half as much as their friends.
Kristin Rusch Severson via Facebook says
I’m sorry Food Renegade, but this blog post you have shared is full of misinformation. Please read the PSA that was shared by Lakeshore Medical Breastfeeding Medicine Clinic when the misinformation went viral a few years ago too:
“Just to clear something up. My inbox has been flooded with questions about a study about the Rotavirus vaccine and CDC recommendations about breastfeeding. It’s interesting, since the article was published in the Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal in October 2010. Misinformation went viral, I guess. And that sucks.
First, the study was done in vitro, which means it was done experimentally and not in a live “my kids is actually breastfeeding” situation. And they only brought up the possible clinical implications of their findings in the discussion section of the paper, meaning it was not what they tested, they have no results to back it up and they are guessing. They guessed that the live oral rotavirus vaccine would be more effective if the next feeding of breast milk were somewhat delayed. It’s not a recommendation to stop breastfeeding or even feed anything else, but to slightly delay a feeding, most likely by a few hours. And that’s a guess too. They even say “It is not possible to directly translate these findings into the real-world impact as this will be affected by many other factors such as the timing and amount of breast milk in the gut at the time of vaccination.”
So, if somebody says that the CDC says stop breastfeeding, you can educate or ignore. Makes no difference to me. Much ado about nothing. Lakeshore Medical Breastfeeding Medicine Clinic”
Nancy Flaws Hart via Facebook says
I say breastfeed and delay the vaccines.
Keri Hessel via Facebook says
That is one of the dumbest things I have ever heard. Stop breastfeeding (temporarily) to make the vaccine work better? Breastfeeding protects the baby from viruses like Rotovirus because the mom passes the antibodies to the baby passively. Don’t they teach immunology in med school at all? SMH!
The study to which you refer is from 2010; that is the first problem. And some misinterpretation on your part is already noted by other commenters. More work has been done since this article was published. It is also important to note that Rotavirus kills many hundreds of thousands of babies in poor countries every year, including babies who are breastfed. Let’s tone down the emotions and figure out how to enable all children to grow to healthy adulthood.
Christopher Kelly via Facebook says
Did you actually read the paper? “These data should encourage clinical trials to investigate whether delaying breast-feeding for a short period before and after giving the vaccine could reasonably improve the immune response and protective efficacy.”
“Rotavirus disease is responsible for an estimated 527,000 deaths per year worldwide, with >85% of these deaths occurring in low-income countries”. If breastfeeding was the answer these children wouldn’t be dying.
Erin Bosco via Facebook says
Lame. That vaccine actually gave my son diarrhea it was then and there I started questioning vaccines in general. He never got the second round of this.
Gillian McBain via Facebook says
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Abi Abbott via Facebook says
Dear science, stop treating us like f ing idiots so we buy your bullshit products. thanks.
Victoria Kelly via Facebook says
Don’t let the trolls get you down Food Renegade!! There are a lot of trolls polluting your comments, and it sucks, but people who have the ability o think critically see through their crap! Thank you for this valuable info!!!
Kimberly Alyssa via Facebook says
UMMMM….NO! worst thing ive ever heard. Please tell me people don’t listen to this and this is fake.
Jessica Simone Millsap via Facebook says
Kristi Corder No words 😡
Sarah Quinnelly Cornett via Facebook says
Amy Callaway McCauley, thought you might be interested in this!!
Biological Science Teaching says
Okay you are just drawing causation from correlation which should never be done because this kind of research gives no accuracy if you interpolate its conclusions onto your own biases. The point of getting vaccinated while you’re young is not so that you will contract tetanus when you are 11 months old, but to prevent it in later life when say you step on a rusty nail…I realize your website is fueled by putting blame onto modern pharmacy and conventional medical beliefs, but it cannot be helped; the industry has special interests. Anyway, I have supported that breast milk is highly beneficial as opposed to any other kind of substance of infants due to its high immunoglobulin content (as well as the other good stuff) so I am not saying your surprise is totally unfounded because of single paper. *Sigh* don’t you have time to go bash something else? While you’re on it why don’t you start your own research and to prove your own biases.
Chloe Bowman via Facebook says
Dying laughing. Thanks.
Tanya Brunnelson via Facebook says
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Christian Mangrum Alsider via Facebook says
Can’t help but wonder if this is more about the formula companies losing money due to renewed interest in breastfeeding. It’s very sad that bottom lines of so many corporations are tied into our health.
SusanFordKeller says
You might be interested in reading this article, then. http://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/nestle-baby-milk-scandal-food-industry-standards
And the original 1974 report on breastfeeding versus baby formula in 3rd world countries. http://archive.babymilkaction.org/pdfs/babykiller.pdf
Wendy Pertain Holman via Facebook says
Stupidest thing I’ve ever heard . Breast feeding would kill the live virus if the baby were exposed . Duh!!!!
Janet Snyder Asher via Facebook says
That’s it! The world is officially INSANE!!!!
Megan Joy Skeuse via Facebook says
This is a bit sensationalized
SebbieDue says
A bit?
K. Ann Seeton via Facebook says
In every other mammalian species the vaccination schedule is changed to avoid interfering with the healthy protection from the mother’s milk. Why is it so dog gone difficult for the medical community to give the same consideration to working WITH breast feeding instead of acting like the normal and natural is somehow BAD? With every child I raise my respect for the medical profession goes down.
Katie Healey via Facebook says
Jescah lol
Jescah Chapman via Facebook says
Fools!
Richard Rosenthal says
Let’s get some perspective here. This study is about oral vaccines – vaccines which are taken by mouth. These vaccines are less effective in certain areas than others, and the theory presented here is that women are more likely to breast feed in the crowded clinics as they wait for the vaccine, thus causing the orally administered vaccine to literally mix with breast milk in the child’s stomach. Not surprisingly, the breast milk is able to kill the virus in the stomach before the child’s immune system is involved, thus stopping the vaccine from actually doing anything.
Secondly, and, this is really important – the types of vaccines and the viruses in this study are NOT A PROBLEM IN WEALTHY COUNTRIES. There is not money to be made here, which is why this research is still sitting and doing nothing. Your assertions that this is all some grand conspiracy to make money are quite ridiculous, not to get into the other reasons that your comments are inconsistent with/exaggerate the statements found in the paper.
I am very disappointed in the sensationalist bent you’ve taken on. I used to trust you. Now you’re twisting the facts to pursue an agenda. Or to increase you hit count. Did we even read the same paper? SMH. I wont be back. Such a shame too.
Kate's Plate via Facebook says
WTH????
Wes says
God I hate that antiscience crap. I doubt Kristen Michaelis (or the majority of those posting responses) even read the article, much less have the background to interpret it. Over 100,000 children die from rotavirus a year in India… despite being breastfeed. That’s 1 in 242 children who will die from rotavirus before they turn 5 years old… DESPITE BREASTFEEDING.
A mere suggestion for a TRIAL STUDY to examine a potential increase in the effectiveness of the vaccine due to not breastfeed for a SHORT PERIOD OF TIME (like while you are at the clinic) is not unreasonable.
The CDC does NOT dismiss the huge benefit of breastfeeding: “One of the most highly effective preventive measures a mother can take to protect the health of her infant is to breastfeed.”
http://www.cdc.gov/breastfeeding/promotion/index.htm
Tona Fulton via Facebook says
Ridiculous! Absolutely not!
Shannon Watson via Facebook says
We just realized what an idiot you are!
Leah Nass via Facebook says
http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/pubs/pinkbook/rota.html
The CD recommends breastfeeding and cites it as a reason that newborns have a low level of rota virus infection. And the study Food Renegade is speaking of is not CD endorsed and the summary simply stated that delayed breastfeeding and its effects on vaccine efficacy should be further researched. Not a recommendation to delayed breastfeed.
This kind of sensationalist article is doing your readers a disservice. The misinformation is basically libelous against the CDC, causing your readers to develop a deep mistrust of an agency that in the future could have information that will save their lives in an emergency epidemic situation. Given your following, you should check the facts of a topic before creating a sensational headline to generate site views.
I urge FR readers to do their own research on topics presented here since we now know FR is not performing due diligence before presenting information.
Ada Counsman says
Not, we might not need vaccines if we breastfed our babies.
No consideration of the noted risks of feeding a baby artificially, that they themselves have put out papers on.
Charise Cole says
This makes complete sense to me. My son started to regress into autism after we stopped breast feeding at a year….along with dose of antibiotics. Turns out my son’s autism is Lyme induced. So the breast milk was protecting his body from the Lyme and once we removed it, it allowed the disease to take over. Hind sight can cause terrible grief.
How irresponsible of the author to go on this rant. It is not what the paper released says it is not a cdc recommendation. It doesn’t state breast milk reduces rotavirus. Research, people. Don’t be lemmings, do yourself a favor and read the original document before you jump on the ranting bandwagon.
Say, did the CDC get bought by Nestle? You remember them, Nestle made a killing in 3rd world countries in the 1970s by foisting Nestle baby formula on new mothers and telling them breastfeeding was out of fashion. But then, nobody had clean water to make the formula….and babies died.
The U.S. vaccination schedule has added so many vaccines for diseases which are not dangerous or fatal in America to bolster vaccine marketing in overseas markets. Other countries don’t want products that are not in use in the U.S.
“Dr. Albert Kapikian, the NIH scientist whose research led to the [Rotashield] vaccine, was told by one health minister, “If it was not good enough for U.S. kids, it was not good enough for their infants either” (Roberts 2004, 1891). Dr. Stanley Plotkin, a distinguished American vaccinologist, pointed out, “No country was willing to place public health above possible criticism for using a vaccine rejected by the United States. This was not exactly a profile in courage” (Allen 2007, 324). Despite the efforts of the CDC and ACIP members to emphasize that their judgments for U.S. policy ought not to be applied elsewhere, their decisions effectively ended any possibility of the vaccine being used internationally.”
Sue Keller via Facebook says
Say, did the CDC get bought by Nestle? You remember them, Nestle made a killing in 3rd world countries in the 1970s by foisting Nestle baby formula on new mothers and telling them breastfeeding was out of fashion. But then, nobody had clean water to make the formula….and millions of babies died.
On reading more of the content of this site, my conclusion is that this lady is what we might call a “quack” if she were a doctor. Instead, she’s simply under-educated to be writing within any such forum.
Teresa Norman says
Blah..blah..blah… that’s all I hear from you Mikie!
As a pharmacist, I’m going to jump in here to add better information about the rotavirus vaccine. The vaccine is not labeled to prevent rotavirus infection; in fact, the label that comes with the vaccine states that it is intended to lessen the effects of rotavirus–to give you a less serious case of it. Rotavirus in the US is not a fatal infection, and pretty near every child will get it at some point, vaccinated or not, and they will all recover pretty easily, as they do from most gastrointestinal infections. The vaccine has been proven to cause cases of intussusception, which can be fatal. My pediatrician will not give it. If his patients’ parents want their children to have it, he sends them to the health department. He’s not alone in his concern about serious side effects from a vaccine that doesn’t even prevent the disease, only makes it “less bad.” Many of us in healthcare do not recommend this vaccine, even if we do support other vaccines. Whether or not this blog is inflammatory, I don’t really care.
The article is mostly concerned with the 85% of rotavirus deaths that occur in low income countries.
Diane Kathleen Dressler via Facebook says
What everyone is reading is a blog by FoodRenegade, who has completely misread and reinterpreted the paper. Here is the link to the actual paper http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20442687.
What I got out of it … and I’ll stick to is this, lay off the vaccines. Breast feed your babies, live healthy and stop being a puppet to BIG PHARMA!!!!
Mark Smith says
what a Joke! The article is worded that way so idiots twist it in such a way to make it look like it’s a harmless article.
Really it’s just another shot a mothers who want real true health for their children. Anyone who thinks that real health comes from a needle or a drung is nieve at best. Real heath comes from nutritional biochemical inviduality. Anyone who claims a one size fits all scenario is trying to sell you something.
Drug companies are corrupt just like our banking system is corrupt. Sure their are good people in these institutions however their ethical and moral beliefs don’t make those companies money. Pharma only profits from disease and not health. If everyone were to become healhty the next day those companies would parish along with all the jobs in the industry it provides. The world would face economic collaspe worse then when all the industries started to close down. If you can’t understand this logic then maybe you should stop taking so many vaccines because it’s clouding your judgement.
Mark Smith,
Thank you, well said!
Rudy says
These types of articles certainly do bring the vaccine trolls out of the woodwork, don’t they?
ciccio says
this article is full of assumptions and forceful links between concepts which simply do not belong together. I hope it is just sheer ignorance writing this article, otherwise it is a clear case of intellectual dishonesty. Just to be on the safe side I will report the article to CDC so they can evaluate what kind of legal actions to take.
Thanks for polluting the web.
Cicco,
I really hope that you are not a mother! Do your own research for heavens sake… big pharma has you by the short hairs! Sheesh!
Awesome article. Big pharma will say and do anything to get people (women in this issue) whom do not do research on their own to believe just about anything! So sad when there’s so many babies with mothers who simply believe what these so called “studies” show. How about this … skip the vaccines, breast feed your babies and have a happier and healthier family?????
Did you read the full article linked to here in this post? if you go to the link you can then download the pdf. This blog piece is very misleading.
quinn says
The anti-human cdc want to brain damage your children, by depriving them of colostrum, and bombarding their developing brains with heavy metals and toxic additives.
Elisabeth Roche says
A paper from CDC researchers does’t necessarily mean CDC advises delayed breastfeeding, does it? If you delay breastfeeding till after vaccinations, there won’t be any breastfeeding. Maybe Indian womens breastmilk is more effective because they have more antibodies for more viruses. Now another detrimental gossip against breastfeeding to counteract ignorance of giving vaccines.
Maloney says
This article makes a few too many radical assumptions about the intentions of this paper which just isn’t helpful to anyone. Breast milk contains critical IgA antibodies passed on from mother to infant which helps protect them from infection in their early months/ years of life (first line of defense or innate immune system). However, in order for any human infant, child or adult to form a strong and lasting immunologic response to any virus they must develop their IgG antibodies (second line of defense or adaptive immune system). What this study points out is, yes, a mothers breast milk is doing it’s job but it’s also rendering the vaccine ineffective and preventing the infants from developing their own immune systems to fight the virus independently. It also points out that women in the United States have the least amount of IgA in their breast milk as compared to women in India, Vietnam and South Korea so your child is probably developing a stronger IgG response. And finally, the paper does not outright suggest that women delay breast feeding, it merely suggests that options to reduce this effect and improve vaccine efficacy should be explored.
450,000 children under the age of 5 die each year in developing countries due to rotavirus infections and millions more become severely ill. If breast milk were capable of providing long lasting protection to these children like a vaccine can, this wouldn’t happen. So these scientists are exploring ways to best protect these children. These are just preliminary findings and are in no way definitive answers at this time. There is no pharma conspiracy here, just people trying to save children from dying around the world. Please stop condemning scientists and public health liaisons for their efforts in trying to save these children. Please be more considerate of your potential influence.
Ugh. These pharmaceutical companies really disgust me. My baby is 13 months old has, never had a vaccine & has never even had so much as a runny nose! Still breastfeeding strong, & stopping is Not in my near future (:
MORENA says
GO YOU! Were in the same bout, vaccine free and breast fed till 18 months. 🙂
Joshua Jagt says
You should also stop breathing, drinking water and eating.
Joseph says
Hi Kristen Michaelis: Withholding breastfeeding for fifteen minutes to half-an-hour after receiving oral polio vaccine is advised, in order that the attenuated virus may go through its normal course without being destroyed by antibodies in breast milk. (Also for Rotavirus and others).
It is important to follow World Health Organization and CDC instructions on these matters.
Joseph (MBBS) INDIA.
Steve Harsh says
Wrong, so wrong. You do NOT stop breast feeding for a moment. By your statement alone you have contradicted the true statement behind the whole blogg. It would be nice if people such as yourself understood and realised that an infant has almost no ability to develop its own anti-bodies to infection that is why it is so important for mothers to start breast feeding ASAP and not to stop for at least for 12 months. You actually supported the blog by your comments that mothers milk anti-bodies hinder and /or destroy the anti-bodies from the vaccine. Perfect, this is as it should be in nature. A child’s immune system does not even mature for close enough to 3 years old. Two points here for you to understand. A vaccine does not cure people from disease. There is NOTHING in a vaccine that is beneficial to the Human cell. The total job of an antigen/adjuvant combo is to falsely fire up the bodies OWN immune system to destroy the Pathogen/Virus. so in effect it is still our own immune system that supports our being. As far as the Rotavirus vaccine is concerned, this is the love-child of Dr. Paul Offitt who is a disgrace as a Human and as a doctor. Hippocrates would be turning over in his grave with some of the medical filth pumped into the worlds children. What ever happened to “Do No Harm”. It is true that Rotavirus kills many children in third world countries through diarrhoea due to very poor nutrition and putrid water so what does Offitt do? Creates a vaccine that stops Diarrhoea and causes a lot of other Gastro-Intestial problems. He doesn’t stop it by nutrition, clean water. Then makes millions by selling his licences and patents off and does not put any of that money back into improving true health of kids. As a final point, I don’t know if you remember the disgraceful Thalidomide debacle. I am old enough to see my Mother witness the true ramifications of this drug, for crying out load, a Morning Sickness DRUG destroying children and families alike. I am NOT ANTI-VACCINE, I am fully vaccinated but when people want to play God with our generations to come, you had want to be very aware and informed and leave your egos in your back pocket. There are 2 principles here, the KISS ( Keep It Simple Stupid) and Einsteins – It should be as Simple as possible BUT NO Simpler!
CATRYNA WHITE says
hahahahaha I, personally, would not follow any recommendations made by WHO or the CDC. They are a pack of unethical eugenicists, who care nothing for the common man.
Shanni says
Of course makes perfect sense. Don’t offer your child any form of protection against their poison so they can continue making money off of your baby. Shows just how much we’re all being “pharmed”
The vaccine works
Breastfeeding immediately after the vaccine can lower the immune response.
Breastfeeding does not give long lasting immunity like the vaccine does. Breastfeeding offers less protection for a shorter time than the vaccine.
So use the vaccine, and don’t breastfeed immediately afterwards, but breastfeed otherwise for best protection
How is this convoluted logic?
Stupid morons throwing crap out there that they really know nothing about. All the more reason to not listen to the CDC, WHO, FDA or anyone else of their moronic mentality.
GregB says
The study shows that breast milk attacks the weakened virus in the digestive system. And they only suggest not breast feeding when the oral immunization is give not for weeks or months. It does not show that breast milk will help once the virus is in the blood stream. You attack them for assuming but you Mack so many assumption with no linkage of biology it is disgusting.
That is not what the study said. Nowhere on the CDC site do they say anything about delaying breastfeeding. There was only one study that made mention of something like that but never concluded women should not breastfeed. Read it yourself.
Brenda Jones says
I want to see the link to the original article that this is supposedly taken from.
Nova Dames says
My baby just had her 4 month shot. I’m happy I came across this and decided to finish our feeding!
please do not vaccinate your child any longer. You may lose her, and regret it for the rest of your life.
This is criminal – they are doing their best to create lifelong health problems for these babies.
Why are babies being vaccinated at birth?
Breastmilk contains valuable antibodies and support for the baby’s immune system. So strong they counter vaccines?
I had 3 children between 1978 and 1985. No vaccines were administered until at least 8 weeks of age and I limited vaccines because I was paralyzed by a vaccine.
I know vaccine injury is very real.
I hope everyone protests this, these people are truly evil.
Heather Stacy says
I wonder to, how breastfeeding after vaccines affects the mothers health. With lack of sleep, my immune response can be lowered and be more susceptible from baby shedding to take more of the toxic load. Oddly i was diagnosed with Lupus after i nursed my full vaccinated 1st born. Now with baby #2 he has genetic predisposition and i want to bw cautious for my own sake. My his ped.doc is nkt hearing my concerns.
Walter says
The CDC got it backwards…again.
“Delay Vaccination (forever) to Boost Breastfeeding Efficacy.”
THE LANCET: BREASTFEEDING IS NATURE’S VACCINE
“Breast milk makes the world healthier, smarter, and more equal: these are the conclusions of a new Lancet Series on breastfeeding. The deaths of 823,000 children and 20,000 mothers each year could be averted through universal breastfeeding, along with economic savings of $300 billion. The Series confirms the benefits of breastfeeding in fewer infections, increased intelligence, probable protection against overweight and diabetes, and cancer prevention for mothers.
The Series represents the most in-depth analysis done so far into the health and economic benefits that breastfeeding can produce.
However, although the Series is comprehensive, the message is not new. In 2013, a Lancet Series on maternal and child nutrition established that 800,000 child deaths could be prevented through breastfeeding, and called for further support. Despite consolidation of evidence for breastfeeding’s benefits in recent years, in particular the economic gains to be reaped, global action has stalled.
Why has so little progress been made? THE INFANT FORMULA INDUSTRY LOBBYISTS.
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(16)00210-5/fulltext
When you delay breast feeding, you may not get baby to attach (especially if vaccinated with hep b on day one), and your milk may not come in. Screw everything the CDC says. They own vaccine patents.
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A 28-year-old man charged in the stabbing death of a prominent Illinois attorney was a cash-strapped Missouri pharmacy student. by Associated Press Jan. 8 2020 @ 9:15am
EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. (AP) — A 28-year-old man charged in the stabbing death of a prominent Illinois attorney was a cash-strapped Missouri pharmacy student.
The St. Louis College of Pharmacy confirmed Tuesday that Timothy Michael Banowetz, who is charged with first-degree murder and nine other counts, was enrolled as a student in the fall, but declined to give more information on his dates of enrollment or time at the school, The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports.
"This heartbreaking loss is deeply felt on our campus," the school said in a statement.
Banowetz is accused of fatally stabbing Randy Gori, 47, and holding two minors captive Saturday night at Gori's home in Edwardsville, Illinois, a community located across the Mississippi River from St. Louis. Gori had two children but authorities have not said if they were the minors who were held captive.
No bond was set for Banowetz on Monday and online court records Wednesday didn't indicate whether he has a lawyer yet.
Banowetz also attended the College of the Ozarks near Branson, Missouri, from 2010 through 2014, a college spokesman said Tuesday.
Police said Banowetz often moved around but stayed in the St. Louis metro area. Court records show he was evicted in December from his Downtown West apartment at 2017.
Investigators would not comment on any motive in Gori's killing, although the crime also included the theft of Gori's 2020 Rolls-Royce Cullinan SUV, along with cash and the minors' cellphones. Police said they believe Banowetz acted alone.
Police found Banowetz on Sunday morning in a wooded area near Gori's home, with the stolen SUV nearby.
"In my 22-year career as a law enforcement official, I've seen a lot of gruesome cases," Madison County Sheriff's Office Capt. Dave Vucich said Monday. "But this one elevates to the top of heinous and senseless crimes."
Gori's actions during the attack, and an interruption of the crime by a woman, likely saved the lives of the children, said Vucich, who declined to elaborate.
Gori's law firm specializes in asbestos litigation nationwide, touting more than $3 billion in compensation for clients. In addition to the law firm, Gori also founded a real estate and property management company.
He had a passion for collecting vehicles, especially Ferraris. Gori owned 20 Ferraris and served as vice president of a local chapter of the Ferrari Club of America.
Gori was also known for large charitable donations, including a recent $2.5 million pledge to the city of Edwardsville to help build an ice rink.
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Joel Jonsson and Michael Paixao, both former developers at MachineGames, have banded together with 8 senior AAA devs to form Bad Yolk.
Together, they share 90+ years of experience and have worked on 14 AAA title. These include Wolfenstein: The New Order, Doom 2016, Chronicles of Riddick, Eve Online, Gears of War, The Division, The Darkness, and others.
The Swedish indie studio is a “forward-thinking video game studio” that aims to create the “greatest, most creative and technically superior games possible” while maintaining a happy work-life balance for all its employees.
Bad Yolk is already working on their first IP, though they aren’t ready to share any details at this point.
“After years of working with some extremely talented people on some really great projects we felt it was time to branch out on our own to create a new kind of studio,” Paixao said. “Obviously high-quality video games should be fun to play, but we also believe that they should be fun to make and that creativity thrives best in a healthy and balanced work environment, which is a central pillar of our corporate message and structure.”
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DOVER, N.J., SEPTEMBER 16, 2019 — Today, Casio G-SHOCK announces the release of their second limited edition collection with British band, Gorillaz. Due to popular demand following the sold out 2018 collection, GORILLAZ x G-SHOCK is back with a unique collaboration featuring two limited-edition G-SHOCK styles, DW-5600 and GA-2000 designed by Gorillaz co-creator, Jamie Hewlett.
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Streetwalker, client fight inside Dubai taxi
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A streetwalker and her client exchanged blows inside a moving taxi when she hesitated after pocketing Dhs2, 000 and demanded Dhs500 more.
The Arab woman, 21, and man, 25, were referred to the Dubai Criminal Court on Sunday. She was charged with streetwalking. The man faces the charge of beating her and stealing her two mobile phones and Dhs500.
The woman refuted the streetwalking allegation and her lawyer asked for to prepare her defence. The man did not show up. The jury adjourned the hearing till May.17.
A Yemeni corporal said he was dispatched to the scene in Al Jadaf after the woman contacted police claiming she was inside a taxi when a man she did not know entered and started directing the cabbie to his residence.
She claimed he held her arm as the taxi moved. When she resisted he beat her and the cabbie pulled over. He snatched her valuables and fled.
“Surveillance footage showed they were together at the hotel’s night club.
“They hailed the taxi together,” said the corporal. “I confronted her with the footage. She revealed she agreed to be with him but did not initially set the amount she wanted. They disputed over the amount in the taxi.
“On his part, the man revealed she had agreed to take Dhs2, 000. While inside the taxi she demanded Dhs500 more and refused to return the Dhs2, 000.
“They had a heated argument during which she slapped his face.
“He seized her, punched her back and took her mobiles and Dhs500 then fled. Both told me they were under the influence of alcohol.” The corporal said she told him she had been streetwalking in the country for long.
The cabbie said both stopped him and told him to take them to another. “They started arguing on the way. I saw the man slapping the woman in the face before punching her face, head and back. I parked and called the police.”
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If you had asked Zanele Hlatshwayo several years ago if she’d ever go on a run for 10 days straight, she’d probably laugh. But these days, that’s exactly what she’s training for—and she changed her mind about running for a deeply personal reason.
Zanele, an ad sales specialist based in Google’s Johannesburg office, turned to running to cope after a tragedy in her family. In 2010, her father committed suicide, and she needed to find a way to deal with her grief. She already went to the gym to work out, but one day she decided to check out the running track there, and that changed everything. Even though she used to hate running, the sport became a crucial outlet for her. Pushing through the pain of a long run taught her she could overcome anything.
“I got tired of feeling sorry for myself and crying and trying to make sense of the reason why he actually committed suicide,” she says. “Running became my sacred space, so to speak, a space where I could really clear my mind.” She started to run races with a few former colleagues, and she was hooked.
The self-described “adrenaline junkie” wasn’t content with just some 5Ks, though. She tried half marathons, then tried full marathons, and then entered the Comrades ultramarathon, which was a whopping 90 kilometers (55.9 miles). At that point, she was running to test her own limits, but wanted to do more. “There’s no point for me in running all these races and just running for medals,” she says. “I wanted to actually run for a purpose.”
Inspired by her father’s legacy, and also by a friend who was going through depression, Zanele decided to start a campaign called Rise 18 last year. In 2018, she ran 18 races to raise money for a suicide prevention help line, the only one of its kind in South Africa.
Zanele says there’s a major stigma around depression and suicide, not just in South Africa but around the world. “It’s really a state of emergency at the moment, because there aren’t enough resources to assist people who may be struggling,” she says. “And people are too scared to speak out because they don’t want to be made to feel as if there’s something wrong with them.”
The longest, and final, race of Rise 18 was 100 miles long, and took 26 hours to complete. She showed up to the race injured from her previous long-distance runs, and never stopped to sleep the entire race, but she was still determined to finish. For her, the race was mental, not just physical.
Zanele running the Washie 100 Miler ultramarathon.
“The sun rises while you’re still on the road, the sun sets while you’re still on the road, and that takes a lot of mental preparation,” she says. “For me, what really kept me going was the goal I had made to myself, and the commitment I made to myself. I don’t want somebody else to go through what my father did.”
She finished that race, and went above and beyond her campaign’s goal. Her initial aim was to raise R 180,000 ($12,716) to support the help line, but she exceeded that, ultimately raising R 210,000 ($14,575). When she donated the money to the charity, they told her that money would fund 11,000 calls to the hotline, which is entirely run by volunteers. “That’s 11,000 lives,” she says. “It’s truly, truly amazing.”
An experience like that makes you realize how powerful the human mind and the human body is.
Now that Rise 18 has completed, Zanele is setting her sights on even bigger goals. She’s working on building an app to connect South Africans to therapists, and plans to raise funds for the project through her next set of races, which will include an Ironman triathlon. (You can find out more on her campaign page.)
But her biggest challenge is still ahead of her: a 10-day run from Johannesburg to Cape Town this May. She’ll travel with a group of 12, who will take day or night shifts on the road, for the Ocal Global Journey for Change. And through it all, she’ll have her larger mission in mind: The group is raising funds to help provide wheelchairs to children with disabilities.
“An experience like that makes you realize how powerful the human mind and the human body is. We’re able to take so much pain,” she says. “And for me, when I’m running, the pain I go through really signifies the pain people go through when they have challenges in their lives. That small pain I feel does not amount to the challenges those people have to face on a daily basis.”
If you or someone you know needs help, you can contact the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline in the U.S. at 1-800-273-TALK(8255), or, in South Africa, the South African Depression and Anxiety Group’s Suicide Crisis Line at 0800 567 567.
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Registration now open for DevFest OnAir!
Posted by Erica Hanson, Program Manager in Developer Relations
We’re excited to announce the first official DevFest OnAir! DevFest OnAir is an online conference taking place on December 11th, 2018 featuring sessions from DevFest events around the globe. These community-led developer sessions are hosted by GDGs (Google Developer Groups) focused on community, networking and learning about Google technologies. With over 500 communities and DevFest events happening all over the world, DevFest OnAir brings this global experience online for the first time!
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DevFest OnAir includes exclusive content from Google in addition to content from the DevFest community. Watch content from up to three tracks at any time:
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Sessions cover multiple products such as Android, Google Cloud Platform, Firebase, Google Assistant, Flutter, machine learning with TensorFlow, and mobile web.
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How YouTube can help people develop their careers and grow their businesses
As new technologies change the way people do their jobs or run their businesses, YouTube can help them acquire new skills to take advantage of the opportunities ahead.
Video is much more than just a source of entertainment, it’s also a powerful medium for learning. YouTube has a wealth of resources to help people advance their careers, prepare for new jobs or grow their businesses. More than 500 million learning-related videos are viewed on the platform every day. These videos are made and shared by a highly-motivated group of creators, such as Linda Raynier, whose videos teach job seekers how to nail aninterview or write a resume that gets noticed; or Vanessa Van Edwards, who helps people master soft skills like how to use body language in an interview or communicate a great elevator pitch. Thanks to creators like Linda and Vanessa, people can learn new skills for free and engage with a YouTube community of experts for valuable support.
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Together with brand consultancy Flamingo, we recently surveyed internet users to discover what they think of YouTube and and how it helps them learn new skills.
In the ten European countries covered in the research, 64 percent of respondents felt that YouTube helps them learn new skills that enable personal or professional advancement, making it the highest-rated channel of those included in the survey. YouTube scores highly on this measure for both men (62 percent) and women (66 percent), and across all age groups, at least 50 percent of respondents agreed with the statement.
As part of the research, we ran interviews with people who note that YouTube is a key resource for learning and building their career. One respondent in Saudi Arabia observed that: “YouTube makes me feel like I have a teacher—a teacher that’s available at any moment.” Likewise, a teenager from France, said, “I decided I wanted to work in fashion thanks to YouTube. I learned how to apply makeup and spot fashion trends thanks to what I learned from YouTubers.”
No matter if you want to launch your business or find tips to get a new job, YouTube is a resource that’s always there to help you grow. What will you learn next?
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A new public energy tool to reduce emissions
Renewable energy, and the transition to a low-carbon future, has long been a priority for Google. However, there is still a long way to go toward the low-carbon future we envision.
Electricity generation from fossil fuels accounts for about 45 percent of global carbon emissions yet useful and accessible information to guide the transition to clean energy is still needed. Now with satellite data, cutting-edge science and powerful cloud computing technology like Google Earth Engine, we can achieve an unprecedented understanding of our changing environment and use that to guide wiser decision-making.
Today, the World Resources Institute (WRI) and Google, in partnership with leading global research institutions including Global Energy Observatory, KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, and the University of Groningen, are releasing a global database of power plants. This database standardizes power sector information to encourage providers to adopt a common approach for reporting power plant features—like location, fuel type, and emissions—in the future.
Global database of power plants
Drawing from over 700 publicly available data sources, this database compiles information to cover 80 percent of globally installed electrical capacity from 168 countries, and includes capacity, generation rates, fuel type, ownership and location. Making this kind of information open and accessible to researchers and scientists can help reduce carbon emissions and increase energy access. Power capacity and generation indicators can be used to develop a more granular understanding of the emissions created from the electricity we use, and to develop pathways to decarbonize electricity supply.
Information about power plants—such as location and size—can help researchers study emissions and air pollution at an international, national, and local scale. And, as a high-quality geospatial data source, it can also be used to augment remote sensing and enable machine learning analysis to discover a wide variety of important environmental insights. The data is now available in Earth Engine and WRI’s Resource Watch, where it can be easily combined with other data to create new insights.
Until recently it wasn’t possible to monitor the health of Earth’s critical resources in both a globally consistent and locally relevant manner. Making global data openly available for researchers is a core mission of the Earth Outreach team. By working closely with on-the-ground partners we can put this data into the hands of those who can take action. With the increased visibility into the power sector that this database provides, we see the potential to make the transition to a low-carbon future happen even faster.
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Introducing Nearby: A new way to discover the things around you
The Play Store offers over one million apps – many of which are created to be used in specific locations or situations. The right app at the right moment lets you get more done. For example, at a store, you may want a barcode scanner to check prices and reviews for an item. Or when you’re at a museum, an audio tour would enhance the experience as you make your way around the exhibits.
But, getting the right apps at the right time can be tough if you don’t already know about them. So, we’re introducing a new Android feature called Nearby, which notifies you of of things that can be helpful near you.
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Select Google devices, including Google Cast and Android Wear watches, will also let you set them up simply by tapping a notification when you’re near them.
Earlier this year, we started experimenting with surfacing websites relevant to a place in Chrome through the Physical Web project. In addition to displaying relevant apps, Nearby will surface these websites directly from Android. To deploy your own beacons that work with Nearby, check out our developer blog post.
To use Nearby, just turn on Bluetooth and Location, and we’ll show you a notification if a nearby app or website is available. Once you’ve opted-in, tapping on a notification takes you straight into the intended experience. If you’re not interested, just swipe it away to give us a clear signal.
Nearby has started rolling out to users as part of the upcoming Google Play Services release and will work on Android 4.4 (KitKat) and above.
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Mr. Swalwell of California introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on House Administration
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To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to require corporations to report disbursements made by foreign nationals for purposes of disseminating campaign-related public communications and to inquire whether persons providing such disbursements are foreign nationals, and for other purposes.
This Act may be cited as the Corporate Duty to Report Act of 2019 .
Responsibilities of corporations relating to disbursements from foreign nationals for purposes of disseminating campaign-related public communications
Responsibilities described
Section 319 of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 30121) is amended—
by redesignating subsection (b) as subsection (c); and
by inserting after subsection (a) the following new subsection:
Duties to report receipt of disbursements
It shall be unlawful for a corporation which receives a disbursement and knows that the disbursement is made in whole or in part for purposes of disseminating a campaign-related public communication described in paragraph (3) and knows that the person providing the disbursement is a foreign national to fail to notify the Federal Bureau of Investigation of the receipt of the disbursement.
Good faith reliance on affirmation by person providing disbursement
It is an affirmative defense to an allegation that a corporation committed a violation of subparagraph (A) that the corporation relied in good faith on an affirmation by the person providing a disbursement described in such subparagraph that—
the disbursement is not made in whole or in part for purposes of disseminating a campaign-related public communication described in paragraph (3); or
the person providing the disbursement is not a foreign national.
A violation of subparagraph (A) shall result in a fine under title 18, United States Code, of not more than $1,000,000 for each such violation.
Duty to inquire whether disbursement is for campaign purposes and whether person providing disbursement is a foreign national
It shall be unlawful for a corporation which receives a disbursement which is made in whole or in part for purposes of disseminating a public communication (as defined in section 301(22))—
to fail to inquire whether the communication is a campaign-related public communication described in paragraph (3); and
if the corporation determines that the communication is a campaign-related public communication), to fail to inquire whether the person providing the disbursement is a foreign national.
Civil money penalty
A corporation which violates subparagraph (A) shall be subject to a civil money penalty in accordance with section 309, except that the amount of the penalty may not exceed $500,000 for each such violation.
Campaign-related public communications described
In this subsection, a campaign-related public communication is—
a public communication (as defined in section 301(22)) which is funded in whole or in part with an independent expenditure; or
an electioneering communication described in section 304(f)(3).
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The Grail Message
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The Holy Grail
The Human Soul
Between 1923 and 1937, Abd-ru-shin wrote 168 essays and lectures, which he assembled to form the book In The Light of Truth: The Grail Message. Since then, the Grail Message has been translated into 19 languages and is available in over 90 countries worldwide.
Begin reading online here...
Purchase The Grail Message online here...
AMONG ALL BOOKS of spiritual content, this work occupies a truly unique place. It can be said that The Grail Message gives an explanation of the World, for it offers a complete survey of everything that exists between God and us human beings. It is the authors declared intention with his work to lead seekers again closer to life, indeed, back to God.
Therefore the Grail Message always addresses itself to the individual alone, irrespective of nationality, race, or religion. For the individual alone must bear the responsibility for everything he thinks and does, just as every man "shall reap what he has sown".
Out of love, the Grail Message helps the earnest reader to gain personal conviction about his own life's path and purpose, so that peace and happiness may be his. The more the reader uses life itself as his criterion for testing the explanations given in the Grail Message, the more the Truth shines forth from it.
THE AUTHOR WRITES:
"I wish to fill the gaps which have so far always remained unanswered in the souls of men as burning questions, and which never leave any serious thinker in peace, if he honestly seeks the Truth."
"In order to convey to mankind such knowledge, which gives them a clear and intelligible conviction of the working of God in His Justice and Love, I have written the work In the Light of Truth."
Grail Message Foundation
The Grail Message Foundation Australia is a registered not-for-profit, charitable organisation, instituted to spread the Knowledge of the Grail Message 'In the Light of Truth' written by Abd-ru-shin. This is done in the hope that people come to understand why they are here on Earth and what their life's purpose is.
Beginning in the late 1920's, individuals began to gather together who wished to live their lives according to the principles put forth in the Grail Message. Such activity continues to this day, as devoted readers meet to deepen their understanding of the Grail Message, raise public awareness about the book, and to hold Hours of Worship and Festivals. Non-profit publishing companies have also arisen in countries across the globe, as "In the Light of Truth: The Grail Message" continues to be translated additional languages.
The Grail Movement
Today, the Grail Movement of Australia, supporting the work of the Grail Message Foundation, is a collective term for efforts to spread the knowledge of the Grail Message and to realize it in all walks of life. This includes supporting online and general information dissemination, public events, the availability, distribution and sales of publications, as well as interaction with interested parties and people who wish to gain further insights. The Grail Movement is a registered non-profit organization, however also simply an informal association of adherents of the Grail Message in Australia and around the world. (Charitable Status Information)
It should be noted that Abd-ru-shin himself neither formed nor formally supported any religious or spiritualist organization, and the Grail Message always and only encourages the reader to cultivate his or her own personal convictions and individual nature. In the words of the author:
"The following Word does not bring a new religion, but is intended as the torch to help all serious listeners or readers find the right path, which leads them to the longed-for height."
"I do not speak to churches and political parties, to fraternities, sects and societies, but only in all simplicity to man himself."
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Who was Abd-ru-shin?
ABD-RU-SHIN (civil name Oskar Ernst Bernhardt) was born in 1875, in Bischofswerda, Germany. At the outbreak of World War I, Mr. Bernhardt was living in London. On account of his German citizenship, he was imprisoned on the Isle of Man for the duration of the war. The seclusion of internment brought with it an inner deepening, and after returning to his homeland Mr. Bernhardt soon became conscious of his task: to open the path for mankind to a new knowledge of Creation. In 1923, he began writing essays of a spiritual nature under the pen name "Abd-ru-shin", and by 1937, the lectures which constitute the Grail Message were completed.
In The Light Of Truth
The three volumes of the work "In the Light of Truth" incorporate altogether 168 lectures that, building progressively upon one anothers contents, give a complete picture of all of Creation. The lectures that are contained in this book arose between 1923 and 1938 and to this day have lost nothing of their validity. They offer an all-encompassing world description on the basis of natural laws, that enables the reader to recognise hidden connections in life, and with this, offer valuable help for self-development.
Essential Knowledge for Life
What Knowledge Will The Seeker Find?
The Laws of Creation are to be found at the heart of the Grail Message explanations. The most important questions of human existence are convincingly answered: Where do we come from? Where do we go to? What is the meaning of our lives and the purpose of our existence? What are the Laws beyond the pysical Laws we know that govern this existence? For the reader of these lectures, a comprehensive overview of all of Creation gradually unfolds.
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"the structure of Creation is mediated.."
Grail Message Abd-ru-shin
"being the mediator of the Grail Message"
Born Oskar Ernst Bernhardt
"does not bring a new religion..."
"intended as the torch to help"
His history & task
"To be a Servant of the Light."
"Refers to an earlier Life"
"..examine the words and absorb them.."
A source of knowledge
Comparing teachings an intellectual exercise
Truth transcends religions
Addressing those who seek the Truth
What benefits the individual?
The Legends, the Myths & the Reality
At the Apex of Creation
GRAIL MESSAGE TABLE OF CONTENTS
Foreword: FOR YOUR GUIDANCE!
1. WHAT SEEK YE?
2. THE CALL FOR THE HELPER
3. THE ANTICHRIST
4. MORALITY
5. AWAKE!
6. SILENCE
7. ASCENT
8. CULT
9. RIGIDITY
10. CHILDLIKENESS
11. CHASTITY
12. THE FIRST STEP
13. THE WORLD
14. THE STAR OF BETHLEHEM
15. THE CONFLICT
16. MODERN PSYCHIC SCIENCE
17. WRONG COURSES
18. WHAT SEPARATES SO MANY FROM THE LIGHT TODAY?
19. ONCE UPON A TIME...!
20. ERRORS
21. THE HUMAN WORD
22. THE WOMAN OF SUBSEQUENT CREATION
23. SUBMISSION
24. INDOLENCE OF THE SPIRIT
25. EARTHMAN BEFORE HIS GOD
26. ALL THAT IS DEAD IN CREATION SHALL BE AWAKENED, SO THAT IT MAY PASS JUDGMENT UPON ITSELF!
27. THE BOOK OF LIFE
28. THE MILLENNIUM
29. A NECESSARY WORD
30. THE GREAT COMET
31. THE WORLD TEACHER
32. THE STRANGER
33. SALVATION! REDEMPTION!
34. THE LANGUAGE OF THE LORD
2. FATE
3. THE CREATION OF MAN
4. MAN IN CREATION
5. HEREDITARY SIN
7. THE INNER VOICE
8. THE RELIGION OF LOVE
9. THE REDEEMER
10. THE MYSTERY OF BIRTH
11. IS OCCULT TRAINING ADVISABLE?
12. SPIRITISM
13. EARTHBOUND
14. DOES SEXUAL CONTINENCE FURTHER SPIRITUAL DEVELOPMENT?
15. THOUGHT-FORMS
16. WATCH AND PRAY!
17. MARRIAGE
18. THE CLAIM OF CHILDREN ON THEIR PARENTS
19. PRAYER
20. THE LORD'S PRAYER
21. THE WORSHIP OF GOD
22. MAN AND HIS FREE WILL
23. IDEAL HUMAN BEINGS
24. CAST ALL YOUR GUILT UPON HIM!
25. THE CRIME OF HYPNOTISM
26. ASTROLOGY
27. SYMBOLISM IN THE FATE OF MAN
28. FAITH
29. EARTHLY POSSESSIONS
30. DEATH
31. DEPARTED THIS LIFE!
32. MIRACLES
33. BAPTISM
34. THE HOLY GRAIL
35. THE MYSTERY OF LUCIFER
36. THE REGIONS OF DARKNESS AND DAMNATION
37. THE REGIONS OF LIGHT AND PARADISE
38. WORLD EVENTS
39. THE DIFFERENCE IN ORIGIN OF MAN AND ANIMAL
40. THE SEPARATION BETWEEN MANKIND AND SCIENCE
41. SPIRIT
42. THE DEVELOPMENT OF CREATION
43. I AM THE LORD THY GOD!
44. THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION AND THE BIRTH OF THE SON OF GOD
45. THE CRUCIFIXION OF THE SON OF GOD AND THE LORD'S SUPPER
46. COME DOWN FROM THE CROSS!
47. THIS IS MY BODY! THIS IS MY BLOOD!
48. THE RESURRECTION OF CHRIST'S PHYSICAL BODY
49. HUMAN OPINIONS AND GOD'S WILL IN THE LAW OF RECIPROCAL ACTION
50. THE SON OF MAN
51. THE SIGNIFICANCE OF MAN'S GENERATIVE POWER FOR HIS SPIRITUAL ASCENT
52. I AM THE RESURRECTION AND THE LIFE, NO MAN COMETH TO THE FATHER BUT BY ME!
53. GROSS MATTER, ETHEREAL MATTER, RADIATIONS, SPACE AND TIME
54. THE ERROR ABOUT CLAIRVOYANCE
55. VARIOUS ASPECTS OF CLAIRVOYANCE
56. IN THE REALM OF DEMONS AND PHANTOMS
57. OCCULT TRAINING, MEAT DIET OR VEGETABLE DIET
58. HEALING BY MAGNETISM
59. LIVE IN THE PRESENT!
60. WHAT MUST A MAN DO TO ENTER THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN?
61. THOU BEHOLDEST THE MOTE THAT IS IN THY BROTHER'S EYE AND CONSIDEREST NOT THE BEAM THAT IS IN THINE OWN EYE!
62. WARFARE IN NATURE
63. THE OUTPOURING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
64. SEX
65. IS OLD AGE AN OBSTACLE TO SPIRITUAL ASCENT?
66. FATHER, FORGIVE THEM, FOR THEY KNOW NOT WHAT THEY DO!
67. THE GODS, OLYMPUS AND VALHALLA
68. THE CREATURE THAT IS MAN
69. AND A THOUSAND YEARS ARE AS ONE DAY!
70. INTUITIVE PERCEPTION
1. IN THE LAND OF TWILIGHT
2. PONDERERS
3. VOLUNTARY MARTYRS, RELIGIOUS FANATICS
4. SERVANTS OF GOD
5. THE INSTINCT OF ANIMALS
6. THE KISS OF FRIENDSHIP
7. THE DISTORTED TOOL
8. THE CHILD
9. WOMAN AND HER VOCATION
10. OMNIPRESENCE
11. CHRIST SAID!
12. MOTION - A LAW OF CREATION
13. THE PHYSICAL BODY
14. THE MYSTERY OF THE BLOOD
15. TEMPERAMENT
16. BEHOLD, MAN, HOW YOU SHOULD WANDER THROUGH THIS CREATION SO THAT THREADS OF FATE WILL NOT HINDER BUT FURTHER YOUR ASCENT!
17. A NEW LAW
18. DUTY AND LOYALTY
19. THE BEAUTY OF THE PEOPLES
20. IT IS FINISHED!
21. AT THE BOUNDARY OF GROSS MATTER
22. THE RECOGNITION OF GOD
23. THE NAME
24. SUBSTANTIALITY
25. THE LITTLE ELEMENTAL BEINGS
26. IN THE GROSS MATERIAL WORKSHOP OF THE ELEMENTAL BEINGS
27. A SOUL WANDERS
28. WOMAN AND MAN
29. DISTORTED SOULS
30. MAN'S SPIRIT GUIDE
31. THREADS OF LIGHT ABOVE YOU!
32. THE PRIMORDIAL QUEEN
33. THE CYCLE OF RADIATIONS
34. SHUN THE PHARISEES!
35. POSSESSED
36. ASK, AND IT SHALL BE GIVEN UNTO YOU!
37. THANKS
38. LET THERE BE LIGHT!
39. UNSUBSTANTIATE
40. CHRISTMAS
41. DO NOT FALL IN TEMPTATION
42. THE FAMILY BOND
43. THE INTIMATE HOME
44. BELIEVERS MERELY OUT OF HABIT
45. CONSIDER WHAT IS OF BENEFIT TO YOU!
46. OMNISCIENCE
47. THE WEAK SEX
48. THE DESTROYED BRIDGE
49. THE GUARDIAN OF THE FLAME
50. SURVEY OF CREATION
51. SOUL
52. NATURE
53. SPIRIT GERMS
54. GERMS ORIGINATING FROM ANIMISTIC SUBSTANCE
55. THE RING OF ANIMISTIC SUBSTANTIALITY
56. THE PRIMORDIAL SPIRITUAL PLANES I
57. THE PRIMORDIAL SPIRITUAL PLANES II
58. THE PRIMORDIAL SPIRITUAL PLANES III
59. THE PRIMORDIAL SPIRITUAL PLANES IV
60. THE PRIMORDIAL SPIRITUAL PLANES V
61. THE PRIMORDIAL SPIRITUAL PLANES VI
62. THE PRIMORDIAL SPIRITUAL PLANES VII
63. EPILOGUE:
HOW THE MESSAGE SHOULD BE ABSORBED
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AT&T to Introduce 105 Alternative Fuel Vehicles in its Fleet
GreenBiz Editors
Wednesday, May 21, 2008 - 5:00pm
AT&T will add a variety of alternative fuel vehicles to its company-wide fleet, dispersing cleaner cars, vans and trucks throughout the country.
The company plans to start rolling out the vehicles in June in more than 30 cities. The 105 alternative fuel vehicles include 25 compressed natural gas vans, 65 hybrid electric Ford Escapes and Toyota Priuses, and 15 hybrid electric conversion work trucks.
AT&T will track fuel efficiency, greenhouse gas emissions, operating costs, performance and driver satisfaction of each vehicle. The company estimates that it will save more than 34,000 gallons of fuel a year and reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 124 metric tons.
"Reducing our fleet's petroleum fuel consumption and operating costs is a top priority," said Jerome Webber, vice president of fleet operations. "Even the smallest improvement in fuel use, when applied across our corporate fleet, can make a significant impact for the environment and for our business."
The vehicles will be used in cities in California, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Missouri, Ohio and Texas.
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Palestinian Muslim Brotherhood EU Lobby Group Leads Delegation To Tunisia
By gmbwatch on April 10, 2012 Daily
The Council for European Palestinian Relations (CEPR) has announced that it recently led a delegation of national and European parliamentarians to assess the political situation in Tunisia. According to the CEPR press release:
The Council for European Palestinian Relations (CEPR) led a delegation, consisting of national and European parliamentarians, to assess the political situation in Tunisia one year after the revolution. As Chair of the delegation, Lord Alderdice stated that they were “hugely impressed and encouraged by the progress made in the democratic transition of the country.” From March 31 – April 3, the CEPR delegation met with the Tunisian President, Moncef Marzouki, as well as the Human Rights Minister, plus the leaders of the main political parties, and youth representatives. Tunisian President with the CEPR delegation. Source: Agence Tunis-Afrique Presse. Delegates raised the following key issues during their visit: the transition to democracy, economic challenges facing the country, the role of Islam in politics, and Tunisia’s position in international relations. Focusing on re-building Tunisia, international and Tunisian delegates expressed their support for Palestinian statehood and restoring Palestinian rights. Leaders of the opposition Democratic Progressive Party said that the “previous administration did not do enough to help the Palestinians”. Ennahda Party members said they were holdind meetings with Fatah and Hamas to help encourage national reconciliation efforts. President of Ennahda, Rached Ghannouchi, said: “democracy will be the answer to the whole region… there is no other way.” While Tunisia faces considerable economic problems – exacerbated by a fall in tourism and instability following the revolution – all delegates remarked on the overall sense of optimism for Tunisia’s future. In his closing remarks with President Marzouki, Lord Alderdice emphasized the role played by Tunisians in sparking the Arab protests and claimed that: “regardless of whether or not Tunisia wishes to be a model for others, it is!” The 2012 CEPR delegation to Tunisia: Lord John Alderdice – House of Lords, UK Dr. Phil Bennion – Member of European Parliament Baroness Jane Bonham-Carter – House of Lords, UK Mr. Pádraig Mac Lochlainn – Teachta Dála, Ireland Mr. Gerald Nash – Teachta Dála, Ireland Mr. Rare?-Lucian Niculescu – Member of European Parliament Mr. Adrian Radut – Political Advisor Ms. Clare Short – Former Secretary of State for International Development, UK Dr. Arafat Shoukri – Council for European Palestinian Relations (CEPR) Mr. Drew Smith – Member of Scottish Parliament Mr. James Tuite – Council for European Palestinian Relations (CEPR) Mr. Humza Yousaf – Member of Scottish Parliament –
Last March, a post discussed a CEPR statement condemning Israel’s latest military actions in Gaza.
The CEPR Web site describes the organization as follows:
The Council for European Palestinian Relations (CEPR) is an independent not-for-profit organisation which has been established to promote dialogue and understanding between European, Palestinian and Arab parliamentarians and policy-makers. It seeks a resolution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict based on justice and the restoration of Palestinian rights in accordance with international humanitarian and human rights law.
Despite its claim of independence, the CEPR is headed by Dr. Arafat Shoukri (aka Arafat Madi, Arafat Madi Shoukri) who is also the executive director of the Palestine Return Centre (PRC) in the U.K. The PRC has strong ties to the global Muslim Brotherhood and two PRC directors are also directors of the Muslim Association of Britain (MAB), generally regarded as part of the UK. Muslim Brotherhood. The PRC is also listed as an affiliate of the Muslim Council of Britain (MCB) dominated by UK. Muslim Brotherhood groups. PRC activities are frequently promoted by the MAB, MCB, and other U.K Brotherhood organizations. PRC director Ghassan Four is also a Trustee of INTERPAL, a key member of the Union of Good and part of the Muslim Brotherhood Hamas fund-raising network . PRC director Zaher Birawi is a Trustee of Education Aid for Palestine (EAP), also a part of the Union of Good. Mr. Birawi is also head of programming for Al-Hiwar TV which frequently features MB/Hamas individuals and organizations and was founded by Azzam Al-Tamimi, a U.K Muslim Brotherhood leader and close to Hamas. An Israeli web site, known to be close to Israeli military intelligence, has reported that Mr. Birawi, along with another PRC Trustee are “past Hamas operatives who found refuge in Britain in the early nineties.” Dr. Shoukri is also the chairman of the European Campaign to End the Siege of Gaza (ECESG) which was the main organizer of the unsuccessful Second Gaza Flotilla and which operates from the same address and has the same telephone as the PRC. The CEPR appears to operate largely as a lobbying group at the EU and has accompanied EU lawmakers on trips to Gaza.
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Celebrating the donation of William Head on Stage theatre company to Help Fill a Dream
Inmates’ performances support sick children
Help Fill a Dream receives proceeds from William Head on Stage
Feb. 6, 2017 10:00 a.m.
Inmates at the William Head Prison in Metchosin and local residents are continuing to help sick kids in the community.
The William Head on Stage (WHoS) Theatre Society invited members of the Capital Regional District and the Help Fill a Dream Foundation for a special night in the prison last December.
At the event, the prisoner-run theatre company donated 10 per cent of ticket sales – more than $3,000 – from their fall production, Sleeping Giants, to Help Fill a Dream.
“Supporting a local charity like Help Fill a Dream is a strong way of integrating into the community,” said Colin Plant, who chairs the Capital Regional District arts committee, in a statement. The CRD arts committee awarded the theatre company a $15,500 grant to put on Sleeping Giants.
“And the fact that you are creating your own originally devised plays is important work, as it contributes to the cultural fabric of Metchosin,” Plant said.
Last fall, WHoS performed 14 shows of Sleeping Giants and attracted almost 2,000 audience members to the unique venue. In addition to the donation, WHoS also offered a free matinee for senior citizens, members of First Nations communities, Camosun College students and people with disabilities.
“Your donation will go directly to helping sick children, and it is especially valued during this time of year,” said Help Fill a Dream executive director Craig Smith, who accepted the donation on behalf of the foundation, which is a local charity that helps fulfill the dreams of sick kids living on Vancouver Island.
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Cheshunt mum who lost son in tragic accident warns others of swimming danger
Youngsters have been learning how to stay safe around lakes and rivers
Martin Ford
Sarah Lea is raising awareness of the dangers of open water swimming following the death of her son Robbie
A mum whose son drowned while trying to swim in the Lee Valley has launched a project to prevent other youngsters losing their lives.
A host of emergency services and youth organisations were brought together to help school and college students in water safety, lifesaving and drowning prevention techniques at the event on Tuesday (February 20).
Robbie Lea, 17, drowned after suffering cold water shock while swimming in North Met Pit Lake in Cheshunt in May 2017.
The Robbie Lea Water Safety Partnership has now been set up and named after him.
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Robbie’s mum Sarah vowed to spread awareness of the dangers of open water swimming, and was present at the launch of the partnership at the Lee Valley White Water Centre in Waltham Cross.
She said: “I’m really proud of how the launch has gone today. I would like to thank all the partners involved who have been a great support in making this happen.
“Our aim is to raise money to host more events like this throughout the year and to raise awareness of the dangers of swimming in open water unsupervised.”
A rescue is demonstrated at the Water Safety Partnership launch
Emergency services including firefighters, paramedics and an air ambulance piloted by Prince William were involved in efforts to save the former Goffs School student.
Grant Bennett, the police sergeant who attended the scene, said: “The tragic events in May 2017 have brought together partners from across the county to raise awareness of the dangers of open water swimming.
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“It was fantastic to be a part of such an amazing day and it was honour to support Sarah and Robbie’s family in their campaign to prevent such tragic events from occurring again”.
The launch event was attended by 61 students from six local Broxbourne secondary schools and Hertfordshire Regional College, where Robbie was studying.
The practical workshops included a white water rescue demonstration, a talk on the hidden dangers of open water, advice on what to say when you call 999 and an interactive session on what to do if you go into cold water shock.
The campaign will continue at secondary schools across Broxbourne.
Lee Valley Regional Park Authority’s youth and schools manager, Karen Wheeler, said: “We are honoured to be a part of this brand new water safety partnership in memory of Robbie Lea. The drive of Sarah's and partner organisation’s to stop future tragedies has made this event possible.
“We hope that the secondary and college students attending the event today, as well as our workshops throughout April, will act as advocates to educate others on the dangers of swimming in open water.”
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The event was hosted by the Lee Valley Regional Park Authority and funds were raised by Cheshunt Football Club.
Safety advice was provided by Hertfordshire Fire and Rescue Service, Hertfordshire Constabulary, the RNLI, the Canal and River Trust, the Hertfordshire Sports Partnership and Crucial Crew.
To donate to Sarah’s campaign, visit www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/RobbieLeaWaterSafetyPartnership
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How the UK’s new sugar tax will affect you
April 7th 2018 / Ayesha Muttucumaru / 0 comment
The sugar tax on soft drinks has now come into effect, but which drinks are affected and is it likely to decrease obesity levels? Here’s the lowdown on the new levies
A sugar tax has been on the cards for what seems years, but it’s finally been put into effect this week, with manufacturers having to pay a levy on the high-sugar drinks that they sell. The UK joins the likes of Mexico, Norway and France who have also introduced similar taxes.
It’s believed that the tax will raise more than £240m in funds, which will be invested in school sports and breakfasts clubs to encourage healthier habits in the young and tackle the growing obesity epidemic. It’s hoped that the tax will help improve children’s oral health too.
How does the new tax work and what does it mean for you? Here are its key takeaways.
The tax is likely to make sugary drinks more expensive
Although applied to manufacturers, the decision of whether the taxes will be passed on to consumers is up to them. Chances are though that they will be and as a result, the prices of the drinks affected will rise. The cost of a 330ml can of Coca-Cola for example has gone up by 8p, a 500ml bottle by 12p and a two-litre bottle by 48p. This could also increase their prices in pubs and restaurants too.
Some drinks will be pricier than others
The taxes applied will depend on the amount of added sugar each beverage has. Drinks with higher levels of sugar in them will be taxed at higher amounts. Those with 8g per 100ml will face a tax rate of 24p per litre. Those with 5-8g of sugar per 100ml will face a tax of 18p per litre.
Not all soft drinks are included
Pure fruit juices and drinks with high levels of milk (75 per cent) are exempt from the tax. The reason given for the former is because they do not carry added sugar and the latter because of their calcium content. The drinks most affected are of the fizzy kind such as Pepsi, Red Bull, 7Up and Coca-Cola.
The sugar tax seems a positive step in the right direction for helping households reduce their sugar intake. Some big brands have already reduced the amount of sugar in their products ahead of it taking effect (hitting the worst culprits in their wallets appears to be a somewhat effective approach). The likes of Lucozade, Ribena and Irn-Bru have changed their recipes so that they fall outside of the taxable thresholds. However Pepsi and Coca-Cola are yet to follow suit, containing 11g and 10.6g of sugar per 100ml respectively.
Some people have said that it’s too soon to judge its impact. It’s also worth noting that drinks like Coca-Cola Zero Sugar and Diet Coke wouldn’t be affected by the levy. However, due to their high levels of artificial sweeteners and additives, they’re not necessarily always the ‘healthier’ option. And shouldn’t be viewed as such under the new regulations. There’s also intriguing research to suggest that carbonated drinks can lead to spikes in appetite, leading us to seek out extra calories from elsewhere. And while pure fruit juices don’t fall under the new rules either, they do contain high levels of sugar and fruit acids which can still be detrimental to dental health if guzzled down.
Sceptics are also unsure as to whether making sugary drinks more expensive will make a sizeable reduction to the number of consumers buying them. According to a 2,000 person survey conducted by Mintel for example, just under half stated that taxing unhealthy products would encourage them to reduce their intake. However, three-quarters said that they were more likely to revise their shopping habits if they were presented with more easily digestible nutritional information by contrast.
That being said though, Mexico, who rolled out similar rules in 2014, saw a 12 per cent decrease in sugary drink consumption a year after it was introduced, with the biggest reductions seen in poorer households. More time is needed though to see if it’s made a similarly large dent in obesity levels.
The reasons behind the obesity crisis are wide-ranging. From stress to the prevalence of sedentary lifestyles and high sugar foods, there are several pieces to solving this particularly complex puzzle. Hopefully some of the funds will also be put into education too to help instil healthy habits in the young from an early age. However, considering that manufacturers are already starting to implement changes, it appears to be an encouraging first step. Only time will tell if it makes a long-lasting impact on the nation’s health.
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Ultraviolet index
The sun is the source of life on the planet. Its rays provide us with much needed light and heat. However, ultraviolet radiation from the sun is harmful to all living things. To find a balance between beneficial and harmful effects of the sun, meteorologists estimate the ultraviolet index that reflects the degree of its danger.
Types of ultraviolet radiation from the sun
Ultraviolet radiation from the sun has a range of wavelengths and is divided into three types, two of which reach the Earth’s surface.
UVA. Long-wave radiation covering the range from 315 to 400 nm
The rays almost freely pass through all atmospheric ‘barriers’ and reach the Earth’s surface.
UVB. Medium-wave radiation covering the range from 280 to 315 nm
90% of the rays are absorbed by the ozone layer, carbon dioxide and water vapor.
UVC. Short-wave radiation covering the range from 100 to 280 nm
The most dangerous type. It is completely absorbed by stratospheric ozone before reaching the Earth’s surface.
The more ozone, clouds and aerosols the atmosphere has, the less harmful the sun’s effects are. However, those saving factors have a high natural variability. Stratospheric ozone exhibits seasonality with maximum in spring and minimum in autumn. Cloudiness is one of the most unstable weather characteristics. Carbon dioxide levels also change over time.
What UV index is dangerous?
The UV index shows the amount of UV radiation expected to reach the Earth’s surface. The UV index ranges on a scale of 0 (Low) to 11+ (Extreme).
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In mid-latitudes, the UV index reaches unsafe values (6-7) only when the sun is at its maximum elevation (late June — early July). At the equator, the UV index ranges from 9 to 11+ throughout the year.
Positive effects of ultraviolet radiation
Small amounts of UV radiation are beneficial to people, play an essential role in the production of melanin, serotonin and vitamin D, and help prevent rickets.
Melanin creates a barrier to protect the skin cells from the harmful effects of the sun. It makes our skin darker and more elastic.
‘Happiness hormone’ serotonin improves our health: it boosts mood and increases overall vitality.
Vitamin D strengthens the immune system, stabilizes blood pressure and prevents rickets.
What are the dangers of the sun?
When tanning, you should remember there is a fine line between beneficial and harmful UV radiation. Excessive tanning is similar to a burn. Ultraviolet radiation damages DNA in skin cells.
The protective system of the body cannot cope with such an aggressive impact. It lowers immunity, damages the retina, accelerates skin ageing and can cause cancer.
UV light destroys the DNA chain
How does the sun affect people?
Susceptibility to UV radiation depends on skin type. People of European descent are the most sensitive to the sun and need protection when the index reaches 3, while the index of 6 is considered dangerous.
At the same time, the limits for Indonesians and African-Americans stand at 6 and 8, respectively.
Who is more likely to get sun damage?
Light-skinned people
People with many moles
People living in the mid-latitudes when on vacation in the south
Ice fishing enthusiasts
Skiers and climbers
People with a family history of skin cancer
In what kind of weather is the sun more dangerous?
The idea that the sun is dangerous only in hot and fine weather is a common misconception. You can get a sunburn when it’s cool or cloudy outside.
Clouds, no matter how thick, do not reduce UV radiation to zero. Clouds significantly reduce the risk of getting a sunburn in the mid-latitudes but not in traditional beach holiday destinations. For example, in the tropics, you can get a sunburn in 30 minutes if it is sunny and in a couple of hours if it is cloudy.
How to protect yourself from the sun
Follow these simple rules to protect yourself from the harmful effects of the sun:
Don’t spend much time in the sun around noon
Wear light-colored clothing and wide-brimmed hats
Wear sunscreen
Wear sunglasses
When on the beach, spend as much time in the shade as possible
How to choose sunscreen
Sunscreens have varying levels of SPF. Rated on a scale from 2 to 50+, it shows you the amount of solar radiation that breaks through the cream and reaches the skin.
For example, when applying a sunscreen with SPF 15, only 1/15, or 7% of ultraviolet rays will break through the protective film. Only 1/50, or 2% of the rays will affect the skin if you use a sunscreen with SPF 50.
Sunscreen creates a reflective layer on the skin. However, you should know that no sunscreen can reflect 100% of UV rays.
An SPF 15 sunscreen is enough for everyday use, if you spend less than half an hour in the sun. When tanning, you should opt for SPF 30 or more, while light-skinned people should use SPF 50+ sunscreen.
Apply enough sunscreen to cover all exposed skin, including the face, ears and neck. If you plan to stay in the sun for a long time, sunscreen should be applied twice: 30 minutes before leaving home and before hitting the beach.
The recommended amount of sunscreen is stated on the packaging.
How to apply sunscreen if you’re swimming
You should re-apply your sunscreen after swimming. Water destroys the protective film and increases the amount of ultraviolet radiation by reflecting the sun’s rays. Thus, the risk of getting a sunburn increases when you’re swimming, but you may not feel the burn due to the cooling effect of water.
Re-apply your sunscreen in case of excessive sweating and towelling.
You should remember that even the shade under an umbrella cannot fully protect you on the beach. Sand, water and even grass reflect up to 20% of UV rays, increasing their impact on the skin.
How to protect your eyes
Sunlight reflected from water, snow or sand can cause painful retinal burns. Wear sunglasses with a UV filter to protect your eyes.
Sun damage in skiers and climbers
The atmospheric ‘filter’ is thinner in the mountains. The UV index increases by 5% with every 100 meters in altitude.
Snow reflects up to 85% of ultraviolet rays. In addition, up to 80% of UV rays reflected by snow are once again reflected by clouds.
Thus, the sun is the most dangerous in the mountains. Protect your face, lower part of the chin and ears even when it’s cloudy.
How to treat a sunburn
Apply a wet sponge to the skin to moisten the burn
Apply a burn ointment to the burnt skin
Consult a doctor, if you notice an increase in your body temperature, as you may need to take an antipyretic
If the burn is severe (there are blisters and swelling), seek medical attention
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Watch A Virgin Galactic Test Flight From Onboard The Engine
Adam Clark Estes
Sep 7, 2013, 3:30pm
This is what a Virgin Galactic supersonic flight with the SpaceShipTwo looks like, up close and personal. It's not quite space, but it's still damn gorgeous to watch.
Virgin Galactic conducted its second supersonic test flight over the Mojave desert. After being released from the WhiteKnightTwo mothership at 12,800m, SpaceShipTwo fired a column of flames from the engine before reaching an altitude of 21,000m. And they got the whole thing on tape.
This second test bodes well for Richard Branson's little startup that could. The hybrid engine burned for 20 full seconds, four more than the lasts test flight, and everything went smoothly as it tilted its wings up into "feather mode" for the descent back to Earth. The spacecraft ultimately reached a top speed of Mach 1.6, the fastest yet. Branson couldn't be more excited. "This is a giant step," the billionaire wrote on his blog. "Our spaceship is now the highest commercial winged vehicle in history!"
At this point, Virgin Galactic is on track to start taking the 500-odd wannabe astronauts into space by 2014, slightly later than the original launch date of December 2012. There's no huge rush though. These planes go to space. Taking a few extra test flights is probably a good idea. [Virgin Galactic]
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Exclusive Q&A with Judith Huang (Author, Sofia & the Utopia Machine)
Posted by Harvardwood 14540HC on January 01, 2019
Judith Huang AB '09 is a Singaporean poet, writer, editor, illustrator and translator. Her first novel, Sofia & The Utopia Machine, was shortlisted for the Epigram Books Fiction Prize 2017 and is available now here. Named a Foyle Young Poet of the Year in 2001, 2003, and 2004, her writing has been published in various journals, including Prairie Schooner and Asia Literary Review, as well as anthologies such as In Transit, Journeys, Singpowrimo 2014, Ayam Curtain, and Body Boundaries.
Q. You must have begun writing at a young age, given that you received an award in 2002 from the Singapore Youth Festival for original play! How did you get your start?
A. I’ve been telling stories as soon as I was born, really—as soon as I was verbal, I was telling stories. I used to tell stories about the Berry Bunnies, who live in your nose when in an urban environment and in toadstools when they’re in a rural environment, and I’m in the middle of codifying that into children's books for kids.
Q. Why did you choose to attend Harvard University, and how did your undergraduate experience impact your writing life?
A. Harvard was a very difficult experience, and as a result, very productive for writing. My next book, By the Nose, is processing Harvard, set in a university quite like Harvard, and there is NIT, the equivalent of MIT. NIT is on a Discord server, one that I am building in real life. Insofar that Discord servers represent real life, which they don't!
Q. How long do you let an idea percolate before you put pen to paper and begin jotting down notes, outlining, and moving forward with the project?
A. Sofia and the Utopia Machine was brewing for a while. My aim was to monetize some of my expertise. I’m a poet—in my heart and soul I am a poet. I am deeply a poet and will always be a poet, but poets don’t make money. One has to make some money. I have an epic poem, and I know it’s not going to sell, and only when I’m rich and famous enough to force people to read epic poetry will it sell. It’s too late for me to die tragically young; Plan A was to die tragically young, and I missed the boat. [But now] I’m ahead of the game because people have midlife crises, and I'm constantly in crisis.
Q. So how long did it take to complete the novel?
A. It took six years to write, but the ideas coalesced quite quickly. I did it as *NANOWRIMO, but in December and with two people, with one of my college friends. We started a private blog and started to put up 1500-2000 words, soft target 1500, and I got a draft out in one month. By mid-January, I had 75,000 words, a first draft.
[I've always been] interested in utopia, dystopia, and alternate dimensions, and [finally I was removed enough] from my teenage years to write objectively about these topics.
*National Novel Writing Month is an annual, Internet-based creative writing project that takes place during the month of November.
Q. You've said that Sofia & the Utopia Machine is influenced by several movies. Can you tell us more about that?
A. Blade Runner: the aesthetics, the pyramidal structures, the noir lighting, the strange, slightly twisted romance going on.
Wall-E: I love that movie so much! The idea of leaving the earth, the idea of the rapture, Armageddon, the end of the world, and taking people up into the sky. Now we have the technology to do that: is that a substitute for or the fulfillment of the rapture? Is Jesus going to come in a spaceship? ... the idea of leaving instead of coming down to Earth. The final song in Wall-E is “Down to Earth.” We’re bringing the kingdom down to earth, we won’t wait for the planet to burn into a crisp, we’re supposed to care for it. Nothing less than the redemption of Earth!
The third movie is Laputa: Castle in the Sky. A powerful civilization goes up in the sky and smites people on the ground. [It's about] the ascension to godhood, but we are not gods; even if we live forever, we’re not gods because we don't create. We merely destroy, and destruction is not a hobby of a god.
Q. Can you share more about the process of getting your debut novel published? When did you know it was ready to send out to agents?
A. I only got an agent after I got a publisher, to negotiate the deal. I was in a bit of a hurry because there was a deadline to submit the manuscript for the Epigram Books Fiction Prize*. So the route to publication was relatively smooth.
However, editing was a whole other ballgame; it was excruciating torture. You have your baby, and then [the editors] vivisect it. But then the work comes out better and it’s like a cyborg, a more powerful baby.
*Established in 2015, the Epigram Books Fiction Prize promotes contemporary Singapore creative writing and rewards excellence in Singapore literature. The annual prize offers S$25,000 to the winner and S$5,000 to three shortlisted finalists.
This article was edited for clarity and length.
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Eight members of the Harvard Business School MBA Class of 2010 have been named winners of the School's prestigious Dean's Award. The recipients, who will be recognized by HBS Dean Jay Light at Commencement ceremonies on the HBS campus on May 27, are Maya A. Babu, Sean A. Cameron, the team of Richard Chung and Philip Wong, John W. Coleman, Robert M. Daly, Jr., Andrew D. Klaber, and Whitney F. Petersmeyer. Read more.
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Dartmouth Investigators Identify Key Pathways Underlying Different Subsets of Systemic Sclerosis
Sorting out patients with SSc according to their shared biology, Dartmouth investigators discovered how disease heterogeneity can be defined, allowing for targeted selection of patients for clinical trials. Michael Whitfield, PhD of the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth’s Department of Genetics and Norris Cotton Cancer Center, along with Post-doctoral Fellows Michael Johnson, PhD and J. Matthew Mahoney, PhD, led the research, publishing two papers: “Experimentally-Derived Fibroblast Gene Signatures Identify Molecular Pathways Associated with Distinct Subsets of Systemic Sclerosis Patients in Three Independent Cohorts” in PLoS One, and “Systems Level Analysis of Systemic Sclerosis Shows a Network of Immune and Profibrotic Pathways Connected with Genetic Polymorphisms,” in PLoS Computational Biology. Clinical collaborators include Dr. Monique Hinchcliff and Dr. John Varga of Northwestern’s Feinberg School of Medicine.
“This work uses rare patient samples collected from three different clinical centers and analyzed by modern genomic technologies in my laboratory, and then integrated using a novel bioinformatics strategy that we developed,” explained Whitfield.
Systemic sclerosis is a heterogeneous autoimmune disease, which has a complex and variable clinical course. It is difficult to treat due to a lack of effective therapies. Making it more complicated, there are multiple subtypes of the disease that currently can only be identified by measuring a patient’s gene expression profile. In prior studies, the Whitfield team used translational genomic and bioinformatic approaches to analyze systemic sclerosis skin biopsies. The result was identification of four “intrinsic” gene expression subsets that can be used to classify the patients based on the genes expressed in their skin. The subsets are: fibroproliferative, inflammatory, limited, and normal-like.
The Whitfield studies asked:
What are the major pathways underlying each intrinsic subset that may be driving pathogenesis?
What genes or features are commonly deregulated?
How are they related to genetic risk factors for the disease?
The purpose of this translational work is to use the biology of a patient’s disease to predict which individuals are more likely to respond to specific therapies.
Results include the most comprehensive analysis of signaling pathways in SSc to-date, which may be used to both diagnose and treat patients. Also groundbreaking are the identification of molecular pathways by which patients may progress through the disease, the linking of deregulated genes to a patient’s underlying genetic risk factors, and identification of a small set of genes that may be critically important in disease pathogenesis from the thousands differentially regulated in the genome. The team put the genetic risk factors for SSc into the context of deregulated pathways and showed that they largely cluster within the immune system, suggesting inflammation is an initiating event in the disease.
“Our methods and results demonstrate the efficacy of team science,” said Whitfield. “This was a truly interdisciplinary effort by physicians, mathematicians, molecular, and computational biologists to understand this disease. It represents a true bench-to-bedside translational research project.”
Looking ahead, Whitfield’s team is working to identify new drugs that may target the deregulated pathways in SSc and be effective for the treatment of specific SSc subtypes, as well as developing a new diagnostic assay to facilitate the subtyping of patients’ disease.
Michael Whitfield, PhD is Associate Professor in the Department of Genetics at Dartmouth’s Geisel School of Medicine in Hanover, NH. His research in cancer is facilitated by Dartmouth’s Norris Cotton Cancer Center in Lebanon, NH. Research funding was from the Scleroderma Research Foundation with additional support from NIH-NIAMS grants P50AR060780, P30AR061271, U01AR055063 and R25 CA134286-01 from the National Cancer Institute as well as T32GM008704 from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences. Additional support came from the SYNERGY grant at Dartmouth’s Geisel School of Medicine.
About Norris Cotton Cancer Center at Dartmouth-Hitchcock
Norris Cotton Cancer Center combines advanced cancer research at Dartmouth and the Geisel School of Medicine with patient-centered cancer care provided at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, NH, at Dartmouth-Hitchcock regional locations in Manchester, Nashua, and Keene, NH, and St. Johnsbury, VT, and at 12 partner hospitals throughout New Hampshire and Vermont. It is one of 41 centers nationwide to earn the National Cancer Institute’s “Comprehensive Cancer Center” designation. Learn more about Norris Cotton Cancer Center research, programs, and clinical trials online at cancer.dartmouth.edu.
For more information contact Kirk Cassels at 603-653-6177.
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What Causes Wrinkles?
As humans age, their skin tends to lose the strong elastin and collagen production levels of their youth. This, in turn, causes the skin to “freeze” in the position of creases that have been built up over time due to repetitive muscle movements; such wrinkles include “smile” lines around eyes. At the same time, the loss of elastin and collagen causes the formation of deeper wrinkles in the forehead, cheeks, and neck/décolleté region.
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Wrinkle creams typically combat several of the concerns of wrinkle formation. These creams should contain ingredients that are capable of stimulating collagen production and elastin effectiveness; this should reduce the formation of new wrinkles while helping to tighten and smooth out already present ones. At the same time, wrinkle creams must be made from extremely strong moisturizers.
Since dry skin is a key contributor to the premature formation of wrinkles, it is imperative that aging skin is supplied with an adequate source of moisture that is effective for an extended period of time. Additionally, the best wrinkle creams will also offer protection against future wrinkle formation by including a sun blocker in their formulas.
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Super-drones and blimp warehouses: Amazon's sci-fi dreams for drone delivery
Business // Retail
By Angel Gonzalez, Seattle Times Dec. 29, 2016 Updated: Dec. 29, 2016 10:33 p.m.
Super-drones and blimp warehouses: Amazon's sci-fi dreams...
1of2Amazon is exploring the use of airships as flying warehouses that could help it deliver more goods by drone.Photo: Handout
2of2A fan dresses up as Voltron at an animation festival earlier this year. Photo: Kin Man Hui, Staff
SEATTLE - Amazon.com scientists have dreamed up a scheme straight out of "Voltron," a 1980s animated show for kids where several vehicles joined together to form an evil-fighting super-robot. In this case it's a super-drone.
In a patent filing dated Thursday, the e-commerce giant says it wants to build a "collective" unmanned aerial vehicle by having smaller drones stick together in various configurations. That would allow the super-drone to carry "virtually any size, weight, or quantity of items, travel longer distances, etc.," the application reads. The drones can also fly together somewhere and then decouple to make individual deliveries.
The idea would allow Amazon to field just one type of drone, instead of several types in which each is designed to carry different types of packages or travel at various distances. It's just another patent from a company that files plenty of them, but it shows how busily Amazon is thinking about the drone delivery program announced by CEO Jeff Bezos in 2013.
Drones are important to Amazon because their widespread use would allow the company to bring down its last-mile delivery costs from a few dollars to a few cents for each package. The first commercial drone delivery took place this month in the U.K.
The "collective" drone idea follows another scheme depicted in an Amazon patent document published in April: flying warehouses held aloft by blimps.
It would float above a city at 45,000 feet and hold not only thousands of items, but a fleet of drones. Gravity would make the drones more energy efficient, as they wouldn't have to power up until they're close to the ground. The drones could make their way back to the mothership in a shuttle, accompanied by packages and workers not afraid of heights.
One can only imagine the jungle of technological implementation and regulation such a venture would encounter in order to become reality. So it might remain in science fiction's realm for a while.
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January 30, 2014 1:09pm PT by Marisa Guthrie
MSNBC Fires Employee Responsible for Cheerios Tweet
"The tweet was outrageous and unacceptable," says MSNBC president Phil Griffin.
MSNBC has fired the employee who sent out a controversial Tweet involving a Cheerios commercial that features a biracial family.
In a statement to The Hollywood Reporter, MSNBC president Phil Griffin called the Tweet "outrageous and unacceptable."
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"We immediately acknowledged that it was offensive and wrong, apologized, and deleted it," the statement continued. "We have dismissed the person responsible for the tweet. I personally apologize to Mr. Priebus and to everyone offended. At MSNBC we believe in passionate, strong debate about the issues and we invite voices from all sides to participate. That will never change."
MSNBC anchor Ari Melber read Griffin's statement at the end of the network's 3 p.m. hour.
The tweet prompted Republican National Committee chairman Reince Priebus to call for a Republican boycott of the network.
The full tweet, sent at 8:06 p.m. from the MSNBC Twitter account, read: "Maybe the rightwing will hate it, but everyone else will go awww: the adorable new #Cheerios ad w/biracial family."
The Cheerios ad is the second spot to feature a biracial couple and their daughter, "Gracie." When General Mills premiered the first spot last May, social media erupted with vitriolic, racist comments. The company disabled the comments section on the ad's YouTube site, though the spot also received much praise.
Priebus sent a letter Thursday morning to Griffin denouncing what he characterized as "demeaning attacks" that "have become a pattern" at MSNBC.
"With increasing frequency many of your hosts have personally denigrated and demeaned Americans -- especially conservative and Republican Americans -- without even attempting to further meaningful political dialogue," wrote the RNC chairman.
It is the latest embarrassing gaffe for MSNBC, which has already parted ways with Martin Bashir and Alec Baldwin, while weekend host Melissa Harris-Perry issued a tearful apology for belittling Mitt Romney's adopted African-American grandson.
In an e-mail to "interested parties," RNC communications director Sean Spicer, noted that Priebus and Griffin spoke by phone on Thursday. "We appreciate Mr. Griffin’s admission that their comment was demeaning and disgusting, and the Chairman accepted his apology," wrote Spicer, adding that the RNC "will aggressively monitor the network to see whether their pattern of unacceptable behavior actually changes."
He continued: "We don’t expect their liberal bias to change, but we will call them out when political commentary devolves into personal and belittling attacks."
In an interview earlier this month with The Hollywood Reporter, Griffin acknowledged past mistakes, but vowed to move forward. "These were judgment calls made by some of our people," he said. "We quickly took responsibility for them and took action. They were unfortunate, but I'm not going to allow these specific moments of lack of judgment to define us."
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Voice of Conscience by Behcet Kaya
Voice of Conscience is the second edition of the well-received novel by Behcet Kaya.
Voice of Conscience is a tightly-spun tale of redemption and human nature vividly depicted in the story of one man's manic journey to fulfill his debt and reclaim his past at whatever cost.
Behcet Kaya's book Voice of Conscience begins in a small village in eastern Turkey, where Ramzi Ozcomert Jr. is catapulted into a fearsome adult world after the brutal death of his parents and sister.
Shattered by grief and fear, Ramzi begins his flight from threats both real and imagined that take him from Istanbul to London, engendering in him a deep need for revenge.
His plans are interrupted when he discovers love in the most unexpected of times, allowing himself to fall for an American girl and a new life in California.
Despite his subsequent success in America, he cannot overcome the horrifying images of his murdered family members that plague his every moment.
Ramzi's obsession will take him to the very heart of his past as he travels back to Turkey, culminating in an ending that will confound all expectations.
Voice of Conscience by Behcet Kaya articulates a collision of opposites; of Turkish customs and Western values, loss and new life, love and hate in a compulsively readable book essential for our times.
Praise for Voice of Conscience by Behcet Kaya
"Voice of Conscience is a riveting tale of life, love and revenge." - Ellen Feld, featheredquill.com
"This novel is a Shakespearean tragedy done at its best. I can imagine this story as a big screen movie. Voice of Conscience is a story the reader will not forget." - Nancy Eaton, bestsellersworld.com
"Kaya has presented us with a must-read first novel, a tale discussing cultural imperatives that must be explored by all of us as we face today’s world. This is a memorable read!" - GA Bixler, IP Book Reviews
"Behcet Kaya has planned out his story well and the characters are vivid throughout. Enter into Ramzi's world, where the soul is consumed by the dark clouds of a painful and unforgettable past; where nothing can soothe the savage beast within." - Martha Jette, Author/Editor
"Voice of Conscience is a compelling drama with the author incorporating the traits of a Shakespearean tragedy very successfully. It is highly recommended to readers who enjoy compelling stories of human frailty." - Tracy Roberts, Write Field Services
Kirkus Book Review of Voice of Conscience by Behcet Kaya
Kaya tells a tale of revenge as a way of life, and how it can eat away at a man.
Ramzi Ozcomert lived his first 14 years in northeastern Turkey.
In the middle of the 20th century, it is a place that feels much older, obsessed with the idea of honor - family honor, blood honor and revenge.
Ramzi's father embodies the code and instills it in his son.
As drawn by Kaya, the elder Ozcomert is radiant, but not altogether good.
He is scarily unflinching, as only those who do not wrestle with doubt can be.
Then revenge rears its head to shatter Ramzi's curiously fascinating, feudal world - he must flee or be taken victim by the same wrath that wiped out his family.
Kaya fashions this world with exactingness - the vendettas, enemies everywhere, the artful social dance one had to comply with, or live constantly looking over their shoulder.
Young Ramzi is put on a train to Istanbul where he has a delightfully Hitchcockian encounter with a small group of enigmatic souls debating the rift in Turkish society:
"We are men of conscience. If someone violates one's honor, murder is justified," says one, while another responds, "Our republic is supposed to be a democracy, but our people still think in the old ways."
Any uncertainties about Ramzi's inclinations are put to rest when, in one of the book's mildly disconcerting jumps, readers next find him in London. It is 13 years later, and he is in love and studying engineering, but unfinished business back home lurks in the background.
As a successful businessman in Los Angeles, some 20 years later still, revenge consumes him. "Coward. Coward," says the voice in his head. Apparently you can take the village, but not the code, out of the man.
Author Behcet Kaya is a dramatist and his love scenes are chromatic and ecstatic before revenge lowers the skies and everything goes dark and edgy. "Vengeance only destroys," says Ramzi's friend in the end. And how.
Highly atmospheric, transporting account of an ancient custom alive in a modern world.
Click to get your own copy of Voice of Conscience by Behcet Kaya.
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Honda Owners
Powering Local Dreams
Sensing - Katie Taylor
Engineering behind the CR-V
New generation of ultra-high-strength steel contributes to lightest and most rigid CR-V chassis ever, resulting in improved crash-worthiness.
Thanks to a comprehensive, ground-up design and engineering programme, the all-new Honda CR-V features the strongest and most sophisticated chassis in the nameplate’s history. A low-inertia and highly rigid platform is enabled through new body construction that uses advanced lightweight and high-tensile materials.
The CR-V has been specifically tuned to not only comply with European standards but also to wow drivers with amazing performance, providing confidence and comfort that can be felt even when driving at high speeds.
The Real Time AWD System offers more dynamic cornering performance and will assist in hill-climbing, whilst the new suspension and steering systems also deliver world-class driving dynamics, supported by Honda’s class-leading active and passive safety systems.
Advanced metallurgy and manufacturing processes
New generation, hot-stamp ultra-high-strength steel is used for the first time in the new CR-V, making up 9% of the all-new model’s body frame, resulting in increased strength in the areas most affected in a crash, whilst also reducing the overall weight of the chassis.
The combined use of high-strength 780 MPa, 980 MPa and 1500 MPa steel is 36% in the new CR-V, compared to 10% on the previous car. This combination of superior materials with sophisticated engineering processes has also lead to a 35% increase in bending rigidity and a 25% increase in torsional rigidity.
The body assembly process involves an innovative high-efficiency joining technique, whereby the entire inner frame is assembled first, followed by the outer frame, and then the joints. This production technology defies the conventional method of body frame assembly and contributes greatly to the overall body stiffness.
Rewarding dynamics and exemplary comfort
All-new suspension complements the boost in body rigidity, contributing to the most driver-focused dynamics in the CR-V model’s history. Ride comfort is improved over its predecessor, with a new mechanical set-up designed to be compatible with all road surface conditions.
Lower-arm-type MacPherson strut suspension at the front provides high lateral rigidity for linear handling, and low longitudinal rigidity for optimised ride compliance, whilst an all-new rear multi-link suspension set-up delivers increased geometrical stability for predictable high-speed driving, superior ride comfort and more linear handling in conjunction with the Electric Power Steering.
The steering itself is a dual pinion variable-ratio electric power-assisted rack-and-pinion system, which on this European-market CR-V is specifically tuned to deliver exceptional feedback, improved linearity, smoothness and accuracy.
A solid rear stabiliser bar sharpens turn-in and reduces body roll, while a new floating, rubber-mounted sub-frame structure improves noise isolation over the previous CR-V. Hydraulic suspension bushings, normally reserved for luxury-class vehicles, are fitted at the front and rear, resulting in superior ride isolation as well as enhanced chassis vibration control.
Agile Handling Assist (AHA) and Real Time AWD system
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Industry-leading safety performance
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The ACE™ passive safety system is complemented in the new CR-V by the Honda Sensing® suite of active safety and driver assist technologies, which is installed on all grades and includes Lane Keeping Assist, Adaptive Cruise Control, Forward Collision Warning and Collision Mitigation Braking System.
First deliveries of the all-new Honda CR-V in Europe are expected in Autumn 2018, with a 1.5-litre VTEC TURBO petrol engine available from launch, and hybrid models following early in 2019.
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Latest news from Botti about Caulfield Cup hope Dandino
International stayer Dandino owned by Australian Thoroughbred Bloodstock has drawn barrier 19 for the 2013 Caulfield Cup on Saturday.
Dandino part owner John Richards was given the responsibility to draw the marble that would decide Dandino’s fate and turned over number 19 for the Marco Botti trained galloper.
After scratchings the son of Dansili is likely to jump from gate 16 and jockey Craig Williams was philosophical shortly after the draw. “Of course you would like a more favourable draw, but more importantly, the horse is in great order and we’ll assess it from there,” Williams said.
Dandino has settled in extremely well at the Werribee Quarantine Centre following his arrival from the UK. Dandino is being cared for by Marco’s head lad, Paul Francis. Paul, who was at the barrier draw today, thought the horse could overcome his wide gate at Caulfield. “He has thrived in Australia and seems to be enjoying himself much more than home,” Paul said. “He had a leisurely gallop this morning in preparation for Saturday’s race and the couldn’t be any better going into the Caulfield Cup.” “The wide barrier is a concern but Craig won the race from a wide gate last year and knows what to do.”
ATB owner Darren Dance would have preferred a better gate but said it is what it is.
“He hasn’t missed a beat since arriving at Werribee and his recovery has been outstanding,” said Dance. “Watching him work this week has given us a great deal of confidence he is in with a great chance on Saturday and we have a great jockey riding in Craig Williams who will give the horse every chance from the wide gate. It would be an honour to be a part of history if Craig can win his third Caulfield Cup in succession and do it riding one of our horses.”
The 2013 Caulfield Cup is scheduled to run at 5.45pm on Saturday 19th October 2013 as Race 10 on a ten-event card.
See result here
Superb Juvenile Double
An ordinary Wednesday in early October saw two potentially nice Maidens win well at the first time of asking.
The first winner of the day, at Newcastle, was Lat Hawill, the smartly bred son of Invincible Spirit. Lat Hawill is owned jointly by HE Sheikh Mohammed Bin Khalifa Al Maktoumn and Qatar Racing. This is the first winner Marco has trained for this joint partnership and we very much hope there are plenty more to come.
Lat Hawill made easy work of the 11 strong opposition going away from the field by 8 lengths. Ridden very well by Jamie Spencer, “He made a very good impression for his debut and we are sure he will progress from the experience”, said a delighted Marco.
The second winner of the day came care of Our Generation at Kempton for owner Mr Lai Kai Feung; this is the first horse and first runner that Marco has trained for this owner; what a way to start a partnership. Our Generation took the race 2 furlongs from home and despite hanging into the rails he rallied to win by ½ a length.
The son of Footstepsinthesand, “Our Generation had been going well at home and has a lovely attitude. I did think that he would need the race but he ran well and it has been a pleasure to train a winner for the Hong Kong based connections. What a great way to start training for a new owner”, said Marco.
About Marco Botti
In just seven years, Marco Botti has quickly established himself as one of Britain’s leading trainers with a reputation for fielding high-class challengers in the world’s biggest races while retaining an admirable strike-rate with his runners at home, where he has been champion all-weather trainer.
International Group and Grade 1 victories with Excelebration, Joshua Tree and Gitano Hernando have been backed up by a strong supporting cast which includes G2 Mill Reef Stakes winner Moohaajim, American St Leger 2012 and G2 Dubai City of Gold winner Jakkalberry, American St Leger 2013 winner Dandino plus the consistent Group performer Planteur, who was third in the 2013 and 2012 Dubai World Cup. Excelebration also gave Marco his first Classic victory when winning the German 2,000 Guineas in 2011.
Such sustained success the world over led to Marco being voted International Trainer of the Year at the 2012 HWPA Derby Awards.
Marco was bred to succeed in racing. His father Alduino has been champion trainer in Italy for more than 30 years, while Marco’s brother Stefano is also a leading trainer in Italy. In addition to learning at home with his family, Marco also spent time working for leading trainers Luca Cumani, Ed Dunlop and Saeed Bin Suroor before embarking on his own training career.
In early 2013, Marco and his wife Lucie, a former jockey and key member of the team, moved into their brand new custom-built stable, Prestige Place, while also retaining their previous premises, Green Ridge Stables, in order to accommodate their burgeoning string of racehorses.
Marco and Lucie would be delighted to welcome potential owners to visit their exciting new yard in the heart of Newmarket, the historic headquarters of horseracing.
Visit Marco Botti's website.
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Maltese Olympic Committee announces finalists of the 18th MOC Sports Awards
Maria Vella--Galea Wednesday, 4 December 2019, 10:43 Last update: about 3 months ago
The Maltese Olympic Committee announced the finalists of the 18th Edition of the annual Gala Sports Awards which will take place on Saturday 7th December at the Corinthia Palace Hotel & Spa in Attard. The chosen athletes will be those that stood out in their respective sporting categories and will be recognised for their accomplishments during the competition period October 2018 - October 2019. Award Categories start from the Special Award, followed by Bronze, Silver, Gold and Platinum and will be bestowed based on the results achieved in major international competitions organised under the auspices of the International Federation of the athletes' respective sport or a recognised and reputable International Sport Organisation.
"The Awards are a culmination of a year of successful achievements by our athletes who through their commitment, dedication and sacrifice bring honour to Malta. This year's Awards naturally feature the results obtained in the Games of the Small States of Europe held in Montenegro, where Malta brought home 27 medals and an increase in its Gold and Silver medal tally. Nonetheless a number of commendable results were obtained in other sports of which the MOC is proud to honour such achievements" explained Julian Pace Bonello, President, Maltese Olympic Committee.
The MOC Sports Awards Organising team, led by Deputy President William Beck, explained that this year's edition 87 nominations were received from 20 Associations. These athletes and teams will be awarded for their achievements when representing Malta in international championships. The finalists and the actual category of the award were determined by the MOC Technical Commission under the leadership of Mr Ivan Balzan - the MOC's Director of Sport. The evening will also recognise four local councils for their contribution to promote sports in their locality and will induce four new members to the MOC's Hall of Fame.
Local Council Awards
A total of twelve Local Councils submitted their entries for consideration. The Award will be given to those localities having given substantial contribution towards sport. The criteria for consideration was based on activities organised within the locality, including schools in that area, any seminars conducted relating to sports and fitness, any assistance given to local sporting associations as well as the contribution towards the maintenance and building of sporting facilities.
Szilveszter Csollány, former Hungarian gymnast will be the guest of honour for the evening. Considered as one of the best gymnasts in Olympic history , his 9.85 score achieved in the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney led him to win the gold medal in the men's rings. This medal followed the silver medal obtained during the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games. The 2000 Sydney Olympics success was enough to be chosen as 'The 2000 Hungarian Sportsman of The Year'. He was once again chosen as sportsman of the year in 2002 after winning a gold medal at that year's World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Debrechen. On five occasions in 1992 - Paris, 1996 - San Juan, 1997 - Lausanne, 1999 - Tianjin and 2001 - Ghent was silver medalist in the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships besides winning the gold medal at the 1998 European Championships.
At the moment he is one of world's renowned gymnastics coaches both in Hungary and in other European countries.
The Maltese Olympic Committee will also be announcing a number of inductees to its Hall of Fame. The criteria for selection are based on individuals' having a reputation of high integrity before and even during the period that one is elected to the Hall of Fame. The individuals being considered for such an honour are those whose contributions, both in the field of play as well as in the administrative roles they occupied, have left an indelible mark in their respective fields.
18th MOC Sports Awards Finalists
Malta Amateur Athletic Association
Claire Rose Azzopardi, Lisa Marie Bezzina, Ian Paul Grech, Paula Grech, Jordan Daniel Gusman, Damien Jeffrey Charles Mizzi, Rachela Pace
Aquatic Sports Association of Malta
Mya Azzopardi, Dylan Cachia, Andre Camilleri, Andrew Chetcuti, Luke Ellul Sullivan, Francesca Falzon Young, Matthew Galea, Sasha Gatt, Emily Grech Carr, Alexandra McGonigle, Haley Pawley Neame, Harry Stacey, Mikhail Umnov, Martina Valletta, Michee Van Rooyen
Badminton Malta
Matthew Abela
Malta Billiards & Snooker Association
Duncan Bezzina, Tony Drago
Malta Federation of Body Building & Fitness
Bader Almiloudi, Roderick Theuma
Malta Cycling Federation
Marie Claire Aquilina, Etienne Bonello, Christian Formosa, Men's National Team (Etienne Bonello, William Hili, Jason Vella, Brandon Sultana, Clive Bugeja, Mariano Cassar)
Malta Golf Association
Nicholas Beck, Andrew Borg, Ruud Critien, JJ Micallef
Malta Gymnastics Federation
Ella Borg, Tara Vella Clark
Malta Judo Federation
Isaac Bezzina, Katrina Esposito, Jeremy Saywell
Malta Karate Federation
Kimberly Stanton
Malta Pool Association
Scott Muscat, Men's National Team (Miguel Falzon, Mario Cutajar, Anton Cuschieri, Christ Tabone, Dylan Cassar, Kevin Mercieca)
Malta Sailing Federation
Elusive 2 Sailing Team (Aaron Podesta, Maya Podesta, Christoph Podesta, David Anastasi, Gareth Grech, Ben Pace Lehner, Andrea Crocella, Tom Zammit Tabona, Adrian Stone, Magnus Everskog)
Malta Shooting Sports Federation
Eleanor Bezzina, Gianluca Chetcuti, William Chetcuti
Malta Squash Association
Kijan Sultana, Lijana Sultana
Malta Table Football Sports Association
Jurgen Balzan, Derek Conti
Malta Taekwondo Federation
Amani Faraoun
Malta Tennis Federation
Francesca Curmi, Elaine Genovese, Helene Pellicano
Malta Tenpin Bowling Association
Sue Abela, Mauro Anastasi, Cynthia Frendo Duca, Kayden Lagana, Mark Spiteri, Sara Xuereb, Dwayne Zahra
Malta Triathlon Federation
Hannah Cutajar
Malta Weightlifting Association
Vlad Baldacchino, Matthew Camilleri, Shaun Ciantar, Roberta Tabone, Tenishia Thornton, Yasmin Zammit Stevens
The 18th MOC Sports Awards will be televised live on TVM2, on Saturday 7th December at 20:30hrs
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Kerala Migrant Workers
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Illegal tree-felling to build homes and create farmlands in a section of the protected mangrove belt-allegedly to favour ruling party loyalists-highlights new threats to the ecologically fragile Sundarbans.
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In a first Kerala opens hostels for migrant labourers, names it Apna Ghar
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Andhra Pradesh CM Naidu demands Kerala floods be declared a national disaster
CM Naidu said that Andhra Pradesh has extended an assistance of nearly Rs 50 crore to Kerala via donations in cash and kind.
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Picking up the pieces: Kerala rebuilds itself after devastating floods
As lakhs of Malayalis return to their homes to retrieve the fragments of their broken lives, Kerala tries to hold itself together with help from volunteers and relief in cash and kind. The state's real test remains those still in the camps
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Premier League 2012/13 awards
May 20, 2013 December 18, 2019 by Joshua Askew
While it was lacking in quality, it is impossible to deny that last season was one of the most entertaining in years, culminating in one of the greatest moments since its inception. So what was the response from England’s top tier of clubs? To do away with the entertainment and keep the lack of quality. A thoroughly mediocre Manchester United sealed their title with plenty of time to spare and a relegation battle shaping up to include the entirety of the lower half of the league was wrapped up a game early. All that was left on the final day of the season was the race for the final Champions League spot, so Arsenal and Tottenham served us up performances that had us all eagerly anticipating the 2012-13 season being over at last.
Player of the Season
One of the main debates of the season came from the success of Robin van Persie and Luis Suarez. As the pair surged ahead of everyone else in the league, whose performances were more impressive became a major talking point: Suarez was perhaps doing more despite being surrounded by lesser players, but Van Persie was more significant, leading his team to a Premier League title. The debate ended early however as Van Persie’s form took a dip that saw him go ten games without a goal.
Suarez celebrated his superiority by sinking his teeth into Branislav Ivanovic’s arm, earning him a ban long enough for everyone to notice Gareth Bale had been pretty handy. Nevertheless, although he was far more deserving of his PFA award this season than he had been the year before, Bale didn’t quite match Suarez or Van Persie’s high standards.
Young Player of the Season
After years of selling the decent squad they had accumulated under Martin O’Neill and doing a shoddy job of replacing them on a budget, Aston Villa fell into a relegation battle that they narrowly escaped from last year. Failure to learn from these mistakes put new manager Paul Lambert in a similar situation this year, however they did get part of their transfer dealings correct. Importing Belgian striker Christian Benteke from Genk was the difference between the drop and another year in the Premier League for the Birmingham club – the dynamic young forward’s 19 goals key to Villa’s survival.
Goal of the Season
Despite having the widest selection to choose from, the frequency of Robin van Persie‘s goals didn’t affect their quality. The best of the lot was probably his stunning volleyed finish from Wayne Rooney’s inch-perfect pass against Aston Villa.
Manager of the Season
The announcement of his retirement and the league win makes Sir Alex Ferguson the obvious choice, but it seems odd for it to go to him when he failed to address the problems in his side that left them second best the year before, even if they finished first this year, and mainly relied on Van Persie choosing United over City to claim the trophy. There isn’t really much other choice though: Rafa Benitez fought the odds at Chelsea but only really managed what was expected of him in the league despite success in Europe, Andre Villas-Boas set up a good Tottenham side but ultimately didn’t meet expectations, David Moyes impressed initially at Everton but faded away as the season went on, while Michael Laudrup and Steve Clarke did the same more spectacularly.
With no real worthy candidates, it’s worth giving a shout out to Chris Hughton. Norwich may have been dragged back into the relegation battle after a poor run, but the fact they had looked safe in the first place is impressive: Hughton took a mostly Championship-tier squad to a respectable 11th place after a tricky start.
Disappointment of the Season
With so much to choose from, it seems fair that everything gets this dubious honour. In an agonising race to the bottom, half of the league deserved to get relegated but only three clubs managed it, and those above them weren’t that much better. At least things can only improve. Please.
Honourable mentions: Julio Cesar, Sebastien Bassong, Phillippe Coutinho, Michu, Romelu Lukaku
Club, EnglishTagged awards, chris hughton, christian benteke, luis suarez, premier league, robin van persie
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3 thoughts on “Premier League 2012/13 awards”
Kane Prior says:
Good team of the season. Though I would make a few changes: westham finishing midtable was a lot to do with jussi in goal, ferninand was fantastic for united and really organised his defense well, Dembele was the key to getting the best out of bale and cazorla ensured arsenal qualified for the cl with brilliant creativity. Would lose lloris, nastasic, Benteke and one of suarez/rvp
Eurazian says:
I like Benteke but there’s no way you could have him, RVP and Suarez in the same lineup.
Where’s Cazorla? 12 goals and 11 assists says that he at least makes the bench. Mertesacker too deserves a bench spot – Arsenal had the second-best defence in the league, and the big German was the main reason.
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Priority Parking Southampton Airport
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Walk to the terminal in 1-minute. It's the closest car park to the terminal and comes with Priority security passes for up to 2 passengers. Keep your keys and know your car is secured while you're away.
The car park is on the airport grounds, a 1-minute walk to the terminal.
When you arrive at the car park your car registration will be read and recognised. The barrier will lift and you'll be given a ticket (keep it safe). Park in the priority area of the Short Stay car park and take the short walk to the terminal. You keep your keys so your car will be in the same place when you return.
After check-in, show your booking confirmation at the security search area and you'll be directed to a dedicated fast lane meaning you can skip the queues.
There are 2 charging points for electric vehicles at the rear of the car park near the exit barriers. They operate on a first come first served basis.
The priority car park is the closest to the terminal, so this option is ideal for travellers with reduced mobility.
There are Special Assistance Call Points linked to the terminal's service desk if you need to request help when you're at the car park.
The car park is secured by:
Entry and exit barriers
24-hour attendants
Regular staff patrols
The car park also has the Park Mark award for security.
Early or late? The car park offers a grace period of 2 hours, at their discretion. Any longer than this and you'll be charged the car park's standard rate of £30 per day. Please note this is subject to change.
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Most standard cars (without trailers/not commercial vehicles) will be accepted at the car park as long as they fit under the 2.2m barrier and fit in a standard-size parking bay (2.4m x 4.8m).
With this car park you are entitled to priority security passes for up to 2 passengers. Show your booking confirmation at security to gain access to the fast lane.
Getting to and from Southampton airport
Arriving at the car park
When you arrive at the car park your car registration will be read and recognised automatically. The barrier will lift and you'll be given a ticket - make sure you keep it safe as you'll need it when you return.
Park in any space in the priority area of the Short Stay car park, keep your keys and walk to the terminal - it takes around 1 minute.
Returning to the car park
Follow signs when you leave the terminal for the Priority car park.
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Snow storm left dozens stranded at Vancouver Island ski resort
COURTENAY, B.C. — Chairlift operations resumed Monday on Vancouver Island's Mount Washington after a weekend snowstorm left dozens stranded.
Sheila Rivers of Mount Washington Alpine Resort said about 20 boy scouts and a dozen other people spent Saturday night at its lodge when more than a metre of snow fell in less than 48 hours.
While fresh snow is typically welcomed by skiers and snowboarders, Rivers said the sudden storm resulted in avalanches, making conditions unsafe.
"We had naturally occurring avalanches ... which makes human-triggered avalanches very likely," Rivers said.
She said crews were out Sunday ensuring safety measures were in place.
Those stranded Saturday night enjoyed the restaurant and bar with a clear view of the storm, while the boy scouts had a late-night nacho party and movies the next day.
"A lot of people were just chatting and I think enjoying the time they were having up here. It was an interesting night to just spend at the lodge watching the snowstorm," Rivers said.
The resort is used to seeing lots of snow on the mountain, but Rivers said Saturday's storm was among three events in the last 20 years that stand out.
"We are well known for our heavy snowfall, but certainly the fact that it was so condensed, just so much snow in such a short period of time, that's what makes it so unique," she said, adding that the one-metre base measured last week is now nearing three metres.
Rivers said crews were aiming to open a third lift, but its higher elevation alpine lift was expected to remain closed for at least Monday due to safety concerns.
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What My 3-year-old Taught Me About Generational Healing
I close my eyes and picture myself at this age. What was I wishing for? Needing? Feeling? I go to that little girl and offer her my presence. She wants a hug and to be held and to talk and have my full attention. She's wanting a friend who really understands her. And who better to do that me?
Stephanie Hope Dodd
Soul-Filled Mom, Wife, Author - Good Baby, Bad Sleeper.
05/06/2015 04:23pm EDT | Updated December 6, 2017
As I spoke these words to my husband, "I can't do this today. You deal with him,"I cringed. Please no, I don't want that to be my truth. I give so much of my soul to my children and like all parents, my wish is that I can guide them to be their best selves. But the whining, the immediate knee jerk reaction into tears, over the past few days it's been enough to fill my emotional tank and quite frankly, it's currently full and about to overflow. It is too much and I don't want to do this.
I tune in to my self-talk. I've spoken these words before, "It's too much"; there's a pattern here which began long before I had children. I've heard these words before from women who walked in this world,"I can't do this." I feel the essence of these words that has been on-going through generations of all women.
And yet there's perseverance. The commitment to keep going in this time of disgrace. The self-shaming begins. "I should be able to handle this." The questioning, "this can't be normal, can it?" The blame that eases these feelings a bit -- "if only my husband did everything the same way I do. Could it be his fault?" The plan -- more routine, let's get even more routine so everything is robotic because I'm willing to try anything. And finally the knowing... it's unrealistic and a plan to circle back here in the future.
In conversation with parents of other 3- and 4-year-olds, so many of us are struggling. I hear from others, it's just kids at three and that's just how they are. I hear the sentiments, the commiserating, however I can't feel the truth in them. I don't believe children were created to have a hard time dealing with the world. There's something inside me sprouting that says, we just have to dig a little deeper. Go further within, find the roots.
There's a blessing that night in hearing my child cry upstairs while being comforted by his dad. I received the space to sit and listen. Upon asking my inner-self, where does this begin the answer was so clear. It's all within, it's a reflection of what's mine to own and what's ready to be seen. I tune into the essence of my own 3-year old self -- I've had these same struggles. Patterns re-emerging seeking acknowledgement and acceptance. There is a foundational truth that some of my son's struggles are presenting themselves as an opportunity to heal the past, for the times I spent at three unheard, misunderstood, lonely. For the times my mom spent at three feeling those feelings and for the times her own mother hurt.
When I sit with this I recognize, yes, there were times of my life at that age I wasn't fully happy or understanding the world around me. That is well represented by my son in his own unease. He's not asking to be fixed or shamed or wanting to be too much to handle. It's simply a role he's playing to gift me the opportunity to empathize and come from a different place of connection and understanding.
There is a healing opportunity on the table. This feeling of being unheard, misunderstood, lonely at times still is felt in my 30s. I'm finding the roots, and tending to them now.
Funny, my son often cries -- "but you're not listening to me!" A statement I've said, felt and wanted to cry out in my life. It's repeating itself and this time I'm listening.
Are you ready and wiling to go within?
Here are five steps to acknowledge your own generational healing that's calling for attention via your child:
1. Witness the actions of your child that gives you an emotional charge.
2. Take notice of the surroundings, the words, and the energy.
3. In quiet, ask yourself, where does this begin and how much of this is mine?
4. Send love, energy and acknowledgement to all parts of you and your younger self that ever felt the same or similar feelings and challenges.
5. Create a mantra that changes the action. For me those words are "I am heard. I am seen."
Repeat this mantra throughout your day until you see the new reflection being shown to you through your child.
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Watford blame Everton as Marco Silva gets the sack
The former Hull City manager has lost his job with his side 10th in the Premier League
James Smailes
Marco Silva left Hull City after four-and-a-half months in charge
He left Hull City with a growing reputation despite the club being relegated, now Marco Silva is on the lookout for a new job after being sacked by Watford.
The Portuguese had been a target for Everton earlier in the campaign after an excellent start, but a run of one win in 11 matches has now cost him his job, with Watford sitting 10th in the Premier League.
That approach from Everton for Silva earlier in the season appears to be the reason for Silva's departure, at least according to the official club line.
A statement from the club read: "This has been a difficult decision and one not taken lightly. The club is convinced the appointment of Silva was the right one and had it not been for the unwarranted approach by a Premier League rival for his services we would have continued to prosper under his leadership."
Ian Ashbee would 'love' to join Hull City staff in any capacity as he calls for fans to remain positive
Watford said Everton's approach for Silva had been "the catalyst" for this decision.
"(The approach) is something which the board believes has seen a significant deterioration in both focus and results to the point where the long-term future of Watford FC has been jeopardised," the statement added.
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"For the security and success of the football club, the board believes it has to make a change.
"The club will seek to make a swift appointment and there will be no further comment until that appointment has been made."
FootballHull City will attract biggest FA Cup crowd for 47 years when hosting Frank Lampard's ChelseaLess than 1,000 tickets remain on sale for this weekend's fourth round tie at the KCOM Stadium
Hull CityWatch as footage shows how Hull City trained 90 years ago at Anlaby Road groundThe video was filmed 90 years ago by British Pathe
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From the construction of Australia’s first large-scale hydropower scheme in the early 1900s, we’ve been shaping communities. We manage the heritage values of our assets and heritage places which tell important stories about the people and practices underpinning our industry and vision.
Conserving our heritage
We have played an important role in developing Tasmania’s industries and communities over more than a century. Today we are responsible for managing the landscapes, places and objects that help us tell our story, maintain our identity and inform our future.
Our heritage showcases and celebrates Tasmanian innovation and practicality and is important to the Tasmanian community.
Conserving our heritage keeps us connected to the people and communities who worked to build what we have today. It also recognises that the land and water assets we manage have ancient traditions and ongoing importance to Aboriginal Tasmanians.
Aboriginal heritage
We acknowledge and respect the places under our custodianship that are important to Aboriginal Tasmanians. We work with the Aboriginal community to ensure this heritage is protected.
We manage many areas and sites of heritage significance to the Aboriginal community. Aboriginal people (Palawa) have lived in Tasmania for many thousands of years, knowing and caring for country, and creating places and objects that are culturally and spiritually significant for past and present Aboriginal communities. The mountains, marshes, natural lakes and rivers that capture and channel water for hydro power are rich in Aboriginal history and tradition. The forests and grasslands were shaped to create living space and hunting grounds. Places containing rock-shelters and artefact scatters remind us of the countless generations of Palawa that came before us.
We are committed to working with land owners, land managers and Aboriginal communities to record, protect and manage these landscapes, places and objects in accordance with the Aboriginal Heritage Act 1975. The Act, administered by Aboriginal Heritage Tasmania, requires those conducting activities in areas of significance to take all reasonable and practical measures to avoid harming cultural heritage.
We aim to work with the Aboriginal community, recognising the importance of supporting community empowerment and capacity for managing heritage.
We manage many places and objects of historic heritage significance, which tell us about the cultural values and industrial developments of their time. We take responsibility to maintain and protect our operating assets, and to document and conserve heritage values both during and after their operational life.
Our heritage management is in accordance with the Burra Charter 2013, nationally recognised guidelines for heritage conservation practice. In Tasmania, historic cultural heritage is primarily managed through the Historic Cultural Heritage Act 1995, which protects all places and areas entered in the Tasmanian Heritage Register.
We are responsible for two heritage-registered places: the Lake Margaret Power Scheme including the oldest operating power station in Australia; and the Great Lake Power Scheme including Waddamana Power Station Heritage Site, representing the first large-scale power development in the southern hemisphere.
We work closely with our partners at Heritage Tasmania and with the community to protect and interpret our heritage-listed assets, and to identify and conserve other significant historic heritage places and objects on land we manage. We promote sustainable use and sensitive development so these places can be used and enjoyed now and for future generations.
Heritage Management and Conservation Documents
Lake Margaret Conservation Management Plan 2016
Tungatinah Conservation Management Plan 2018
Tarraleah Conservation Management Plan 2007
Waddamana Conservation Management Plan 2006
Byes Hut Management Plan
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Dorset schools make LTA rankings
Chris Vincent 17th December 2017 208 Views
The LTA have released their end-of-year school rankings and two Dorset schools, Talbot Heath and Bournemouth Collegiate School, are ranked in the top ten.
Talbot Heath are number one in the country for girls and Bournemouth Collegiate came in at number six for boys.
Both schools train at the High Performance Tennis Centre at the West Hants Club in Bournemouth and their director of tennis, Mark Reid, said: “We have continued to build on the success that the Academy programme has achieved over the last few years and 2017 has proven to be another very successful year.
“Talbot Heath have retained their No.1 ranking for the fourth consecutive year and Bournemouth Collegiate School have cemented their position in the top-ten for the third consecutive year.”
Other South West schools featuring in the national rankings for boys are: Millfield School (fourth), St Peter’s High School, Gloucester (tenth), Millfield Prep School (14th), Truro College (=16th) and Exeter School (=24th). While joining Talbot Heath in the girls’ category are: Millfield School (fourth), and Red Maid’s School, Bristol and Marlborough College (both =24th).
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Caen – City of William the Conqueror
Capital of a region renowned throughout the world, Caen lies only a few kilometres from the English Channel. Due to its geographical position, between land and sea, less than 2 hours from Paris and facing the South Coast of England, Caen is a destination awaiting your discovery.
Founded by William the Conqueror in the 11th century, Caen attracts visitors from all over the world who come to discover its Romanesque abbeys, its 11th Century castle and its Memorial Museum. With a good commercial city centre, many welcoming hotels and attractive surrounding districts, Caen is a place where the good life comes easy.
Through the ages the city has retained the splendour and radiance desired by the Duke-King. Following the terrible bombings of 1944 and rising from its ashes like a phoenix (the symbol of its university), Caen has been able to preserve its magnificent architectural heritage which emerged unscathed from World War II.
Enriched with 1000 years of history, the soul of the city is today found nestled in the ancient quarters of its centre and reveals itself to those who take the time to pause there. Narrow streets lined with lively shops, a marina right in the heart of the city and an array of parks and gardens which have long charmed experts, are waiting to welcome you today. Why not stay in one of the many hotels in Caen, or rent a holiday property in the town, or in the surrounding countryside?
Book a Hotel in Caen
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Historic Sites around Caen
The Caen Memorial Museum – This peace memorial is a must-see for any visitor to Normandy. It is a moving, emotionally-charged museum, giving you an hour-by-hour account of D-Day. It also recalls the high price paid for Freedom and the fragility of Peace.
New Exhibition from 9th May – Victory! The 65th anniversary of the end of Nazism.
Adult – from €17
Child – under 10 years, Free
Veterans – Free
Caen Castle is one of the largest medieval fortresses of Western Europe and was built by William the Conqueror in around 1060. It is beautifully preserved and gives fantastic views of the city. It houses the Musée des Beaux-Arts with one of the world’s finest collections of European Art and the Musée de Normandie.
The Musée de Normandie provides an excellent and interesting introduction to the history of Caen and of the wider region. The permanent exhibitions cover each of the historic periods from the earliest traces of human activity to the present age. The museum succeeds entirely in its aim of illustrating the life of Normandy through the centuries.
The Jardin des Plantes has been a beautiful botanical haven in Caen for over three centuries. Much more than a quiet and relaxing park, it has been planted as a living museum of the flora of the Normandy region.
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Tourist Attractions around Caen
The Abbaye-aux-Hommes and the Abbaye-aux-Dames – William the Conqueror and his wife Mathilde built these two beautiful abbeys to atone for the “sin” of their marriage. The Pope had excommunicated them for their marriage because they were distant cousins. Their tombs are located in their respective churches, although William’s coffin and remains were later plundered.
Abbaye-aux Dames
Guided Tours – 2.30pm and 4pm
Opening Hours – 2pm to 5pm
Abbaye-aux-Hommes
Admission – €2.50
Free for Under 18s
Guided Tours – 9.30am, 11am, 2.30pm, 4pm
The Grand Bunker – Atlantic Wall Museum is a stark reminder of the obstacles which the Allied troops faced as they landed on the Normandy beaches and fought their way inland. The Grand Bunker was the German Headquarters for this stretch of the defences and, now restored, it has become an important museum allowing visitors to see for themselves the scale of the Atlantic Wall.
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The Normandy Beaches are just a stone’s throw away from Caen, and every visitor to the area must surely make their way at least once to one of the most important European sites in modern history. The Beaches are so important that we have created a page especially for them.
Visit the Normandy Beaches Guide
Children's Trail and Parc Festyland
Children’s Trail around Caen – The Caen Tourist Office has produced two booklets full of interesting questions, puzzles and colouring that require the keen eyesight of children between 7 – 14 to find the answers. The two trails which these booklets describe take about 90 minutes to complete.
The Chateau of William the Conqueror
Have fun as you explore Caen
€1 per booklet
Parc Festyland – This theme park is a short drive from Caen and has over 30 attractions to keep the children entertained. The park has a variety of historically themed areas such as Pirates, Vikings and the Middle Ages. Adults €15, Children (under 12) €13. During July and August it is open 7 days, but it does close for some days of the week in other months so check the opening times for any planned visit. – Parc Festyland website
Markets and Shopping
There is a Friday market on the Fossées Saint Julien and a Sunday market at Place Courtonne. Stock up on local specialities such as Calvados and regional cheeses.You can also spend time browsing the variety of shops in the city centre, making sure you take some of the elegance for which France is reputed back home with you.
Why not treat yourself to a meal in one of the high quality restaurants in Caen? There are so many to choose from. Some specialise in traditional French foods, while others provide a more diverse and global menu. Take a look at our selected Restaurants in Caen guide.
Travel to Caen
Ferry Travel to Caen
For Caen, arrive at the Ports of Ouistram, Cherbourg or St Malo with Brittany Ferries from Portsmouth, Plymouth or Poole.
Portsmouth to Cherbourg (five hours crossing)
Portsmouth to Caen-Ouistreham (seven hours crossing)
Portsmouth to Le Havre (six hours crossing)
Rail Travel to Caen
Caen Railway Station, 36 Place Gare, Caen – See map
Car Travel to Caen
Driving from Calais to Caen – approximately 3 1/2 hours
For further information at the Caen Tourist Office
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tourisminfo@ville-caen.fr,
http://www.tourisme.caen.fr/anglais/index.asp
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Wildlife Conservation Society Uncovers Record Number of Jaguars in Bolivia
In a new camera trap survey in the world’s most biologically diverse landscape, researchers for the Wildlife Conservation Society have identified more individual jaguars than ever before.
Using technology first adapted to identify tigers by stripe patterns, WCS conservationists have identified 19 individual jaguars by spot patterns in the rainforests of Bolivia, a record number for a single camera trap survey in the country. The animals were identified from a total of 975 photographs, a record number of images due to the use of digital cameras as opposed to camera traps that use film.
During a recent camera trap survey in Bolivia, researchers from the Wildlife Conservation Society identified 19 individual jaguars, more than any previous camera trap survey in that country.
Using software technology first developed to identify tigers by their unique stripe patterns, researchers from the Wildlife Conservation Society have identified 19 individual jaguars from their unique spot patterns.
The images come from the Alto Madidi and Alto Heath, a region at the headwaters of the Madidi and Heath Rivers inside Bolivia’s outstanding Madidi National Park. The survey also included Ixiamas Municipal Reserve, created following a previous WCS survey in 2004 along the Madidi River, which revealed a high abundance of jaguars and other species such as white-lipped peccaries, spider monkeys, and giant otters.
“We’re excited about the prospect of using these images to find out more about this elusive cat and its ecological needs,” said WCS Conservationist Dr. Robert Wallace. “The data gleaned from these images provide insights into the lives of individual jaguars and will help us generate a density estimate for the area.”
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The study is noteworthy in its use of digital camera traps replacing the traditional film units used in the past. The cameras are strategically placed along pathways in the forest and especially the beaches of rivers and streams for weeks at a time, snapping pictures of animals that cross an infrared beam. Now, researchers returning to the traps can download the images in seconds, rather than waiting days for film to develop. Before embarking on second field trip to the even more remote Heath River, Bolivian jaguar field biologist Guido Ayala noted that “series of digital images also capture more data than traditional film.”
“The preliminary results of this new expedition underscore the importance of the Madidi landscape to jaguars and other charismatic rainforest species,” said Dr. Julie Kunen, Director of WCS’s Latin America and Caribbean Program. “Understanding the densities and ranging habits of jaguars is an important step in formulating effective management plans for what is arguably the most biodiverse landscape on the planet.”
Madidi National Park is one of the top tourist attractions in Bolivia and is the centerpiece of a continuous chain of six national protected areas in northwestern Bolivia and southeastern Peru, one of the largest such complexes in the world. WCS works to develop local capacity to conserve the landscape from a variety of threats, including the negative environmental impacts from poorly planned development such as road construction, hydroelectric projects, logging, and agricultural expansion. WCS also works to improve local livelihoods through community enterprises.
WCS has worked to protect jaguars for decades and launched the WCS Jaguar Conservation Program in 1999 to assess the needs of jaguars in the wild and to minimize potential conflicts with humans.
John Delaney | Newswise Science News
http://www.wcs.org
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CinefestOZ names festival ambassadors
21 August, 2019 by Staff Writer
Sophia Forrest, Alex Williams and Travis Jeffery
Sophia Forrest, Alex Williams and Travis Jeffery — all graduates of the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts – will be the ambassadors for this year’s CinefestOZ Film Festival.
CinefestOZ Chair Helen Shervington said: “Sophia, Alex and Travis are all incredibly talented professionals and we are proud to once again be welcoming them to the South West for an immersive five-day film experience this year as CinefestOZ ambassadors.
“Having WA-trained gems like Sophia, Alex and Travis at the forefront of CinefestOZ is a testament to the incredible growth and burgeoning talent within the Australian film industry.”
Sophia graduated from WAAPA in 2016 and went on to tour internationally with the theatre productions Les Liaisons Dangereuses and Coriolanus.
Her film credits include Rachel Griffiths’ Ride Like a Girl, which will screen at the festival, Reaching the Distance and Aquaman.
Since graduating from WAAPA in 2011, Williams has appeared in Underground: The Julian Assange Story, Paper Planes, Never Tear Us Apart: The Untold Story of INXS, Underbelly Files: Chopper and The Heights.
Jeffery, who graduated in 2012, has logged numerous credits including Kriv Stenders’ Danger Close: The Battle Of Long Tan, The Heights, season four of the AMC series The Preacher, Angelina Jolie’s Unbroken and Disney’s Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales.
The 12th edition of CinefestOZ runs from August 28 to September 1, showcasing more than 150 films including 15 world, 11 Australian and 53 WA premieres.
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RRI on the Line
Robert Braun
For almost 20 years now, the idea of Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) has been an emerging priority of the European Research Arena. The new proposal for the budget framework that will follow Horizon2020 cuts the funds for specific RRI programs like NewHoRRIzon. Has the concept outlived itself?
As a Senior Researcher at IHS Robert Braun focuses on the social aspects of systems of innovations.
The question how science, innovation and society relate to one another is not only of academic interest. It is key for our societies’ future. What are the promises but also limits of research and innovation to tackle existing and future global challenges? What potential risks and ethical dilemmas does research and innovation create? How can the public, which is “the” main stakeholder in research and innovation, be involved? Does research and innovation fully take into account the breadth of our societies in terms of diversity and gender? Who has access to data and findings of research that has been financed by tax payers? Almost each year we witness new “hot” research areas which raise these vital questions. Think about artificial intelligence, autonomous mobility, geoengineering, genome editing, nano-technology, robotics, to name a few.
The concept of RRI – and its predecessors ‑ has been around for some years now in academia and European research funding, yet the public recognition of it remains limited. According to EC policy Responsible Research and Innovation rests on six basic pillars: Public Engagement, Gender, Ethics, Science literacy and Science Education, Open Access and Governance. While the content of RRI is certainly implicitly present in the current budget proposal, the explicit concept and the strategy of better aligning research with society is missing. Robert Braun, Senior Researcher at IHS is concerned about the developments: “I believe that language plays an important role in creating a shared understanding. Dropping the dedicated program line is problematic, because there are methodologies being researched and best practices being put forward. A community of research and practice is being created through these research projects, and that’s a prerequisite for responsibility in research to prevail. Research on RRI is still much needed and required.” Alongside with the broader context of RRI, so-called SWAFS (Science with and for society) programs and their institutional backing have been eliminated as well in the new budget proposal. While they had been one of the priorities in the previous budget frameworks, they seem to have lost their importance - at least to the European Commission. The purpose of SWAF programs was to engage the broader public in the scientific process, or as it is stated on the EC-Website: “[Science with and for society] will explore and support citizen science in a broad sense, encouraging citizens and other stakeholders to participate in all stages of R&I. “
Neither the concept nor the content of RRI is well known or applied.
But what are the consequences of dropping the SWAF program lines? One could argue that the implementation of RRI contents in the new budget framework shows that RRI served its purpose and therefore the concept is not needed in a formal sense any more. Braun disagrees: “Our project NewHoRRIzon is just finishing its diagnoses phase on RRI being mainstreamed in Horizon2020 and it shows that neither the concept nor the content of RRI is well known or applied, even within European funding of research and innovation. Curiosity driven bottom-up research is still seen as something that should be a scientist-only affair - void of socio-ethical considerations or engagement with other stakeholders, let alone civil society.” The result of this process, he argues, is a growing tension between society and research that leads to phenomenon like fake news or post-truth culture. This is especially timely as we are living in the moment of a new industrial revolution – the emergence of algorithmic decision making from robotics to autonomous mobility. How our societies, our built and natural environment will look like, how inclusive, equitable and livable our societies will be in the future is being determined today. “This should not be up to researchers and innovators only”, Braun concludes.
The situation is even worse when it comes to innovation processes, where concepts like Open Innovation or public engagement are widely being seen skeptical at best. “Innovators and people doing research in innovation areas, especially in technology, still see their work as what´s called permission-less. It’s being said that creativity does not need permission to innovate and societal interaction in the early phases of research and innovation only limits creativity. This creates a hierarchy where industry is in the driver’s seat, which in turn creates a technology push culture - the impacts of which can be seen in multiple areas”, so Braun, who is currently doing research on new ways of mobility - an area that is also shaped by large technological transformations. People are degraded to ‘users’ or ‘consumers’ – their needs, wants and wellbeing are considered only by others. Autonomous mobility is a case in point: we still think and talk in terms of ‘cars’ – a one size fits all technology that is economically unviable, ecologically unsustainable and socially unequitable – instead of creating a more diverse mobility culture co-designed by interested stakeholders.
The European Commission is caught between industry and the research community pushing for doing more of the same just better and with more money, and societal actors wanting to get more involved, engaged and put more social control over the innovation process. This is seasoned with arguments that there is a growing distrust in science and an emergence of a post-truth culture. Some say science as we know it is part of the solution; others argue that research and innovation as we know it is rather the problem.
RRI is doing research on how to cut this Gordian knot by saving research and innovation and making it more democratic, inclusive and open. This would result in a research and innovation culture that extends its reach to different publics, becomes more democratic and re-defines scientific excellence beyond the self -determined ‘Republic of Science’ of scientists prescribed by Michael Polanyi in the nineteen sixties. This in turn would help better embed research and innovation into society; address the socio-ethical challenges that the new technologies might bring about as well as help address current challenges of the growing distance between society and science/research.
As a next step the current proposal of the budget framework will be voted upon by the European Parliament. “It would be great if the Austrian Presidency stepped up its efforts for a more inclusive scientific culture and save RRI in the new Framework Programme. We need evidenced based decisions to know what works and what does not. Keeping science and research to scientists and researchers, innovation to industry is not the solution. Closed, non-inclusive institutional ecosystems tend to fail”, Braun claims.
Scientists throughout Europe have voiced concerns about the proposed budget framework. First because of the general volume that remained far behind the expectations and recommendations - found for instance in the so-called Lamy report. And second because the involvement of society in the R&I process seems to play only a secondary role, as can be observed in the abolishment of SWAFS program lines. Braun sums up the necessity for a continuation of RRI research: “Science, research and innovation are not independent entities from society, but extremely close interwoven. People out there are willing and ready to offer their ideas and knowledge.” It will depend on the final budget framework whether those people will be involved in the R&I process or not.
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Gauging Public Opinion on Human Trafficking in Moldova and Albania (2016)
Gauging Public Opinion on Human Trafficking in Moldova and Albania
Employing Survey Experimentation to Inform Effective Prevention and Awareness Programs
Principal Investigators:
Ekaterina Botchkovar, Criminology and Criminal Justice, Northeastern University
Vanessa Bouché, Political Science, Texas Christian University
Amy Farrell, Criminology and Criminal Justice, Northeastern University
Dana Whittmer, Political Science, Colorado College
Through the C-TIP Campus Challenge Research Grants, teams of researchers at three universities implemented public opinion surveys in USAID priority countries for C-TIP programming. The researchers sought to generate data to inform the design of programs to raise awareness about trafficking among vulnerable populations and influence knowledge, attitudes, and practices related to trafficking. This paper focuses on research conducted in Albania and Moldova by a team led by Texas Christian University. C-TIP Campus Challenge grants also were awarded to the University of Southern California (USC) to conduct research in Indonesia, and to Vanderbilt University to conduct research in Nepal.
The TCU research team developed and fielded a nationally representative survey experiment in Albania and Moldova to assess what average citizens in both countries currently know about human trafficking and how counter-trafficking messaging could most effectively be framed. The research conducted in both countries focused on two primary objectives: 1) to establish a baseline of public opinion about human trafficking in each country, and 2) to analyze these data to provide information that can support the development of more strategic C-TIP prevention and protection programs by understanding what could drive people in each country to take personal action against trafficking and to support governmental action. In addition, the survey also explored how issue framing and messaging affects public concern for and involvement in C-TIP efforts. Key findings include:
In both Albania and Moldova, more politically engaged citizens demonstrated greater knowledge about human trafficking but were less likely to consider it a top priority for the government to address
In both Albania and Moldova, citizens demonstrated more knowledge of sex trafficking than labor trafficking, and were significantly less likely to think that men or boys could be vulnerable to any form of trafficking—indicating that messaging should help broaden the public definition of trafficking and awareness of who is vulnerable.
Through an experiment possible in Albania, where a USAID-funded counter-trafficking program had produced short video postcards about trafficking, the research suggests that messaging that both presents information about trafficking and provides citizens with concrete next steps to protect themselves and their families may be a simple, effective way to promote behaviors that could limit trafficking vulnerability.
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Marvin Leff, a recent inductee into the Cheyenne Frontier Days Hall of Fame, passed away Nov. 6, 2012, in Denver. Rabbi Bruce Dollin and Cantor Martin Goldstein officiated at the Nov. 8 graveside service at Emanuel Cemetery.
Mr. Leff was born Jan. 17, 1925, in Cheyenne, Wyo. He graduated from the New Mexico Military Institute and attended Texas A & M University.
From 1943-1946, he served in the US Army and fought in the Battle of the Bulge, for which he earned two Bronze Stars.
Mr. Leff married Shirley Speyer Leff on Jan. 31, 1954.
A Cheyenne businessman, Mr. Leff sold real estate in Ft. Collins and retired as a land appraiser with the Wyoming Highway Department in 1990.
Mr. and Mrs. Leff moved to Denver in 1993.
A 60-year-volunteer for Cheyenne Frontier Days, he was recently inducted into the annual fairs Hall of Fame.
Past president of the Cheyenne Kiwanis Club, Mr. Leff also volunteered at Bonfils Blood Center.
Mr. Leff is survived by his wife Shirley Leff of Denver; children Karen (Bill) Cole of Parker, Linda (Steve) Goldstein of Centennial and Michael (Hollis Russinof) Leff of Chicago, Ill.; and grandchildren Billy and Ben Cole, Daniel and Lynsey Goldstein and Sophie and Emma Leff.
He was predeceased by his grandson Curtis Cole.
Contributions may be made to the Lil Speyer Kitchen Fund at the HEA, JFS, or the charity of choice.
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Judgment Christine Goodwin v. U.K. 11 July 2002
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Judgment Schlumpf v. Switzerland 8 Jan. 2009
Legal recognition of gender reassignment and right of a transsexual person to contract a different-sex legal marriage
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B. v. France (25 March 1992) (violation of Article 8, private life)
Requirement to change legal sex on birth certificate and permit transsexual persons to marry a person of the sex opposite to their reassigned sex
Christine Goodwin v. U.K. (11 July 2002) (violation of Article 8, private life);
Requirement to grant pension to post-operative transsexual woman at same age as other women
Grant v. U.K. (23 May 2006) (violation of Article 8, private life)
Absence of legislation regulating full gender-reassignment surgery.
L. v. Lithuania (11 Sept. 2007) (violation of Article 8, private life)
Insurance coverage for medical expenses related to gender reassignment
van Kück v. Germany (12 June 2003) (violation of Article 8, private life) (where insurance plan covers "medically necessary" treatment, gender reassignment must be included)
Schlumpf v. Switzerland (8 Jan. 2009) (violation of Article 8, private life) (national court should have considered exception to rule requiring two years of non-surgical treatment before cost of surgery could be reimbursed)
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Jackie Kennedy’s other favourite clerical confessor
In Boston, her favourite was Cardinal Richard Cushing, the son of Irish immigrants, who became archbiship
Wed, May 14, 2014, 06:00
Kevin Cullen
Jackie Kennedy in Waterford, 1967. Her friend Richard Cushing was criticised for defending her marriage to Aristotle Onassis the following year. Photograph: Colman Doyle /The National Photographic Archive
The revelation that Jacqueline Kennedy carried on a long, candid correspondence with an Irish priest is consistent with her preference for clerical confessors outside the confessional.
Her favourite priest from Boston, Cardinal Richard Cushing, was the son of Irish immigrants who became archbishop of Boston, all the while complaining he’d rather be nothing more than a curate.
Cushing became internationally known after presiding over Jack and Jackie’s wedding in 1953 and, 10 years later, the assassinated president’s funeral.
Like Fr Joseph Leonard, Cushing was more down to earth than pious, deeply spiritual but worldly. He was fond and protective of Jacqueline.
As someone raised outside Irish culture suddenly thrust into the most prominent Irish-American family, Jackie Kennedy found the Irish perplexing.
“These Irish, they always seem to have a sort of persecution thing about them, don’t they?” she said to historian Arthur M Schlesinger jnr.
Leonard and Cushing seemed to embody the best of the Irish, especially the ability not to take themselves too seriously, earning Jacqueline Kennedy’s admiration.
In an oral history he gave to Ted Kennedy, Cushing praised Jack and Jackie Kennedy as role models for young Americans and people everywhere. He said Jack Kennedy and Pope John XXIII were pioneers in confronting bigotry and led by example.
“Something of the same can be said of Jacqueline, that valiant woman, first described in the Old Testament,” Cushing said. “I meet young women today who were so impressed by her attitude at her husband’s funeral, by her dignity, her poise, her bravery, that many of these young girls now look up to her as an ideal.”
In 1968 Cushing was bitterly criticised by traditional Catholics and got hate mail after he defended Jacqueline’s decision to marry Greek tycoon Aristotle Onassis. The Vatican contradicted him, and Cushing offered to resign, but refused to back down in supporting Jackie.
Jacqueline was equally defensive of Cushing. Her animosity towards Martin Luther King Jr could be traced to her learning that FBI wiretaps captured the civil rights leader making fun of Cushing and suggesting Cushing was drunk at JFK’s funeral.
When asked if JFK was a practising Catholic, Cushing revealed the lack of self-righteousness that attracted admirers such as Jackie. “He was just as good a Catholic as I am,” Cushing said. “I don’t like to parade my religion. I try to live as I’m supposed to live. He was the same.”
Cushing presided over the private funeral Mass for Patrick Bouvier Kennedy, who lived for only three days. Jackie was too sick to attend, but Cushing gave her a special prayer he wrote for her dead son. She cherished it.
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DAA Staff Raise €240,000 for Three Irish Charities
Neil Steedman
DAA employees, supported by the company and members of the public, generated €80,000 each for the company’s three Charities of The Year during 2015. Celebrating the €240,000 raised were Tom Walsh, Diabetes Unit, Our Lady’s Hospital Crumlin; Siobhan O’Donnell, daa Charity Chairperson; JB Bannon, Parkinson’s Association of Ireland; and Helen Biddy, Temple Street Children’s Hospital.
The fundraising efforts during 2015 means that daa staff have donated more than €1.7 million to 15 Irish charities over the past nine years.
Kevin Toland, daa Chief Executive, said: “I am immensely proud of the continuing support and passion of daa staff in raising this massive sum of money for charity. Since our charity programme started 15 Irish charities have received significant donations to the total value of €1.7 million over a nine-year period. This truly is a phenomenal sum of money doing a lot of good for Irish charities.”
Denise Fitzgerald, Temple Street Foundation Chief Executive, said: “We are so grateful to all the daa employees who worked so hard to raise a huge €80,000 over the last year from bake sales to fashion shows and even a team rowing from Ireland to France! These funds will help build our much-needed new Neurology & Renal Outpatients Unit and will go a long way in helping sick children in Ireland. Thank you to everyone for your kindness and support.”
Tom Walsh, Chairperson of Walk for Diabetes, part of CMRF at Crumlin Children’s Hospital, said: “I want to thank most sincerely all the staff in daa, the management and the travelling public for their overwhelming achievement in raising €80,000 for each of three charities during 2015. Raising funds of any amount for charity is never easy, but to continue to do so every year at these kind of levels since 2007 is just unbelievable. The funds will be used at the Diabetes Centre in Crumlin to maintain services at current levels and to ensure we continue our diabetes pump therapy treatment programme into the future.”
Paula Gilmore, Chief Executive of the Parkinson’s Association of Ireland, said: “The Parkinson’s Association of Ireland receives no Government funding and we are so grateful to receive this funding from the daa. This enables us to continue the vital services offered by the Parkinson’s Association, including a nurse call back service. We are overwhelmed with the generosity and support we have received from the daa. They ask so little and give so much.”
Over the course of 2015 a wide variety of events took place with daa employees, families and friends getting involved to support the three charities. Events included a 100/50k cycle; a Women’s Mini Marathon; a 5k road race at Dublin Airport; a parachute jump; a charity row; marathons, and books and cake sales.
The amount of money raised is greatly helped by the coin donations made by visitors to Dublin Airport using the many charity coin boxes throughout Terminal 1 and Terminal 2.
This year three more Irish Charities will get a slice of the fundraising pot from activities organised by daa staff in 2016. Aoibheann’s Pink Tie, Childline and ARC Support Centre topped the poll of charities nominated by daa staff for their 2016 charity programme.
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A short while back we had the pleasure of hosting one of the most influential guitarists of the late 80s and 90s, and founding member of the legendary Dinosaur Jr. – J Mascis! We grabbed the opportunity to ask him a few questions which we hope you’ll find interesting!
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Have you ever had a “screw-pedals-I’m-going-straight-to-the-amp” moment?
No! To me pedals were always part of “it”. It was all one thing. I started learning guitar and pedals at the same time – it’s just one kind of instrument. I was coming from drumming and it felt very unsatisfying to play guitar after drums; it was wimpy-feeling, and I guess with pedals I was trying to recreate the dynamics of drumming. I couldn’t express the same thing as drumming so that’s why I used pedals; to make it more like drums and have the dynamics.
Do you still play drums?
Yeah, I like playing drums still, I play everyday for 5 minutes. Someone recently sent me a video where I was playing drums in this late 80s band, I don’t remember the show at all, but it was pretty interesting to watch and I was like: “Why didn’t I keep playing drums?”. I was already doing Dinosaur at the time but I guess I ultimately wanted to keep playing drums but I wanted to have a band more. I couldn’t figure out a way to get someone to play guitar in a way that was good. Most of the guys around where I lived at the time where listening to Jeff Beck, but not even the good Beck, it was more the fusion-Jeff Beck; “Wired” was like the big album, not the Yardbirds. That’s not what I was hearing, I liked Birthday Party, The Jesus and Mary Chain. I just wanted some sound I couldn’t find from other people around, but having had a lot of drums lessons I figured I could teach someone how to play drums in a way that was alright so I could play guitar.
Did you take any guitar lessons?
No, whatever songs I wrote that’s pretty much what I could play. It’s weird how complicated all the first songs were! I figured more parts in a song made it better. Still some of it’s not easy to play and I can’t figure out how I could play it back then. We just realized simpler things might be good as we went on as a band and found our sound. We had the opportunity to put out a record as soon as we formed as a band. I didn’t know how to play guitar yet, we just went in the studio and started recording in so many different styles, so we had an album to give out to people to get a gig instead of the other way around, that’s what Minutemen would say; records are flyers for shows, so it was a different time.
Let’s talk pedals; how do you use overdrive?
The way I use overdrive is turning it down and seeing what it sounds like, I don’t use it to push, I usually use it to turn down stuff. The Big Muff through the amp isn’t as loud as an overdrive through the amp, so if I use overdrive it would be louder than the Big Muff and I want the Big Muff to be the loudest thing.
Do you use other pedals to push your Big Muff?
Yes, I push Big Muffs with either a Super Fuzz or a Tone Bender and run my amps really low at around 2 or 3. I use a lot of amps at a time though to create the necessary volume and headroom.
What has the uni-vibe brought to the J Mascis multiverse of sounds?
When I first encountered the uni-vibe it was the only modulation I could stand for extended periods – I would turn on a phaser and get sick of it after 30 seconds, a flanger I might use to punch up certain parts but the uni-vibe I can solo through or keep engaged for a long time and I don’t get sick of the sound. Something about it is more pleasant to listen to over a long period of time.
Do you pair the uni-vibe with other effects?
I usually pair the uni-vibe with the Big Muff or another Fuzz during solos.
What are your favorite Uni-Vibe recorded moments?
I guess Machine Gun!
Why the RetroVibe?
The first uni-vibe I had was the Super Vibe Roger Mayer made which I liked and then all the other ones I tried didn’t sound right for some reason. The RetroVibe is the only one that has a pleasant sound that is undisturbing to me! I also use the JAM pedals RetroVibe in my last acoustic record.
Do you take your old Muffs out to gigs?
That’s where I use them actually, I don’t use them in the studio anymore. The first one I had was the Deluxe Big Muff, which got stolen. Then I got another one that didn’t sound as good and then I found a Ram’s head one which I’ve used ever since. I have a lot of other ones but I only really like that one.
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2018 NBA Draft: 5 Sleepers And 5 Players With Real Bust Potential
The NBA Draft is here and BSO has you covered with wall to wall coverage. My colleague Erika Fernandez will be live at Barclays this evening, so make sure you follow @CurlsAndSports on Twitter and Instagram for all the live action! Of course stay close to BSO for all of our additional coverage.
This is a top heavy draft and it’s chock full of big men. You might be thinking that’s terrible since the league is all about pace and space and positionless basketball. This is true, but size still matters in the NBA. It’s just not the traditional big man size and skill combination we’ve grown accustomed to.
If you’ve seen any of the workouts for the top guys, you are seeing lots of shooting on display, especially from range. Big men that can spread the floor with their shooting as well as rim run, plus anchor a good defense is the holy grail for all teams. Of all the top big men, Jaren Jackson Jr out of Michigan State looks like he is the readiest to make an impact on the defensive end immediately. Mohamed Bamba and Deandre Ayton have the tools to be good defenders, but it will depend on how they develop, particularly Bamba. The top 5 picks in the draft look like they will be Ayton, Jackson Jr., Luka Doncic, Marvin Bagley III and Bamba in some order. The smallest player in that group is Doncic at 6’8”.
The gift and the curse of the draft is as fans we tend to have recency bias. Given the success of Donovan Mitchell, a late lottery pick, everyone is now convinced there is a “next” Donovan Mitchell in this draft. Maybe there is, maybe there isn’t. All the GM’s in the lottery this year know the teams that missed out on Mitchell, some of them are back in this lottery. That’s a mistake nobody wants to make, let alone repeat. That fear may cause certain teams to overvalue players and undervalue others.
Let’s take a look at 5 players that may be undervalued based on their projected draft position and 5 players that may be overvalued with bust potential. Keep in mind this is not an exact science, so much of how a player develops is dependent on what franchise drafts him and that player’s individual work ethic and desire to be the best player they can be.
Dontae DiVincenzo
The “Big Ragu” was the 2018 NCAA Final Four Most Outstanding Player and led the Villanova Wildcats to the national title, scoring 31 points in the championship game against Michigan. DiVincenzo has impressed several GM’s and scouts at the draft combine in May. He shot the ball extremely well and his measurables were better than expected. He is tougher than people think, fearless, can attack the rim and will be a capable defender.
Length, defensive ability, and playmaking. These were the words most often heard about the Kentucky freshman. He needs to be consistent with his shot, but he has tremendous upside. In some mock drafts, he’s the first guard to come off the board. I have him as a sleeper because if he’s drafted in that 8-12 range and if one of the smarter franchises trades up to get him, you’re looking at a young version of the current Shaun Livingston. Does that make sense? Not Livingston before the injuries, but a younger version of Livingston now.
Kevin Huerter
The Maryland sharpshooter can fill it up from deep. He’s 6’7” so he can play the 2 or 3. He’ll have to put a little more weight on his lean frame, but working with an NBA strength and conditioning program should help that. Heurter really helped himself at the combine, shot it so well in the 5 on 5 scrimmages the first day, he skipped the rest of 5 on 5. Think a better version of Nik Stauskas, maybe approximate Allen Crabbe.
Zhaire Smith
A PLUS athlete. He was one and done at Texas Tech, which makes you wonder...He’s 6’4” with a 6’10” wingspan. He can guard his ass off, which will keep him on the floor in the NBA. He’s a good screener, cutter and finishes above the rim in traffic. He needs to develop a consistent three so that he can stay on the floor for a playoff squad. If he could be Danny Green, that would be something.
Ellio Kobo
The point guard from France could end up being a huge steal in this draft. He has a knack for scoring the basketball. He is not a plus athlete and his handle and decision making needs to improve. But with more opportunity running the point and the freedom to grow and learn he’s got the tools to be the best point guard in this draft class.
Marvin Bagley III
Let me start by saying I think Bagley is a very talented player but my fear is he’s a good stats on a bad team guy. Bagley is projected to go in the top 3. Look at the history of NBA champions, the lead player is almost always a lottery pick and often a top 3 pick. Not sure Bagley can be the lead guy on a title team. He is a plus athlete and has the tools to play the pick and roll well. He’s excellent in the open floor. His jumper needs to be more consistent and he’s a tweener. Not stout enough to defend 5s. His defensive instincts are often poor as well.
This young man can get buckets. He has tremendous shooting range and can pull up off the dribble. Last year at Oklahoma he led the nation in points and assists for a majority of the season. Young has tremendous confidence and there have been many comparisons to Steph Curry. We need to calm down with that. Steph is the greatest shooter in the history of the NBA, Young is not that. Also, in order for Young to flourish he needs to be on a team and system that gives him Curry-like freedom. I don’t see that happening anywhere. He is not a plus athlete and when his jumper is taken away by better defenses, he’s not a great finisher at the rim. His slight frame will make him a target on defense and if he has to be the #1 option for a team and is consistently attacked on defense that will be a problem.
Collin Sexton
This guy has tremendous moxie. He is aggressive on both sides of the ball and last season with his Alabama team down to only 3 players on the court, scored 40 points. It was a tremendous performance. Sexton has the requisite attitude to handle adverse situations. He’ll certainly need it if drafted into a poor situation. He forces a lot of shots in the half court, not a great shooter, and not a good playmaker. If he’s on a team with a lack of talent and poor coaching and development, he won’t maximize his skillset.
The Kentucky forward has all the athletic traits to be a number one option. He shows flashes with his ability to score from several spots on the floor. He’s shown the ability to play pick and roll and take advantage of mismatches. His talent is very seductive and he’s moving up into the top 10 according to many mocks. He lacks consistency, and is the type to show out with a stat-stuffing 28-30 point game and then disappear for three weeks. Shades of Jeff Green.
The Boston College junior guard is a versatile wing that can play on as well as off ball. Solid passer and decent defender when engaged. He has length and some highlight dunks on his college tape. He has been moving up the draft board in recent days, with people thinking late lottery. He tends to drift and lose focus when off the ball and often forces things when pressured.
Bonus thoughts!
Michael Porter Jr.
Arguably the most talented player in the draft, according to many scouts and players. Marvin Bagley III said it during media availability on Wednesday. His health is a major concern and he may think too highly of himself if that’s a bad thing. He’s compared himself to Kevin Durant and Tracy McGrady. Confidence is one thing, but delusion...If you take him in the top 4 that would be a risk in my opinion. But if he slips to the 6-9 range you’ve got to seriously consider taking him. He’s a 6’10” athletic forward with unlimited range and can score from virtually anywhere. Has the tools to be a versatile defender and excels in the open court. He needs more discipline within the half-court and must improve his handle. Very seductive player.
Kawhi Has Some Leverage, But Will The Spurs Blink & Send Him to LA or Ship Him Off to Eastern Conference; New Details Emerge on Spurs Power Struggle
New details have emerged in the Kawhi Leonard/San Antonio Spurs saga. According to Get More Sports' Chris Sheridan, the Spurs are open to trading Kawhi but not to a western conference team. That means both LA franchises are out. Leonard has leverage in that he can tell any team considering acquiring him via trade, that he won't re-sign long term. Essentially making him a rental for a season. Unless you are on the verge of winning a championship, getting seriously into the tax or clearing space to acquire Leonard for a year makes no sense. No team "close" to the title has the ability to do that, without actually severely negatively impacting their chances to win a title.
The Spurs do however need to think seriously about getting back as good a haul as possible and that may mean they need to reconsider their stance on LA or western conference teams. Kawhi is under contract with the Spurs for this season and at the end of it, he becomes an unrestricted free agent. He has already said he wants out of San Antonio, so they can't let him walk and get nothing back next summer. I previously mentioned Kawhi telling teams he won't re-sign with them, that limits the Spurs options. But how much spite has developed between Pop and Leonard's camp? The two reportedly attempted to clear the air and re-establish a relationship. Everything we are hearing is saying that was unsuccessful.
We in the media are often guilty of lauding the Spurs for always handling their business the "right way" and naming them a model franchise. This is not to say they aren't but are we sure every player that's gone through San Antonio has glowing things to say about Gregg Popovich and R.C. Buford? Sure, we could chalk up many "unhappy" players' feelings about the organization to their inability to "buy in" or acclimate to the Spurs and their winning "culture." But, Kawhi is a top 3 player in the world when healthy and by all accounts a good teammate. Why would he suddenly not be "cool" with an organization willing to make him the face?
We can talk about rumors of Kawhi's Uncle Dennis and his increasing influence over his nephew's business decisions. Kawhi's alleged desire to be in a top-tier market like LA or NY for more business opportunities, or the rumors that Kawhi did not trust the Spurs medical staff as he was recovering from an injury. All of this is speculation as Kawhi has yet to say anything publicly to anyone. What's really going on in San Antonio?
I have my theories, but I will leave you with this fact. In 2017 when the Spurs played the Nets at Barclays Center, I spoke to Kawhi right after the assembled media heard from Pop that Kawhi was on the injured list. I said to him, "So, you're not playing tonight, Pop says you're on the injured list. What's ailing you?" Leonard responded, with mild surprise that he wasn't playing and said, "you'll have to ask Pop or the trainers about that." At the moment it was sort of a throwaway. Pop always rests his players in the regular season so they are fresher come playoff time. In hindsight, thinking about it more and looking at the way Kawhi handled his actual injury, maybe the Spurs system of managing players is not something Kawhi is cool with. Maybe he thinks Pop and the Spurs have too much control and he is seeking more agency. Who knows? I do know this. This is a high stakes game of chicken and if the Spurs don't want to be left with nothing, it may be time they let a player "win" this battle.
Jarod Hector Talks Possible Knicks Draft Choices on MSG Network
The New York Knicks own the #9 and #36 picks in the 2018 NBA Draft. Jordan Schultz of Yahoo Sports and I break down possible choices. Who are we bullish on and who are we bearish on?
Jarod Hector Talks 2018 NBA Draft on MSG Network
The NBA Finals have ended and the Golden State Warriors are back to back champs. Next up on the NBA calendar is the draft. It will take place on June 21st at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, NY. The Suns, Kings, and Hawks have the top three picks. Who will go #1? Join me, Jonathan Wasserman and Jordan Schultz on MSG Network's People Talking Hoops: The Draft.
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CFCA AWARDS SHOW VIDEOS 2013
MAMMA MIA! HERE WE GO AGAIN!
MAN WHO INVENTED CHRISTMAS, THE
MAN WHO KNEW INFINITY, THE
MARTIAN, THE
MAZE RUNNER, THE
MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN
MERCY, THE
MONUMENTS MEN, THE
MOONLIGHT SONATA: DEAFNESS IN THREE MOVEMEN
MR. TURNER
MULE, THE
MUSTANG, THE
MY SCIENTOLOGY MOVIE
JEANNE'S REVIEW
Exquisitely photographed by Haris Zambarloukos, Director of Photography, with a gorgeous soundtrack by two-time Oscar nominee Patrick Doyle, Kenneth Branagh's version of Agatha Christie's "Murder on the Orient Express", a timeless whodunit classic, is spectacularly lush, sporting an all-star cast. Branagh himself plays the much-loved, renowned detective Hercule Poirot with a certain panache, rather different than David Suchet, the marvelous actor who brought him to life for many years on PBS.
As director, Branagh brings his own well-documented style to Michael Green's Agatha Christie Ltd.'s approved screenplay. Christie's estate is run by Mathew Prichard, her grandson, and James Prichard, her great-grandson, and both gentlemen were eager to have Branagh directing and starring in this important project. First published in 1934, "Murder on the Orient Express" has been touted as one of the most ingenious murder mysteries ever written.
There are 13 people aboard this ultra-luxurious train, and after the brutal murder, everyone is a suspect --- except, of course, for Poirot. He is pressed into service to solve this puzzling crime by Bouc (Tom Bateman), the young man tasked with overseeing the excursion by his uncle's company.
Poirot, who was only hoping to read and relax, is first approached by Edward Ratchett (Johnny Depp), an American gangster seeking protection. He has been receiving death threats and wishes to employ Poirot to watch his back.
The other passengers are an odd collection ranging from a widow, Caroline Hubbard (Michelle Pfeiffer), a butler, Edward Henry Masterman (Derek Jacobi), a missionary, Pilar Extravados (Penelope Cruz), a Count and Countess (Sergei Polunin, Lucy Boynton), to Princess Dragomiroff (Dame Judi Dench) and her maid, Hildegarde Schmidt (Olivia Colman). The situation on board becomes almost unbearable when a snow avalanche derails the train's engine and a dead body is discovered. Only Poirot can solve this intriguing mystery.
I barely remember Sidney Lumet's 1974 version because I fell asleep in the theater during the movie. Christie's crimes are cerebral, thus, they may be a tad slow in parts. But Branagh doesn't allow Green's script to dawdle. His pace is relatively brisk, keeping the audience on track and the subplot from getting mired in minutia.
The breathtaking scenery and stunning photography add a great deal to this period piece, along with the sumptuous costumes by Alexandra Byrne. There will always be the Suchet devotees who believe only he is the one true Poirot. Branagh is more than adequate, lending his personal take to the character. The entire ensemble is perfectly cast with Dench and Pfeiffer as particular standouts. If you are a fan of Christie's, it would be a huge shame to miss this latest offering.
Opinion: See It Now!
DAVID'S REVIEW
My first reaction to this latest adaptation of Agatha Christie's classic 1934 novel is "Ce qu'un plâtre!" That's French for "What a cast!"
The Orient Express was a famed luxury train dating from 1883 which transported wealthy passengers from Paris to Istanbul and back, plus points in between. So, of course, Ms. Christie decided a murder on the train would make for a good mystery. This version of "Murder on the Orient Express" does not disappoint, thanks to an all-star cast, excellent direction from Kenneth Branagh, and truly spectacular filmmaking with a variety of unusual camera angles.
French detective extraordinaire Hercule Poirot (Branagh) is on vacation, or so he thinks. When shady American gangster/con man Edward Ratchett (Johnny Depp) approaches him on the train with the princely offer of $15,000 to protect him from an unknown assailant, who may be aboard, Poirot refuses. He just wants to relax.
However --- a murder does occur --- and Poirot's instincts take over. He must solve the crime. Naturally, he eventually does figure out who is guilty, something I doubt any moviegoer without prior knowledge of the novel, or another adaptation, would be able to do. Yes, "Murder on the Orient Express" keeps you guessing until the climactic ending, and because virtually everyone on the train is a legitimate suspect, it's worth the wait.
The middle of the movie bogs down a bit while Poirot interviews potential killers --- mostly routine stuff. But watching the train barrel through the gorgeous scenery, and then be derailed due to a minor avalanche --- is spectacular viewing. As the film reaches its denouement, Poirot has the remaining 12 passengers seated at a long table --- audible audience snickers as it has the look of "The Last Supper" --- in what is a gripping conclusion, and a shocking surprise.
Branagh's Poirot is marvelous. His French accent, along with Poirot's famous moustache and fastidious attire, are flawless. And to think Branagh also directs is an amazing feat.
The rest of the cast includes the likes of Dame Judi Dench, Michelle Pfeiffer, Willem Dafoe, Penelope Cruz, Josh Gad, Daisy Ridley and Derek Jacobi, plus a host of lesser known actors who are all great contributors. Join them for a ride on this train, and you will be regally entertained.
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Emily S. Pollock Quoted in MarketWatch Article: “Frozen Eggs, Student Loans and Other Unexpected Reasons to Get a Prenup”
November 27, 2018 New York
Kasowitz Benson Torres matrimonial and family law partner Emily S. Pollock is quoted in the MarketWatch article, “Frozen Eggs, Student Loans and Other Unexpected Reasons to Get a Prenup.” The article discusses some of the reasons why couples may want to consider getting a prenuptial agreement.
Read the article in its entirety.
Emily S. Pollock, partner at Kasowitz Benson Torres, focuses her practice on disputes involving divorce, distribution of marital and separate property assets, custody, parenting time, child and spousal support, paternity, and other areas of family and matrimonial law. She also manages all stages of divorce litigation, including financial and custodial issues and regularly negotiates and drafts prenuptial and post-nuptial agreements. Ms. Pollock has been recognized as a “Rising Star” by New York Metro Super Lawyers and has been named among The Best Lawyers in America in the area of Family Law.
Emily S. Pollock
Partner / New York
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An Introduction to Engaging with the Somali Community and other ‘Hard-to-Reach’ groups
Tuesday 23rd June 2015 at NWG Network Headquarters
“In response to challenges front line practitioners face when working with BME communities we have asked Dean Cody OBE to share his wealth of knowledge developed when working with Somalian Communities. His guidance for lone working practice when working in high risk areas around the UK to keep practitioners safe is invaluable"
Police including PPU, Counter Terrorism
Health including frontline practitioners, GP’s, Designated Safeguarding Nurses
3rd Sector
Other lone workers
Prior to his retirement in 2014, Dean Coady O.B.E, was a former member of Greater Manchester Police Gang Unit, and served as an Engagement Officer in the Counter Terrorism Unit, based in Moss Side, South Manchester. He has also travelled extensively throughout Africa, and South America, where he has been involved in aid relief and engagement with various nationalities, tribes, clans and communities.
Over the last 6 years, he has been deployed in both enforcement and engagement roles, working with the Somali and other communities centred in Moss Side and South Manchester. With the help of trusted Somali community members, he has developed an understanding of this often misunderstood and insular group.
As a result of this interaction, he has prepared a presentation, sharing his personal knowledge and experiences of effectively engaging with, not only the Somali community, but also other minority community groups living in similar urban environments.
He has delivered this input to over 2000 individuals, including numerous police officers, representatives from Social Services, Health, Housing Providers, Education and many other third sector agencies and Senior Leaders, throughout the country.
Dean uses real examples of his frontline engagement with the communities in Moss Side, Africa and South America, to share his experiences in relation to working with, and for, communities classed as ‘Hard-to-reach’.
Points discussed during this presentation include:
Al Shabbab- Terrorism
Somali naming system
Date of birth anomalies
Khat
History of the Somali Diaspora
Marriages and Divorce
Visiting Somali homes,
During this input, Dean will also share with you some effective ‘lone working’ practices that he has used, whilst being deployed in ‘high-risk’ areas around the UK.
Should you require any additional learning support, (visual/audio assistance) in relation to this input, please do not hesitate to contact Dean directly on 07885 597690 or email dacayubnueouin.oenod@raprsltoscm
“I want to share with you, how I prepared and implemented an engagement model that assisted my colleagues and I, to try and understand minority communities in Manchester. The more times you visit a hard-to-find place, the easier it gets to find! Surely, we can apply the same reasoning for engaging with hard-to-reach communities?” Coady 2015
What people have said about this input;
On Friday 3rd May Dean Coady visited the NE Leeds Division to discuss the emerging Somali Community and the impact of managing such communities, Dean presented a real practitioner’s guide to policing the Somali Community which had clear generic messages that were transferable to most communities. His style of presentation is one that drew Officer’s in and the abundant street knowledge made it both genuine and well pitched for his audience. Officer’s reported very positively about the discussion and how credible Dean was. T.H West Yorkshire Police
Dean, Thank you so much for presenting your information to our Safeguarding Team. I had so many people coming up to me afterwards to say how much they enjoyed your presentation, your skills and knowledge in the subject of the Somali community. At the end of the day- we all had to write down what we enjoyed the most from the day- and I have to say it was overwhelming for your attendance and presentation. I think your knowledge of the Somali people would be vital to other health professionals in their role in helping them to understand the community as a whole but also in how to work with them effectively. A BIG THANK YOU again for taking time out to come and see us- it was a brilliant presention. S.B Specialist Nurse Safeguarding Children (Community) Safeguarding Children Team
Dean Coady OBE attended The University of Salford on 9th May to present a session to both MA and BA Social Work students as part of their module ‘Inter-professional Practice’. The session involved a two-hour presentation which comprised of some potentially difficult subjects for the students, including terrorism, risk and personal safety. Dean approached these in a sensitive and inclusive manner, using appropriate humour and adequate detail for students undertaking a higher-level academic and professional qualification. The groups include a diverse section of the population including several older learners, multiple ethnicities and a student with hearing impairment who has signers and a note taker to support their learning. This level of diversity can be a challenge for guest speakers, especially when debating difficult issues such as terrorism, however Dean was able to answer any questions posed and demonstrated a clear ability to communicate with the students independent of their difference. I would definitely recommend Deans session for inclusion on Social Work qualification courses but also for inclusion in teaching for other related disciplines. S.P Social Work Lecturer Salford College.
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Certain Claire's makeup products test positive for asbestos, regulators say
U.S. regulators on Tuesday warned people not to use certain Claire’s makeup products because tests confirmed they contained asbestos.
U.S. regulators Tuesday warned people Tuesday not to use certain Claire’s makeup products because tests confirmed they contained asbestos.The Food and Drug Administration said Claire’s refused to comply with its request for a recall, and that the agency doesn’t have the power to force one. A representative for Claire’s did not immediately have a comment.The FDA conducted the tests after learning of reports of asbestos in products sold by retailers Claire’s and Justice in 2017. A Justice representative noted that it quickly recalled products in 2017. Claire’s removed products from stores but didn’t issue a recall. The FDA said its tests confirmed asbestos in three Claire’s products and one Justice product.The FDA said the three products people shouldn’t use are Claire’s Eye Shadows, batch/lot No: 08/17; Claire’s Compact Powder, batch/lot No.: 07/15; and Claire’s Contour Palette, batch/lot No.: 04/17.The agency said it was not aware of anyone being sickened by the makeup. Asbestos fibers can get stuck in the lungs and can cause cancer, but the greatest risk is to people with frequent, long-term exposure to it.Cosmetics do not have to be reviewed or approved by the FDA. On Tuesday, the agency said it plans to collect information on how companies ensure the talc they use is free from asbestos.The FDA also asked companies to register their products and ingredient lists on its website, but noted that doing so is not required.
NEW YORK (AP) —
U.S. regulators Tuesday warned people Tuesday not to use certain Claire’s makeup products because tests confirmed they contained asbestos.
The Food and Drug Administration said Claire’s refused to comply with its request for a recall, and that the agency doesn’t have the power to force one. A representative for Claire’s did not immediately have a comment.
#WARNING: FDA is advising consumers NOT to use certain @claires eye shadows, compact powder, & contour powder products because they may be contaminated w/ #asbestos fibers. If you have these cosmetics in your home - stop using them. https://t.co/CqtxENLZye pic.twitter.com/GTYdnWzKva
— FDA Cosmetics (@FDACosmetics) March 5, 2019
The FDA conducted the tests after learning of reports of asbestos in products sold by retailers Claire’s and Justice in 2017. A Justice representative noted that it quickly recalled products in 2017. Claire’s removed products from stores but didn’t issue a recall. The FDA said its tests confirmed asbestos in three Claire’s products and one Justice product.
The FDA said the three products people shouldn’t use are Claire’s Eye Shadows, batch/lot No: 08/17; Claire’s Compact Powder, batch/lot No.: 07/15; and Claire’s Contour Palette, batch/lot No.: 04/17.
The agency said it was not aware of anyone being sickened by the makeup. Asbestos fibers can get stuck in the lungs and can cause cancer, but the greatest risk is to people with frequent, long-term exposure to it.
Cosmetics do not have to be reviewed or approved by the FDA. On Tuesday, the agency said it plans to collect information on how companies ensure the talc they use is free from asbestos.
The FDA also asked companies to register their products and ingredient lists on its website, but noted that doing so is not required.
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Lindsey Turnbull
The Cayman Islands Investment Bureau recently invited Dr Andrea Smith-Hunter to the Cayman Islands for a session of mutual learning in celebration of Honouring Women Month 2009. While Dr Andrea spoke to a packed audience of mainly female Cayman business women on survival techniques for women entrepreneurs, she also seized upon the opportunity to research the audience for a future book devoted to exploring how women operate as entrepreneurs all over the world. Business Editor Lindsey Turnbull spent some time with this inspiring professor and author and reports. Second in a two part series.
Third book
Extending her research worldwide, Dr Andrea is now working on her third book that will examine women entrepreneurs globally, in an attempt to delineate differences and similarities between women entrepreneurs.
“According to research in the US, women contribute around 20 per cent of the GDP via the small businesses that they operate, and 95 per cent of companies in the US are small businesses, which are most likely to be operated by women. I wanted to see women were as important to a country’s economy the world over,” she confirms.
Thus Dr Andrea has compiled a standard questionnaire that she is using in countries worldwide. She has already researched the US, Brazil and Ghana and visited the Cayman Islands to cover the Caribbean part of her research. She intended to then head on to Western and Eastern Europe and Asia.
“In the Cayman Islands 47 per cent of the labour force are women and 65 per cent of entrepreneurs are women, so it is an important centre of research for me,” she explains.
How to compete with others
During her presentation hosted by the Cayman Islands Investment Bureau, Dr Andrea outlined various ways in which women could compete in the marketplace.
“Women need to find their own niche market. They need to offer good value and a quality product and they ought to use all technological resources available to them, especially the Internet. Relationships with suppliers and customers is essential as it the need to constantly reevaluate your position,” she said.
Downturn dilemmas
During a recessionary period Dr Andrea suggested streamlining businesses and cutting overheads while ensuring that access is gained to previously untapped sources.
“Think about what you can do for yourself instead of relying on others and think about what you can do that costs less or nothing at all. Pooling resources is another important move during tough times,” she confirmed.
“Note the warning signs that you business might be struggling,” she warned.
These might take the form of an unexpected decrease in orders, sales or revenue as well as a decrease in related business and or industries. Business women should look out if they are unable to pay their bills on time or if suppliers begin to reduce credit periods.
From her extensive research, Dr Andrea said that not pre-researching a business and industry enough before embarking on a business was a frequently found issue for women entrepreneurs. Not having a plan or one that was not detailed enough was another issue, as was underestimating initial fixed costs as well as long term costs. Overestimating customer potential was another real issue facing women in today’s marketplace.
Dr Andrea urged business leaders in Cayman to compile local and national directories on women entrepreneurs across all business lines to be available to anyone who is interested. She also suggested surveying women entrepreneurs through existing associations to establish a baseline for technology, education and training requirements. Once that had been achieved she suggested generating the supporting training structures to assist women entrepreneurs.
Looking at the issue of credit, Dr Andrea said research should be conducted to find out what the main barriers were for women to obtain credit. Lobbying and campaigning for funds that women’s business associations could distribute to members might be a way forward in this issue, as could the examination of current laws to see whether they helped or hindered female entrepreneurial activities.
Simplifying the registration process for creating a business might be a good start as well as might be advocating to government that programmes should target encouraging women, the young and minorities into entrepreneurship.
Dr Andrea also suggested providing regular opportunities to exchange information at a national level on the experiences of women entrepreneurs in designing and implementing their business. Public awareness was an important tool to develop entrepreneurial skills of women.
US President Obama established a White House Council on Women and Girls in March. This Council will be charged with providing a coordinated federal response to the challenges confronting women and girls and to ensure that all Cabinet and Cabinet-level agencies consider how their policies and programmes impact women and families. The Council will be comprised of the heads (or their senior-level designees) of: the Cabinet agencies, certain other non-Cabinet agencies, and other Executive branch departments, agencies. Dr Andrea Smith-Hunter has recently been advised that she is to sit on the advisory Council for the Center for Women’s Business Research.
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Courtney Cox Proves She Still Has A Bit of Monica Geller In Her!
(Photo by Hollywood To You/Star Max/GC Images)
There’s only ONE Monica Geller and that will forever be Courtney Cox!
Courtney recently gave F.R.I.E.N.D.S fans all the feels when she proved she can still deliver the most-iconic Monica line, ‘I KNOW!’ If you don’t know what I’m referring to, watch below.
In a video that was uploaded to her Instagram page, Courtney explains, “So, I’m trying to pass on the legacy and teach the younger kids how to say ‘I know’ as Monica would.” Courtney then begins to film, what looks to be a friends daughter who tries to say the phrase, ‘I Know.’ Courtney then says to the camera, “Well, I mean, it’s not there yet but I’m sure it’s going to get better.”
A post shared by Courteney Cox (@courteneycoxofficial) on Aug 2, 2019 at 4:44pm PDT
This next video had me dying! You remember the ‘Pivot’ episode when Ross, Chandler and Rachel were trying to walk a couch up a flight of stairs?
Back in March, Courtney had her own furniture delivery and recreated the ‘Pivot’ scene in her home.
Just another Friday night #pivot
A post shared by Courteney Cox (@courteneycoxofficial) on Mar 2, 2019 at 11:46am PST
Look at these beauties! I love how they’re all still so close. In June, Courtney shared this cute photo with co-stars Jennifer Aniston and Lisa Kudrow.
Trying to figure out what to say on Instagram….#gotnothing #friends #girlsnight
A post shared by Courteney Cox (@courteneycoxofficial) on Jun 23, 2019 at 10:06pm PDT
How lucky am I to celebrate my birthday with these two??? I love you girls. So much ??
A post shared by Courteney Cox (@courteneycoxofficial) on Jun 15, 2019 at 8:51pm PDT
And check out this classic throwback Courtney posted a while ago. She captioned the photo, “The one where the six of us went to Vegas and no one knew we were F.R.I.E.N.D.S yet.”
The one where the six of us went to Vegas and no one knew we were F.R.I.E.N.D.S yet #tbt #beforeitaired #lovetheseguys
A post shared by Courteney Cox (@courteneycoxofficial) on May 16, 2019 at 2:22pm PDT
Let’s hope for a F.R.I.E.N.D.S reboot!!!!
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Gender Neutral Bibles
www.bible-researcher.com/versions.html -- Review of all Bibles on how they are for study Bibles
Key website on Gender Neutral Bibles LINK
Anti TNIV LINK, Analyzing Today's NIV Below the Surface (very good), Is the TNIV good news? (very complete) Bible Research, TNIV Resource Center
Pro TNIV Christian Standard article,
Possible good replacement for NIV is English Standard Version (ESV)
Short description of various Bible Translations
Passages changed from Jews to Jewish Leaders John 10:31, John 19:12, John 18:20
From complete online book "The Gender-Neutral Bible Controversy: Muting the Masculinity of God's Words LINK
Gender-specific Bible versions
KJV King James Version (1611)
ASV American Standard Version (1901)
RSV Revised Standard Version (1946, 1952, 1971)
NASB New American Standard Version (New American Standard Bible) (1963, 1995)
NEB New English Bible (1970)
GNB(1976) Good News Bible: The Bible in Today�s English Version (1976)
NKJV New King James Version (1982)
NIV New International Version (1984)
REB Revised English Bible (1989)
NIrV(1998) New International Reader�s Version (1998 revision)
Gender-neutral Bible versions
NRSV New Revised Standard Version (1989)
NCV New Century Version (1987, 1991)
GNB Good News Bible: Today�s English Version Second Edition (1992)
CEV Contemporary English Version (1995)
GW God�s Word (1995)
NIrV(1995) New International Reader�s Version (1995)
NIVI New International Version Inclusive Language Edition (1995, 1996)
NLT New Living Translation (1996)
NLT revised edition New Living Translation (1996) (see chapter 8 for a discussion of the revision)
Culturally adapted imaginative renderings of the Bible
Kenneth N. Taylor, The Living Bible�Paraphrased (1971)
Eugene Peterson, The Message (1995)
We need some special explanation of the REB, the Living Bible, and The Message. The Revised English Bible (REB), a revision of the New English Bible (NEB) published in 1989, showed some tendencies toward gender-neutral language, and made some changes of which we are critical later in this book. But on the most decisive issue, the use of generic �he,� it refused to engage in large-scale rewording; it did not eliminate generic �he.� On this basis, we have not classified it as gender-neutral.
The Message (1995), by Eugene H. Peterson, consists of the New Testament, Psalms, and Proverbs, rendered in a loose paraphrase and in culturally updated language.[3] Kenneth N. Taylor�s The Living Bible�Paraphrased (1971) uses similar procedures.[4] Unlike ordinary translators, Peterson and Taylor do not intend merely to represent an original meaning in another language, but to represent the message in another culture. Nuances are thus freely altered.
For example, corresponding to �Greet one another with a holy kiss� (1 Cor. 16:20), Taylor says, �Give each other a loving handshake when you meet,� while Peterson says, �Pass the greetings around with holy embraces!� Taylor updates 1 Corinthians to picture American churches where a handshake is customary, while Peterson thinks of American churches where hugs are common.
Peterson has given us�what? Not exactly the New Testament, but a creative modern evangelistic book illustrating what the biblical message might sound like when transformed part way into a modern setting. The book exhibits the problems that we discuss later in the area of cultural updating (see Chapter 9). But because it is entitled The Message, and the name of the author Eugene H. Peterson is found on the cover, the spine, and the title page (at least in the edition that we have), there is not so much danger that people will confuse it with an actual translation. In addition, the chapters have no verse numbers, a subtle hint that the book is not supposed to be used for detailed study, but only for general effect.
Peterson drops male meaning components on occasion. But this result is not widespread. It appears to be the unintended effect of loose paraphrasing, rather than a deliberate and systematic attempt to eliminate male-oriented language. Generic �he� remains in place. Hence, The Message should not be classified as gender-neutral. Similarly, The Living Bible is not gender-neutral.
Since these two works engage in imaginative updating, they make stimulating reading, but neither is reliable as a basis for detailed study.
Bible Sales In U.S.
Bible sales in the U.S.
July-Dec Jan-June
New International Version (NIV) 32.1% 30.1%
King James Version (KJV) 23.5% 23.5%
New King James Version (NKJV) 9.4% 9.7%
New Living Translation (NLT) [26] 2.4% 7.9%
New American Bible (NAB � Roman Catholic) 6.3% 6.7%
Spanish language Bibles 3.1% 3.4%
The Message (MS) 2.6% 2.7%
New American Standard Bible (NASB) 2.5% 2.5%
Living Bible (LB) 3.7% 0.6%
New Century Version (NCV) 2.6% 1.1%
Bibles on CD (various) 2.5% 1.4%
New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) [25] 2.5% 1.9%
Amplified Bible (Amp) 1.5% 1.7%
Today�s English Version (TEV) 1.1% 1.0%
New International Reader�s Version (NIrV) 0.7% 0.9%
Contemporary English Version (CEV) 0.5% 0.6%
God�s Word (GW) 0.3% 0.2%
New Jerusalem Bible (NJB � Roman Catholic) 0.3% 0.4%
Other 2.5% 3.2%
(including interlinear, multiple version texts,
non-Spanish foreign language Bibles, and
other English versions)
Total 100% 100%
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Shah Rukh Khan At KIFF: “Some Of The Greatest & Defining Films In Indian Film Industry Are Presented By Bengali Cinema”
Shah Rukh stepped in to inaugurate the jamboree in the absence of Amitabh Bachchan, who was originally scheduled to do the job, but could not make it to the fest due to indisposition.
Amid a galaxy of stars from Bollywood, Bengali cinema and foreign shores, megastar Shah Rukh Khan on Friday inaugurated the 25th Kolkata International Film Festival aka KIFF at Netaji Indoor stadium here.
Flanked by yesteryear’s top heroine Rakhi Gulzar, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and ‘thali girl’ Srabonti Chatterjee, SRK lit the ceremonial lamp to wild cheers from the audience, who later enjoyed every bit of the opening film – Satyajit Ray’s children’s classic “Goopy Gayen Bagha Bayen”, which is celebrating its 50th year.
Germany’s Oscar winning director Volker Schlondorff, “Sex, Lies and Videotape” actress Andie MacDowell, Slovak film maker Dusan Hanak graced the occasion, alongside Bollywood auteur Mahesh Bhatt, and BCCI President and former Indian cricket captain Sourav Ganguly were among those who graced the function.
SRK, in his speech, described the 25th year of the festival as an important landmark.
“The 25th year is an important landmark, an important milestone for cinema not only in Bengal, but to the rest of our country because some of the greatest cinema, some of the defining cinema of India comes from Bengal and Kolkata,” he said.
“Amitabhji comes here every time. But he could not turn up. Since last night he is unwell. So doctors have restricted his movements. He is suffering a lot since last night,” Banerjee said.
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Speaking on the occasion, Schlondorff paid rich tributes to Oscar winning maestro Satyajit Ray, rating the “humanity” in his cinema far higher than the intellectual approach of the New cinema movement in France and Germany.
He said Indian cinema never lost track of the sensual, the visual and the beauty of our lives as it made synthesis of ideas and concepts.
“One day in an art house in Paris we discovered Pather Panchali and the whole Apu trilogy and all of a sudden we discovered that behind the facade of palaces and costumes there was an incredibly humanity far superior to our intellectual approach in France and Germany at the time of new cinema,” he said.
Sex, Lies, and Videotape fame American actress Andie Macdowell called for preserving Ray’s films for posterity.
Bhatt said it was high time filmmakers realise their responsibility to ‘whip up’ hopes of a better tomorrow, in a scenario where the “structures all around us globally are collapsing.”
Also in attendance were Madhabi Mukherjee – known internationally for portraying the title role in Satyajit Ray’s “Charulata”, actor MPs Nusrat Jahan, Mimi Chakraborty, Shatabdi Roy and Deb Adhikary besides film directors Goutam Ghosh and Sandip Ray.
The programme began with a montage of history of cinema, followed by a short promotional film on Bengal’s film locations made by Parambrata Chatterjee, before a gripping song and dance presentation choreographed by Tanushree Shankar.
Later, Nusrat presented the 25th Kolkata International Film Festival commemoration trophy to SRK, as the audience fervently clapped.
A bouquet of 214 features and 152 shorts and documentaries from 76 nations are on offer during the eight-day gala.
25th KIFF
25th Kolkata International Film Festival
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New Nebula Pic Hints at What Our Sun Might Look Like
A glimpse of several billions of years into the future.
By Neel V. Patel
All good things have to end at some point, and our sun is no exception. After a little more than four billion years, the yellow ball of hot plasma will swell up into a weak red giant, after which it will will collapse into a dense white dwarf while the outer layers are flung outward and create a planetary nebula. And today, the European Southern Observatory shows us what that might look like.
The object above is ESO 378-1, AKA the Southern Owl Nebula. This newest picture was taken by the ESO’s Very Large Telescope in the Atacama desert in Chile. Although the Hubble Telescope has managed to capture some other images of ESO 378-1, the ESA’s latest is probably the most stellar thus far.
Planetary nebulas only last about 20,000 years — a mere fraction of a second when it comes to star lifetimes. The Southern Owl Nebula has grown out to four light-years in length and will continue to stretch until the gases disperse into something very different. There are perhaps 10,000 of these nebulas within our own Milky Way galaxy, but researchers have only discovered around 1,500 so far.
Our own sun is expected to follow this pattern and could very well end up looking like the Southern Owl Nebula in several billion years. Right now you get to enjoy a similar view without dealing with the extinction of all life as we know it, so count your blessings.
The sky around the planetary nebula ESO 378-1, the Southern Owl Nebula.
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====== August 23, 2015 ====== ====== August 23, 2015 ======
- Richard, Corey, Cynthia, Andy (facilitator), Jess, Beth, Hannah, Donnie, Lauren, Michelle, Don, Burgess, McAllen, Paul, Sam, Rebecca (minutes), Robbie, Zoe, Marilyn + Richard, Corey, Cynthia, Andy (facilitator), Jess, Beth, Hannah, Donnie, Lauren, Michelle, Don, Burgess, McAllen, Paul, Sam, Rebecca (minutes), Robbie, Zoe, Marilyn (minutes, #5-7)
===== Meet and Greet ===== ===== Meet and Greet =====
+ None
===== Review of Minutes ===== ===== Review of Minutes =====
===== Agenda Item 7 ===== ===== Agenda Item 7 =====
- (Andy, Corey, Richard) Officer review of Jesse in the position of Grounds Coordinator for nonperformance of duties. Jesse is not present but has sent a letter to the House. Summarized: He was not given warning of this problem; he has had a lot of personal and family issues and work; he has not checked his e-mails recently, but feels others haven't made the effort to reach him either. McAllen asked him several months ago why he hadn't done his labor 3 months in a row, and he gave the same reply then – that he had difficulties; he was inconsistent in his labor and unwilling to conform to the co-op's system of keeping track of labor by signing off; as Grounds Coordinator he has not accounted for labor or enforced it labor requirements. When McAllen was Grounds Coordinator he was also inconsistent about labor enforcement at times, but Jesse has not checked in with him at all. Andy: Jesse has not acknowledged the e-mail that Andy sent him requesting a status update on Grounds labor (Aug 5). [Time box exceeded, meeting extended 15 minutes.] Rebecca: She also e-mailed Jesse to ask what labor she should do, and he agreed with what she was doing until he gave her assignments, but he never gave her any and didn't reply to other e-mails. Richard: Jesse told him everyone was doing their labor, but Lauren contacted Richard to say that she had not done Grounds labor and needed make-up labor. Hannah: She has also had conversations with him, and he told her he had been checking in with everyone except her, Jessica, and McAllen. Burgess: Other members communicate when they are unavailable; officers should not have to be policed; we are responsible to each other. **Motion to remove officer made and seconded. Vote to remove by more than 3/4 of members present. McAllen nominated and accepts interim coordinator position. Richard will post a request for nominations for the next three with voting to occur from Wednesday to Sunday.** + (Andy, Corey, Richard) Officer review of Jesse in the position of Grounds Coordinator for nonperformance of duties. Jesse is not present but has sent a letter to the House. Summarized: He was not given warning of this problem; he has had a lot of personal and family issues and work; he has not checked his e-mails recently, but feels others haven't made the effort to reach him either. McAllen asked him several months ago why he hadn't done his labor 3 months in a row, and he gave the same reply then – that he had difficulties; he was inconsistent in his labor and unwilling to conform to the co-op's system of keeping track of labor by signing off; as Grounds Coordinator he has not accounted for labor or enforced it labor requirements. When McAllen was Grounds Coordinator he was also inconsistent about labor enforcement at times, but Jesse has not checked in with him at all. Andy: Jesse has not acknowledged the e-mail that Andy sent him requesting a status update on Grounds labor (Aug 5). [Time box exceeded, meeting extended 15 minutes.] Rebecca: She also e-mailed Jesse to ask what labor she should do, and he agreed with what she was doing until he gave her assignments, but he never gave her any and didn't reply to other e-mails. Richard: Jesse told him everyone was doing their labor, but Lauren contacted Richard to say that she had not done Grounds labor and needed make-up labor. Hannah: She has also had conversations with him, and he told her he had been checking in with everyone except her, Jessica, and McAllen. Burgess: Other members communicate when they are unavailable; officers should not have to be policed; we are responsible to each other. **Motion to remove officer made and seconded. Vote to remove by more than 3/4 of members present. McAllen nominated and accepts interim coordinator position. Richard will post a request for nominations for the next three with voting to occur from Wednesday to Sunday.**
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SCENE STEALER: ‘The Kite Runner’
By Ron Magid, Special to the Times
In Afghanistan, kites are more than a hobby, they’re a national sport. Afghan kites don’t just fly, they dance and battle. The kites are flown on “cutting” lines, called “tar shiasha,” or strings dipped in ground glass designed to sever opponents’ lines during dogfights.
So when director Marc Forster was preparing to film Khaled Hosseini’s bestselling novel “The Kite Runner,” he realized the book’s central metaphor of kites soaring, fighting and falling to earth would not translate if his young lead actors (Ahmad Khan Mahmoodzada as Hassan and Zekiria Ebrahimi as Amir) couldn’t fly a kite with total conviction.
Forster was looking for a kite specialist but found someone who also knew Afghanistan circa 1978, pre-Russia, pre-Taliban, pre-U.S. Basir Beria is a world fighter kite champion who makes and sells his own kites and “tar” from his North Hollywood Smokehouse and Magazines shop. “I was 8 years old when I built my first kite,” Beria says. “From that day, I eat kites, I drink kites, I walk kites.”
The Afghan native, who says he was imprisoned and tortured by the Russian KGB, injected his history into his kite-fighting choreography, and inspired the actors and extras to battle with intensity. “The philosophy of fighter kites is ‘I own the sky until I cut everybody or someone cuts me,’ ” Beria told his students. “I always say, Shorto paneer. I’m going to cut you like a cheese.” (Phil Bray / DreamWorks)
Beria designed Amir’s simple, diamond-shaped kite after “the popular kites we used when we were kids.” The artist shaved bamboo supports and used bright red, green and black tissue paper,echoing the Afghanistan flag. “The top moon-shaped bamboo bar is the muscle of the kite,” he explains. “You can tell if it’s a good macho kite by the curve of the chest.” (Motion Picture Artwork)
It takes two to fly an Afghan Fighter Kite: one to release the kite, which can whip off at 16 mph, and the other to hold the spool of glass-coated line, which can weigh 9 pounds or more. “The kids’ body language had to be right when we had close shots of them and the kites together,” Beria says, “or professional kite fliers can see it’s fake.” (Phil Bray / DreamWorks)
Forster wanted to see as many as 400 kites fighting in a single shot. When Beria arrived in Kashgar, China, which doubled as Kabul, he was given just three weeks to train 150 native kids, ages 9 to 12, to fly fighter kites. (The rest were added digitally.) “For a week, I just showed them how to dance with the kite. Then they followed my moves.” (Phil Bray/ Motion Picture Artwork)
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Deven Clarke
Crime and Justice Reporter
Deven Clarke was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York.
He attended Howard University in Washington, D.C., where he developed a passion for journalism after being asked to fill in as a sports anchor for the university's student-run news program.
Deven was the morning reporter at the FOX station in New Orleans, where he covered everything from severe weather to Mardi Gras and crawfish season.
He also reported at WHBF-TV in Rock Island, Illinois, and WJAC-TV in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, where he was voted "Most Watched News Anchor."
Deven couldn't be more excited to bring his reporting skills to KSAT 12, where he has covered major stories, including the impact Hurricane Harvey had on Texas and its residents.
He enjoys meeting the wonderful people of the Alamo City, especially those who reached out to KSAT for help with problems that Deven was able to bring to light in his reports.
When he's not reporting, Deven loves spending time outdoors, listening to live music and watching football.
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Ohio Gov. John Kasich to skip President Trump's visit to state GOP fundraiser on Friday
By: John Kosich
For an outgoing, two-term Republican governor who only two years ago won the Ohio presidential primary, a final state GOP fundraiser should be almost a victory lap, a chance to reflect on the last eight years.
But when the GOP faithful gather in Columbus on Friday, Gov. John Kasich won't be there.
That is due in large part to the fact that the guest of honor will be the man who has emerged as Kasich's main political rival, President Donald Trump.
Kasich was one of the few Republicans not to endorse Trump in 2016 general election and has remained one of his staunchest policy critics since Trump took office. Beyond that, control of the state party has shifted away from Kasich since Trump's victory with the replacement of party chair, Kasich ally Matt Borges, with Trump supporter Jane Timken.
Just last week, Trump's Ohio Campaign Manager and now Co-chair of the RNC Bob Paduchik wrote a blistering op-ed critical of Kasich's attacks on Trump.
"President Trump is now coming into John Kasich's territory and ruining his farewell party," Political Analyst Dr. Tom Sutton of Baldwin Wallace University said,
The Trump Ohio swing Sutton said is also evident on the party's fall ticket, noting that Trump ally Rep. Jim Renacci taking the place as the GOP Senate candidate over the more moderate Josh Mandel.
"We're seeing here very much the same kind of dynamic that we are seeing across the country," Sutton said.
Both Kasich and Trump endorsed Troy Balderson in the special election this month to fill the open seat in Congress in Kasich's home 12th District. Balderson eked out a narrow victory over Democrat Danny O'Connor in the heavily Republican district. The two will face off though again in November with that race being called by many a toss-up.
In a back and forth on Twitter last week the president saying "the very upopular Governor of Ohio... hurt Troy Balderson's recent win by tamping down enthusiasm." The attack prompted a gif response by Kasich of a laughing Russian President Vladimir Putin. A move that likely sparked the writing of the Paduchik op-ed.
After skipping the Republican National Convention in his own state that nominated Trump it should come as no surprise Kasich would opt to skip the Trump led state GOP fundraiser. Other Republican officeholders who may be loyal to Kasich find themselves caught in the middle, Sutton said.
"You cross the president at your peril. We saw that with Mark Sanford who lost his renomination to be the congressperson from South Carolina, there are some other issues involved in that but he was critical of President Trump. Those that criticize the president have become the outcasts of the party," Sutton said. "And the most prominent voices are either leaving office or when they're running they're facing stiff challenges from other primary opponents who wrap themselves around President Trump's policies and that is the lay of the land right now in the Republican Party."
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Jon Stewart points out lack of lawmakers in Congress 9/11 health care bill meeting
By: Scripps National
Comedian John Stewart gave an impassioned testimony on Capitol Hill today in support of 9/11 first responders, many of whom are currently suffering from medical problems from their work at Ground Zero in 2001.
Comedian and talk show host Jon Stewart was on Capitol Hill today to advocate for better health care coverage for 9/11 responders, and in his message, he called the lack of lawmakers on Capitol Hill for the meeting an embarrassment to the country.
"Sick and dying, they brought themselves down here to speak — to no one," Stewart said of how few Congress members were present.
"They are here to continue fight for what's right," Stewart said ahead of talking about responders who have cancer and were present. He called the lack of lawmaker presence "utterly unacceptable."
His bigger message: Give the first responders full coverage care and stop how often them have to come to Capitol Hill to ask for it. He was joined by other advocates and politicians seeking the passage of a bill to provide more coverage.
Stewart called for bi-partisan support.
"This is your opportunity to write a final chapter for these men and women who fought for 18 years — they fought when nobody believed they were sick, they fought when nobody believed their sickness was caused by 9/11, they fought when nobody thought their health care was worth paying for, they fought every step of the way. And it is an embarrassment to us and our country," Stewart said.
Jon Stewart: "Why this bill isn't unanimous consent and a stand-alone issue, is beyond my comprehension. And I've yet to hear a reasonable explanation as to why." https://t.co/XxGykfEvZv pic.twitter.com/PVmLT7Jvvj
— The Hill (@thehill) June 11, 2019
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25th Anniversary TLF Round
Expressions of interest open now.
For our 25th Anniversary we are introducing a new way of funding grants through the Tasmanian Landcare Fund. It's designed to be simpler for members and for projects to be highly visible to people, businesses and organisations who might wish to support projects with funds, materials or in other ways.
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Members can submit a proposal through a simple Expression of Interest form. Project proposals are being accepted now.
We'll assess proposals for eligibility and technical feasibility, and work with proponents of suitable projects to develop a more detailed project plan.
Once accepted, projects will remain in the system. Proponents won't have to reapply in future years if not funded this year - just provide any updates and revision of costing as needed.
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Legal Mosaic / Future of Law / Hulkamania Running Wild Again in Litigation Finance
Hulkamania Running Wild Again in Litigation Finance
Hulkamania ran wild the night Hulk Hogan defeated Andre the Giant in the main event of “WrestleMania III” before a live audience of over 92,000 and millions more watching on pay-per-view. The Hulkster was recently paired again with a giant and won big. Only this time the giant–a Silicon Valley billionaire–was in his corner as a litigation financier and the triumph was a $160million courtroom verdict.
Hulk Hogan, the nom de guerre of one Terry Bollea, filed suit against Gawker for its publication of a sex tape involving the Hulkster and the wife of his former best friend. Peter Thiel, a billionaire co-Founder of PayPal and Facebook Board member, had his own simmering beef with Gawker emanating from a 2007 story that “outed” him. Mr. Thiel did not much like Gawker’s harsh spotlight, so he teamed with Hogan and funded the Hulkster’s suit against Gawker in the hopes of putting the company out of business. Litigation, like professional wrestling, can be an outlet for feuds.
And you thought reality shows are out there….
But the frothy brew of farce, porn, social media, and revenge that is the case Mr. Bollea brought against Gawker raises other issues—like third- party financing of litigation (a/k/a litigation finance; f/k/a champerty and maintenance). Last week, I wrote a piece on litigation finance, pointing out that it is not only a source of capital but also an economic strategy for law firms, corporations, and even large educational institutions. Litigation finance has emerged as a multi-billion dollar legal cottage industry. Litigation finance companies are yet another type of legal service provider reconfiguring the oft-times blurry line between “engaging in the practice of law” and delivering (all manner of) legal services. Like Uber and other disruptors of regulated industries, litigation finance–as well as other types of providers–seems to have become “too popular to fail.”
Litigation Finance in a Curious Context
Litigation finance was initially intended to “level the playing field” between deep and empty pocket litigants. But its migration from personal injury to big-ticket commercial litigation–that includes entire portfolios–has accorded it acceptance among large consumers and providers of corporate legal services. And that means that the prohibitions against alternative business structures (recently jettisoned a third time by the ABA) and other attempts at legal reregulation have been effectively kicked to the curb. Translation: if big money embraces corporate finance, state Bars–who determine what is and is not the “unauthorized practice of law”–and the ABA turn the other cheek.
Litigation finance companies have a different raison d’etre for funding litigation (and providing seed capital for litigation boutiques) than Mr. Thiel did when he partnered with Mr. Bollea. Litigation finance companies engage in due diligence of prospective investments and put money on individual matters and/or portfolios they deem to have financial merit. On the other hand, Peter Thiel was not involved in litigation finance or in any way connected to Hogan’s lawsuit against Gawker apart from his very publicly shared desire to put it out of business for personal reasons. Mr. Thiel ponied up $10million for the Hogan suit to rid the world of Gawker. He characterized his foray into litigation finance to The New York Times as “one of the greater philanthropic things that I’ve done.” And while the ROI on Mr. Thiel’s investment was certainly robust even by masters of the universe standards, it’s clear that animus- not financial return- was behind the litigation funder’s involvement here.
And whether one embraces or scoffs at Mr. Thiel’s view that his funding of Mr. Bolleas’s suit served an important social objective, what does this say for our legal process generally and third-party funding of litigation, specifically?
Perhaps it’s time for some meaningful guardrails to be put up to separate legitimate litigation finance companies from the Peter Thieles for whom the funding of litigation is blood sport. Failure to do so might promote anyone with a social, political, or economic agenda–not to mention a personal one–to interfere in the litigation process in a way that degrades and debases it.
Litigation finance companies have joined the ranks of other service providers plying a marketplace in dire need of new strategic and tactical options. They are serious businesses that recognize legal delivery requires capital–and the flexibility and innovation it creates. This is in contrast to sanctioning ad hoc third-party litigation financiers to participate in the process—a recipe for abuse of process and further erosion of public confidence in the legal process.
Perhaps next time Mr. Thiel could spend $10million to fund a not-for-profit legal service provider that pairs unemployed lawyers with individuals and small businesses in dire need of affordable representation. That seed capital–and more like it–could help to address the access to justice crisis. That’s the kind of “philanthropic thing” that would help everyone.
This post was originally published on Inthehouse.org
Jeff Carr
June 9, 2016 at 7:41 am · Reply
Mark – the business model of litigation finance firms is simple – to make money from litigation. That’s precisely the same model for law firms and LPO’s providing litigation-focused services. Like a contingency plaintiff’s firm, however, the litigation finance firm accepts results based risks and therefore it basically provides the funding for the law firms that don’t do contingency work because they’d rather make money from the process – win or lose.
I philosophically believe that anything making litigation more likely, more accessible, and easier is a net negative for society at large. It simply continues the income redistribution process from the customer to those in the legal service industry. So let’s be clear, while litigation finance and contingency fee structures certainly do make it possible for some without financial means to gain access to the justice system, this in reality has little to do with access to justice and much to do with income redistribution to those in the legal delivery service industry.
I begrudge neither the contingency fee industry nor the litigation finance industry their ability to make money in the environment we find ourselves in. I think it’s a bad environment, and I dont’ particularly like it, but it is what it is.
As such, we don’t need regulations about the litigation finance industry, any more than we need more regulation of the contingency fee based legal industry. We simply need a different environment – one that does not promote litigation, but instead provides actual justice to those with legitimate claims. We need judges that dismiss unfounded claims. Judges that refuse to allow unfettered discovery to create cost avoidance based settlements. Mediation in the first 90 days as opposed to the end of the process. Baseball arbitration processes to encourage reasonable demands and offers. Damage awards bounded by reasonable proffers. And yes, we need the English Rule – and perhaps that’s where the litigation finance indsutry really becomes relevant. It won’t invest in matters without a high probability of success — but gives plaintiffs without means, and defendants without stomach, to do so in matters that do.
But fundamentally, we need to eliminate the restrictions on firm ownership because, at the end of the day, it’s access to capital that permits law firms to invest and accept risk – whether in people, processes, or platforms.
Mark A. Cohen
June 9, 2016 at 10:38 am · Reply
Thanks for your characteristically thoughtful comments, Jeff. You raise several key points that I agree with:
1. The English Rule, where the prevailing party recoups legal fees and costs from the “loser”, is something I endorse. It has a chilling effect upon nuisance vale claims and others without merit.
2. Litigation finance won’t fix the access to justice crisis. But ABS would help. The ABA’s recent fold on that (and BigLaw’s silence) tell you where providers are. Let’s hope corporate consumers continue to advance reform by voting with their feet. And we both know they are, even if the steps are incremental.
3. We agree litigation is an expensive, inefficient, unpredictable, and ultimately anti-business way to resolve conflicts. As a recovering trial lawyer, I can attest to that first-hand. Great lawyers avoid litigation or short-circuit the process (and that includes great trial lawyers).
4. We agree we don’t need more regulation– but we do need re-regulation (a/k/a ABS).
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What it Means for a Trust to Go Through Litigation
Establishing a trust can be a great way for a family member to feel relieved about what will happen to his or her assets after passing on. The creator (or trustor) typically writes the names of loved ones in his or her trust, along with instructions for who shall receive what portion of the estate after death. In the trust, the trustor has assigned a successor trustee to manage these assets once he or she is no longer here to do so. While this sounds like a reliable way to pass on a trustor’s legacy after death, sometimes problems arise. When issues do come up, a beneficiary may contest the trust in court, which is often called trust litigation.
An attorney can empathize with the pain you may be experiencing after realizing that perhaps your loved one’s wishes are not being carried out with respect and diligence. If you are a beneficiary that is unhappy with the way the successor trustee has handled the trust thus far, we recommend reaching out to an attorney right away for assistance.
Here in the article below, we have listed a few of the main reasons why a trust may be contested in court. Please read on for more information, and feel free to contact us for any questions or concerns you have.
Successor Trustee Not Providing Accounting Details
The appointed successor trustee has many duties to uphold. One of these responsibilities is to share accounting information with beneficiaries. The successor trustee must release information regarding accounting decisions whenever requested by a beneficiary. If beneficiaries do not submit a request to see these details, then the successor trustee shall send out a yearly account of how trust finances have been handled thus far. If these accounting obligations are not met, a beneficiary may file a lawsuit against the successor trustee.
Coercion of Trust Instructions or Improper Mental Capacity
A beneficiary may contest that the trustor who wrote the trust was not of sound mind or health when the document was created, and thus the instructions listed may not be reliable. Also, a beneficiary may file for trust litigation if it is believed that the trustor experienced coercion by another party in regards to what is written in the trust. Sadly, those of senior age or withering health may be taken advantage of by others prior to passing away.
Breach of Trust by Successor Trustee
The successor trustee must always make decisions in regards to the trust based on what is in the best interest of beneficiaries, and not oneself. The successor trustee has the duty to safeguard the trustor’s assets while abiding by the instructions listed in the trust. If the successor trustee acts with negligence, carelessness or for a personal benefit, a beneficiary may take legal action through trust litigation.
Please call a trust litigation lawyer Cherry Hill, NJ turns to immediately if you believe your loved one’s legacy has been mishandled, particularly by the successor trustee. They can help you seek justice for your loved one’s wishes through legal action. Do not wait for the successor trustee to make any more mistakes, reach out today.
Thank you to our friends and contributors at Klenk Law for their knowledge about estate planning and trust litigation.
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Touch Ground
A conceptual view of landscapes and seascapes at night that are used by immigrants from North Africa seeking new chances in Italy and Europe.
Photographs and text by Massimo Cristaldi
In 2013 alone, over 40,000 migrants braved the Mediterranean Sea in an attempt to reach Italy (and Europe). Many of these migrants ended up in Sicily and the surrounding islands. The route was a familiar one, as thousands of these people have previously traveled this route in years past during previous attempts.
In "Touch Ground," I photographed beaches, harbors, cliffs—the places where, in recent years, migrants have first reached the shores of Europe from their original homes in North Africa. The photographs form an exploration of the idea of "Terra Firma," a coveted place, object of hopes, tragedies, happiness, disillusion, and sometimes, death.
I chose to make my pictures at night, because it was at these times that the places appeared full of meaning. Within the absence of the darkness and the emptiness, I sensed an epic quality to the scale of these migrations and the individual emotions that each journey embodied.
These photos are, then, a work on the borders: the borders between land, sea and men. The seascapes depicted are epic and empty yet also “places of the present,” places of contemporary history. They are, at once, the theaters of tragic, life-altering events and at the same time, simply the sea for the rest of us.
—Massimo Cristaldi
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On August 27th, 2013, a boat arrives on the rocks of Fanusa (Siracusa) © Massimo Cristaldi
Porto Empedocle is the arrival port for the immigrant boats coming from Lampedusa or Linosa. © Massimo Cristaldi
On August 5, 2011, 30 immigrants coming from Tunisia arrived in Linosa, 42 km NE from Lampedusa. © Massimo Cristaldi
On December 15th, 2004, 6 immigrants from China were found dead on the beach close to the port. © Massimo Cristaldi
On April 23rd, 2003, 6 immigrants disembark in the Ragusa coastal area, between Punta Secca and Punta Braccetto. © Massimo Cristaldi
Punta Secca. © Massimo Cristaldi
On April 23rd, 2003, 6 immigrants disembark in the Ragusa coastal area, between Punta Secca and Punta Braccett. © Massimo Cristaldi
Oil tankers offshore from Gela. © Massimo Cristaldi
On May, 3rd 2013, a boat of immigrants arrives at the harbor of Scoglitti. © Massimo Cristaldi
On August 10, 2013, 6 immigrants die on the Playa beach in Catania. © Massimo Cristaldi
On September 24, 2006, 3 immigrants are found dead on the beach of Gela. © Massimo Cristaldi
On the night of June 14th, 2013, a ten-meter long boat arrives at the Eloro beach with 70 people on board. © Massimo Cristaldi
On August 19, 2013, 100 immigrants were rescued in the Cyclops bay in Acitrezza. © Massimo Cristaldi
On September 28th, 2008, after 10 days drifting the immigrants arriving in Portopalo told: 13 people death and were thrown into the sea © Massimo Cristaldi
On August 25, 2006, in Portobalo Capopassero, Syracuse. On board the boat, a dead man was found. © Massimo Cristaldi
On September 1, 2007, a boat capsized 15 miles off the island of Currents near Syracuse. One person dead, 3 missing. © Massimo Cristaldi
On June 26, 2007, the spot of disembarkation in Capo Passero, near Syracuse. Passengers said they had thrown overboard the bodies of a child, a man and a woman, all of whom had died of starvation during the 12 day crossing. © Massimo Cristaldi
On August 27th, 2013, a boat arrives on the rocks of Fanusa near Syracuse. © Massimo Cristaldi
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Journey to a Revolution: A Personal Memoir and History of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956 by Michael Korda. HarperCollins, 221 pp., $24.95, September 2006, 0 06 077261 1
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A Good Comrade: Janos Kadar, Communism and Hungary by Roger Gough. Tauris, 323 pp., £24.50, August 2006, 1 84511 058 7
Failed Illusions: Moscow, Washington, Budapest and the 1956 Hungarian Revolt by Charles Gati. Stanford, 264 pp., £24.95, September 2006, 0 8047 5606 6
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Atmos Theatrical Trailer
For over 40 years, Dolby has been known best for their fantastic audio engineering innovations in music and film. Recently, they released an incredible new audio technology called Atmos that immerses the theater-going audience more deeply within cinematic stories. Dolby hired Luxurious Animals to write, direct, and produce a trailer that would demonstrate the sonic advantages of Dolby Atmos®. There were two challenges – educating an audience without it becoming a technical nerd fest and giving the trailer universal appeal as it was going to play around the world in over 10 different languages. Our solution was to create a trailer that was visionary.
First, we decided that we needed a voice that would become the guide for our audience. We decided early on were going to give this a more human approach by staying away from trappings of all the specifications and features that are commonly used to showcase technology. This trailer had to be relatable. Secondly, we looked for universally recognized cinematic landscapes that were inspiring to both to the ear and the eye. The theme we landed upon was one of awe. The roar of a boisterous concert hall, the quiet of a desert landscape punctured by a speeding car, the power of water falling over a cliff, the textural grace of an underwater kelp forest, the sounds of night in the country from the perspective of a child, and even the deepness of outer space were some of the early favorites. Obviously in space no one can hear you scream, but cinematic space has such a rich history of providing an epic moment that it had be included.
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Motoring / Cars and Bikes
1999 Lamborghini Diablo GT
This rare and desirable 1999 Lamborghini GT is packed with the modifications of the GTs race car, with the outrageous of the Diablo combined, offering serious road-racing performance as well as real speed at extremely low mileage, which is a testament to the great inventiveness of the luxury automaker.
Apr 06, 2018 | By Andrea Sim
We know very little about this car in terms of the people who owned it in the early years, but we do know that this example is the 12 of only 80 GTs produced in 1999, with chassis number ZA9DE21A0XLA12333, which has extremely low mileage with only 276 km from new. At Monaco 2018, RM Sotheby’s will present this Diablo GT with a left-hand drive to auction off, which is bound to attract the most attention and charm coveted car collectors.
Rolled out of the automobile factory in 1999, Lamborghini has always been about beauty, power, thrill and most of all, experience. Built to an exquisite Italian design with an unmistakable roar from the supercar’s engine, the iconic 1999 Lamborghini Diablo GT is presented in shiny black with velvet interior and across the dashboard.
Inside, features carpet with Diablo GT imprint in yellow, two individual seats with leather and velvet upholstery combined, seats separated by a centre console (partially-covered with carbon fiber material), manual gearbox in metallic and a simple designed steering wheel to complete the design style of the interior cabin.
Maybe what sets this 1999 example apart from other Lamborghini models is the upward opening doors, which Lamborghini fans will appreciate a supercar that has a suave and muscular appeal with amazing performance.
Managed by a V12 engine and an increased horsepower at 575, nudging the supercar to traverse at a top speed of 215 miles per hour. The bodyworks had undergone changes to improve agility, speed and aerodynamics as well as to improve brake cooling ducts and better airflow to the V12.
When the 1999 Diablo GT first made a debut during the Geneva Motor Show, Lamborghini fans were most impressed by the great combination of the modifications of the GTs race car with the outrageousness of the Diablo, which offered serious road-racing performance and additional speed at extremely low mileage. In fact, the model was touted as one of the fastest supercars during that period.
For car enthusiasts, here’s your chance to bid for the desirable 1999 Diablo GT at RM Sotheby’s Monaco 2018. It’s on the “Wanted-List!” so to speak.
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Meteorology Quizlet Planetary Scale Flow Such As Trade Winds Are Best Classified As
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These intrusions can be classified as ‘exceptional events’, which are not. intrusions when the polar jet meanders towards the western United States, such as occurs following strong La Niña winters.
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A would-be lawyer endures the greenhouse–and the madhouse–effect in a tough training season. What more can he take? Only the bar
Some time mound the reelection of Ronald Reagan to the presidency of the United States, the author applied to law school. Gaining admission to a school whose recruitment materials he found sufficiently pretentious, he compounded the effects of that decision by subsequently attending that school and graduating promptly three years later, little did he realize, during those heady days of, 1984, that deep in the remotest crevices of, his ravenously ambitious noodle had begun to nest a horror—a terror born of the knowledge that, even four years later, he mould ham to sit far the New York State Bar Examination. That terror, long little more than a nascent zygote, nonetheless would slowly grow and flourish, gnawing away at both his soul and his personal hygiene until, in the scorching blast furnace that was the summer of, 1988, he’d get it over with already. This is his story.
The eleven days since graduation have been anything but relaxed. First was the drive to Jersey from Chicago in a high-powered touring sedan, the classic 1982 Subaru GI. Then came three harrowing blind dates (whose sponsors apparently thought the “blind” part was meant as a reference to my own 20-400 vision), perpetual unpacking, and arguing with the post office. Today would be something new. Today would be the first meeting I would attend of the live lecture of the Pieper Bar Review, with a thousand other devotees in the vast auditorium of the Borough of Manhattan Community College.
Before being seated, I am handed a thick silver book of practice questions which would later become a perpetual and hated companion. I have come prepared with a couple of pens and a naively-chosen notebook, the latter of which contains only enough paper for perhaps three or four lectures. I will eventually switch to loose-leaf paper and a clipboard, leaving the voluminous notes from past classes safely at home.
The standard operating procedure for well over 95 percent of the attendees is verbatim transcription of every word John Pieper says for four hours a night [which includes a fifteen-minute break in the middle], as well as several six-hour lectures. The main message of the first lecture is that the lecture notes are to be the bread and butter of this course.
Some courses rely heavily on very extensive materials (which have to be returned after the course was over), supplemented by law-school style lectures by various area experts. Those students learn by boiling down the materials into outlines and practice exams, the way you ideally learn in law school.
Our materials, except for the practice materials, are meant to be used as paperweights. Our area specialists are all John Pieper. Our method is based on trust (well, trust and $950): Trust that John has accurately and adequately done all the thinking for us, all the analysis and all the compressed re-synthesis, and all we have to do is learn it cold. COLD.
I leave that night with a tired right hand and in something of a state of shock at the vast amount of material we’ve covered. We segued from New York jurisdiction into New York’s statutes of limitation and venue rules, and this was about l/35th of the material we would be responsible for at the end of several weeks. Did everyone really learn all the material? Is it really humanly possible? Was there still time for me to go into an easy profession—nuclear physics, maybe?
I set today to catch up with all the substantive “daily” quizzes in the silver book and to begin work on the practice Multistate questions in areas we’d already covered – “Multistate Contracts,” “Multistate Torts,” and “Multistate Realty” (though that last would have to be supplemented by Future Interests and Trusts before we would be prepared to begin the property questions).
I was glad to see that most of the torts and contracts stuff was review. Sometimes I got the impression this course was meant for people who never went to law school. I’d get frustrated when John would repeatedly labor over a point such as what battery is until I came to the realization, through casual eavesdropping and crowd reactions, that some people in the room were learning it for the very first time. Later, during subjects such as Negotiable Instruments and Bankruptcy, the shoe would be on the other foot as I would discover that everyone on earth had taken these courses in school while I pondered such mysteries as Economic Analysis of Law and Jurisprudence.
I do well on the quizzes. Most of the questions are gimmes, meant to reinforce the materials covered in the lectures, while some questions are impossible to answer—minor points not covered which we’re expected to learn from taking the quiz itself. John thinks we’re doing these as we finish each topic when we get home at night. But when the lecture ends at ten, I have to head two blocks downtown to the World Trade Center to catch the PATH train to Jersey City, whence I pick up my car and do the hour’s drive on the Turnpike south to Exit 8. When I get home between 11:15 and 11:30, having spent the last seven or so hours in either virtual nonstop writing or nonstop radar-dodging, I’m not too inclined to take a pop quiz. I watch “The Odd Couple” while I eat dinner alone.
I’m beginning to put a substantial amount of time on Multistate practice. Multistate panic has set in among the class, with sordid tales of how Multistate Is Everything filtering into the room from the many who took supplemental Multistate courses. (While a disaster on Multistate is almost impossible to overcome, it’s still less than half the New York score. The rest is based on the six essays covering about 30 different subjects and 50 totally unpredictable multiple-choice questions.)
I’m depending on constant practice both in the silver book and from the book provided by another course, on sale in the lobby of BMCC for a reasonable fee, by arrangement with John, who recommends that we buy one of the Multistate course’s books and, if we’re uptight about “Princeton ETS”-type tests, take a Multistate course as well, the latter of which I decline to do. I do fifteen or twenty questions at a stretch, read the explanation on the ones I get (I should also read about the ones I got right, since as often as not you’re right for the wrong reason), and do another twenty. I’m pretty pleased at the scores, once I get used to the idea that almost no one gets much more than 50 percent on the Property and Contracts questions. I make it up on Torts, and focus on improving my Evidence and Constitutional Law scores.
By now we’ve also handed in several practice essays. Throughout my school career I have found nothing so arduous as doing practice tests of any kind. They are surely the best way to learn any subject, of course, but they require voluntarily subjecting oneself to test conditions—something called discipline.
I have been cheating. Since Day One I have been behind in memorizing the famous Pieper Mnemonics: Who may receive service of process to effectively serve a corporation? A MAC DOG person: Assistant cashier, Managing agent, Agents authorized to accept service, Cashier, Directors, Officers, General agents. There are hundreds of these, some of them (like A MAC DOG) quite useful and not too hard to remember. Others are unnecessary from a practical point of view—just listing things for the sake of listing them. Some are maddening for their arbitrariness—”RC SLIRP [sic],” “F SMARTLEYS”—or because the element we’re trying to remember is imbedded deep in a phrase for which the initial may or may not serve to jar the memory: Defenses to a breach of contract claim—IDI AMIN—the N stands for “Nonlegal contract,” which we’ve been calling “illegal” all along. But on the whole the mnemonics-someone told me there were around 160 of them are a great way to learn the elements of and defenses to causes of actions and other categories.
The problem is that if I could memorize that much material, I would have gone to medical school. Finally realizing the mnemonics method was of limited use to me, I endeavor just to “learn” the material—to recognize the elements when I see them in a fact pattern, and to know their substantive bases. John believes that on the exam we should list—vertically—all the elements of any category that could apply. At least one “essay-writing” instructor from a rival course: said that was a bad idea. I don’t know and I don’t have to choose. Since I can’t remember the mnemonics I’m not about to list them. On the practice exams though I John’s method, but cheat by looking at mnemonics flashcards (The flash cards are harping back to my last successful efforts at memorization-first-year torts. But there aren’t 160 torts.)
The first exam, which focuses on service of process, establishment of jurisdiction, and similar procedural matters, gets me my best grade: I list all the mnemonics and touch most of the important points. But thereafter, my practice exam grades go downhill. I decide not to worry about it.
Our last lecture. The previous three lectures have run five hours, because we had to catch up, and some people are wondering if perhaps fewer charming stories about Damien, Troy, and Christina—John’s three children, all of whom, he claims, know New York’s statutes of limitations by heart-and their nonlegal exploits might have saved us the painful exhaustion of almost five hours of feverish scribbling. I say “non-legal” exploits, because John and his family are inevitably the characters in many of his illustrative examples (which are never meant to be written down— they’re “not for your notes—concept”). Most of us realize, though, that we can pay now or pay later—we were grateful for the Little League stories and the break from note-taking they provided at the time. By now we’re all so hyped up we’re probably better suited to suck down vast amounts of material anyway.
All I know is that my usual fifteen pages per night have expanded to around 25 (and my handwriting’s compact—most folks probably take about twice as many pages as I did), and yes, my hand hurts like hell. John points out that on the bar exam we’ll have two three-hour sets of nonstop writing (New York doesn’t allow typewriters), for which we’ll all be in great shape.
Of course, “nonstop writing” assumes that we have plenty to say on each essay. We learn that the worst thing that can happen on a exam is for you to have no idea what they’re talking about. As with law school exams, getting the answer “right” is somewhat less important than displaying your recognition and knowledge of the issues in the problem. John has tried to get us by learning the mnemonics to be able to spout material on any subject, not just to be able to pick a right answer out. Even a mnemonics disaster such as myself has learned how to do this. The main study method—more important even than the mnemonics and on a par with practicing—is, as John said, reviewing the notes over and over and over and over and over.
They become sickeningly familiar, John’s often strained syntax and obvious examples being drummed into increasingly dissipated neurons. John predicts that we’ll hear his voice as we write the bar exam, but I find instead that, like Talmudist who can describe on which quadrant of a given page to find a datum, I am seeing pictures of the handwriting I had come to despise—my own.
Between now and the exam, John tells us he expects us to go through the notes two more times. That’s not too hard. If it were just a matter of time it takes to do that, I could review the notes four times. But that would result in a cerebral cortex resembling a raisin, probably of limited use on the exam. The problem is the incessant repetition, the stultifying boredom, and the Rule Against Perpetuities.
By tonight most of us have, as expected, come to feel a sort of affection for John. He comes across as a pretty nice guy. He wishes us Godspeed with a break in his voice that seems sincere, and we stream out for the last time into the putrid, steamy summer air of the Battery. For the next two weeks, we’re on our own.
The Last Twelve Days Hundreds of Multistate questions pass before me; Redacre, Greenacre, and Whiteacre form a vast but bleak panorama in my mind as buyers named Byer and Sellers named Seller breach or don’t breach contracts or non-contracts, surfing on merchant memoranda across a sea of future interests. My fat loose-leaf full of notes is like heroin to a junkie: a constant companion, always within reach, and yet utterly despised and a source of anything but pleasure.
Around the house, Mom and Dad have gotten the message that I am not to be asked to take out the garbage or water the lawn. That doesn’t mean I work nonstop. I take time off, both in-between “sets” and sometimes for chunks of hours. I know I wouldn’t learn anything if I try to crank away twelve hours a day. My system just won’t take it. There’s probably not much more a radical change than that between the languor of third year and the fervor of bar review. But, for the first time in my life, if I sit down and do nothing for a few minutes, the inference that I have “time on my hands” and am available for errands is not made. I am in an exalted state—like Moses about to receive the Law on Mount Sinai, without food or drink for 40 days and 40 nights. Unlike Moses, I don’t think I have the heart to go up the mountain and do this twice.
The summer of 1988 is the hottest summer in the history of North America. Luckily for me, both my home and my car are well-air-conditioned. One day during the last week before the exam, I come into Manhattan to study with a law school classmate, who lives in an un-air-conditioned closet (“studio”) on the West Side. Sweat pouring out of every square inch of body surface, we drill each other on the difference between exceptions to the hearsay rule and evidence which is not hearsay at all (and when New York and the Federal Rules of Evidence see the distinction differently); when impeachment of a witness by his VIC (Vicious Immoral, and Criminal) acts is available; when the right of counsel attaches; New York’s rejection of the Good Faith Exception to the Exclusionary Rule; and which kind of pen would be most efficacious on the exam.
I probably sweated ten pounds that day, but I gained a world of confidence as, listening to myself, I came to the realization that I had learned a hell of a lot of stuff. Cold.
Tuesday, July 26 8:30 A.M.
It’s another fetid morning in Manhattan as I walk cross-town from the room I rented on West 43rd Street to the Jacob Javits Convention Center on the island’s western edge. As I pass the furriers and delicatessens I begin to notice a slow aggregation of other young people also walking westward, some carrying lunch and others carrying shopping bags emblazoned with “BAR/ BRI.” I meet a law school classmate I haven’t seen since graduation day in Chicago more than two months ago. It seems the whole world is descending on the Javits Center.
And it looks like there’s enough room for the whole world. The building is capacious, but sterile. I am surprised to see that the hundreds of assembled examinees do not emanate dread and anxiety, as I expect. Everyone looks pretty normal—everyone, that is, except my friend with the un-air-conditioned apartment, who is sitting, crumpled and ferret-like, amidst a pile of books and papers—cramming, fifteen minutes before E-Hour. When I call out to him that it’s probably a little late for cramming, the normally chipper and effervescent Scotsman makes it clear through gritted teeth that I should do things my way and he’ll do things his way. I steer clear and towards the exam room.
All three of the Javits Center’s exhibition rooms are being used for the bar exam (while a diamond convention occupies the upper hall), and the modular dividers between them have been opened up so as to make the vastness all the more intimidating. I feel very small, sitting at a seat at one of hundreds-probably thousands-of identical tables, each one of which would seat two examinees. I go to my assigned seat, where a kindly Irish lady—one of hundreds of kindly Irish ladies in the room doing the same thing – introduces herself and tells me she is the proctor for my area. Eventually my tablemate joins me a young woman who remarks that we have the same last name. I figure there must be at least two of every name in the room.
Slowly, every single man, woman, and child taking the New York State bar exam in the First Judicial Department (Manhattan) files into the room. A series of muffled, irregular groans from the front of the room reveal themselves to be not a malfunctioning air conditioner but the voice of the head proctor as transmitted by what passes to be a public address system in this most modern and up-to-date facility. Her instructions are almost completely lost, but it doesn’t really matter. Everyone in this room has taken enough standardized mass examinations in her life to have a pretty good idea of what’s going on.
Shortly before we begin, I remember that I forgot something. New York’s 50 computer-scored multiple choice questions require a pencil—and I forgot to bring one. Today was etched in my mind as “essay day,” and I only brought a pen. John has supplied us with mechanical pencils for Multistate, but had neglected to remind us to take them with us on the first day. This only proves that I have become a Pieper machine thinking only what John tells me to think—which would be comforting, if I had a pencil.
Luckily, my namesake on the other end of the table has come well prepared. Swallowing my pride, I tell her of my stupid mistake, and she generously offers me a pencil, which I return to her at the break despite her insistence that I keep it for the second set of 25 after lunch. As a matter of pride, I go into the hallway during lunch and beg one off a law school classmate, so at least I don’t seem utterly resourceless to a fellow Coleman.
Finally, after seemingly endless and garbled verbatim readings of standardized instructions, we are instructed to begin. Strangely, this moment—which has been something of a reality to me since the very day the neighbors decided that I was so annoying that I should be a lawyer—is without drama. Like a trained commando, I have been drained of emotion by constant drilling and simulation and now despite the warnings that “‘this is not a drill” I coolly spring into action-a veritable killing machine of law.
The first order of business is to polish off the multiple-choice questions. You can always add something to the essays later, but those 25 ovals have to be filled in or there’ll be no credit for them. I dispose of them, somewhat alarmed that they’re so tough, but feeling I probably covered them all right— or at least as well as 70 percent of the other people in the room. For, as John reminded us, when you’re sitting there having a moment of doubt, ask yourself, Aren’t I as well-prepared as 50 percent of the people in here? (That gives us a 20 percent margin of error—and also allows him to use the same spiel on the winter group, whose pass rate is usually not the 65-70 percent of the summer group but around 50 percent.) And of course am sure that I am.
The first essay is a contracts question—a page and a quarter of facts, and three parts. Issues—Has a contract been formed? Parties’ rights and recourses? A real estate contract is thrown in—Statute of Frauds? Offer and acceptance? I fill the pages up with law, even though I’m not entirely positive of all the conclusions, and proceed on.
So it goes. Methodically, I plow through each essay, spending an equal amount of time on each, leaving me 20 or so minutes at the end to check my work, refine some sentences, throw in some extra law, breathe, and exult. Not only have I had plenty to say on each essay, but one of the three is basically a rewrite of the first practice essay I had done so well on six weeks earlier: The issues and, yes, the mnemonics come flowing back: Service of process: MOP basis for jurisdiction, DIAL DC minimum contacts, AL RAN service on out-of-state parties, PADS Court methods of service and A MAC DOG person on whom service to a corporation may be effectuated. I would not remember so many mnemonics on later essays, but this one, almost identical to that practice essay and full of mnemonics that we had gone over so many times that even a Swiss-cheese brain such as myself could remember them, have me walking on air all the way to lunch to Boychik’s. It’s a lot of air between here and 45th and Sixth, but in this weather you either walk on it or swim through it. I take a cab back to the Javits Center.
After lunch, the resignation is replaced by eagerness, which is soon shunted aside by mild terror. The afternoon essays feature the guaranteed appearance of the dreaded and mysterious Rule Against Perpetuities. Having spotted the issue, I scratch out something about measuring lives in being and vested interests, hope I hit the mark right, and deal with the rest of the problem. On the inevitable wills problem, another sore spot we knew was coming, I struggle .a little for material, but come up with what seem like an adequate number of pages. “New York’s exam is a hell of a lot harder to take than to pass,” a lawyer-friend would say to me later.
Still this session also has a gift for me. As one of the few people in Pie-per’s class who has religiously read almost all of the “Pieper Appellate Alerts” (it was my atonement for being so lousy with the mnemonics), I recognize, in the criminal law/Miranda essay, a situation virtually identical to a case in the alert. It involves voluntary outbursts by a suspect in police custody but not represented by counsel—specifically, outbursts as a result of the suspect’s responding to something he has heard over the police radio. I know it is admissible, and let the examiners know that I know the case they have in mind. After the final bell sounds, I feel as good as I imagined I could have, and head into the sunset—back to New Jersey on the commuter bus. Multistate, and then New Jersey’s essays, lay ahead.
Since I live in New Jersey, it was the natural choice for my second bar. No one knew of anyone who had passed New York and failed New Jersey. Like Connecticut, Massachusetts, and almost every state but New York and California (and the forbidding Napoleonic legal swamps of Louisiana), John explains that New Jersey isn’t out to trick you or test whether you know about the 45-day limit for an omnibus motion (which, yes, was on the New York crim essay). It’s like the difference between hardball and slo-pitch: While New York’s looking for the strikeout; these states let you put the ball in play.
To save on another night’s room rent in New York, and because I don’t want to sleep on any couches or floors during the bar exam, I also take Multistate in Jersey, along with the Jersey essays. It’s a 20-minute drive to the test center, a motel on Route 1—a classic New Jersey locale.
The atmosphere at the motel test center, much more than the Javits Center, is relaxed for me, but my fellow Garden Staters are by and large more uptight, since they still have their first look at essays the next day. I, on the other, feel like Superman, having endured the notorious New York essays without afterwards trying to walk home across the Hudson, my sanity apparently intact. I regale the enthralled Jerseyans with tables of the storied New York bar during lunch.
Just as John predicted, I leave Multistate having no idea whatsoever how well I’ve done, but grateful for having practiced both in small sets and in sets of 100—of which there are two on Multistate Day—and hope for the best.
As anticlimactic as you’d care to imagine-that’s what the New Jersey essays are like. Not that I’m all over them. They require some thought, but I feel confident. Here, too, is something of a gift: A question concerning remedies of property owners whose property values are hurt by local zoning decisions. Having done my senior research on the subject, I do a little fancy analysis in light of the Supreme Court’s Pennsylvania Railroad decision.
Having been allowed to type here, I pack up my machine, and head down Route 1, feeling not so much exultation or glee as a slowly dawning realization that, hopefully, the longest yards are behind me. Three weeks later, of course, is the Multistate Professional Responsibility Exam. Does it ever end? I think.
But of course, it does. It really, truly does.
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Readers explore books of various categories at the World Book Fair in Pragati Maidan, New Delhi. Photo: PTI
Publishers say 2017 World Book Fair a profitable affair
1 min read . Updated: 15 Jan 2017, 04:35 PM IST PTI
Penguin India saw a hike of nearly 20% in business from last year's fair
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New Delhi: As the New Delhi World Book Fair comes to a close on Sunday, the nine-day long event was an “excellent" experience with leading publishing houses making significant profit on sales compared to previous years.
Vimal Kumar, General Manager at Speaking Tiger said they had “unexpected sales", despite facing several technical glitches in the aftermath of demonetisation. “Due to demonetisation we faced several problems since many a times card machines didn’t work due to lack of signals. But, it has been an excellent experience, rather unexpected sales for Speaking Tiger. Our sales have almost doubled this year," he said.
Some of the top sellers at the stall included ‘Himalaya: Adventures, Meditations, Life’ edited by Ruskin Bond and Namita Gokhale, and ‘Murderer in Mahim’ by Jerry Pinto among others. For Penguin India, which saw a hike of nearly 20% in business from last year’s fair, the event being moved ahead by a month from the usual February, has worked favourably.
“The book fair used to be held in February until a couple of years ago and this move into January has actually helped the sales due to extended winter break in schools, festivals, etc. There is a carnival like atmosphere at the Pragati Maidan," Nandan Jha, vice president, Product and Sales at Penguin Random House India, said.
All time children favourites like ‘Diary of a Wimpy Kid’, Roald Dahl, ‘Tintin Series’ and Sudha Murty, books by Salman Rushdie, classics, and books by Bollywood celebrities including Karan Johar’s autobiography, ‘An Unsuitable Boy’ and Twinkle Khanna’s ‘Mrs Funnybones’ were major business makers for the publishing house.
Other top sellers included books by Devdutt Pattanaik, Y Cassandra Clare, Elif Shafak, Elon Musk, ‘The Fault in Our Stars’, ‘Inner Engineering’ and Paulo Coelho’s ‘The Spy’. Harper Collins also asserted that the turnout was better compared to last year with titles by Paulo Coelho, Agatha Christie, Nadia Hasmi and Sidney Sheldon fetching impressive business and customers keeping credit/debit cards handy.
“There has been a good turnout in comparison to last year. The sales have increased around 15% this year for us. Popular international titles have been a major draw. “Even Khushwant Singh, Arvind Adiga and Rishi Kapoor’s ‘Khulam Khulla’ were in large demand. We didn’t see any effect of demonetisation since people easily did digital payments," Vikas Sharma, Head of Key Accounts at Harper Collins, said.
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Powder fragrances are a well-kept secret
4 min read . Updated: 18 May 2018, 11:49 PM IST Vasudha Rai
Beyond cloying florals and aqueous notes, a dry, airy cloud of vintage powder is the ideal summer fragrance
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In April, I was invited to what could be termed the most innovative fragrance launch of the year. It was for Jo Malone’s India-inspired Cologne Intense in Jasmine Sambac & Marigold. The venue was the Dadar Flower Market in Mumbai and the call time was 6am. It was an unusual launch, to say the least, but quite refreshing. But what was more startling than the launch was the fragrance itself.
Crafted by Celine Roux (head of global fragrance for the brand) and perfumer Mathilde Bijaoui, the perfume began with the fresh-cut dewiness of jasmine, but ended as a cloud of powdery scent—soft, dry, and perfect for summer. Unlike other jasmine fragrances, which can be extremely aqueous or festive, this was clean and ultra-modern because it was laced with powdery notes.
“I wanted this scent to have an addictive quality to it," says Roux. Bijaoui achieved that by blending the freshness of jasmine with the herbaceous notes of marigold. But the final finishing touch, one that makes it so thoroughly modern, is the addition of honey, vanilla, benzoin and a special type of ylang-ylang to give it a quality that makes it cling to the skin. Prototypical powdery fragrances are addictive. They’re extremely dry, a little sharp but softer at the edges. It is a genre in fragrances that hasn’t been explored very much in recent times. In a maze of florals, fruits and gourmands, all of which are so popular that they’re now common, powder scents are ultra-sophisticated and unusual.
What are powder fragrances?
“These fragrances are really an evocation of the times when the powders were really important not just as cooling on the skin but also used in cosmetics," says Jahnvi Dameron Nandan, perfumer and founder of The Perfume Library, a curated collection of scents. “So you could say that they really had their moment of glory in the earlier part of the last century, when beauty was synonymous with powdering your nose. In those years, powdery fragrances very extremely heavy. A case in point would be Guerlain’s Shalimar, which is so dry that it smells almost smoky. I love its rich, spicy notes, and it’s definitely one fragrance that can be worn by both men and women. But it’s certainly not for everyone.
“The primary notes of powdery fragrances are forms of iris, violet and vanilla," adds Nandan. “These fragrances are usually an anomaly in themselves because no other genre of fragrance has a texture ascribed to it." Baby powder, talcum powder, poudre de riz (made with rice, for the face) are all textures associated with these fragrances. And this is why they, especially the newer, more contemporary varieties, are perfect for summer.
A modern update
In 2015, Olivier Polge became the new nose at Chanel. He took over from his father, Jacques Polge, who created many masterpieces for the brand, including Coco, Égoïste, Allure and Bleu. The first fragrance that Polge junior crafted was part of the Les Exclusifs de Chanel collection. Called Misia, it was named after Misia Sert, Coco Chanel’s muse and patron of the Ballets Russes. In fact, even Marcel Proust based two of the characters in his books on Sert. With the fragrance, Polge wanted to recreate the backstage atmosphere of the ballet—feathers, pearls, sequins and lipstick. To do so, he used vanilla, iris, orris root, violet, two types of roses, benzoin and tonka bean. Violet, iris and rose were commonly used to scent lipstick in earlier days, so they were the natural choice for a fragrance as glamorous as Misia.
When you spray it, you immediately smell the waxy quality of lipstick. It’s not very attractive at the first whiff, but after an hour the fragrance transforms. It’s creamy yet dry, woody yet floral, it clings to the skin and leaves behind an unusual cloud of scent. For me, it’s an iconic example of a contemporary powder scent. You see, the real USP of this genre is that the scents are airy yet, unlike a citrus or white floral that can be too infantile or sweet, thoroughly grown up and very stylish.
Other modern powder fragrances include Prada’s Infusion d’Iris, which is extremely light because it has citrus notes such as mandarin, orange and orange blossom. Then there’s Kenzo Flower, delicate and feminine with violet, rose, white musk and vanilla. Hermès 24 Faubourg, very chic, smells like face powder with iris, orange, peach, sandalwood and vanilla. My other favourite, Bulgari Le Gemme in Ashmelah, with lavender, violet and heliotrope, is a puff of perfume that is so light and airy, yet so glamorous, that it’s unbelievable that the two contrasts can coexist. Oh, and one must not forget crowd-pleasers such as Donna Karan’s Cashmere Mist, Narciso Rodriguez Poudree, and Dior Hypnotic Poison. In India, the Bombay Perfumery offers a nod to powder with Seven Islands, essentially a fruity fragrance, but with powdery heart notes. “I would love to further explore more violet and vibrant orris notes in another project as it’s an interesting olfactive direction for me personally," says Manan Gandhi, founder of the Bombay Perfumery.
While powdery perfumes are part of the dry genre of fragrances, they have given birth to another category—the gourmands that are extremely popular these days. “Most gourmand fragrances are built around powdery notes such as vanilla, orris root (the most expensive fragrance ingredient in a perfume palette) and powdery musks." But while gourmands can be almost cloyingly sweet (think of the migraine you get by just whiffing the air at the duty-free), powdery scents are never sweet. The modern varieties may have a bit of dewiness, like that of the new Jo Malone perfume, but they will never smell saccharine, or candy-like. A good powder perfume is dry, cloudy, dusty and always a bit glamorous. Some people consider it ideal for evenings, but I wear Shalimar even on a hot summer day.
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Side Effects of Mulberry Zuccarin
By Skyler White
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Skyler White is an avid writer and anthropologist who has written for numerous publications. As a writing professional since 2005, White's areas of interests include lifestyle, business, medicine, forensics, animals and green living. She has a Bachelor of Arts in anthropology from San Francisco State University and a Master of Science in forensic science from Pace University.
New Nordic manufactures and distributes Mulberry Zuccarin as a dietary supplement to control blood sugar levels. Extracts of mulberry have a longstanding use in Chinese medicine in treating a variety of health conditions. This particular supplement functions by blocking carbohydrate absorption via the compound 1-deoxynojirimycin -- a naturally occurring substance in the mulberry leaf. Few clinical studies have evaluated the safety and efficacy of Mulberry Zuccarin and there have been no reported side effects. However, standard side effects exist for the mulberry extract itself. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has not evaluated the effects of this supplement. You should always consult your physician prior to taking any herbal supplement.
Mulberry Zuccarin is marketed to diabetics.
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If you are a type 2 diabetic, taking Mulberry Zuccarin alongside diabetes medications such as alpha-glucosidase inhibitors, DPP-4 inhibitors and biguanides can cause your blood sugar to dip too low, resulting in hypoglycemia. These medications block the absorption of glucose by preventing the breakdown of starches into sugar. It is exceedingly important for you to consult your doctor prior to taking Mulberry Zuccarin to avoid any possible interactions.
Possible Complications for Breast-Feeding and Pregnant Women
Due to the lack of studies on Mulberry Zuccarin and pregnant or breast-feeding mothers, New Nordic advises expecting and current mothers to avoid taking this herbal supplement. Although no reports of Mulberry Zuccarin complications have been reported for women, fetuses and nursing babies may react to the herb.
Gastrointestinal Disruption
Due to the nature of Mulberry Zuccarin, you may experience gastrointestinal disruption like gas, bloating, vomiting, constipation or diarrhea, especially if you have a gastrointestinal health condition such as stomach ulcers, acid reflux or ulcerative colitis, J.K. Aronson says in "Meyler's Side Effects of Herbal Medicines." If vomiting occurs, you should immediately seek medical attention as this can indicate an allergy.
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Steelcase and West Elm Announce Plans to Partner
Leading Furniture Providers Team Up to Help Organizations Create Inspiring, High-Performance Workplaces
Steelcase and West Elm today announce plans to combine their expertise to create new kinds of workplace solutions to support the changing preferences of people at work. The two companies are finalizing the details of this new relationship. Steelcase expects to offer a selection of West Elm furniture designed specifically for the workplace through its network of U.S. and Canadian dealers by the end of the year. This partnership builds upon the successful relationship West Elm established in 2015 with Designtex, a Steelcase company, which designs textiles and surface materials, and manufactures and distributes West Elm fabrics.
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“We are delighted to work with Steelcase to create spaces that enhance the total wellbeing of employees and support the varied needs of today’s worker,” said Cheryl Carpenter, Vice President at West Elm. “We are connected to our consumer every day and have a deep understanding of their preferences from lifestyle to workstyle. Together with Steelcase, we will create customer experiences that leverage our differentiated residential design, shared commitment to world class innovation, and Steelcase’s industry-leading workplace expertise.”
Since 2015, West Elm has committed to bringing its residential sensibility to the modern office space and creating contract-grade furnishings for this market. The brand has grown in large part due to its keen understanding of emerging workplace concepts and commitment to three key values that inform its designs: wellbeing, residential inspiration and choice.
Steelcase partners with a diverse network of thought leaders and organizations around the world. West Elm is the latest Steelcase partner in what is becoming the industry’s largest network of makers and creators of products for the workplace.
For more information on Steelcase and West Elm products for the workplace, visit www.steelcase.com/westelm.
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BREXIT, quo vadis ? – Expected impacts on workforce mobility
Mobility professionals are used to constant changes of the geographical environment, sudden arrivals as well as unexpected departures of people, families and large groups.
On 23rd of June, however, the British Referendum results indicating that the majority of the Brits wanted to leave the EU were more than a surprise. The expected political, economic and financial consequences for the UK and the European Union are tremendous and will have an important impact on workforce mobility between the UK and a number of European cities.
What is the status quo two months after this far-reaching vote in favour of the Brexit?
After the announcement of the results of the referendum, the British Pound fell to it’s lowest level since 1985 and the UK Prime Minister has changed.
Although Theresa May declared that Article 50 would only be triggered in 2017, her current position “Brexit means Brexit“ leaves no room for doubt as to her determination to carefully fullfil her task.
What are the current reactions of economic and political stakeholders and investors?
Management Mobility Consulting just came back from a trip to the UK. We had the opportunity to talk to stakeholders from the relocation industry, mobility mangers from financial institutions, multinationals and NGOs in France, Luxembourg and Germany.
The overall reaction at this stage can be characterized by a high level of uncertainty.
Foreign investors lost their trust in the future of the property market. Prime central London property prices have fallen at the fasted rate since the end of 2009. Since the referendum a price decrease of 1 000 British Pounds per day can be observed in London.
We also noticed a higher interest of private people from the UK inquiering about options of emigrating to other countries in Europe as well as British expatriates applying for German, Irish, Spanish or Cypriot passports.
A number of companies have developped their exit strategies but not yet communicated to the public. They are in the starting blocks to leave the UK, others will follow suite as soon as Article 50 will be triggererd. Even if the announced numbers of transfers ranging between 40 000 – 100 000 people may be overestimated, the feasibility of these moves in terms of logistics, housing and schooling should be carefully checked as facilities are not unlimited in the new destinations.
As indicated by the Financial Times, there is a « huge first mover advantage », not only for logistic reasons but also in terms of regulations. EU regulators are expected to be overwhelmed by the increase of workload and may treat the request on a « first come first serve » basis.
There are various speculations about the impact on other European locations and major destinations of future relocations from London. It is rather unlikely that one single destination will absorb all moves from the UK and replace the City. Depending on the industry sector and the particular needs, the departure flood will most likely be shared between several destinations. On the top of the “exit list“ are currently Paris, Frankfurt and Luxembourg as top locations for the banking sector, Dublin as English-speaking option attracting US companies and Berlin. The German capital is particularly interesting for private investors from Russia, China and some Gulf States. Berlin is also considered as the future European fintech centre. According to the International Financial Times, more than 100 fintech companies are considering relocating their offices to Berlin.
What sheps should employers take now?
Employers should start how to analyse the impact on their workforce mobility. Even if there are many unknown elements, some practical steps should be taken quickly in order to be prepared.
- Plan your communication strategy
One of the key issue is communication. Expatriates and their families may be concerned by their personal situation. In order to avoid speculations, set up a communication strategy and start talking to your staff about possible implications.
- Conduct an audit of your workforce
Check how many EU nationals are currently working for your group in the UK and how many UK nationals you employee in other European countries. Your checks should include information about each transferee’s location, the duration of their stay and the date on which they can apply for permanent residency depending on the country of destination. The related costs should be analysed and it should be considered including a paragraph in your mobility policy to make clear if these costs will be taken over by the employer and under which conditions.
- Plan for changes concerning recuitment and retention measures
The referendum may have an impact on future recruitment and retention. It may be more time consuming to find new employees in the future and to retain talent. These difficulties may require additional measures of talent attraction, such as individual assistance offered to the spouse, coaching or new job models.
- Anticipate early returns
EU nationals working in the UK or British transferees employed in other EU countries may wish to return to their home countries. It may be helpful to set up internal guidelines how to handle this type of requests.
- Be prepared for future group moves
Anticipate logistics concerning possible group moves from and to the UK. Depending on the particular situation of your company, it may be necessary to find office space to accommodate people as well as housing, schooling and administrative assistance.
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AFTER CEDIA 2017, MANTELMOUNT GAINS SEAT AT “ADULTS’ TABLE
AFTER CEDIA 2017, MANTELMOUNT GAINS SEAT AT “ADULTS" TABLE”
Sometimes at Thanksgiving dinners, there is a kids’ table. It is literally a table for children – the place where anyone ranging from 2-16 is required to sit so they don’t bother the grown-ups. Because grown-ups have important things to talk about and although they love their children, the kids simply don’t have the maturity or the gravitas to be in the company of the adults.
That’s where MantelMount was just two years ago; we were figuratively sitting at the kids’ table. More specifically, as a tiny little start-up, we were at CEDIA 2015 on “rookie row,” sandwiched in with the other youngsters. We had a quaint little 10 x 10 booth where we were showing our only version of the MantelMount Pull Down TV Mount: the T1MA. It was a great product which solved a very specific need: TV’s placed over the fireplace or high on a wall create horrible, neck-breaking viewing angles. MantelMount solved that problem with a well-engineered, solidly built unit that was both aesthetically pleasing and affordable.
We attracted a great deal of interest at that show. Still, we had a long way to go before we would be able to sit at the adults’ table, the one where the long-established manufacturers of mature, reputable and best-selling electronic products and accessories – most of them household names – were congregated. These were companies with high-profile market presence, significant market share, and sufficient financial resources to buy an actual market if they wanted. While we had made what we felt was a noticeable impression at CEDIA 2015, we wondered what the resulting market impact would be. Had we simply hit an elephant with a pea shooter?
Apparently, we had a little more impact than we imagined. We were named a “Best New Product Finalist” at the show. At the same show, we were recognized as “Most Creative New TV Mount” by rAVe Publications. Obviously, we impressed someone besides our family, friends, and attendees who wandered into our booth on their way to somewhere else.
Awards kept coming. We attended the HPBExpo on 2016 and snagged a prize from Hearth & Home Magazine for Best Outdoor Room equipment. Plus, we won a 2016 Product of the Year from Electronic House, a well-respected publication covering all areas of electronic products and accessories for the home.
Awards are nice, but sales are even better. And sales were going quite well. In fact, so well that we were convinced it was time to introduce two new models, the MM340 andMM540. Both were well-received, and we now had a real “product line.” (OK, it was only three products long, but it was still a line.)
Award were rolling in faster than we could accept them. The CE Pro Best TV Mount Winner at CEDIA 2016. The NewBay Media Best in Show for AV Technology at InfoComm 2016. Then an exciting new model: the MM700, geared towards the professional channel. New distribution channels. Increasing sales. We were firmly on people’s radar, not just consumers but integrators, electronic dealers, and distributors.
Just a few weeks ago, we exhibited at CEDIA 2017. It’s no exaggeration to say that was our coming-out party. We had a huge 30x30 booth right in the middle of the action. And we introduced a truly groundbreaking product: our MM850 automated mount. A motorized mount that works via IP over internet and interfaces with most popular home automation systems (Control4, RTI, Crestron, to name a few), the MM850 hit a home run with everyone who saw it. No, make that a grand slam. The media noticed, as evidenced by all the coverage we received. Attendees noticed, based on the multiple “oohs” and “ahhs” we heard. Dealers noticed, as we signed up hundreds of them who couldn’t wait to sell the new unit. And we noticed, based on how tired we were when the show was over.
Oh, and did we mention we also won three awards for the MM850 – a unit that isn’t even available until December? These were heavyweight awards: Innovation and Tech Today. Residential Systems. CE Pro. (We might have also won Most Congenial, but we can’t remember.)
So what does this all mean? Have we reached the top of the proverbial mountain? Are we at the pinnacle of our industry? Far from it. We still have much to do, and many new products to create and perfect.
What it does means is that in just a few short years, we have arrived. We went from a barely noticeable start-up with one nice product to a up-and-coming force in the television accessory market. We’ll never stop trying to do better and to develop innovative products that don’t just follow the latest trends but that set them.
In other words, we’ve left the kids’ table and can now take our place with the heavyweights in the consumer electronics industry at the adults’ table. Don’t get us wrong; the kids’ table was fun. But the adults’ table is all business.
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Area 39 sq miles
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The largest European metropolis on the Mediterranean coast and the second largest city in Spain – Barcelona is the capital of Catalonia. With a population of over 1.6 million, Barcelona is the second most populous city in Spain and the sixth most populated metropolitan area in Europe. It is located on the Mediterranean coast between the mouths of rivers Llobregat and Besòsand and is bounded by the ‘Serra de Collserola’ ridge to the west. It is the 11th most visited city in the world and the 4th richest city (in terms of GDP) in the European Union. As the capital of Catalonia, an autonomous Spanish region, Barcelona is the seat of the Catalan government, known as the Generalitat de Catalunya. The official languages are Spanish & Catalonian but due to the high number of tourists most shopkeepers understand English.
The Legends Of Barcelona
There are two very popular legends about the origins of the city of Barcelona. According to one, Hercules, the Roman demigod, founded the city but according to the other the Carthagian General Hamilcar Barca had founded the city of Barcelona. Recorded history of the city dates back to 15 BC when the Romans had turned this place into a garrison. From being a Roman outpost, this zone gradually grew in economic importance and started to shape into a large city and trading center. The marriage of Ferdinand II to Isabella I of Castile in 1469 united Barcelona with Madrid and the city thus became very important in the Spanish political history. Barcelona has always been a stronghold of Catalan separatism and was the nerve center of the Catalan Revolt in 1640. The great plague of 1650 killed almost half the population of Barcelona. In the 18th century, a fortress was built at Montjuic that overlooked the harbor. The historic site where the French system of measurement was invented, the fortress at Montjuic overlooks the huge metropolis today. Barcelona was a Republican stronghold during the Spanish Civil War and the fall of the city on January 26, 1939, caused a huge population exodus across the French borders. The resistance of an autonomous Catalan state was crushed and Catalan as a language was suppressed. After the exodus there was a major influx of poorer masses from different parts of Spain, which created an economic imbalance in the city. The city received a major boost when it was chosen to host the 1992 Summer Olympic Games and regained its fame and prosperity.
When To Plan A Visit
When it comes to Spain, a warm and sunny vacation is what most tourists have in mind. July and August do get rather crowded. June and September are sunny and reasonably comfortable months. To get the best out of your Barcelona visit do try to get to the city over Sant Jordi on April 23 each year. The city brightens up for the festivities and a number of flags and other decorations are put up. June is again a good month as the city hosts the Sonar Music Festival around the third week. Midsummer night festivities all over Barcelona are certainly delightful too.
Tourist Attractions in Barcelona
For anyone visiting the legendary Spanish city of Barcelona, the city offers an attractive walk through the history and cultural legacy of the country. Rich in traditions, picturesque in scenery, and steeped in the grandeur of medieval architecture, Barcelona is likely to leave you awe-struck.
Sagrada Familia is the most visited tourist destination in Barcelona. It is a giant temple by master architect Antonio Gaudi and has been under construction since 1889. The temple is still 30 to 80 years away from completion and the exact time taken to complete it will depend on the resources and funds available. This is a famous site – so make sure to mark Sagrada Familia on top of your tour itinerary. Another extremely popular tourist destination is the L’Aquarium de Barcelona. Extremely popular with kids, the aquarium of Barcelona is rich in its collection of marine creatures.
Poble Espanyol de Montjuic – it simply means the Spanish Village. It is a place where you can see the different aspects of the typical Spanish rural life. It is also famous for the handicraft and artifact shops. The most famous attraction of this venue is the Flamenco live show at the Tableo de Carmen. Millions flock to Poble Espanyol de Montjuic to witness the flamenco show.
Casa Mila, popularly called La Pedrera which means a quarry. Gaudi designed this architectural masterpiece and it has his signature brickwork woven design with colorful tiles.
The next is the mecca for almost a majority of football fans across the world – The FC Barcelona Football Museum. If you have seen your stars play in the Barca jersey, you simply cannot miss this place. Remember when you visit the museum; get yourself a dual ticket to visit the famous Camp Nou Stadium, the VIP lounges, the changing rooms, and the ground too.
Barcelona Zoo Situated in the Parc de la Ciutadella the best way to find the zoo is to go to Ciutadella Park and to follow the signs to the Zoo. The zoo houses a variety of animals, has a nice restaurant and electric cars. There are pony rides and a host of other attractions for children.
The Picasso Museum is a famous museum and draws millions of art fans from across the world. This museum showcases the works of famous Pablo Picasso from his early days to the final years in a chronological order.
Miro Museum This art gallery and museum houses the works of the famous artist Miro. Miro Museum not only exhibits his paintings, but his sculptures, tapestries, and early sketches as well – a unique collection of Miro’s work.
National Museum of Catalunya It showcases the history of Catalonia. Remember to add the Magic Fountain of Montjuic to your itinerary. This is an extravagant show of light, water, and sound and cannot be missed.
Shopping in Barcelona
Barcelona is a great place for shoppers. With a host of shopping malls and signature stores showcasing all the famous brands of the world, Barcelona does not lag much behind Paris, London, and New York. And if you are looking for some bargain shopping, Barcelona has umpteen options for budget shoppers too. The Barcelona markets are very colorful and vibrant. From food markets to books, garments to designer wear, the markets are noisy yet pleasant. The famous departmental stores of Barcelona are El Corte Ingles, Arenas Commercial Centre, Diagonal Mar, Centro Commercial Gran Via 2, El Triangle, L’illa, La Maquinsta, Moll Espana Marremagnum and Boulevard Rosa. These are the most popular departmental stores of Barcelona and you must visit a few of them to taste the flavor of shopping in Barcelona.
Nightlife in Barcelona
Barcelona also has a variety to offer for the party goers too. With a large number of bars, pubs, night clubs, and strip pubs, Barcelona boasts of a vibrant and happening nightlife. If you visit Barcelona and do not savor the nightlife at a club or a pub, the visit remains incomplete. 7sins bar, Dunne’s Irish bar, Eclipse Bar, Ice Barcelona & La Fianna are some of the most popular bars in Barcelona. If you wish to visit a club then the list is longer. Choose from Club Catwalk, Elephant, Harlem Jazz Club, Sala be Cool & Shoko. Also if you are in the mood for some more fun, take a VIP Limo night trip across the city. It is a great experience. Day trips are also very popular from Barcelona. Hire a car or simply take a train out of Barcelona. Visit the picturesque Zaragoza, or simply laze around the city watching the street performers on Las Ramblas. Barcelona has a lot to offer in day trips. Take one of the many trips to the other parts of Spain from Barcelona.
Best Restaurants in Barcelona
Moments, Mandarin Oriental Hotel,
(Michelin Star Winner in 2011)
Passeig de Gràcia, 38-40, Barcelona 08007, Spain
Arola, Hotel Arts,
Carrer de la Marina 19-21, Barcelona 08005, Spain
Tickets Tapas Bar,
Avinguda Paral·lel, 164, Barcelona 08015, Spain
El Vell Sarrià,
Major de Sarrià, 93, Barcelona 08017, Spain
Enoteca,Hotel Arts,
ABaC,
Avenida Tibidabo 1, Barcelona 08022, Spain
Le Meridien Barcelons,
La Rambla, 111 08002 Barcelona, Spain
Tel 34 93 318 6200
http://www.lemeridienbarcelona.com/
Casa Fuster Barcelona,
Passeig Gràcia, 132 08008 Barcelona, Spain
http://www.barcelonacasafusterhotel.com/
Carrer Calabria, 115 08015 Barcelona, Spain
www.hotelvillaemilia.com/
Hotel Barcelona Universal
Avinguda del Paral·lel, 76 08001 Barcelona, Spain
www.hotelbarcelonauniversal.com/
Casa de Marcelo Barcelona
Carrer Rera Palau 2, Primero, 1ª, 08003 Barcelona, Spain
www.casamarcelobarcelona.com/ENG/index.html
Casa de Billy Barcelona
Gran Via de les Corts Catalanes 420,4-1, 08015 Barcelona, Spain
www.casabillybarcelona.com/
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Letter by Sue Wareham, MAPW Vice President and ACT branch convenor, published Sunday 30 April 2017 in the Age newspaper
Julie Bishop and Malcolm Turnbull might have missed it, but the US tested a nuclear launch missile from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California last Wednesday. It was a Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile, of which the US has about 400 armed with nuclear warheads, in addition to their thousands of other nuclear weapons. The test was worthy of some of that outrage directed to North Korea, but Australia was silent, as befits our status as a clanging echo of Washington.
If Bishop and Turnbull were genuinely concerned about peace, they would be urging diplomatic talks with North Korea, and de-escalation of this crisis. Australia would also be joining, rather than opposing, UN talks to prohibit all nuclear weapons.
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Jeanne Hulit to Take Reins of Maine Community Bancorp in October
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MAINE COMMUNITY BANCORP TAPS VETERAN BANKING, BUSINESS, AND PUBLIC SERVICE EXECUTIVE AS PRESIDENT AND CEO
With its announcement today of the hiring of a single president and CEO, the board of directors of the mutual holding company Maine Community Bancorp advanced its goal of strengthening the alliance of its two independent holdings, Biddeford Savings Bank and Mechanics Savings Bank.
By hiring Jeanne Hulit as its president and CEO, the board is underscoring Maine Community Bancorp’s commitment to community banking, local economies, small business, and customer service.
Hulit brings nearly two decades of banking experience as well as experience leading a Maine-based manufacturer and several years in public service at the state and federal levels.
“Jeanne Hulit’s decades of experience in banking alone would make her an excellent candidate to lead this organization,” said Jon S. Oxman, Chair of the Maine Community Bancorp board of directors. “But what really makes her stand out is her leadership skill. In banking, in public service, in community service—her knowledge, skill, and leadership, often in the face of great change, make her the perfect person to strengthen this alliance of community banks. Jeanne has the expertise to assess situations, make sound decisions, and execute with successful results.”
Hulit comes to Maine Community Bancorp from serving as President of Village Candle in Wells, Maine, where she helped expand the company’s international market and improved cost effectiveness by taking advantage of the proximity of the Port of Portland and resident shipping company Eimskip.
Prior to that, over the course of her nearly 20 years in banking in Maine Hulit has served as President of Community Banking for Northeast Bank, Senior Vice President for Commercial Lending at Citizens Bank, and Vice President of Key Bank.
In 2013, after having served as both the New England Regional Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA) and Associate Administrator for the SBA’s Office of Capital Access, Hulit joined the cabinet of President Barack Obama as acting Administrator of the SBA.
Earlier public service included her appointment as Deputy Director of the International Division at the Maine Department of Economic and Community Development.
“An unfailing belief in the strength of Maine citizens, workers, entrepreneurs, and small businesses to create the kinds of communities where we all want to live, work and raise families, fuels my passion for the community banking model,” said Hulit, “and the commitment of Maine Community Bancorp to its communities and to its continued independence is gratifying. I’m eager to be a part of its future.”
Biddeford Savings Bank CEO Charles Petersen and Mechanic Savings Bank CEO Rick Vail, both of whom helped guide their respective banks through the visionary creation of Maine Community Bancorp, will retire in October soon after Hulit assumes the position of President and CEO.
“The wisdom and expertise that Charles and Rick have brought to bear in the creation of Maine Community Bancorp, as well as in maintaining the independent identities of the two banks is truly admirable,” added Hulit. “They’ve laid a solid foundation upon which we can all continue to build.”
Chartered in 1867, Biddeford Savings Bank has offices in Biddeford, Waterboro, Scarborough, and Kennebunk. Its long-standing tradition of giving back to the community has supported myriad local enterprises including the Scarborough Land Trust, the Annual Feast of Generations, Adopt-A-Family, the Community Bicycle Center, Music on Main Street, and Concerts in the Park.
Mechanics Savings Bank, based in Auburn, Maine, has provided personal service to its customers since 1875. With offices in Auburn, Brunswick, Lewiston, and Windham, Mechanics Savings Bank is also a strong partner to its communities, donating to more than 90 local organizations and funding scholarships to 11 area high schools.
In 2015, the two banks entered into an agreement to form Maine Community Bancorp, an alignment that positioned each bank to build upon their strengths and competitive advantages by sharing resources, significantly increasing their loan capabilities, and cost efficiencies.
The hiring of a single president and CEO marks the beginning of a new period of growth and opportunity that strengthens the company’s commitment to community banking.
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The Ratings Game
Taco Bell parent Yum Brands makes a questionable move with burger joint purchase, analysts say
By Tonya Garcia
Published: Jan 7, 2020 12:29 p.m. ET
Habit Restaurants stock rose 32.4% in Monday trading after the deal was announced
Habit Burger Grill is a much smaller chain than those in Yum’s existing portfolio
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Yum Brands Inc. already had tacos, pizza and chicken in its portfolio. With the acquisition of Habit Restaurants Inc., it now has a burger chain as well.
But Mark Kalinowski of Kalinowski Equity Research questions whether this was the best move for Yum.
The two restaurant companies announced Monday that Yum YUM, +3.17% had bought Habit HABT, -0.36% for $14 per share, or about $375 million. Yum expects the transaction to have “minimal” impact on adjusted earnings per share in 2020, to be accretive in 2021 and to increase after that. The deal is expected to close in the second quarter of 2020.
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Habit Burger Grill will continue to be managed by Chief Executive Russell Bendel, reporting to Yum Chief Executive David Gibbs.
The deal is the first acquisition for Yum since it went public in 1997, according to The Wall Street Journal. Habit is a fast-casual chain with about 280 restaurants in the U.S. and China, and “strong potential” for growth internationally, the Journal said.
Habit stock soared 32.4% in Monday trading on the news, the largest one-day percentage gain ever for the company. Yum stock barely moved on the news.
Kalinowski points out that Yum Brands’ other chains are much bigger than Habit. Together, Yum has more than 49,000 restaurants around the world.
“Yum didn’t have a burger concept,” he said. “Habit continues to grow. Maybe a few years down the road, it will be modestly or meaningfully bigger.”
However, right now, Yum’s other brands are significant for the company’s earnings results.
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“I’m not sure Yum is the right owner,” Kalinowski said. “The challenge for the investor: even if sales double [at Habit], does that impact the stock?”
Kalinowski rates Yum brands stock buy and has no rating on Habit.
FactSet is guiding for earnings of 15 cents per share for Habit in 2020 while the outlook for Yum is $4.15.
Yum Brands has an average hold rating and average target price of $112.38, according to 24 analysts polled by FactSet.
Both Kalinowski and analysts at RBC Capital Markets note the consolidation that’s taking place in the restaurant industry.
“While this acquisition adds a relatively smaller brand to Yum’s portfolio, it does represent Yum’s appetite to grow its platform over the long term not only organically but also via M&A following the completion of its three-year transformation,” RBC said.
“The deal seeks to leverage the strength of Yum’s platform to support brand growth not only domestically, but also internationally, and offer another brand for existing Yum franchisees to grow their own portfolio.”
RBC rates Yum stock sector perform with a $107 price target.
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Yum has focused on a turnaround for Pizza Hut, which has lagged behind Taco Bell and KFC. Yum announced in August that it would close hundreds of Pizza Hut locations in the U.S. in order to focus on shifting the brand to a fast-casual delivery format from dine-in.
“Of course, this transition will undoubtedly lead to some disruption and choppiness in the short term,” said Chief Executive Greg Creed on the third-quarter earnings call on Oct. 30, according to a FactSet transcript.
“The team’s focused on the fundamentals of a modern delivery experience is clearly producing results and a good sign for the future of this business as we migrate more and more to an asset-based position to win in off-premise.”
MKM Partners analysts led by Brett Levy think the timing for this acquisition does make sense for Yum since it is a largely franchised company, even if it doesn’t really matter at the moment from a material standpoint.
However, analysts think Yum’s portfolio was missing a burger chain, the largest segment in the industry.
“What we know is a nearly fully franchised system like Yum has the potential to benefit from adding new units as it represents a critical factor for continued cash flow generation,” MKM said.
MKM rates Yum stock neutral with a $115 fair value estimate.
Yum stock has gained nearly 12% over the past year. Habit stock has rallied 23.2%. And the S&P 500 index SPX, +0.39% is up 27% for the period.
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Yum! Brands Inc. U.S.: NYSE: YUM
Habit Restaurants Inc. Cl A U.S.: Nasdaq: HABT
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