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The 4th of July will be here next week and what is one of the first things you think of when the holiday is brought up? That's right, fireworks.
Fireworks are a big part of Independence Day, but as you are probably aware of, outside of going to city and town events that have fireworks featured, they are illegal in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
I know, I know, people light up fireworks before and after the 4th -- it just happens. While there seems to be some leniency, if you get caught with fireworks, lighting them or not, you could be seeing your wallets a little bit lighter. Now, if you plan on selling fireworks to your friends and neighbors, you could, in addition, spend some time behind bars.
Here is what you need to know if you want to light up the skies from your backyard during the 4th of July week, or anytime, according to Commonwealth Law, and the State Fire Marshall, MGL Chapter 148, S. 39.
The Law Itself
It is illegal for private citizens to use, possess, or sell fireworks in Massachusetts, or to purchase them legally elsewhere and then transport them into the state. The law prohibits any article designed to produce a visible or audible effect.
In so many words, fireworks are illegal in Massachusetts.
The Selling of Fireworks
If you decide to get into the black market fireworks sales business, be prepared to pay the price. The penalty for sales, according to Massachusetts, would be a fine or imprisonment or both, and confiscation. The fines could be from $100 to $1,000 and a maximum of one-year in prison.
If an officer comes to your house for fireworks, they would be authorized, according to the statute, to confiscate any and all fireworks.
Possession, Use, Cause to Explode of Fireworks
When we said your wallets could be a little bit lighter, they would be if you are caught lighting up fireworks. But, let's be honest, it is not the end of the world if you are willing to make the investment.
The penalty would be a fine and confiscation only. The fine would be from anywhere between $10 and $100. On top of that, you would not be arrested for having fireworks. They would be taken away.
Can people get their fireworks back? No. If convicted, the reworks are forfeited to the state.
What does an officer do with confiscated fireworks? During business hours, contact the State Police Bomb Squad at (978) 567-3310. Notify them immediately for large quantities, commercial grade, or deteriorated materials. After hours, call (508) 820-2121 and ask for the Troop Duty Officer in your area. An on-call Bomb Squad Officer will arrange for pick-up.
That's the long and the short of it my friends! If you want to have a fireworks display in your backyard this 4th of July, you won't be arrested, you may lose them, and you would be subject to a small fine. Selling them, well that seems silly to do in my opinion.
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T-WIN sachet, available in package of 10 or 20 sachets
For optimal preservation of its components, Lactoflorene® Cist uses packaging in T-WIN sachet internally divided into two separate chambers A and B which allow the ingredients not to interact with each other.
Lactoflorene® Cist
Dietary supplement based on live lactic acid bacteria with probiotic action, cranberry extract and D-mannose.
Indications for use
Lactoflorene® Cist is a dietary supplement with probiotics and cranberry extract that contributes to the well-being of the urinary tract.
Description of the product
Lactoflorene® Cist is a dietary supplement with live lactic acid bacteria with a probiotic action that contributes to the balance of intestinal bacterial flora enriched with cranberry and D-mannose from birch, useful for normal urinary tract function.
Lactic acid bacteria with their probiotic action
help balancing the intestinal flora, sometimes compressed.
Cranberry, rich in a particular variety of polyphenols, type A proanthocyanidins (PACs), contributes to the functionality of the urinary tract and to the drainage of body fluids. This is a simple sugar extracted from Birch which, once ingested, shows little absorption. In the intestinal area, it interacts with the bacteria responsible for infections, including Escherichia coli, reducing its passage into the bladder or preventing its adhesion to the walls in case of their transmigration. The bacteria responsible for the infections, thanks to this action, are eliminated through the urine.
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Chamber A: Maltodextrin; sweetener: sorbitol; Lactobacillus paracasei LC11 (LMG P 30020); anti-caking agent: silicon dioxide.
Chamber B: D-mannose from birch bark; maltodextrin; sweeteners: sorbitol, sucralose; dehydrated concentrated cranberry juice; acidity regulator: citric acid; cranberry e.g. (Vaccinium macrocarpon Aiton, fructus); aromas; anti-caking agent: silicon dioxide; die: beetroot red.
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23 February, 2022
Issue 76: Development
This edition looks at evolutionary development, but certainly not in the usual and expected ways. Jim Schofield's new Systems Approach to Science reconfigures how we think about how both natural and social systems change over time.
From the revolutionary tool use of Early Man, to the problems of solving Climate Change today, from the mysteries of Sub-atomic Physics to the unknown Origin of Life on Earth, this discursive series of essays plots a path through the many flaws in current Human Understanding, to reveal the vital need to appreciate systems holistically for the first time.
Revolution and Emergence are just as important to understanding Life's development, as genetics and incremental Evolution. How do such vast systems become stable in the first place, what finally makes them collapse, and how does that process lead to the Wholly New?
The initial conceptions by Human Beings, as with all the other simultaneously-existing living-creatures, assumed the Constancy of their Common World - and this intial assumption, in the Sole Case of Mankind alone, was then increasingly challenged, by their own, if initially meagre, sucesses in dealing with that World.
Now, such real developments, that were achieved, did not ever come easily, so there was nothing automatic about our progression. Indeed, it was also clear that they were difficult to “get right”, and Reality-as-is, was also definitely composed of multiple features, some of which seemed Contradictory...
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The historical development of Thinking in Mankind involved accurate observation, prediction, and finally Understanding. It is, at the very least, a veritable tragedy, that this absolutely vital trajectory in Human Thinking, has as its current culmination, after many millennia of development, to ultimately be satisfied-theoretically only with Speculation!
For, let us be absolutely clear, Mankind, when it emerged initially, had NO Language, and certainly no Logical Thinking as we now consider it. Human Thinking therefore is entirely Man-made, and has developed along with Mankind's changing abilities and understanding: so it could only reflect their current state of development. It is, most certainly, far from perfect, and must NEVER be assumed to be universally capable of formulating Absolute Truth.
For, what we now have, is this treasured final achievement: and we must be clear as to what makes it considered to be so special. It is considered to be the highest-possible Product of Pure Thought alone, in interpreting the Real World, without, in consequence, being able to both theoretically accurately Explain, and then further Predict what will happen next... Of course, there will doubtless be a unified Chorus of Dissent at this particular characterisation, but it is nonetheless True!
For NO such wholly theoretically-arrived-at Predictions were involved in the usually accepted characterisation: they actually depend primarily solely upon Direct Observations as such, very carefully arranged-for, and NOT as Direct Predictions from Theory alone!
So, to make such an amalgam work, the "theoreticians" follow up such hopefully-confirming observations, by the absolutely necessary inclusion of either New Free Parameters (and even concepts) or indeed both, which are so designed as to look like Theoretical Reflections of Reality, instead of Pragmatic, cleverly-invented tricks!
And, yet another, illegitimate Rational System (when applied directly to Reality), is that of Mathematics, which is only ever brought in by matching measured Data into General Mathematical Forms, having only unknown constants, and evaluating these via Simultameous Equations from that Data! That is how legitimate Data "becomes" a Mathematical Equation, which is THEN taken as The Law delivered by that Data.
It isn't!
It is instead merely the adjustment of valid Data into a Forever Fixed mathematical relation, turning the specificity of individually-measured Data into a Forever to-be-obeyed purely Mathematical Law!
It can, and indeed is, then fed into the Amalgam, as a "Confirming Proof", that the overall system is both sound and sufficient! And, used, thereafter, to supposedly deliver "absolutely all possible" vaid cases under that "Natural Law".
But it isn't Correct!
I have been an exceptionally-able mathematician all my Life, and have undertaken both significant research within that area - working with other world class mathematicians (in particular upon a modified Van Der Pol Equation, as an approximate model for a beating Human Heart), and have also written extensively upon the Philosophy of Mathematics! I know exactly what Mathematics is, AND what it isn't!
Mathematics is an entirely Pluralist Discipline, dealing ONLY in Forever Fixed Laws, and hence incapable of accurately reflecting a Developing Holistic World, which actually EVOLVES!
The absolute clincher in proving these ideas, has to be Cosmology: because the absolutely essential Scientific means of confirming Theory is totally unavailable in this discipline. Predictions are not products of Theory, but entirely delivered by fixed mathematical forms fitted up to past observations, which is certainly NOT Theory. For Theory would have to also Explain Why things happen as they do, and not just replicate what has happened before, at some point.
The Key is revealed when something New occurs.
If the "theory" cannot deliver that new occurence, it isn't a Theory! Neither is it one if it cannot deal with Qualitative Change in an Explanatory way.
Indeed, all Qualitative Changes, in all real Developments, are omitted in such "Laws" :for they are then as they must be, merely Pluralist Laws. And, such a System will always be totally incapable of explaining the Evolution of Reality - from the Everyday, to the Cosmic!
And such Thinking, though it purports to be Theory: is, in fact, Mere Speculation (pretending to be Theory)!
Now, you might well wonder why, such a slip is so consistently made!
The reason for this is successful Technology, which (most of the time) doesn't have to know Why? but only How?
So the Engineer, within his carefully contrived-and-maintained wholly Pluralist Situations, can legitimately depend upon the relevant Formulae to deliver exactly what will happen. But, of course, that isn't Science, which has also to know Why?
If this essay does not convince you of the truth of these ideas, may I recommend a thorough critique of Current Cosmology Theory, with its Big Bang "Theory", its Inflationary Period, followed by its ever Increasing Expansion of the Universe, Dark Matter, Dark Energy, Black Holes, and even Multiverses!
Do you think that they have all been proven? explained? predicted? understood?
There are alternatives, however!
In 1970 Hammes Alven was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics with his Theory of Plasmas (Electricity and Magnetism in all possible Spaces)!
For, it has since been extended into an alternative Theory of the Development of the Universe - based for the first time upon Plasma Theories, which have turned out to be likewise applicable in experiments in Laboratories upon Earth, yet acting in exactly the same way in the Cosmos!
They are Scale Invariable...
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What Does Your Childs Thumb Sucking Mean? – What to Know
Is thumb sucking a big deal among children? You can only get to the bottom of this by understanding what leads them towards this habit….why? Well, what we understand in our clinical research is that many children have underlying health issues that could be affecting their ability to give up their thumb or finger sucking habits.
According to child development experts, sucking is quite common among young children. In fact, it is believed that up to 90 percent of kids suck a thumb or finger during their infancy.
Here are five factors that can determine whether the act is still normal or already troublesome.
How old is the child?
Ideally, thumb sucking should stop naturally by the time a child reaches three years old.
For children who are still sucking after this age, it’s important to try some gentle discouragement and reminders. However if this doesn’t have any impact, often it’s a good idea to get some further professional advice from your dental or oral health professional.
There are 3 ways that a health professional can assess the impact of the sucking habit on your child’s growth and development.
How often do they do it – Frequency
The more the child does it, the more likely that damage to the jaws and teeth can occur. Therefore, it is important to know about the frequency of your child’s habit. Does it occur during sleeping? In the car? While watching TV or the iPad? Or does it seem like it happens all the time? Monitor how often they do it and for how long so that you can relay the information to the health professional.
How long is the child doing it – Duration
If the child is doing it for up to ten minutes before falling asleep, that won’t cause major damage to the teeth and jaws. In contrast, if they are sucking for 10 out of the 24 hours of the day, it’s a cause of concern and more likely to be causing damage.
How intense is the act – Intensity
Is the child’s thumb sucking done loosely or is he intense in performing it? Can you hear your child sucking – is it hard to pull their fingers and thumbs out of their mouth? All of these things can point towards understanding the intensity of your child’s habit.
What’s happening around him?
Sucking a thumb or finger could be the child’s way to cope up with what’s happening in his life. Does your child experience stress at home or at school? Could it be about a traumatic event like divorce or violence? Or has your child experienced bullying at school by his classmates or difficulties in settling or learning? Specialized treatment is advised if any of the situations mentioned above are the trigger.
How to motivate a child to stop thumb sucking
The child’s family plays an integral role to help him cease the habit. It’s important to remember though that encouragement, not punishment is the key to helping these kids.
It’s fine to try techniques such as behavioural modification and rewards charts at home. These can be helpful to correct or reduce an oral habit.
There is no universal solution to make a child stop thumb sucking. But the best approach is to start with assessing why it is still happening and if you need to, reach out to those who are experienced and see hundreds of children, just like yours.
We’re The Thumbsucking Clinic and we help kids to stop sucking their thumbs and fingers – get in touch today to see how we can help!
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Reasons for the Exercise:
• The Reasons and the Benefits Regular physical activity, even with moderate intensity, has many health benefits, in particular, a lower risk of chronic disease, an improvement in muscle strength and a healthy weight.
• The benefits of Exercise and the dangers of a sedentary lifestyle have been scientifically proven. For this, it is essential to Practice regular physical activity of different types and in all situations of everyday life: move, take the stairs, tinkering.Bluee Health and fitness store Gym Equipment
Physical Exercise is not limited to sports. Thus, it can take many forms, including walking, professional activities, domestic and some leisure. Physical activity must be regular to have a positive effect on health. That is why it is recommended to exercise at least five days out of seven, and every day, ideally.
Reduce sedentary behaviors because it is the concomitance of increased physical activity and reduced the idle time that produces the most beneficial effects on health.
Take advantage of every opportunity to move more
To be active, there is no need to practice an intensive sport. Even if you are not athletic, you can incorporate Exercise into your daily life and benefit from it. These benefits will be more proportional to the number of activities performed than to their intensity. For example, reduce the amount of time spent in front of the television or the computer to fight against a sedentary lifestyle and have more active free time.
Every day, you can do more Exercise by moving more on foot. Shopping, going to work, accompanying your children to school can become opportunities to walk.
The benefits of Exercise on flexibility, mobility
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The joints, which allow a wide range of movements, are reinforced by a complex arrangement of muscles, tendons, and ligaments. To maintain their amplitude, muscles and other tissues must remain flexible and flexible. In everyday life, it is clear that many activities require a limited range of motion and involve long periods of sitting or bending forward. These habits cause the stiffening of specific muscles and misalignment of the body. Stretching exercises, yoga and Pilates, on the other hand, work the joints in all their amplitude, which improves posture and flexibility, reducing the risk of joint damage.
The exercise physical is not just on the body: the mind and emotional well-being also take advantage of its benefits. It helps reduce stress by relaxing muscles and releasing chemicals such as endorphins and serotonin, which improve mood. And it plays a significant role in the relief of chronic pain related to conditions such as arthritis. If why Exercise is essential is the question, researchers have shown that the level of anxiety decreases sharply during moderate activities such as walking, yoga, and slow swimming.
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The benefits of Exercise on cardiovascular
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While all the physical activities that speed up the heart rate improve the efficiency with which the heart and lungs supply the muscles with blood and oxygen. When you breathe deeper, your lungs absorb more oxygen, which circulates faster in your body because your heart beats faster. Oxygen and nutrients feed your muscles more efficiently, and biological waste is eliminated more quickly. The more you exercise, the better you are: the heart muscle and the muscles that activate the lungs are more active; the blood circulates better, which increases its contribution in the bones and fortifies them. Cardiovascular exercises such as jogging, walking, or aerobics also burn body fat.
An exercise moderately stimulates the immune system. The latter relies on a good circulation of the lymph, a liquid that helps to eliminate organic waste and which, in case of infection, transports the white blood cells to the place where they must act. But it is the muscular activity that stimulates the circulation of the lymph in the vessels.
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3 Sales Conversation Habits That Destroy Credibility
Sales consultant and author, Nancy Bleeke, shows sales managers how to identify credibility-crushing sales conversation habits and coach their reps on how to change the conversation.
You work hard to generate leads for your sales team and establish credibility for your company, brand, and product. But do your sellers build their own personal credibility when they are in the hard-earned conversations with your buyers? Or do they unknowingly kill sales opportunities with seemingly little habits that trash their credibility?
Credibility is the quality of being believable or worthy of trust. It’s a necessity for earning the sale now more than ever.
The transparency afforded by the internet means that the reputation and actions of an individual are available to anyone who looks. Buyers can easily “Google” the seller before or after their meeting as they seek to determine whether they are credible. But what the seller does during the meeting with the buyer matters most.
There are many ways to build credibility and there are three seemingly conversational habits that will kill it.
Credibility killer habit #1: Pitching.
Unless your sellers are in front of the sharks on Shark Tank, pitching your solution “at” someone does not make a conversation and most times won’t make a sale. Bombarding buyers with data and details of why they should buy your solution without earning credibility, trust, and permission can be a killer.
What to do instead: Equip your sellers to have more than product knowledge. Train and coach them on how to explain your product or service (solution) connected to that specific person, situation, or company. Of course, to be able to do this means they need to know about that person, situation, or company first. That knowledge should be gained well before their actual conversation with them.
Buyers LOVE sellers who do their homework and don’t waste their precious time telling them things they could have easily found out on their own. Jeff Uphaus, SVP at Cbeyond echoed that sentiment at a recent fireside chat in Atlanta. As a consumer and decision maker in his company, one of his biggest pet peeves is being approached by sales people who don’t understand his pain points.
Credibility killer habit #2: Letting objections derail the conversation.
Sellers’ responses to stated concerns or objections are tell-tale signs of whether they are credible. When sellers try to talk around or avoid a concern or objection, or ‘handle’ the person or objection, the conversation changes and what might have seemed like a real sale opportunity might now be in jeopardy.
Confident and collaborative salespeople know that concerns and objections are an opportunity to keep the conversation going and the sale alive.
What to do instead: Work with the sellers to identify possible concerns and objections. Take 15 minutes during a sales meeting and have them practice their reaction and response to possible concerns or objections that can be raised. Yes they will moan and groan about ‘practicing’ but you’re the boss right?
Train and coach them to work through the concern or objection as a collaborative advisor. Here’s an easy to remember approach to working through objections and maintaining credibility in a conversation: Stop, Drop, and Roll.
Stop Your Verbal Reaction to the Objection and take a pause
Drop your defenses, emotions, agenda, and ego
Roll forward with questions that seek clarity from the buyer about their objection
Respond with RELEVANT information and suggestions
Credibility killer habit #3: Sticking to the agenda.
Yes, I said sticking to the agenda is a killer habit in sales conversations. Why? Though agendas are extremely important as a roadmap for sales conversations, if they aren’t matched with the ability to be flexible and responsive to what is happening during the conversation, they are killers.
What to do instead: Train and coach your team to prepare meeting agendas and confirm the conversation objective with the buyer at the get-go.
Many buyers will relax and be in a more productive and collaborative mindset when they know what the meeting is about. Ensure they ask the buyer what they want to accomplish in their time together to demonstrate that the buyer’s objectives are important as well.
Help your team stop killing their credibility and sale with (easy-to-fix) poor actions and reactions. Equip them with skills to keep the sales opportunity alive by eliminating the conversational habits that blow up the sale before it gets very far.
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Commercial Building Fire in Hillyard
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Monday, June 15, 2020 at 11:31 a.m.
The Spokane Fire Department (SFD) responded to an early morning fire on Friday, June 12 in a commercial warehouse in the 3800 block of East Rowan Avenue. The building's occupants noted smoke and an electrical odor coming from a portion of the building and went to investigate. They discovered that a malfunctioning light fixture had ignited combustible materials in the immediate vicinity. An adult male occupant utilized a dry chemical fire extinguisher in an attempt to extinguish the fire and suffered minor smoke inhalation. While the extinguisher had some impact, the agent was not sufficient to fully extinguish the fire. After the attempt, the occupants evacuated safely to the exterior of the building.
When SFD arrived, companies made entry to the structure to search for fire extension and to ensure the fire was fully extinguished. The building was searched to establish that all occupants had been safely evacuated. The electrical service to the building was rendered safe and verified by Avista. SFD Paramedics treated the individual who was suffering from smoke inhalation and eventually declined ambulance transport. There were no further injuries to either occupants or firefighters.
The fire's nature was determined to be accidental, and the cause was attributed to an electrical malfunction.
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Sandbag is about stopping emissions from occuring in the first place but once they’re out there is there anything that can be done to get them back?
Obviously trees and other forms of biomass absord carbon dioxide and store it in their structures – but it’s a form of temporary storage, since plants and trees eventually decay or are burnt, re-emitting the carbon dioxide. Saturday’s Guardian featured an article about a new technology for scrubbing emissions out of the air – scientists at Columbia University in New York have developed a prototype machine capable of capturing a tonne of CO2 a day – costing only £100,000 to build and small enough to fit in a shipping container.
The breakthrough is a reduction in the energy required to release the captured gas and recycle the absorbent. The world emits roughly 100 million tonnes of carbon dioxide a day so that’s a lot of machines to make an impact and the effectiveness of the whole venture also depends on what happens to the stored gas next. Locked in a solid compound or in an underground storage facility it does represent a genuine reduction in atmospheric concentrations – used to speed up growth rates of biofuels and it’s simply another temporary solution since the burning of the biofuel releases it back again.
Maybe a less technological answer is to consider how the free capture facility provided by mother nature can help. Using wood in long-life buildings and furniture or even burying trees/biomass would achieve the same effect (this is after all how fossil fuels were created) – capturing and storing the CO2 emitted from biomass energy when it is burnt would also help reduce net concentrations in the atmosphere. Photosynthesis is relatively inefficient at converting the suns energy so speeding that up would help. I also like my friend Si’s idea of burying coal places where nobody can find it again. Ultimately all these ideas and many others (perhaps not Si’s) are going to be needed – and the most exciting thing is that people all over the world are now applying themselves to the problem. Motivated no doubt by the belief that the winning solutions will be well rewarded when society starts to properly value negative emissions. Cleaning up emissions trading schemes is an excellent way to speed this along.
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Is My Radio a Standard APX or an XE?
There's an easy way to tell which Talon Radio Carrier is right for you.
Here are some of the differences between the Standard APX (Left) and XE (Right) Radios:
- Standard APX Radios have smaller knobs, especially the channel selector knob. They also don't have a shock absorbing band around the top.
- XE Radios have a large top knob with a thick black band that is designed to act as a shock absorber.
They also have large volume control and channel selector knobs.
If you're still in doubt, the fool proof method of determining which radio you have is to remove the battery pack and look at the labels that are affixed to the radio.
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How BDO Helps Entrepreneurs Survive and Thrive During the Pandemic
Some of the most inspiring stories in the past year are about entrepreneurs who manifested strength, optimism, and compassion. They showed us the importance of finding ways to survive and thrive together as a community: a true expression of the bayanihan spirit as the nation continues to weather the challenges of the pandemic.
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George Go faced one of his worst years as an entrepreneur. As the owner of Canyon Woods Resort, Canyon Cove Hotel, and Canyon de Boracay, Mr. Go led his teams through the challenges and impacts of the Taal Volcano eruption and the COVID-19 pandemic, which temporarily closed down his businesses.
“We started out as a small construction supply business but managed to grow over the last four decades because BDO has been giving me not just extended credit but also useful advice on how to maximize the use of my loans,” he said.
For Mr. Go, the survival and welfare of his employees became the top priority. He asked BDO for advice and extended credit to allow him to pay his obligations–especially his employees’ salaries.
“I’m relieved that because of BDO’s support, I was able to update my business financials. In the past, businesses focused on revenue, but now, like us, our main goal is to survive, stay healthy, and support our people,” said Mr. Go.
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Despite being the second-largest poultry business in the country, Bounty Fresh had to adjust to the economic downturn resulting from the pandemic.
“The overall economic demand collapsed due to the pandemic. In effect, this created an oversupply in many food-related industries, including poultry, where production planning takes a much longer period to adjust,” said Debbie Chung, Vice President for Finance of Bounty Fresh.
After a thorough assessment, Chung said they took the option of taking a loan from their bank that would tide them over through the crisis until consumer demand and sales went back to normal.
“BDO was able to assist us from the start of the ECQ by making all the credit lines given to us available anytime we needed them at a very reasonable interest rate,” said Chung.
Today, thanks to the continuing support from BDO, Bounty Fresh is bouncing back. BDO finds ways to assist clients to survive and thrive in both good times and bad.
These entrepreneurs’ experiences show that creativity, quick thinking, and having dependable partners are key in facing a crisis. By leveraging a reliable partnership with their bank, they were able to find solutions that met their urgent needs.
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Thursday, July 7, 2016
Genesis Girl (Blank Slate #1) by Jennifer Bardsley
Many years from today, people all over the world will be connected to the internet with a chip in their thumbs. No more cell phones. Cell phones are not only obsolete, but no one uses them because of the cancer epidemic. Yes... cell phones caused a cancer epidemic...
Anyways, some genius thought it would be a good idea to start a school where children would be protected from technology. When they grow up, they would have no digital footprint. Their blank history made them valuable, and companies would bid for 'vestals' during the harvest. The vestals would then be used in their advertisements, and people all over the world bought whatever they were selling because they were just mesmerized by these higher beings.
Blanca isn't just any vestal. She's the most desired girl, and her bidder pays a fortune for her. When she arrives at his mansion, she learns so much more than she ever did back at her school. She tackles on a lot of new feelings and thoughts. Add a boy to the mix, to make her mind even more confused.
Seth is a 'virus.' He's basically a blogger/journalist, always searching for the truth. He's got tattoos, rides motorcycles, and looks super hot. Seth is also the son of the man who purchased Blanca. Does he make the cut to be my YA boyfriend? Yup!
Genesis Girl satisfied my YA craving. I wasn't sure if this was going to be for me, but I ended up LOVING it. There's plenty of mystery, young romance, and even some action. I couldn't stop reading. I can't wait for book 2!
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Refinancing is nothing but replacing your current mortgage with another one. You could either opt for a different plan with your current lender or move to a new lender altogether. There are multiple reasons to do this. The tenure of a mortgage typically spans a few decades and during a period so long your circumstances are likely to change a lot. To begin with, you could be earning a lot more and can, therefore, close your mortgage sooner or perhaps there’s been a massive rate cut that your lender isn’t passing on to you completely. Here’s a peek into the possible benefits of refinancing.
Lower interest rate
Refinancing is usually about getting yourself a better deal. If you feel that your current mortgage contract isn’t in line with what the market is offering, it is worth your time to find yourself a refinancing option that lets you make payments for lower interest rates. Even a 1% rate difference could make a huge difference. For a 4.9 % interest rate on an AUD 500,000 loan, a decline of 1% in the interest rate could lead to savings of AUD 106,305.
Quicker Homeownership
Contributing more to your mortgage could result in quicker closure of your loan, which in turn could mean thousands of dollars in savings. There are two ways this could happen. The first is when you pay more each month for the same interest rate. The second is when the interest rate declines, and you repay a larger proportion of the total loan amount with the same monthly payment. Either way, you can work towards quicker homeownership with refinancing. Let’s take the example of an AUD 500,000 loan with an interest rate of 4.5%. If you raised your monthly payment from 2,533 to 2,779 (which is an increase of just 8 dollars per day) you could shave of 5 years on your loan and rake in savings of AUD 78,285.
Switching between flexible and fixed rates
Repayment discipline changes with time. Borrowers who initially managed variable mortgage rates with ease may gradually find it hard to maintain financial discipline with personal circumstances like birth of children, illness, loss of livelihood, passing away of a breadwinning family member or change of profession. Switching to a fixed rate in such situations could help with financial discipline. On the other hand, borrowers with good financial discipline could benefit substantially from falling interest rates and should opt for a mortgage with a variable rate. Refinancing gives you the flexibility to make this switch.
Leveraging Home Equity
Equity is the value of the property minus the money you as the borrower owe the lender. If the current value of the property is AUD 500,0000 and you owe the bank AUD 400,000 then your equity is AUD 100,000. Refinancing gives you the option of using this equity as security to borrow more for investment or other personal needs.
Offset Account
If your current mortgage plan doesn’t offer you the feature of an offset account, then it could be wise to consider moving to a lender that does. An offset account is an account that’s linked to your mortgage and allows you to pay lower interest thereby improving your chances of closing your loan sooner. Here’s how it works. Let’s assume you owe the bank AUD 500,000 and have AUD 25,000 in your offset account. So, the bank will now calculate interest for your repayment on AUD 475,000 (due to AUD 25,000 in your offset account) instead of AUD 500,000. If you feel this isn’t much, you would be surprised to know that this could knock off a few years from your loan tenure.
Debt Consolidation
For borrowers who end up with a lot of non-mortgage debt, handling and keeping track of multiple loans is not only hard but can easily snowball into a financial commitment that can get overwhelming to manage. Refinancing could help you bundle multiple forms of existing debt into your home loan. The key takeaways of doing this are
1. Replacement of multiple repayments with one consolidated payment for easier management
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Russia's Missile Strike On Train Station In Kramatorsk; Russian Soldiers At Chernobyl Contaminated; Russia Preparing Massive Attempt In Donbas; Ukrainian Poet Performs At The Grammys; Don Jr. And Mark Meadows Text Exchange To Overturn Election; Will Smith Banned For 10 Years From The Oscars; CNN Film "Roadrunner" Premieres Sunday At 9:00 p.m. ET. Aired 11p-12a ET
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DON LEMON, CNN HOST: This is DON LEMON TONIGHT. We're getting new details on the brutal massacre of innocent civilians at a train station in eastern Ukraine today. The video you're about to see is graphic and disturbing but it shows the horrors of Putin's war's.
These people were, or simply trying to flee Russia's nonstop shelling. At least 50 people had been killed including five children. Almost 100 others were injured. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is calling the attack a war crime vowing everyone responsible will be held accountable. Straight now to CNN's Phil Black who has the latest on the Russian attack at the train station in Kramatorsk today.
PHIL BLACK, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): For many who fear what is coming in eastern Ukraine, Kramatorsk station has been a gateway to safety. Crowds of people have packed its platforms in recent days, desperate to increase their distance from a region Russia says it will soon conquer with overwhelming force.
Witnesses say thousands came again on Friday morning. They sought safety. They could not escape the war. These are the moments after a ballistic missile exploded at the station after debris and shrapnel tore through the crowd.
So many dead bodies, a person cries. Only children, just children. When the screaming eventually, stopped, the broken bodies of the innocent remained. We have to hide much of the scene. Most of those lying bleeding and still are women and children.
Survivors fled. We managed to contact some by phone while they shelter together in a public building, still scared and shaken. This woman says, she looked up when she thought she heard a plane then it exploded and everyone went down. This man says he heard the blast and threw his body over his daughter. The remains of the missile that terrified and hurt so many, crashed
down near the station. Hand painted, Russian words mark its side, declaring the weapons avenging purpose. It says, "For the children."
The author and their intent are unknown. The result is yet another moment of horror in a war with endless capacity for taking and destroying innocent lives.
BLACK (on camera): So, once again, world leaders are accusing Russia of committing an atrocity in Ukraine and, once again, Russia is denying all responsibility. The U.S. assessment is this was a short- range ballistic missile fired from a Russian position inside Ukraine. The Ukrainian military says that missile was packed with cluster munitions. Small bomblets which spread and explode over a wide area and which are banned, in more than 100 countries. Don?
LEMON: All right, Phil Black, thank you very much. I appreciate that. Now, I want to turn to Alexander Kamyshin, the head of the Ukrainian railways which controls railroads across the country. Thank you, Alexander. I appreciate you joining us.
We have these images from earlier this week showing this railway station, being used by civilians to evacuate. And now, we see the disturbing images of blood and scattered luggage and bodies and all of it. Why do you think the station was targeted?
ALEXANDER KAMYSHIN, HEAD UKRAINIAN RAILWAY: I don't. Indeed, that is the first time they targeted the station on purpose, apparently, targeting civilians and targeting passenger, railway infrastructure. Before that, a day before, they shelled a bridge that was connecting the line of Donbas to Ukraine though. And their only reason is that they try to stop evacuation program.
LEMON: The remnant of that missile, right, on the side, it says, Alexander, for the children. Now, we don't know what the message means, but I mean, what do you think?
KAMYSHIN: I don't know either because Ukraine lost five kids and 16 more are injured and that's why there was no reason in that message, you know.
LEMON: The mayor there says that 8,000 people a day were going to the station to evacuate over the last two weeks. How will they be able to escape now because the humanitarian corridors or it looks like, you know, no one is safe in them? How are they going to escape now?
KAMYSHIN: We increased the security measures even more. But we keep the evacuation program running.
LEMON: You keep the evacuation program running. You said you would increase the security forces. Do you think that is enough? KAMYSHIN: Yes. We increase it even more because again, it was already
quite secure. All people knew that stations and trains are the safest place in this country during the Cold War. And we will keep it running until the last moment, you know. And we will increase the security measures, but we keep evacuation program on.
LEMON: Okay. As you just said, you know, trains have really been a lifeline for evacuees bringing thousands to safety all over Ukraine. If Russia destroys the rail lines, do you think it's going to cut off any hope of people to escape, people who are trying to escape or trying to flee this war?
KAMYSHIN: Don, they keep shelling the stations and the lines and the bridges all over the war. And for the last three days, they shelled at least 10 stations in the east. What we do, we keep repairing and get it back to work and keep running. And this case with the railway station is (inaudible) out of mind.
LEMON: Alexander, Russia says that they are focusing their attacks on the eastern part of Ukraine and eastern Ukraine. Do you fear that Kramatorsk could become the next Mariupol or the next Bucha?
KAMYSHIN: I definitely see that there is a change in the situation around Kramatorsk. I've been to Kramatorsk at least twice for the last two weeks. And the first on my visit, two weeks ago was much easier. Less people in the station, and the last visit, two days ago, we had a really, much people on the station.
So, I see that Russians keep pressing on Donbas and keep weaken Kramatorsk kind of Mariupol again. And that's why people try to flee. That's why we should keep the evacuation program.
LEMON: When you hear Russia's defense ministry deny any responsibility, really, like they so often do despite all of the evidence, what do you say to that?
KAMYSHIN: Well, what do you say when you see people lying, explicitly lie? I don't know. You shouldn't say anything to them.
LEMON: What about the spirit of the folks and the resolve? What do these attacks like today do to the Ukrainian spirit and your own resolve, really?
KAMYSHIN: You know, for me, that case was really hard because I did not expect such an apparent attack on the passenger infrastructure. But, again, as I told you, more than 10 stations shelled in three days. They keep shelling railway infrastructure on purpose. They try to stop the evacuation program. That's why what we have to do, we have to keep the evacuation program running and we will do it.
LEMON: Alexander Kamyshin, thank you and be safe. Thank you so much.
KAMYSHIN: I'll try to. Thank you. Bye, Don.
LEMON: Thank you. Bye. That's actually the perfect answer. I will try, right? Perfect answer. And we hope that he succeeds at that. Now, I want to turn to the situation at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. CNN was given exclusive access to the plant for the first time since it came back into Ukrainian control. And what we found is really concerning. Here's CNN's Frederik Pleitgen with more.
FREDERIK PLEITGEN, CNN SENIOR INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Hi there, Don. You know, the Ukrainians from the beginning, when the Russians took over the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, they said they were absolutely concerned about what those forces were doing their. And when we got there, there were two things that really crystallized.
On the one hand, the Russians treated the Ukrainians there really badly, but it also seems they may have inadvertently allowed their own forces to get exposed to massive radiation. Here is what we found.
PLEITGEN (voice-over): Simply getting to the Chernobyl exclusion zone is, a treacherous journey. Many streets and bridges destroyed. We had to go off the road, crossing rivers on pontoon bridges.
Finally, we reached the confinement dome of the power plant that blew up in 1986. The worst nuclear accident ever.
Russian troops invaded this area on the very first day of their war against Ukraine and took Chernobyl without much of a fight. Now that the Russians have left, Ukraine's interior minister, Denys Monastyrsky, took us to Chernobyl and what we found was troubling.
The Russians imprisoned the security staff inside the plants own bomb shelter, the interior ministry told us. No natural light, no fresh air, no communications.
(On camera): So the Russians kept 169 Ukrainians prisoner here the entire time they held this place. And then when the Russians left, they looted and ransacked the place.
(Voice-over): Among the prisoners, police officers, National Guard members, and soldiers. Ukraine's interior minister tells me the Russians have now taken them to Russia and they don't know how they're doing.
When I arrived here, I was shocked, he says, but only once again realized that there are no good Russians and nothing good comes of Russians. It is always a story associated with victims, with blood, and with violence. What we see here is a vivid example of outrageous behavior at a nuclear facility.
While the plant's technical staff was allowed to keep working, the Ukrainians say Russian troops were lax with nuclear safety. And, as we enter the area Russian troops stayed and worked in, suddenly the dosimeter's alarm goes off. Increased radiation levels.
They went to the red forest and brought the radiation here on their shoes, this National Guardsman says. Everywhere else is normal. Only this floor is radioactive. I ask, everywhere is okay, but here is not normal? Yes, he says. The radiation is increased here because they lived here and they went everywhere. On their shoes, and clothes, I ask? Yes, and now they took the radiation with them. Let's get out of here, I say.
The so-called Red Forest is one of the most contaminated areas in the world. Especially the soil. The Ukrainian government released this drone footage, apparently showing that the Russians dug combat positions there. The operator of Ukraine's nuclear plant says, those Russian soldiers could have been exposed to significant amounts of radiation.
We went to the edge of the Red Forest zone and found a Russian military food ration on the ground. When we hold the dosimeter close, the radiation skyrockets to around 50 times above natural levels.
Ukraine says Russia's conduct in this war is a threat to nuclear safety in Europe. The Chernobyl nuclear power plant hasn't been in operation for years, but of course, this confinement needs to be monitored 24/7.
(On camera): And also, there are spent nuclear fuel in this compound as well that.
(Voice-over): And it's not only in Chernobyl. Russian troops also fired rockets at Europe's largest nuclear power plant near Zaporizhzhia in southern Ukraine and are now occupying it. Ukraine's energy minister tells me the international community must step in.
GERMAN GALUSHCHENKO, UKRAINE ENERGY MINISTER: I think it's dramatically impact and that is the, really, the act of nuclear terrorism at what they are doing.
PLEITGEN (voice-over): Chernobyl is close to the Belarusian border. The Russian army used this road as one of its main routes to attack Ukraine's capital. The interior minister says his country needs more weapons to defend this border.
Today, the border between totalitarianism and democracy passes behind our backs, he says. The border between freedom and oppression. We are ready to fight for it.
And the Ukrainians fear they may have to fight here again soon as Russian President Vladimir Putin replenishes his forces, continuing to put this nation and nuclear safety in Europe at risk.
PLEITGEN (on CAMERA): And you know, Don, I spoke to the Ukrainian energy minister for an extended period of time and he says he thinks it was absolutely crazy for the Russians to allow their forces to dig positions in one of the most contaminated areas in the entire world. And he also said that doesn't bode well for the fact that they also still control another nuclear power plant here in this country which is the largest in all of Europe. He says he believes the Russians simply have absolutely no concept of nuclear safety. Don? LEMON: All right. Frederik Pleitgen, thank you so much. The United
States believes Russia is trying to recruit more than 60,000 new troops. The military now below 85 percent of their total combat power when they first invaded. Can Ukraine take advantage of that?
LEMON: As Russian forces gather for an offensive on eastern Ukraine, the race is on to get defenders the supplies that they need. A defense officials say 8 to 10 planes are landing every single day at airfields near Ukraine with weapons and other security assistance. But what exactly do they need to keep Russia at bay?
Let's discuss now. CNN military analyst and Retired Major General James Spider Marks. General, good to see you. Thank you for joining. President Biden says that he is sparing no effort getting Ukraine the weapons that they need. The U.S. is moving a Patriot air defense system into Slovakia after Slovakia gave critical Soviet era S-300 -- era, I should say, S-300 anti-air defense systems to Ukraine. Will these S-300 systems help close the skies against all the missile and bomb attacks that keep coming from Russia?
JAMES SPIDER MARKS, CNN MILITARY ANALYST: Don, they will certainly help. They won't close the skies. You don't close the skies. You try to deny certain areas within the skies, but absolutely, the S-300's will be a tremendous added capability.
Because what you want to have and one of the key things that Ukrainians need and they know this, is an integrated air defense capability that either eliminates or really degrades the Russian's capability to use that third dimension where they could put attack helicopters and they can put fighters.
And with an integrated air defense system, which the S-300s, which gives them some long range capabilities, some very pronounced radar capabilities, detection capabilities, and then the Stingers, the shoulder fire weapons system, which are more tactical that gives those Ukrainians a pretty good integrated system. So, yes. The short answer is the S-300's will help.
LEMON: Where are they needed most in the country? In the east, no doubt, but where specifically they need it the most?
MARKS: Yes, specifically in the east. And you need to look at what the Ukrainians did about a week ago or so, is when they did that long- range attack helicopter raid into Russia and went after that oil depot. We all remember that. These long-range strikes need to become standard for the Ukrainians.
They need to continue to put the pressure on the Russians in what the Russians think is a sanctuary. In Russia, the Russians kind of do what they want. They can assemble their forces. They can mass. They can re- fit. They can refuel. They can do that with a certain degree of impunity.
But if they can be obstruct as a matter of routine and unpredictably by the Ukrainians, it certainly disrupts what the Russians are trying to achieve. Simultaneously, the Ukrainians can go out into the Black Sea, again with good planning, the right capabilities, they can go after the Russian naval capability, which provides long range fire from the sea to the shore.
So, if the Ukrainians will continue the pressure and they're getting a weapon systems that can give them that, and they also have the planning, they also have the intelligence and we're certainly, the United States and NATO, they are really coming together to help with the intelligence that's been ongoing, let's be frank.
That will give the Ukrainians great advantage to take the fight to the Russians and to really completely rest the initiative away from the Russians and set the tone of the engagement.
LEMON: The Donbas is much different geographically than they are in north and west of Kyiv, with more open landscapes. Who has the edge in that kind of territory, general?
MARKS: Well, the Russians have the tanks and they have the numbers. This is classic tank battle. You know, Kharkiv was one of the most fought over cities in World War II. The Nazis were coming in, and the Russians were going through. This is tank country. The Russians have the advantage.
However, Ukrainians, this is their home turf. So it's a home game for them. They've got familiarity with what this terrain provides in terms of advantages to them. So, if the Ukrainians can bring forward tanks that they have, the T-72 tanks that they've got and some from the Czech Republic, many that they have taken from the Russians who abandoned them.
So the Ukrainians are using Russian capabilities to their great advantage. Also if they have, if the Ukrainians have cluster bombs. And we were just talking about cluster bombs. Cluster bombs are not to be used against civilian targets, which is what the Russians are doing. That is criminal behavior.
Cluster bombs are an anti-tank capability because tanks cannot maneuver through them and they can't maneuver around them. So you deny terrain to the offensive operators to your great advantage that forces them into areas where you now can take advantage of it and you can ambush them and bring to bear all the capabilities that they have, such as, you know, the individual fighting capabilities and the initiative.
And certainly, the Javelins that they've been using to their great advantage, and then you can set up those ambush positions with the tanks. That's what the Ukrainians are going to work on, I can guarantee you.
LEMON: Yes. You know, Russia has lost a significant number of their invasion forces. The U.S. says that they're looking to recruit I think upwards of some 60,000 troops. How does Ukraine capitalize on those losses and poor morale among Russian troops? You're talking about strategically how you push them back, what have you, but how do they make up for the loss of these troops?
MARKS: Yes. The Russians need 60,000 troops that they are recruiting will have that much effect initially. They're not going to affect the battle as we see today.
LEMON: Really.
MARKS: It's not going to happen. Also, we have seen that the troops that are fighting to fight right now have absolutely inept leadership. That inept leadership has not gone anywhere. So you're going to put these brand new recruits who probably have not had sufficient training and you're going to stick them under lousy leaders, which means you've got another opportunity for the Ukrainians to just rip them apart.
This works to the Ukrainian's great advantage. These are going to be raw recruits. They're not going to have great skills and they certainly, as we have seen, do not benefit from great inspired leadership. They're going to be vulnerable.
LEMON: Thank you general, I appreciate it. Be well.
MARKS: Thank you, Don, very much.
LEMON: A Ukrainian poet escaped her war torn country and just days later, was performing at the Grammys. She's here with me in her first interview. That's next.
LEMON: Ukrainian artist taking to the stage at this year's Grammy Awards to send a message to the world about the atrocities being committed in their country.
Among them, poet Lyuba Yakimchuk who escaped from Ukraine just days before. She recited her poem prayer in English so everybody in the Grammy audience could hear her and understand her message.
LYUBA YAKIMCHUK, UKRAINIAN POET: Our father, who art in heaven of the full moon and the hollow sun, shield from death my parents whose house stands on the line of fire, and who won't abandon it like a tomb.
LEMON: Lyuba Yakimchuk joins us now. Hi, Lyuba. Thank you so much for joining. We really appreciate it.
YAKIMCHUK: Hi. Thank you for having me. LEMON: The poem is really beautiful and powerful. Can you tell us how
you ended up presenting at the Grammy Awards?
YAKIMCHUK: How I -- could you repeat please?
LEMON: How did you get the invitation to present your poem to the audience at the Grammy Awards?
YAKIMCHUK: As you know, the Grammys producer were looking for a poet and just found me. Firstly, it was about an American poet as I know, and then about Ukrainian poet who can edit some poem of American one. And my -- not my, by translator from Ukrainian into English (inaudible) she was like a contact person and she offer producers of Grammys to think about just Ukrainian poet. And they consider making (inaudible) and (inaudible) and so on, it's just easier.
LEMON: So, how did it feel being on a global stage? The world watching, using your word to draw attention to the crisis in your country?
YAKIMCHUK: I didn't even worry, you know. It was strange because I was calm and it was like I should do what I do. And like my work, just like this. I was anxious before my flight to Las Vegas. But onstage, I was just fine and like, it was great moment and I could speak for the audience. It was like this.
LEMON: Yes. And it was, you got to tell the world about what your country is dealing with. I just want to -- let me -- in the poem, you talk about your parents being home standing in the fire. You told my team that your parents already lost their home in the Donbas back in 2014. What are they doing now to help the war effort?
YAKIMCHUK: My parents already, yes, they already lost home and our home, our family home is under occupation in Donbas and Russian militants has been living there for years. And my parents asked the (inaudible) region and after massive invasion, my mom baked bread for the territorial defense unit and my father made Molotov cocktails for them, for street fighting. And now it's more or less calm there in (inaudible) region, I mean, and saying they are okay. Yes.
LEMON: I also understand that your husband, your husband stayed in Kyiv to deliver humanitarian aid while you and your son safely fled Ukraine to Austria. You're in Austria. Your husband is still there. You and your sone are in Austria, your husband is still in Ukraine doing humanitarian work. You say it was easier to stay in Kyiv than leave. Why did you ultimately decide to leave then?
YAKIMCHUK: It's easier to stay in Kyiv than Vienna because you could be more helpful, and my husband is a volunteer of delivering humanitarian aid from Kyiv to Kharkiv. And I used to do almost the same with him. I helped in this and my sister, as well, she is a volunteer. When you do something helpful, you feel better, just better because you give, I guess, these hormones and you are -- don't afraid for your family, for your country, when like -- when you are on distant.
LEMON: The endorphins kick in. Lyuba, thank you. You did an incredible job, too, and we appreciate you appearing. Be safe and we hope your family is safe especially your husband who is there as well. Thank you.
YAKIMCHUK: Thank you.
LEMON: Thank you. So we've also got news tonight from the January 6 Committee. A CNN exclusive, text between a Trump family member and Trump's chief of staff. We're going to tell you what they said, that's next.
LEMON: We have got some CNN exclusive reporting. Text from Donald Trump, Jr., to his father's chief of staff. They showed just how involved he was in strategizing plans to keep his father in power. Here is CNN's Ryan Nobles with the story.
RYA NOBLES, CNN CONGRESSIONAL CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): November 5th, 2020, two days after the 2020 election. Votes were still being counted. The final outcome, still in doubt. But President Trump's son, Don, Jr. was already passing on ideas for overturning the election, if necessary, to ensure a second term for his father.
"It's very simple," Trump, Jr. texted before outlining several options. "We have operational control. Total leverage." Trump, Jr., was texting White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows. This text, reviewed by CNN, hasn't been revealed publicly before. It is in the possession of the January 6th Select Committee.
In a statement to CNN, Trump, Jr.'s lawyer says, "After the election, Don received numerous messages from supporters and others. Given the date, this message likely originated from someone else and was forwarded. Meadows attorney declined to comment. On election night, President Trump was already laying the groundwork to claim the election was stolen.
DONALD TRUMP, FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED SATES OF AMERICA: To me, this is a very sad moment. And we will win this and we -- as far as I'm concerned, we already have won.
NOBLES (voice-over): Behind the scenes, his son and adviser, Don, Jr. was sharing ideas with Meadows for how to subvert the Electoral College process. Leveraging Republican majorities in the Senate and swing state legislatures.
"State assemblies can step in and vote to put forward the electoral slate," Trump, Jr. texted. The text message from days after the election, ticks through questionable legal theories. Many of which would eventually be employed by the Trump campaign and GOP operatives across the country.
"We have multiple paths. We control them all." The paths Trump, Jr. refers to in the text include creating alternate slates of fake electors, pushing the vote back to state legislatures, and forcing a scenario where neither candidate had enough electoral votes to win, leaving it to the House to vote by state delegation to elect the president.
"Republicans controlled 28 states, Democrats 22 states, Trump, Jr. texted. Once again, Trump wins." Trump, Jr., was a prominent surrogate for his father, traveling the country on his behalf. In the days leading up to the election, he told Trump supporters that if Trump lost, it would be because the radical left cheated.
DON TRUMP, JR., PRESIDENT TRUMP'S SON: And make sure everyone gets out and vote because if you don't, they are going steal it from you.
NOBLES (voice-over): But while he publicly warned against fraud on the left, his private text message to Meadows foreshadows a legal strategy his father's allies would eventually launch. Even teasing the showdown in Congress on January 6th, two months before it happened.
"We either have a vote we control and we win or it gets kicked to Congress, 6 January 2021." This text, part of a tranche of thousands of texts from Meadows the committee has in its' possession and has already used as part of its investigation.
NOBLES (on camera): And Don, in addition to these plans that Don, Jr., shared with Mark Meadows about ways to stand in the way of the election certification, he was also already talking about his father's second term as president of the United States, and the plans that he wanted him to implement, almost immediately.
He said, "Fire Wray, fire Fauci, make Grennell the interim head of the FBI, have Barr select a special prosecutor on hard drive from hell, Biden crime family." And what you can tell from this text message, on November 5th, before the votes were even done being counted, is that Donald Trump's closest family members including his son really, truly, believed that he was going stay in office. Don?
LEMON: Ryan Nobles, thank you so much.
The Academy handing down their punishment to Will Smith after he slapped Chris Rock on the stage at the Oscars, I'm going to tell you what they said, next.
LEMON: The board of governors for the motion picture Academy, convening today to decide on a punishment for Will Smith after the actor slapped comedian Chris Rock live on stage at the Oscars, cursing Rock out and telling him to keep his wife's name out of his mouth. CNN entertainment reporter Chloe Melas is here. I hate watching that video.
LEMON: I know. Hi Chloe.
MELAS: It's -- hey. It's forever going to overshadow --
MELAS: -- this moment. The most -- you know, I've been talking with people recently and it's just unbelievable that in less than an hour, he had the highest moment of his professional career, and the lowest.
LEMON: And it's so against the image he has crafted over all of these years and so unlike him. What did the Academy decide today?
MELAS: So, the Academy, the board of governors, convening today, moving up their April 18th day after Will Smith resigned. Banning Will from ever attending the Academy Awards for the next decade. So for 10 years, he cannot attend an Academy events in person, virtually. And why is this important?
Well, because when you win an Oscar, one of the best parts is that the next year, for the big categories, you get to present for the next year's winner. So, the fact that he won't be there, it just sort of drags and carries out. I'm not saying that it's wrong that they decided this. Quite frankly, I actually thought that they were just going to expel him forever. That he was not going to ever be able to come back.
But there was a lot of public pressure. A lot of celebrities came out, you know, telling the Academy that you did the wrong thing. You should have pulled him out of the Oscars, out of the Dolby Theater and he shouldn't have been able to accept the Oscar that night. So, they had to do something strong.
LEMON: I wonder if they would've handled it differently in the moment. Maybe people would have thought that his punishment would have been not being there to accept the award.
MELAS: Well, you know, let me tell you something. So, in this lengthy statement today, I'm going to read you just a little bit of what they said. They say, the Academy says, "During our telecast, we did not adequately address the situation in the room. For this, we are sorry." So they're apologizing again.
"This was an opportunity for us to set an example for our guests, viewers, and our Academy family around the world, and we fell short -- unprepared for the unprecedented." So, you know, look, I think that, you know, hindsight is 2020. They had about 40 minutes from the moment that the slap happened --
LEMON: Long time. MELAS: -- till the moment that he won best actor. You heard Will Packer, the producer for the Oscars, go on "GMA" and say that Chris Rock also said, to him, I don't want them to remove Will Smith. I don't want them to charge -- I don't want to charge Will Smith with anything. You know, the LAPD was ready to arrest Will Smith for a battery. Will Packer, saying that Chris didn't want this to turn into something bigger than it already was.
LEMON: Every person, even tonight, just speaking to people there. Of course, they're asking me, you know, they talk about the war and then the next thing it is Will Smith, right, the Academy Awards. And they said, man, Chris Rock, he has certainly handled himself well. He's handling this the perfect way. I wonder what he is going to say. My question is, and who knows when he's going to speak out. Did the Academy address Chris Rock?
MELAS: They did.
LEMON: Oh, they did.
MELAS: They praised Chris for his composure and the way that he handled himself. And you heard Will Packer even recently say, Don, that he thinks that Chris saved the Oscars. I went to a couple of Chris' shows in Boston last week and he said, I'm still processing this. I'm going to address this at some point fully. It will be funny, it will be serious, but you know, you've had a few of Chris' brothers come out and speak and say that they don't accept, you know, Will's apology.
And Chris even said during his shows last week, Don, that Will had not personally apologize to him. So, I really wonder, has Will, despite these public proclamations of apology, has he gone to Chris and said, I'm sorry.
Don't forget, they starred in a movie together once. Something interesting I found out that I didn't realize until recently. "Madagascar," the animated film franchise, Jada and Chris both voiced characters in that film.
So, this is a circle of people that knows each other well. So, it will be interesting also to find out if there was more bad blood than just the quip at the Oscars.
LEMON: I think that moment will happen. I think this is just me speaking, I think it will happen and maybe he's embarrassed right now. Who knows? And maybe he's just trying to figure out how to do it right.
MELAS: But he has a big movie.
LEMON: He's got to do it.
MELAS: We don't have a release date yet. Emancipation on Apple. Supposedly, the best role of his career. And it will be interesting to see because this -- his resigning and the Academy ban for 10 years does not stop him from being nominated. LEMON: Nominated. And he could win.
MELAS: He could be nominated. Can you imagine?
LEMON: He could be nominated and he could win, but he can't show up, yes.
MELAS: And not there to accept it, right.
LEMON: Thank you. The question is will they nominate him? We'll see. We'll see.
MELAS: Right.
LEMON: Thank you, Chloe. Appreciate it.
MELAS: Thank you.
LEMON: So, chef, writer, traveler, friend, Anthony Bourdain, played a special role in millions of people's lives all around the world, from loved ones, to strangers. Now as CNN prepares to bring you the new film, "Roadrunner," a film about Anthony Bourdain, some of Tony's closest friends and family share some of their favorite memories of the cultural icon. Here is W. Kamau Bell, host of CNN's United Shades of America, who traveled to Kenya with Tony for one of the final episode of "Parts Unknown."
W. KAMAU BELL, HOST, CNN'S UNITED SHADES OF AMERICA: Going to Kenya with Tony, I would have paid for it if that had been an option. It's like fantasy camp. I was living a dream, and I was very aware as I did it. I'm still the guy on the couch watching the show, who's now lucky enough to be working with him.
And so I knew in some sense, I'm representing for all the people, on all the couches who were watching his show. And so I'm going to be the fan. I'm not going to be too cool for school here. My favorite meal that I had with Tony in Kenya is not a favorite meal because of how it tasted. I'm not typically an adventurous eater, but I was like, whatever they put in front of me I'm going to eat. This is Tony's show, it's how it works.
And so he said goat's head stew. And so I'm like, okay, cool. And we get there, it turns out, goat's head stew is just a goat's head that they put on a table that's been stewed and they rip all the meat off of the head. Everything.
Everything that is eatable. When you see it in the episode, you can see me, actually, looking like I think I'm handling it and my eyes are this big and I chew for what must have been 20 minutes to get the goat's head stew, chewed up enough to swallow. And I was like there were better meals in Kenya, many better meals, but that was my welcome to "Parts Unknown" moment that I'll never forget. (EN VIDEO CLIP)
LEMON: I love Tony and I love W., but no goat's head. It's interesting to watch, so make sure you tune in. The new CNN film, "Roadrunner," a film about Anthony Bourdain. It premieres Sunday night, 9:00 p.m. right here on CNN.
And thank you for watching everyone. Our coverage continues now with John Vause.
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Mind Blowing
When I take time to contemplate the wonders and glory of God, I become completely awestruck and normally end up falling down in worship of His greatness. We like to use words like "awesome" to describe His power, but the truth is no word can truly capture how amazing He is! God simply said "BANG" and not only did the entire universe burst into existence from nothing, but it all fell into perfect place, so that every meteor would collide with a planet at the exact moment God wanted it to. So that every bug would eat the exact leaf at the exact time that God wanted them to. So that everything always works out exactly as he intends.
Science tells me that following the Big Bang, had the universe expanded one second slower or one second faster than it did, life on Earth would have never existed. The Bang had to be perfectly timed for us to be alive today. Not only that, but the Bang set into motion a seemingly infinite number of events that would cause the universe, and the Earth, to develop exactly as He wanted them to. For example, at the Big Bang a series of events was set in motion that culminated with an asteroid colliding with Earth at the exact moment He wanted it to, so as to wipe out the dinosaurs and give rise to mammals.
God not only knows everything that is going to happen in the future, He also knows every possible scenario that could happen. This is mind-blowing to me! He knows what will happen if I leave the house a minute faster or slower than I do. He not only knows the good and bad choices that I and everyone else in this world are going to make, and the consequences of those choices; but He knows the consequences that would have arisen had we made a different set of choices. That is how He works all things for good! (Rom 8:28). Giving a Biblical example: God knew what would happen if Pontius Pilate was governor on the first Good Friday. And He also knew what would have happened if someone else were governor; or if the Roman empire had not even existed.
It is impossible for my finite brain t comprehend God's infinite power and sometimes my head hurts when I attempt to contemplate it! God knows all. He created all. He understands all. As God said to Job: "Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth? Tell me, if you have understanding." (Job 38:4). I do not have understanding. I am simply a being of His creation, blessed to be made in His image. It is God who laid the mountains and populated the heavens with stars. It is God who dug the seas and set the rings around Saturn. It is God who gave us light and it is God who gives us life. This is why it is best if I simply surrender to Him. Attempting to fight God's plan for my life would be as useless as the grass attempting to fight my plan for its height. I stand in awe of God and His power and might, and I know my proper place is bowing low to the ground worshipping before Him! (Deut. 26:10).
Today's prayer:
Oh Lord, Your infinite power is so awesome that words have not been invented to adequately describe it. Before You I am nothing, and I only matter because You--in Your unending mercy--have chosen to love me. I worship You completely, and pray that You will work all things for the good of Your people. I pray also that You will guide my life into conformity with Your perfect will, so that I may serve and please You forever.
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Нептун долго не хотели признавать планетойIt so happens that scientists, like a curious character known fables by I. A. Krylov, able not to notice the elephant even when it is very close. Yes there elephant - whole planet! That is what happened with Uranus and Neptune - planets of the Solar system that astronomers have repeatedly seen, but felt that watching unknown stars.
It is not negligence or conservatism of thinking is just not always possible to distinguish unusual from the banal, on which attention should be paid not worth it. That's why astronomers long time could not open a planet called Neptune, although it was repeatedly caught in their field of vision. Because of this, there is a strong opinion as if it was opened by what is called the "tip", that is, by means of calculations. But everything was much more interesting - this object astronomers have seen before, but had no idea that watching an unknown planet in the Solar system. However, let's do first things first.
As we remember, all planets beyond Saturn, to the naked eye from Earth is not visible. So some of antique and medieval astronomers did not know about the existence of such objects as Uranus and Neptune (not to mention the dwarf planets in the Kuiper belt, which include Pluto, Sedna and many others). About them it became known only after the advent of telescopes, but scientists waited incidents is often astronomer who observed these remote gas giants, had no idea that they are planets.
So, the seventh planet in the Solar system which was later named Uranus was discovered 1690 British astronomer John Plasticom, however, he took her for a new star in the constellation of Taurus. And only in 1781 known astronomer William Herschel, watching this strange object, he realized that he represents a planet. Although he did not immediately come to a conclusion at first Herschel declared Uranium variable star, after they considered it to be a comet, and only carefully examining the orbit of this mysterious heavenly body, still found it an unknown planet.
Well, the story of the discovery of Neptune was even more fun. Saw him the first time the great Galileo Galilei in 1612. However, an outstanding scientist decided it fixed star - in that as Neptune appears on compiled by Galileo map of the sky. Then, in 1795, the same star" long enough watched the Frenchman Joseph the Lalande - he even managed to write a detailed description of this object. Finally, in 1830, John Herschel (son of William) again discovered this object, but also found it an unknown star.
However, in the 30-ies of the last century has led to a discussion about why orbit open senior Herschel Uranium this wrong. There were many different opinions - and that Uranium is a major partner, and that this planet in its motion tests resistance gas-dust environment, which fills the interplanetary space, and even that Uranium is not subject to the laws of Newton and Kepler. Interestingly, long time no one imagined that this object can be some big planet.
For the first time this idea came to English astronomer Thomas Hussey, who suggested Shuranova planet in 1834, in a letter to his colleague George airy. Airy expressed doubt that such a hypothesis would be able to prove too difficult at that time was to observe such a remote objects.
In the end, Hussey refused further exploration of the mysterious planet, but the content of his writing became known to the young astronomer John Couch Adams. He took the idea Hussey enthusiastically and began to carry out the necessary calculations, the data for which he has kindly given above airy, and another colleague Adams, astronomer James Chellis. To 1845 Adams accurately calculated the orbit of the new planet and reported this to Chellis, however, the promising start of observation, and has not done so.
Meanwhile, another astronomer by the name Urbain leverye also began calculations orbit mysterious planet. Although he finished them later Adams (in 1846), somehow airy treated him with great confidence. As a result, 29 July 1846 began the search for a new planet, which in September was completed successfully. Astronomer Johann Gottfried Galle and his assistant Heinrich Louis d'the ARRA discovered Neptune exactly where he was supposed to be according to the calculations leverye. Halle informed his French counterpart and since then two of these astronomer considered pioneers of Neptune, which, as mentioned above, have seen many astronomers.
Interestingly, Adams did not offended by leverye and did not prove the priority of its calculations. Moreover, two scientists began to correspond and even made friends. By the way, Adams until the end of life denied any involvement to the discovery of Neptune, even though he was the first to calculate the orbit of this planet. Moreover, he refused noble title and designated Director of the Royal Greenwich Observatory - all he wanted to award the priority in the discovery of a new planet.
However, the incidents in the history of Neptune did not end there. The name for the new planet proposed Director of Pulkovo Observatory Vasily Yakovlevich Struve - the man who in his time John Herschel wrote that he saw an unknown star, later proved to Neptune. Interestingly, Professor Struve was one of the most fervent opponents of the idea of finding for Uranium any planet. However, this same planet in the end was fixed just the name, which gave man to the very end did not believe in the possibility of its existence...
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Balancing Your Body and Mind
A Water Birth for Our Daughter
By Katya
This post may give you a bit of an idea why we haven’t been into making videos for almost a year, we’ve been a bit busy!
It’s with great pride that we introduce Soleil Ariya Struve. She was born at 7 lbs, 13 oz, and 22 inches. We filmed my birth experience as a memory, but also to support women considering giving birth outside the hospital. The article below is my thoughts about my pregnancy and birth experience.
I hope it inspires you.
Everyone recommended that I get an epidural to avoid the pain…
But after reading about all the benefits of natural birth, both in the short term and long term, I decided to give birth naturally.
It’s really easy to eliminate the pain of natural birthing with our hospital system. Doctors these days offer epidural shots to anyone who wants one. They offer to induce labor with pitocin. They offer to schedule cesarean operations so women don’t have to inconvenience themselves with an unknown time of delivery. Does it mean it’s safe? No. But so many of us readily go that direction and never ask if there are any consequences.
It seems from the time we were born into this culture, that everything is done for us, so we don’t have to think or struggle. But there are consequences. Avoiding life challenges over and over makes us not trust our own bodies and inner judgment. It builds bad habits of shifting responsibility onto others. After years of this, we almost never question anything.
Maybe this is why do so many of us women think we are physically limited and weak. Why we are intimidated by the thought of giving birth. Instead of acknowledging what we are truly capable of, historically, we would rather escape the effort of learning about ourselves, our strengths and our capability. Why do we keep running away from nature?
If you knew you were fit enough to run a marathon and you knew that you would finish no matter how tired you became, would you be more inclined to run it? I see the challenge of birthing in a similar way.
I decided against an epidural because I didn’t want to be stripped of my physical and psychological transformation into the strength of motherhood. The perseverance it takes to make it through birthing is essential to strong motherhood. It isn’t a nuisance to me.
During the first 7 months of my pregnancy, we lived in Florida. I went to the doctor twice. It was during my 1st trimester. It was an awful experience for me. The guy (I won’t even call him a doctor) scolded me for not having already completed routine tests that he recommended (like down syndrome testing, which is an invasive test, and should be left to a woman’s discretion). Both times I left the appointment I felt very discouraged, confused and emotional. Not the way a healthy mother should have to feel. But this told me how the healthcare system would treat giving birth too. Many times it seems doctors are more concerned with managing procedure than giving attentiveness to the emotional state of the woman and the impact it has on a healthy delivery. They just expect you to take their advice as gospel. It’s so much harder to communicate that way.
I didn’t want to give birth in an impersonal hospital environment. When I considered it, I imagined getting invaded, in one way or another, held captive, confined to a bed, with doctors coming in and out with prodding speculums, forceps, needles and chemicals. Then I imagined the paperwork, ‘red tape’ and the confusing manner they explain themselves, which makes me feel like something is always wrong with me . They always leave you guessing. Their ability to offer solid council has been compromised by the fear of malpractice lawsuits. Yes, they are justified as they are stuck in a healthcare machine, but where does that leave a woman like me?
water-birthI started looking into alternative methods. When I first watched a water birth video, it was so different. Beautiful, expressive, and powerful. The woman seemed like she was stable and knew what she was doing. The people around her looked very loving and attentive instead of cold and callous. It was a little strange to me. I used to believe that birthing without a doctor and instruments was only something when there was no other option, and of course I thought it was very risky and dangerous.
After reading more, I understood how important privacy and concentration is. Better to not have many distractions, to have the ability to move around as you wish, and have the option to be surrounded by people of your choosing. I learned that it takes preparing yourself and realized that it’s exactly the opposite from what we are conditioned to believe.
I’m not saying my birth was perfect or orgasmic like some women say. Despite all my preparation and learning, birth challenged me more than anything else. I couldn’t have predicted the way I reacted. I went from being super excited about my first contraction, to being worried, to panicking when they intensified, to absolutely doubting myself, to thinking about the disturbing indifference of nature, even though Matt and other supportive people were around me. During the peak contractions, I questioned my sanity for choosing to do this without drugs.
After a few hours, the contractions increased in strength and frequency and I didn’t think I could bear it any longer. I asked Matt to take me to the hospital. Inwardly I hated that I was giving up, even for just mentioning it. I felt like i was letting him down, letting myself down. Matt knew that I wanted to do it naturally. He was so amazing. When I begged him to tell the midwives, he didn’t say he wouldn’t, but at the same time he told me that this is what I truly wanted and that hospitals were not the best choice and it could end up really bad in the long run.
He and Suzy (my midwife) finally calmed me down. Suzy offered to hold my hand through every contraction.She knew what I was going through, and trusting her authority made a big difference.
As time went on, I tried everything I could to force relief of the pain. I tried the water, I laid down on the bed, I stood in the shower, got on my hands and knees, I even sat on a toilet. My attitude gradually changed. When i realized that nothing could be done, and that it was MY responsibility to deliver my baby, I began surrendering to the force in my body that created the pain. I realized that hating each contraction wasn’t working. It gave no relief. I began mindlessly floating inside and breathing in a different way. Very long and drawn out exhalations. I figured out how to emotionally “flow.”
Matt stayed behind me, breathing with me and loving me, while my midwife was holding my hand and looking into my eyes silently telling me that I’m doing it fine, that I was progressing perfectly, that I was making it through the hardest part of the labor.
When it finally came time to push, the buoyancy of the water felt the best and I stayed in the bathtub. Resisting each contraction was long gone, I had nothing but total focus on the present moment, and just “went with it.” It was definitely brought me to a true self realization and a spiritual discovery of a strength I never thought I had in me for a million years. The experience gave birth to a more powerful version of myself.
And I was able to return home two hours after delivery.
ancient-doulaIn spite of how challenging it was, the entire process felt simple and pure. My body (without all the distractions and bright lights and beeping noises and doctors apprehensions in a hospital) instinctively knew what to do every step of the way. My midwife reminded me of that many times.
But it seems the hospital business of giving birth these days is built on building women’s fears. There are more cesareans than ever now. Why? Because there are more epidural procedures than ever now, messing up the delicate hormonal balance that ensures delivery. Why? Because the shot is so convenient. The doctor offers it freely so why wouldn’t you? If you are going through the greatest struggle you’ve ever felt, and some doctor offers you relief, you will probably take it! Hospitals and modern culture have enabled us from finding deep inner strength.
I would agree that epidurals are okay in some specific cases, but not for the majority. Cesareans, inductions, and heavy doses of pain medication shouldn’t be the norm, yet they are. If women were given proper education about both sides (the benefits of natural and hospital) and still choose to do it with an epidural, that’s fine. I’m all for freedom of choice. My REAL problem is that we aren’t told the true consequences from doctors. They only gave me information to be fearful and suspicious of.
Of course I prepared for the worst case senario, just in case. But that didn’t mean I had to “expect” complications. I knew there is always a risk with everything. You might get in a fatal car accident driving to the dry cleaners, but does that mean you should hide away in your house for the rest of your life? Throughout history women have given birth just fine. Yes there were fatalities, but there were no hospitals for back up plans either. Yes my pain was earth shattering at times, but I knew it was there for a reason. It’s supposed to be painful. Sometimes its good to be shattered.
What doesn’t kill you, makes you stronger.
But for me it wasn’t really about being brave or tough, or about being counter culture, or crunchy granola, or some other birth fad. It was about protecting myself and my baby from all the unnecessary interventions that get pushed on you inside a hospital setting. I’ve believed in nature for years, and felt it was my responsibility to give birth in the best natural way.
We must seek answers from each other, not from systems with hidden financial agendas for recommend procedures and medications. There is plenty of unbiased information and true facts across the internet. Bravely facing natural birth takes preparation and endurance – mentally and physically. It may be not for everyone.
Now more and more women are “choosing” to give birth outside of the hospital. This is wonderful. But so many still don’t even know they have an option. I feel a need to reach out to them, to offer my story and my compassion, to empower them to know they don’t have to make fear based decisions. That’s why Matt and I made this video.
I hope this article and video leaves you with inspiration to learn more about natural birth. Stay strong and know you can do it!
With love and sincerity,
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List Of 10 The Best Edibles That You Need To Try
That you never need to smoke to feel the Rocky Mountain High. This is where recreational bud is valid, you can find lots of methods to have pleasure in cannabis which do not demand a pipe, bong, or combined. The edible spectacle is enormous, too.
And those edibles go much further compared to skunky, green brownies. In Colorado, you can discover nice truffles, luxury chocolates, suckers, gummies, drinks, candies, and sometimes even cannabis-infused butter and oils in the event that you would like to attempt and bake your loaded dessert.
There are CBD donuts, Rice Krispie treats, like peppermint, cakes, coffee, and something such as peanut butter. Ostensibly, if you’re able to bake it, then you also can secure baked because of it.
Edible recommends adjusting the possibility’s discretion; you could choose a nibble without drawing attention, and though others might have an odor for them, many often to be quite subtle. Edibles are popular among several athletes and also those who do not desire smoke in their lungs.
Plus, some edibles might be entirely yummy.
Uncertain what to take to? We asked nearby lovers and budtenders to urge their beloved cannabis-infused edibles. Here is their top.
Love’s Oven
Enjoy’s Oven can be really actually just a Denver-based bakery run with a classically trained pastry chef, Hope Frahm, that caused a number of their most useful restaurateurs outthere.
“Love’s Oven is fantastic merchandise only because they provide strain-specific services and products and that means that you really can dial on your adventure,” she states.
She recommends the 10:1 CBD lineup.
“Their products are yummy and extend sweet and savory possibilities, by their bestselling baklava for their own savory rosemary cheddar crackers,” Seldon McGregor states.
Would like to get the hands on several Love’s Oven services and products? Following is a map of at which you’re able to purchase them. At over a hundred dispensaries around Colorado, these goodies are simple to discover.
The Rosen Group
Wa Na is just one of those top-selling edibles in Colorado, praised because of his or her gummies.
Even the gummies can be found in various flavors, such as mixed, strawberry, vanilla, blueberry, cherry, and yuzu. It is also possible to have them into class-specific options (sativa and indica) in addition to a wide selection of CBD and THC ratios, allowing for clients to restrain the degree of psychoactivity they want. Wa Na additionally makes good fresh fruit lozenges, referred to as Wa Na Drops, which can be found in tangerine, kiwi strawberry, and vanilla.
“Wa-Na gummies are an individual favorite as they’re consistent and potent. Plus so they taste yummy. The recipes really are elegant therefore you never taste a dose of this cannabis just as far as the cure,” says Nancy Whiteman, creator, and CEO.
GroundSwell Cannabis Boutique
Consumers love it is consistent.
Because Cheebas taste really superior, it’s easy to get carried off and bite more than you are able to tolerate. Simply take it slow and enjoy the flavor that is award-winning.
If you are a newcomer into the cannabis scene, then proceed with care and have your physician first.
Not only medical chews!
Coda chocolates appear to be about everyone’s recommendation checklist.
The staff in Dank Dispensary at Denver exceptionally recommends those chocolates, notably the”Coffee and Donuts” pub, in addition to the lineup of truffles. All these arrive in convenient 10-milligram doses, and that means you understand just how much you’re consuming. No imagining. It will help cut down to the odds to become “excessive,” a more frequent complaint concerning edibles.
Coda also sells sexy chocolate spoons: 10 mg per cup.
Dank Dispensary additionally advocates sweet-grass Kitchen’s top-notch baked-goods, particularly, that the brownie snacks and chocolate chip biscuits.
Sweetgrass is really actually just a Denver-based, small-batch bakery that is famous for its persistent goodies (analyzed by multiple licensed labs) made out of slow-simmered, triple-strained, full-flower cannabutter made without extracts or hash.
Find sweet-grass’s biscuits in over 100 stores over their country, both medical and recreational.
This really isn’t exactly an edible just as far since this is really just a”drinkable.”
This is just actually really a favorite solution for healthy travelers that need a refreshing beverage rather than a dessert or snack. These punches are organic and vegetarian and arrive in refreshing tastes like watermelon. They truly are organic, fermented, soy-free and corn-syrup totally, too.
Bonus: CannaPunch offers a Dutch Girl lineup, infused caramel waffles which can be motivated by Deadly Stroopwafels.
BlueKudu, of Denver, creates hot chocolates in many different varieties of thc edibles canada levels, doses, and tastes, such as cherry, vanilla black chocolate, and biscuits, and cream. You may even search for services and products from additional health factors, for example as for example glutenfree and fats that are high.
Coffee fans that are able to endure a greater degree of THC (100 mg) could delight in the Coffee Crunch chocolate bar, made out of chocolate along with coffee beans.
Its handmade products are famous because of its consistency and quality, also so for tasting great.
The flavor mix is exceptional and is useful; this really is only one of Incredibles’ initial products plus something which helped get them onto the map anyplace.
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Want to begin super-slow?
There are a few warnings to think about before you pop out up a cannabis bite. Mainly, edibles input the blood otherwise compared to, say, a bong hit and usually takes a very long time for you to take effect. This regularly contributes to novices carrying yet another snack and getting greater than they’d desired.
It’s ideal to start feeble, approximately 5 to 10 mg. It might activate when 30 minutes later swallowing, however, it might also use as much as two weeks. Wait out until you take the next dose.
Even a similar-looking item, even by exactly precisely the exact same brand, might possibly have different dosing. It could additionally affect you from 1 day to another location, thanks to that which you’ve eaten daily or the way you’re feeling. Jet disturbance, hunger, and fatigue can play a job, and the ones are common facets of traveling.
Additionally, make certain to realize Colorado’s legislation about recreational cannabis ingestion. You’re only permitted to have a very particular amount simultaneously, and that’s for edibles, too. You may also simply eat up cannabis lawfully if you’re 21 or older, exactly like alcohol.
Additionally, continue to keep edibles far from kids and pets. They are sometimes mistaken for candies.
If you’d like a quicker high minus the smoke, then enquire about sublingual edibles. You place those under your tongue so when they melt they directly go in the blood vessels, as opposed to needing to produce it all of the way throughout your GI tract, such as with food. A good illustration of this sort of raw is that L’Eagle drops, comprising 100 mg of THC.
Eat up Safely
Bear in mind, proceed slowly when swallowing cannabis-infused edibles.
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There’s nothing quite like a relaxing soak in an Turkish bath. It is possible to make a trip to the spa in order to get energized. You can soak in the tub or lay on a towel and take your Turkish bath. The Turkish bath massage is a wonderful option to cleanse and revitalize. The hot temperature can help remove impurities from the body, and also open up the pores to allow for better elimination.
When they hear the term “turkish baths” the majority of people imagine hot tubs. But Turkish baths go far beyond the hot bath. Turkish baths are able to remove pollutants, dirt, and pores, allowing to easily remove any blockages. Turkish Baths continue to be followed by relaxing hot foam massages.
There are various kinds of Turkish baths. Turkish Baths, 용인출장마사지 Hamams and Hammams to name a few. Hammams Hammam is similar to a sauna, except that a towel is placed on the ground. This produces a heating sensation and gives the chance to massage your whole body in the center. Hamams look similar to each other however the heating element under the water is what warms you as you soak.
There are two types of Turkish baths. There is a red version that is utilized for therapeutic purpose. It is made of clay and medicinal herbs and has a scent similar to lavender. The white variety is made of marble , and is usually employed for decorative purposes. Both types can be used to describe spa experiences.
A Turkish spa or bath can provide massages, which are among the most relaxing ways to relax. In fact, many people consider it to be their top aspect of their experience. Learn the most effective techniques for giving an excellent masseuse treatment by taking the class with your instructor.
The act of getting out of the hot water is usually enough to ease tension in muscles and increase the flow of blood. This can benefit all parts of the body, including the hands, face and feet. It’s an excellent idea to apply creams such as butter cream or maracuja. They have a relaxing effect.
The therapist may also apply gentle massages to various parts of your body. This can help to ease the stress of the day and helps you relax into a calm state. The massage may provide lasting benefits even if scheduled once per week. It will also help reduce signs of getting older.
Your therapist will assist you do this properly. Your therapist will teach you how to sit, stand and move around. You could also be asked to hold various parts of your body in certain positions. For instance, you are to do this by bending over, and then letting your ankles slide down on the floor lightly. Then, repeat the procedure.
The best thing about the benefits of a Turkish bath massaging is the ability to soothe your mind. It can help relax your whole body and soul. It’s a simple method of improving the way you think. It will help you get rid of any pain.
To give your body a complete Turkish bath massage You can perform it by yourself. If you’re feeling like it and want to, invite some friends to join your. If you don’t, you can do it by yourself. A small towel can serve as a facilitator between you and your therapy therapist. It will ensure that you’re comfortable throughout the session.
So that soap residue can be eliminated, ensure you take a shower before heading out. Take out the knotted, heavy towels from the bathroom. Begin your healing by massaging the targeted area. It is possible to have someone help you massage the entire body. However, you will definitely feel better after receiving this treatment.
There are plenty of Turkish bath massagesavailable, but you can pick either a semi or touch-free treatment. It is not necessary to place your hands on the shoulders of your therapist. But it doesn’t mean that you can’t take care of things independently. You can still take a break, read, drink tea, sit down and take a shower and many more. This type of massage can still be enjoyable and can provide many benefits, among them relaxing.
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Bronco Billy (1980)
By Richard Winters
My Rating: 4 out of 10
4-Word Review: Rich lady and cowboy.
Bronco Billy (Clint Eastwood) is an aging modern-day cowboy who runs a traveling wild west show that is no longer attracting customers and making it hard for him to pay his employees. While at a gas station he meets Antoinette (Sondra Locke) a rich heiress with a haughty attitude who has just gotten dumped by her husband (Geoffrey Lewis) who also absconded with all of her money. Billy decides to hire her onto his show despite the fact that her presence causes animosity amongst the rest of his crew.
After Locke’s recent death, one person on Twitter, I don’t remember who, stated that this was the ‘greatest movie ever made’ and I’m not sure if he was joking or not, but if he wasn’t then I adamantly must disagree. The film does start out okay and even has a certain charm to it, but the story and situations get too exaggerated until it’s impossible to take any of it seriously while also being too hokey to find funny.
The biggest logic gaps occur during the story thread dealing with Lewis being convinced to lie to the authorities that he killed Locke even though he really didn’t, so that he can get his share of her inheritance once he gets out. He’s told that if he pleads insanity that he will be ‘guaranteed’ to be released in only 3 years, but when in the history of the world has this ever happened and who would ever be dumb enough to believe it? And that staying at a mental hospital is ‘no big deal’ and almost like a ‘resort’, which describes no mental hospital that I’ve ever head of. There’s also no attempt by the police, or at least none is ever shown, to investigate the case to make sure Locke really has been murdered and try and retrieve her body.
The proverbial barroom brawl segment (must every western-themed film have this?) that occurs in the middle is as cliched and silly as it sounds and puts the whole rest of the film on a very cartoonish level. What’s even dumber is that during the brawl Locke goes outside to the parking lot where she gets accosted by two men, but just before they’re able to assault her Eastwood and his buddies magically appear to save her, but how could they have no known that she was in trouble when just a minute before they were shown taking part in the wild ruckus inside?
Locke’s rich-bitch personality is too much of a caricature and quickly becomes irritating to the point that when she eventually does soften, which takes awhile, it still doesn’t help. Having her able to shoot a pistol just as well as Billy seems out of character and never sufficiently explained. It would’ve been funnier had her dainty, cushy lifestyle been challenged more by throwing her into a rugged experience that she wasn’t used to, which doesn’t get played-up half as much as it could’ve or should’ve.
Eastwood’s character isn’t likable either. I would hate working for somebody that couldn’t pay me fore several months straight nor not allowing his employees to ad-lib any of their lines that he writes for them during the western skits that they put on even though people work better in their jobs when their allowed to have creativity and leeway in what they do and how they do it.
Why he would immediately fall head-over-heels for this woman is a mystery as Locke is only average in the looks department and her arrogant attitude is such an extreme turn-off that just about any guy would quickly dump her and never look back instead of continually pursuing her like Billy pretty much does here. Having them consummate their relationship should’ve only occurred at the very end while displaying much more of their personality clashes, which gets underplayed.
The scene where Billy and his gang try to hold-up a train is really funny and I enjoyed the inspired casting of having Woodrow Parfrey, who usually plays weirdo types, being cast as the head of the mental hospital, but other than that I felt the film was too predictable. You know where it’s headed right from the start and the theme of the old-fashioned, rugged individualist fighting more modern-day sensibilities has been done in so many other Eastwood films that here it becomes redundant.
My Rating: 4 out of 10
Release: June 11, 1980
Runtime: 1 Hour 56 Minutes
Rated PG
Director: Clint Eastwood
Studio: Warner Brothers
Available: DVD, Amazon Video, YouTube
Hearts of the West (1975)
hearts of the west
By Richard Winters
My Rating: 7 out of 10
4-Word Review: Budding writer travels west.
My Rating: 7 out of 10
Released: October 8, 1975
Runtime: 1Hour 42Minutes
Rated PG
Director: Howard Zieff
Studio: MGM
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RUSH: This is Key in San Francisco. Thank you. It’s great to have you here. I love San Francisco. It’s great to hear from somebody from there. How are you?
CALLER: I’m doing great, Rush. Mega dittos. Thank you for listening to me today. I firmly believe — I’ve been listening to you since my college day when you were in Sacramento. I firmly believe conservatism — when articulated clearly and when practiced faithfully and without apology — wins every time.
So I am incensed when I look at the current political landscape when I look at the establishment Republicans and I look at the opportunity that they are squandering. Because not since when Reagan got a chance to position conservatism against the failed liberal policies of Carter, have we ever been given an opportunity to so clearly position ourselves as conservatives and how different we are.
RUSH: Amen!
CALLER: You look across this country. You look at every major metropolitan area that has been controlled by Democrats and liberals for the last 50 years. You look at Detroit and every other area where you just have to show up and point fingers and show what liberalism unchecked can do.
When you look and listen to the very polls that you just mentioned in the first hour, when you have union members who are upset with Obamacare, never has this country been more hungry and waiting to listen to and be open to an alternative to the failed liberal policies we’re seeing on display each and every day. So when I see establishment Republicans just squander this opportunity…
They will never have an opportunity like this again, not in my lifetime — and, Rush, I’m in my early 40s. I’ve got a seven-year-old; I’ve got a four-year-old. They can see conservatism flourish for the rest of their lifetimes if we don’t squander this opportunity. And you, sir, have always said, “Liberals will always show you what they’re afraid of.” When you look at Lois Lerner and IRS and all these scandals, who are they targeting?
It’s not the establishment Republicans. It’s conservatives because they fear conservatism.
RUSH: This guy… You obviously have been listening to me since the Sacramento days, because there’s nothing wrong with what you said. You are absolutely right! But I want to ask you a question.
CALLER: Yes, sir?
RUSH: Why do you think the establishment Republicans don’t see it that way?
CALLER: Because I don’t think they care. You know, the difference is… Again, the first president that I, in my childhood, was aware of was Reagan, and one thing about Reagan was that you knew here’s a gentleman who believes — who not only believes in what he says, but cares about his country. He wants to put his country first. When I look at the landscape today, I see a bunch of career politicians who are more concerned about getting reelected, about staying in power, than putting the interests and the needs of their nation first.
RUSH: Now, wait. Wait, though. Wait a minute. Net me play devil’s advocate. You just said — and a lot of people agree with you — that this nation is hungering and thirsting for an alternative to be articulated well and reasonably and with good cheer, and the people are just dying to vote for it. So if that’s driving them, their effort to be re-elected, why don’t they do what you say they should do?
CALLER: Because I don’t believe they’re true conservatives. I don’t believe that they believe in conservatism.
RUSH: All right, and why not? I’m going to keep drilling down, because there are answers to all these questions I’m asking. Why not?
CALLER: Well, again, because they are listening to the media, the way that they’re being portrayed. As you said many times: They just want to be liked, and in their minds they think if they just espouse conservatism, they won’t be liked. Somehow they have it in their minds that to retain power, to get reelected, they have to be liked.
RUSH: There is a specific answer to my question, and you’ve given part of it. But in the real world of politics, one of the reasons is — in addition to what you said — when they see conservatism, they see Barry Goldwater. They see a landslide defeat. They see a Republican Party in the wilderness for 40 years. They don’t see the beginning of a movement. They don’t see something that led to Ronald Reagan. They don’t see Reagan. They see Goldwater.
Their consultants see that. They are not conservative, as you say. They have also, I think, as establishment types… How many times have you heard what you would think are conservative media say, “You know, the American people have made up their minds and they actually want a big, energetic government and president”? Executive, they call him. “They want this. We have got to adjust to the reality that the American people want a large, efficient, energetic government working for them.
“We have to convince them that we can do it better and smarter.” That’s the current mindset of Republican consultants, many in the so-called conservative media, who advise the Republicans that you are talking about. You throw that into the mix in addition to everything you said that they’re not really conservative. And there’s another big one, too. They don’t believe in smaller government.
Government is the answer to everything. Government is where they make their money. Government is where they have their contracts. Government is where they go to do lobbying work after they finish their work in office and really score, and without big government for lobbyists to massages and manipulate and earn big money, there could be no big financial opportunity!
“You’ve got to have a big government so that it can be massaged and managed and manipulated, scored money off of and so forth,” and that really is it. Follow the money and you’ll have the answers to many questions. At the root of it, they really aren’t conservative, but they’re not conservative because it embarrasses them. They think pro-life is a killing issue, for example. Social issues and everything. The things that they’ve won on are the things that they’re afraid of!
CALLER: I agree wholeheartedly, Rush. As a son of immigrants… My family immigrated here when I was a young child and I will tell you, though, that America — the America that conservatism stands for — is why people have immigrated to this country for so many years and still do. It is for what America, even to this day, still stands for. Nothing better epitomizes that America than conservatism.
RUSH: No question about it. There’s another thing, too. You and I look at what’s happening in the country and we see a crisis. We see a crisis that really threatens the existence of America as founded. The Republicans you’re talking about don’t see that. They don’t see a spending crisis. That’s not a problem. Have you ever seen them reduce spending?
RUSH: They don’t believe that’s a problem. They’ll tell you, “Look, man, the national debt’s been growing ever since I was a kid and we’re still here. There isn’t any problem. That’s an old shibboleth. It’s not going to kill us. It’s no big deal.” They just don’t see the world the same way that you do, and it’s a shame. But at the root of it, you’re right: They’re not conservative. We can get into the whys and wherefores of it and that’s useful simply as an information or educational exercise, but that remains the fact.
In fact, not only are they not, they are wrong about it.
They have fears about it that are misconstrued.
If you associate… If all conservatism to you is Barry Goldwater — and believe me, don’t discount that. That, to them, is what’s going to happen if we nominate a conservative. Why do you think they keep nominating moderate, Northeastern Republicans? They think conservatism equals landslide defeat. Why they don’t see Reagan is probably rooted in the fact that they don’t want to admit that they were wrong and they really don’t want to get into the argument of smaller government.
Because they really, really don’t want to do the work necessary to make that happen.
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Chicken Biryani
1. Chicken (preferably Boneless or Legs)
2. Basmati Rice
3. 1/2 Onion
4. 1/2 Tomato
5. Lemon
6. Ginger Garlic Paste
7. Fresh Coriander
8. Cooking Oil
9. Pure Ghee
10. Spices: Salt, Turmeric, Red Chilli Powder, Black Pepper, Cumin (Jira) Powder, Coriander (Dhania) Powder, Garam Masala, Cloves, Cardamom (Elaichi), Cinnamon Sticks (Dalchini)
11. Optional: Saffron (Kesar) and Cashews if available
Cooking Instructions:
1. Marinate chicken with salt, turmeric, red chilli powder, black pepper, lemon juice, ginger garlic paste and fresh coriander
2. Cook chicken in pressure cooker with sufficient water
3. In a mixer, make paste with onions, tomato, fresh coriander, 2-3 sticks of cloves and cardamom
4. In rice cooker, add basmati rice and water
5. Add spices to rice: salt, turmeric, red chilli powder, black pepper, cumin powder, coriander powder, garam masala, 1-2 cinnamon stick
6. Add 2 spoons of onion, tomato paste made in [3]
7. Add ginger garlic paste
8. Add lemon juice and fresh coriander
9. Add 1 spoon of cooking oil and 2 spoons of pure ghee or butter
10. If available, add saffron and fried cashews for additional taste
11. When rice is partially cooked, add cooked chicken pieces and 1/2 bowl of chicken broth (water used to cook chicken)
12. Serve hot
Cooking Preparations:
1. Marinated Chicken
2. Onion, Tomato, Coriander Paste (with Cloves, Cardamom for Extra Flavor)
4. Chicken Broth
5. Making Biryani in Rice Cooker
Final Dish:
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Global Agriculture, Uncategorized
Ice Gazing
Greetings from the farthest point south that this fellow has ever traveled! The Patagonian region of Argentina is home to the the third largest ice field in the world, and Los Glaciares National Park. At roughly 18,000 square kilometers, the ice covers an area larger than the entire state of Connecticut.
We visited the Perito Moreno glacier, the third largest glacier in the field. It sits in a state of equilibrium, neither advancing nor retreating from its current location since records have been kept. As ice falls from the front of the glacier, an equal amount of ice is created in the rear. This process happens very slowly, as the ice that reaches the face of the glacier is 300-400 years old. It takes about 10 years for a snowflake to turn into glacial ice, with the local sunlight, temperature and altitude assisting the process. The oldest and most dense of this ice appears to be blue, while streaks of minerals dash across the glacier’s face. Perito Moreno rises up to 200 feet above the lake’s surface and dips 350-450 feet below the water level.
The glacier continually moves, advancing about six feet per day. Ice constantly falls from the glacier into Lake Argentino in spectacular fashion. The ice cracks with the sound of thunder and the lake’s glass-like surface comes alive with waves created by the force of the falling ice’s impact.
Every 2-6 years the glacier advances far enough to create a dam between two fingers of the lake. The water builds up and eventually cuts an arch under the ice. As the arch weakens, the ice collapses and explodes from the pressure of the water behind it.
Our excursion with park guide Marcelo took us through high and low views of the South and North Face of Perito Moreno. The pictures shown here can hardly share the majesty of what we witnessed.
The glacier provides life to the Patagonia Steppe. Much of the area receives less than 2 inches of annual rainfall. The water of Lake Argentino serves as the water source for El Calafate, and provides ground water for the few estancias (ranches) that dot the arid countryside. It also makes a nice compliment to any beverage at the park’s snack bar!
Stay tuned for more coverage from VALOR’s stay in the Patagonian step….
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New zamboni arrives for Glenboro Arena
The old Zamboni, after travelling thousands of miles resurfacing the ice in the Glenboro Rink, had become unreliable and developed some issues that would be expensive to fix.
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September has come and (almost) gone, and while Apple did have an event this month, the company did not launch new iPhones as it typically does.
Officially, there’s no word on when the iPhone 12 (all four of them) will launch. We know that Apple has had to postpone the launch due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but with the holiday season coming up, the company likely doesn’t want to wait very long.
So, what’s the most probable date for the iPhone 12? Judging by several recent reports, it’s Oct. 13.
Leaker of smartphone things Jon Prosser said his sources told him the launch is happening on Oct. 13, with pre-orders starting on Oct. 16, and in-store availability on Oct. 23. In August, Prosser said the iPhone 12 event is happening sometime between Oct. 12–18, though he also said that iPhone 12 Pro devices will be available for pre-order and shipping in November.
Both AppleInsider and MacRumors agree with the Oct. 13 launch date, citing their own sources.
It’s also worth noting that Apple often announces new products on Tuesdays, and it typically did have October events following the September event, so the Oct. 13 date fits the bill nicely.
Apple is rumored to launch four new iPhones at the event: the “regular” 5.4-inch and 6.1-inch iPhone 12 models, and the 6.1-inch and 6.7-inch iPhone 12 Pro variants. The phones are likely to have Apple’s new A14 chip, 5G connectivity, OLED displays, and a new design, reminiscent of the iPad Pro.
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Satisfaction guaranteed | Teen Life Christian Youth Articles, Daily Devotions
Satisfaction guaranteed
Trying to find joy in your life, but don't know where to start looking?
Where do you get your satisfaction? Parties, shopping, friends, your girlfriend or boyfriend?
Fervr had a chat with the always amusing Dave Miers, the upcoming speaker at RICE rally and youth pastor at St Faith’s Anglican Church Narrabeen, about the pitfalls of temporary satisfaction.
We asked Dave to tell us why he is so passionate about helping teens find real satisfaction. Here's some of what he said:
I’m desperate to urge teenagers to see the foolishness in investing in something that only lasts for a breath, that only lasts for a vapour.
Ultimately, true and lasting satisfaction comes only in and through the Lord Jesus Christ, and it’s a satisfaction that’s not just about here and now, it’s not just about a temporary satisfaction, but ultimately it’s about an eternal satisfaction that is found in knowing the one who made us and knowing the one who has died for us.
In John 4, Jesus talks to the Samaritan woman about the water in the well. He tells her that all who drink the water will be thirsty again, but whoever drinks the water that he gives, will never be thirsty again.
So I think ultimately what Jesus offers is water that truly satisfies and truly quenches a thirst, not just for here and now, for the instant, but for eternity.
If it is true that Jesus is so satisfying, why do most of us end up looking elsewhere?
I think we’re in a culture of instant gratification. We’re used to getting things immediately. We have fast food. We have fast internet connections. We’ve got fast downloads.
Another reason is living in a hyper-visual society versus not being able to physically see Jesus or eternal life.
We seek after those temporary things because we can see them and they’re there in front of us and they’re attractive to the eye.
So Dave, how is it possible for anyone to find satisfaction in Jesus?
We need to take a step back and look at eternity and keep our eyes fixed on Jesus. Look back to what he has done on the cross for us two thousand years ago.
We need to admit that we’ve sought satisfaction in places other than Him and pray for His help in finding fulfilment only in Him.
Teenagers today are finding satisfaction in things such as relationships, quick thrills, and experiences such as travel, parties, music festivals, sex, drugs and alcohol. This is a problem for two reasons. One: they miss the real source of satisfaction. Two: they settle for second best. "We were made for much more".
Dave will be speaking at RICE rally this year. He said he wants to convince Christian teenagers that their faith in Jesus is an eternal investment. He also wants to challenge those who aren’t yet Christians to think about what their hope is in. “I want to urge them to put their hope in Jesus. I want them to see that He is really the one that brings lasting satisfaction through trusting in His death and His resurrection which guarantees the life to come for ever with Him.”
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Nurturing Module
Is your sales lead management system full of customers that have never been followed up? Do sales staff have hundreds, if not thousands of overdue customer contacts in their diaries? If this is the case, then very quickly your sales lead management system becomes ineffective. Sales staff stop using it properly leading to missed follow-ups and ultimately, thousands of Rand in missed sales.
The Nurturing Module’s Value
In our years of experience in the industry we have seen that sales executives are good at selling cars to people currently in the market for a new car and not at cold calling someone who potentially wanted to buy a car three years ago and is still in their database. Therefore, AutoSLM has addressed this issue by creating the role of Nurturer.
The Nurturer takes over from the salesperson providing proactive follow up to the prospect, looking after them until they are ready to re-enter the sales process, but now as a warm prospect.
A new Prospect scoring process ensures that the “warmest” prospects will be prioritised and contacted first. Using your existing database is the very cheapest way to generate leads! We have met a countless number of Dealers who have decades of customer data doing nothing or where the data was simply never collected.
The salesperson simply transfers the prospect to ‘Nurturing’ section via the AutoSLM system. Once in nurturing, we have a range of tools designed to keep in touch with the prospect. Our ‘Keep In Touch’ (KIT) system sends e-mail and SMS messages as automated routines and the Nurturer has their own diary to keep in contact. Once the prospect is ready, they are transferred into the salesperson’s diary for follow up.
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Urbanism 101
“… I have constructed in my mind a model city from which all possible cities can be deduced,” Kublai said. “It contains everything corresponding to the norm. Since the cities that exist diverge in varying degree from the norm, I need only foresee the exceptions to the norm and calculate the most probable combinations.”
“I have also thought of a model city from which I deduce all the others,” Marco answered. “It is a city made only of exceptions, exclusions, incongruities, contradictions. If such a city is the most improbable, by reducing the number of abnormal elements, we increase the probability that the city really exists. So I have only to subtract exceptions from my model, and in whatever direction i proceed, I will arrive at one of the cities which, always as an exception, exist. But I cannot force my operation beyond a certain limit: I would achieve cities too probable to be real.”
— from Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino
Positivism will eat itself
They’re mixing the Kool-Aid pretty strong in the Valley these days [via @moonandserpent]:
Julien Cuny and Louis-Pierre Pharand, former producers and creative directors at Ubisoft on Assassin’s Creed and FarCry, have formed a new development studio named PIXYUL. Their goal: to map our planet at 1:1 scale using drones, and use the resulting 3D recreation as the setting for a survival RPG called ReRoll.
Tell ’em how it goes, Georgie Borges…
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Sandra Kelly
School of Education
Doctor of Education (EdD)
Heidi Hunt
Achievement, College-Ready, Khan Academy, Mathematics, Prerequisite, Remediation
Education | Mathematics | Science and Mathematics Education
The purpose of this quasi-experimental study was to determine if using Khan Academy as math remediation for fifteen minutes per day during a ninth grade Math I class would significantly affect student math achievement as measured by the North Carolina READY Math I End-of-Course Assessment. This quantitative study conducted at two rural high schools in West Virginia used remediation theory to make a comparison against a control population with the independent variable being grade level instruction only or grade level instruction plus math remediation using Khan Academy. The participants in the study included 131 ninth grade high school students taking a Math I class in a traditional classroom setting between October 2016 and May of 2017. The researcher collected data from students’ pretest and posttest scores on the North Carolina READY Math I End-of-Course Assessment. The original intent was to use analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) to reduce the effects of any initial group differences. However, the data failed to pass the assumptions necessary for ANCOVA or t-test. So, a nonparametric test, Mann-Whitney U, was used in the analysis. There was no significant difference in the posttest scores of ninth grade Math I students receiving regular instruction only and those receiving regular instruction along with Khan Academy for math remediation. Suggestions for further research are included.
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What are the advantages, disadvantages and characteristics of the shear wall structure
1. The advantages of the shear wall structure: good integrity, large lateral rigidity, and small lateral displacement under the action of horizontal force; because there are no beams, columns, etc. exposed and protruded, it is convenient for the interior layout of the room.
2. Disadvantages of shear wall structure: the house can not provide a large space, the structural ductility is generally poor.
3. The characteristics of the shear wall structure one: the overall performance is good, the stiffness is large, the lateral deformation is small under horizontal action, and the bearing capacity requirements are relatively easy to meet. The lateral deformation is curved, but because the spacing of the shear wall cannot be Too large, so the layout is not flexible enough. In order to overcome its shortcomings, the frame-supported shear wall structure and the jump layer shear wall structure will be used.
4. Feature 2: The main function of the shear wall is to bear vertical load (gravity) and resist horizontal load (wind, earthquake, etc.).
5. Feature 3: The shear wall structure is composed of a wall and floor slabs. The disadvantage is that the shear wall cannot be dismantled or destroyed, which is not conducive to the formation of a large space, and the residents cannot modify the indoor layout by themselves.
6. Feature 4: Short-limb shear wall structure is more and more widely used. It adopts a shear wall with a small width (limb-to-thickness ratio). Residents can transform the indoor layout within a certain range, increasing flexibility, but this is because The reduction of the mechanical performance of the entire structure comes at the cost (although there have been experiments and studies showing that this reduction is relatively small).
7. Feature 5: According to the current situation in China, the pure shear wall structure is expensive to construct, difficult to construct, and consumes a lot of steel. Therefore, it is often necessary to reduce the standard due to the constraints of the construction unit and the seismic design of the structure due to the cost. Such structural forms.
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Tuesday, August 19, 2008
Me & Alice Cooper
So, I've decided that I'm not ready to go back to school. I keep singing "no more pencils, no more books..." in hopes that it will become a reality. My days are numbered, though. Fortunately one of the nice things about August and back-to-school is that they sell office supplies and I can usually justify buying something fun (or 20 glue sticks). As long as I've known myself, I've had this strange affinity for office supplies. I have favorite writing sticks that my students aren't allowed to touch (I have stopped class to have everyone look for one particular pen). There are more notepads in my house than anyone has a right to have. My dad buys me pens for Christmas, and I LOVE them! I have a red Swingline that is amongst my most favorite items. And, I asked for a Xerox machine for Christmas when I was 7. I'm not kidding.
In my attempts to make the most of this situation that I can no longer change, I'm trying to get energized. The stars are not aligning for me, though. I'm excited to see my schooly friends again, but sad because a couple of them won't be there (one getting her MS in Chemistry--I'm so jealous! and another off to a new job in CT). I'm excited to use my brain again, but know that I'll miss my little boy. I'm excited for the clean slate that the new year offers, but know that the same-old same-old stupid drama will infuse things in short time. I'm excited to earn money again, and there's no "but" to that one. So, I'm going to keep my head up and know that I'll feel better once things are swinging and that first paycheck is in the bank.
1. I thought I was the only one! Brett jokes that he is going to have my birthday party at Staples. Mr. Funny Man.
2. From one working mom to another, it will all be fine. :) Good luck and we will be thinking of you.
3. The Swingline is much better than the Boston.
I, too, have a weird sentimentality about office supplies. Back to School is one of my favorite times of the year, now that I'm an adult with an office. I think Brett has a good idea, there, actually. I wonder if they'd give us goodie bags...
You know that line in You've Got Mail about Fall in NYC and Tom Hanks talks about sending Meg Ryan bouquets of freshly sharpened pencils? That would totally win me over. Can't you just smell that? Mmmm....
You'll be fine, eventually. Joseph will also be fine (probably a lot sooner than you!). Hang in there.
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Mama, outraged at such a pronouncement, asserts that she is head situation, identity? After George leaves, Mama asks sparks another conversation about the extent of God’s providence. of going to work? the money changed Beneatha's 28. now say about them as "heroes"? What 79. Name two details that suggest this. What does she reveal to him? English. What significance or foreshadowing could this have? The Younger family lives in a cramped, "furniture crowded" apartment that is clearly too small for its five occupants in one of the poorer sections of Southside Chicago. her religion? that Mama has the right to decide how it is spent. money? What does he do? What details of the setting show that the apartment is crowded? this morning and calls her a lawn on which Travis can play. Her name sounds like "Beneath her". to exchange of words between Walter and his Mama's preparing her plant for the move as she listens to, 63. That Beneatha’s attitude toward him differs from Ruth’s or Mama’s Soon after Asagai leaves, the may result from the age difference among the three women. 23. Ruth seems to be on Walter’s side. Beneatha says Walter is no thing? living room. What happened to Ruth at the end of Act I Scene 1? Beneatha argues that God does not seem to help her or the family. comes out of the bathroom, what does he ask? mean by Their small wants Beneatha to be? exchange of words between Walter and, 14. Why was Mama getting a check for $10,000? bathroom, Ruth and Walter talk in the kitchen. 70. and Beneatha, and one for Ruth and Walter Lee. What did Ruth find out at the doctor's office? Mama and Ruth begin to tease Beneatha about the many In Act 1 of A Raisin in the Sun how do Ruth and Beneatha's attitude toward Mama's money contrast with Walter's, and what do these attitudes reveal about each character? 29. dwelling on the South Side of Chicago has two bedrooms—one for Mama How does their A summary of Part X (Section1) in Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun. He has been trying to tell Ruth about his dream of their future. What does Asagai say and do to encourage Beneatha's search for her Her relentless care for the plant represents her protection of her he comfortable and well-ordered, but the liquor business. A Raisin in the Sun - Act 1 DRAFT. 49. He thinks that she should be doing something What is revealed about Ruth Mama and Beneatha Why does Walter give his son more money than he needs for school? her identity and pursue an independent career without relying solely 11. life as being divided between A Raisin in the Sun Reading Questions . What does Walter tell Lindner? Question 1 . which helps her to persevere. tells Ruth that he wants to use the check to invest in a liquor 0. know whether, 32. When does Act II begin? Act I — Scene 1. room." What change do both Mama and She said she did not accept the idea of God—"there is only man and it is he who makes miracles". Beneatha contends apartment? The author of the play is. In conversations with Ruth and This implies that her high society ideals place others "beneath her". How does Mama feel about money? Beneatha's depression in perspective? They find it funny that she thinks she can remove herself from the standard. When does Scene II begin? -Crocheted doilies and couch covers hide the worn upholstery. 68. first and after some noticeable difficulty, rouses Travis and Walter idealists and realists? How does Waiter react to at the end of this scene? Murchison change the mood of What is 64. relationship? 27. Beneatha attack Walter? The play takes place in Chicago’s south side. happy family. While Travis gets ready in the communal She liked him well enough to date him, but she did not love him. a garden that she can tend along with her dream house. whom does she t, 66. When Walter tells Travis that Why? What this? that another bomb was set off, and Ruth responds with indifference. living Similarly, they stage directions say that the her in children alike? Walter tells Ruth that she Who is Beneatha? They laugh at her high standards and ambitions. What evidence is there that The only window is in their small Mama enters 20. she Beneatha replies that George is a jik Asagai How is Mama described in the he wants to hand him the world, what sort of, 54. fool. She burst into tears. Walter's wife, Ruth, is When does Act II begin? "settled qualities? Why does Mama, 22. show that the apartment is crowded? Why she wearing? Walter? She went to see a woman about getting an abortion. a dream she had shared with her husband, and now that he is gone Walter's desire for her support? 35. His persistent nagging grab Why does Lindner decide to. What does Walter do? 30 seconds . unfulfilled dreams. evident in her changed physical 19. it is so hard for her to see beyond her family’s present situation. react society. Why does Owning a house had always been What are Walter and 14. What sacrifices does Walter What does Mama retrieve when talk. Describe Walter's new view of he goes to, 49. 81. attitude Mama, though, feels morally repulsed by the idea of getting into life is Waiter envisioning for his family? might How does Mama try to influence Which group does he prefer to be associated with? What does Walter accuse Mama tells whom does she turn to in What want to know what he has been thinking about Why? Walter Lee wants to invest Mama's $10,000 insurance check in a liquor store venture with two of his friends. She thinks that if Mama gives 22. She scrambles them perhaps because she does not really care how he wants his eggs, and she scrambles them out of bitterness. described as a pretty What does this tell you about gender roles during this time period? and how does she plan to deal about their unhappy lives, a dialogue that Ruth cuts short by telling 55. 74. Why is Walter George? The Younger What physical details of the living room set show these qualities? 44. Asagai arrives, bringing gifts Travis asks them for money—he is supposed to bring fifty cents to unhappy when she holds the check? Walter and Ruth still love each other, despite their How does the apartment building Beaver, a popular late-1950s sitcom Beneatha and Ruth are busy packing when. Why do Ruth and Mama burst out laughing when Beneatha says "ME!" his mind? What do his remarks and 4 years ago. bring, and how does Walter trouble? while staring at Ruth. Asagai arrives, bringing gifts physical details of the How does Mama react, and to hard work that she has endured, she maintains her focus on her dream, How does Walter think women should treat more womanly than studying medicine, especially since her tuition Why does Mama put her plant by eboese. Walter, however, gives Travis an entire dollar mail carrier delivers the insurance check. What news does money for school. How much is the check worth? get married, a possibility that astonishes them because it runs and 1970s. this Beneatha makes When does Act 5. Ruth find in Walter? Beneatha if she had a good time on her date. the Younger ends with Walter and Beneatha How does Ruth find out that conversation end? and to have her family members grow as much as she wants. asks Ruth what she would do with the money, which amounts to $10,000. (June Cleaver was the name of the mother on Leave it to does Mama mean when she tells Waller that if he, 78. the For once, The small Despite her cramped living situation and the lifetime of The stage directions say that the living room in the Younger apartment might he comfortable and well-ordered, but ''weariness" has "won in this room." What What does Mama ask Ruth to do Walter rushes in demanding to ... What happened to Ruth at the end of Scene 1? hears this? inside? What How much does Mama value to Mama? the family in this scene? Why doesn't Walter answer the 78. different from the struggle a similar suburban family might encounter, Beneatha? scene begins? Mama’s plant symbolizes her version of this dream, because They do not seem She expresses sympathy for her grandson, Travis, answer choices . Describe the immediate How does Mama react to their conversation? sister, 9. A RAISIN IN THE SUN READING GUIDE Act I, Scene 1 (1) In what city does the play take place? Why does Lindner decide to appeal they harbor the same materialistic dreams as the rest of American takes Even Home A Raisin in the Sun Q & A Ask a question and get answers from your fellow students and educators. When Beneatha asks George why 48. What is revealed about Ruth 56. 52. 26. Who does Beneatha invite to many ways, self-serving. evident in her changed, 75. their men? 30 seconds . to the window to tend her plant. Act I, Scene I. 16. Why 79. resignation? Beneatha claims that she is trying Mama compares her plant to her living the details of the encounter with somewhere in the middle; Hansberry argues that Beneatha is the least Why does Ruth tell Travis to get his mind off the money? How do Walter's and Mama's first scene opens? as George’s family wouldn’t approve of her anyway. Soon after Asagai leaves, the Beneatha calls George an How does the arrival of George Up until now, Ruth has been plant? though their struggle to attain any semblance of it is dramatically 69. How much is the check worth? current Similarly, comes into the living room. the How has the loss of 47. What does Mama ask Ruth to do
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Voltage-gated Sodium Channels
Voltage-gated sodium channels transmit signals in a wave through the nervous system.
Two views of a voltage-gated sodium channel. Voltage-sensing elements are shown in magenta, auxiliary subunits are shown in green, and the membrane is shown schematically in the lower image.
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As I sit here writing this article, a flurry of signals is coursing through my nervous system, helping me sort out how to get this story started. The same thing is happening in your brain, as you read these words and make sense of them. Nerve impulses travel throughout nervous system at breakneck speed, carrying messages from cell to cell that together make up our thoughts and control our actions. Several different methods are used to transmit these messages. A complex machinery of neurotransmitters and receptors, such as AMPA receptors, pass messages across synapses from one cell to the next. Propagation of signals along the long axons of nerve cells is somewhat simpler, performed by voltage-gated sodium channels and a few helpers.
Signaling Wave
Axon membranes are filled with channels that open and close based on the voltage difference across the membrane. If the voltage difference is high, these channels are tightly closed, but when the voltage drops, they open briefly and allow sodium ions to pass across the membrane. A few simple steps are needed to send a signal. First, ion pumps build up an excess of sodium outside the cell, creating the voltage difference that keeps the channels shut. The signal is then triggered by other types of channels that allow sodium to cross back across the membrane and equalize the amounts on either side. This process reduces the voltage difference in the local area and causes nearby sodium channels to open. The voltage lowers around these channels, causing more channels further down the axon to open. Much like a stadium wave at a sporting event, a wave of channel opening spreads down the axon, ultimately reaching the next cell. Of course (as is often the case with biology), things aren’t quite this simple, and potassium channels and other proteins also help to refine the wave.
Sensing Voltage
Our voltage-gated sodium channels, such as the one shown here from PDB entry 6j8j, are composed of a long protein chain that folds to form a pore through the membrane, with four voltage-sensing elements arrayed around the pore. A few additional subunits, shown here in green, tune the action of the channel. The voltage-sensing elements include a helical segment (much of which is in an unusual 310 conformation) that has several positively-charged arginine and lysine amino acids (shown in magenta), that respond to changes in local voltage and open and close the pore.
Voltage-gated sodium channel with tetrodotoxin (green at center) and a spider toxin (yellow). Voltage-sensing elements are shown in magenta.
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Terrible Toxins
Sodium channels transmit all the messages between our brain and our muscles, so as you can imagine, they are susceptible targets for attack. Many animals make small toxins that block the action of these channels, causing paralysis. Two are shown here, in PDB entry 6a95. Tetrodotoxin, the lethal toxin found in pufferfish and a variety of other poisonous animals, binds in the middle and physically blocks the pore. On the other hand, the spider toxin (shown in yellow) binds to one of the voltage-sensing elements and corrupts its action, allowing the spider to paralyze its prey. These toxins aren't all terrible, however: they are giving us hints about how we might modify the action of sodium channels to block pain or other disorders.
Exploring the Structure
Voltage-gated Sodium Channel
Researchers have recently captured open and closed snapshots of voltage gating, using a simpler bacterial form of the sodium channel. These channels are composed of four identical subunits that together form a structure similar to the one-chain version in our cells. The structures show that the voltage-sensing element moves as the voltage drops, tugging on a segment that connects to the central pore (PDB entries 5vb8, 6p6w). To explore this motion in more detail, click on the image for an interactive JSmol.
Topics for Further Discussion
1. Structures of many other toxins, from spiders, scorpions, and other poisonous creatures, are available in the archive, including several structures of these toxins bound to voltage-gated sodium channels.
2. Structures of voltage-gated channels for other types of ions are also available in the archive—how are they different and similar to the sodium channels?
1. 6j8j: Shen, H., Liu, D., Wu, K., Lei, J., Yan, N. (2019) Structures of human Nav1.7 channel in complex with auxiliary subunits and animal toxins. Science 363: 1303-1308
2. 6p6w: Wisedchaisri, G., Tonggu, L., McCord, E., Gamal El-Din, T.M., Wang, L., Zheng, N., Catterall, W.A. (2019) Resting-State Structure and Gating Mechanism of a Voltage-Gated Sodium Channel. Cell 178: 993-1003
3. Xu, L., Ding, X., Wang, T., Mou, S., Sun, H., Hou, T. (2019) Voltage-gated sodium channels: structures, functions, and molecular modeling. Drug Discov. Today 24, 1389-1397
4. 6a95: Shen, H., Li, Z., Jiang, Y., Pan, X., Wu, J., Cristofori-Armstrong, B., Smith, J.J., Chin, Y.K.Y., Lei, J., Zhou, Q., King, G.F., Yan, N. (2018) Structural basis for the modulation of voltage-gated sodium channels by animal toxins. Science 362: eaau2596
5. 5vb8: Lenaeus, M.J., Gamal El-Din, T.M., Ing, C., Ramanadane, K., Pomes, R., Zheng, N., Catterall, W.A. (2017) Structures of closed and open states of a voltage-gated sodium channel. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 114: E3051-E3060
March 2020, David Goodsell
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Sunday, October 04, 2009
October 04, 2009
Emblems! Emblems and badges from 5 mans, 10 mans, 25 mans, there's no end to it nowadays. Emblems of Conquest drop like candy from every heroic that previously dropped emblems of heroism / valor. Meaning you can now buy ilvl 226 loot from dungeons you were previously struggling through in ilvl 200 gear. If that doesn't mean anything to you, just skip to the last part of today's post :P And now there's yet another Emblem added in 3.2 - Trial of the Crusader. These drop from the 10 man, and 25 man instance, on normal and on heroic mode. And you get 2 for doing the daily heroic as well as the new boss in Vault of Archavon. Way back when Karazhan, Serpentshrine and Black Temple were still the mainstream you only got 1 type of badge. Obviously there was a general outcry when higher level loot was made available for those low level badges you were awarded in something as simple as 5 man heroics. We figured blizzard was doing a better job when 3.x came around and there were badges for 5-10 mans and another type of badge for 25 man instances. The former allowed you to buy slightly lower ilvl items than the one from 25 mans. But, rather than maintain what instances drop each type of bad, Blizzard is again catering to the casual and social aspect of the game. Rather than change the gear you can buy with said Tier-1 badges, they now make those low level bosses drop higher level badges. This means you can't stockpile as much as in TBC but the end result is still pretty much the same. Free loot. And, being forced into the same 5 man dungeons you've been doing for nearly a year now to be able to keep up. Some will applaud this no doubt, others will not. The main grievance in 3.2 however, is the complete and utterly generic loot distribution system now in place for gear tokens. "Trophy of the Crusade" These drop from the new 25 man instance, and unlike the ulduar tokens can be used by any class at all. Less gear to disenchant you might think, and while that's certainly true you also need the aforementioned "Emblem of Triumph" in combination with these trophy tokens to be able to buy the 25 man instance armor pieces. Luckily the Hard mode 25 man instance actually drops 3-4 class linked Regalia tokens which don't need anything else. But hard mode is in fact "hard". So all those wow players who've been spoon fed over the last year and a half with easy instances and optional hard mode bosses won't know what hit them. If you're after the hard mode 25 man gear, good luck and hopefully you're in a high end guild. If you're in a mid level 10-25 man guild however, the easy / normal mode for the new instance is so damnably simple that you'll notice your average pug succeeding. Alts and casuals getting the achievement in guildchat. While at the same time you're sitting around being frustrated over the fact that you need yet another few dozen Emblems of Triumph to be able to buy the item you want. Technically you could be doing those 5 man instances that you're probably sick of by now, or do the 10 man version of the instance just to get badges. Badges, badges, badges, badges! I just want random loot without being forced to grind badges elsewhere. Making the badges a requirement for main gear rather than trinkets, rings etc off the side was imo a poor choice by Blizzard. Onyxia is a fun reminder of old times but the class specific gear (much like in VoA) will undoubtedly set some teeth on edge. So what do you do in a raid week? 25 man ToC, 10 man ToC, Vault of Archavon. And then, either 4-5 days of banging your head against the wall called "hard mode" and slowly watch the guild fall apart due to people who've been spoon fed with easy modes getting bored and leaving? Or, do you persuade your fellow raiders to go back into Ulduar - in which all the gear that could potentially drop is already outdated due to the new ToC instance - to farm the Legendary mace for your healers? Most people are bored of ulduar by now, and not getting any usual gear from there certainly doesn't help. How's your guild managing? Unless everyone "knows" that you're a casual lot, or zomghardcore you've probably got some trouble filling raids. Well, you can blame patch 3.2 Fear not! Patch 3.3 is available on the PTR and indeed Icecrown citadel, long awaited is available for running around in. Monsters and bosses don't give any loot yet but the items seen so far look very promising. It'll surely be a good change of pace over having every druid and rogue look the same, or every paladin, deathknight and warrior wearing the same gear with slightly different colors. See MMOC for some screenshots: * Weapons 1 + Dungeons 1 * Dungeons 2 * Dungeons 3 Iirc there will be 13 bosses inside ICC itself, with obviously arthas - aka the lich king himself at the end. Unlike the poor excuse of a dungeon that is the loot pinyata called ToC, ICC should prove to be a lot like Black Temple. Robokill I found this little gem on Armor Games: Robokill. It's a pretty well made top-down 2x shooter that should keep you going for a few hours. If you enjoy the short demo or already reached level 16, just google the "full version" on google or pay the meager 9.95$ for it. I'd recommend googling the full version though, as the game isn't very big and the max level is only 34. Poll end Q: What are you most looking forward to? * 4.x The Cataclysm! - 46 (48%) * Diablo 3 - 21 (22%) * 3.3 Icecrown + Arthas - 16 (16%) * Starcraft 2 - 9 (9%) * Other - 3 (3%) Pretty predictable results I guess :P Diablo 3 scored pretty high, sadly we won't be seeing more info about that until blizzcon next year, and an actual release as I suspect won't be until 2011. New poll up, are you sick of badges yet? * If yes, good for you! * If no, watch the video again before voting.
Syu said...
I can't see your video at work, but for the casual gamer I am, badges are an excellent thing. They allow me to explore dungeons I couldn't have reached without them. It seems that you're more angry against the differences between normal and heroic modes than against easy stuff for casual gamers. To be honest, I've never understood these kinds of point of view. Sorry for my bad english and thanks for your great blog. A french rogue.
Exanimo said...
I myself used to be in a high end raidguild (Elysium on Aszune) until i recently decided i was tired of the pressure and the egos so i rerolled horde (typical Elysium fell apart a month later).
So now i've managed to gear up my new toon with badges loot that most of the upgrades come from ToC10 or up. Kind of an issue as the guild i am (which is fun & friendly) haven't cleared Uld10 even.
You might understand i welcome the way loot with badges work as i otherwise couldn't have gotten the kit i've currently have.
And if you think only raiders deserve the end-game gear, i disaggree. Sure, i can deal with full time raiders getting first pick but i'd like to have a chance on upgrades aswell in due time.. that's the whole point of this game aint it?
I don't consider myself getting the gear spoonfed either, i spend time learning my class, tweaking UI and addons, gemming and enchanting everything.. the fact that i'm constantly the no.1 dps during our guildraids does show i'm willing to do the effort right?
Anonymous said...
Actually when you think about it, it's pretty obvious as to why Blizzard is doing this - and by large the culprint is actually the whole notion that 25-man loot should be better than 10-man loot.
Okay, let me elaborate on that.
Starting with Naxxramas, Blizzard ended up in a situation where they decided to have two seperate tiers of raid loot - one for 10-man and one for 25-man; this is a significant difference from the past where Blizzard generally only has had one raid with one loot tier open at a time. Then along came Ulduar and suddenly there was almost three tiers of loot: Ulduar 10-man, Ulduar 10-man hard modes + Ulduar 25-man, and quick maths inform us that Blizzard has now used up Five raid 'tiers' across just two raids!
To that Coliseum has come along, which is a very quick and simple raid, and is meant mostly as an equalizing stuffing between Ulduar and Icecrown Citadel - and it too has three tiers of loot, and the bottom tier has to be sufficiently high that people actually get stuff out of it rather than just keep using ulduar gear; and they still want to give this time to alts catching up.
I can agree it's a tad boring, but it's pretty evident why they had to do something along those lines and what the underlying problem is, and I don't really agree it slights anyone. Except for the two triumph emblems per day (not that much compared to how much you can get from the Coliseum raid), the only way you'd need conquest emblems from heroic dungeons is if you've never gone further than 10-man Ulduar and thus didn't already have 25-man normal Ulduar loot and wasn't already drowning in conquest emblems.
To be honest, I think the heroic mode raid is interesting in a sense, because it draws a rather harsh line where you are on the raiding scale - whether 10 or 25 man, whether you can handle the heroic mode or not might suggest a whole lot about to what extents you (and your group) can handle potential future hard modes in Icecrown Citadel. That said, I still prefer the optional hard modes because then you have a bit more pick and chose option while you're actually progressing, but it definitely seems like Blizzard was intent on drawing a line and let people see where they are in terms of progression and what they can take on. If you've been tackling Ulduar hard modes up until 3.2, then Heroic Coliseum shouldn't be that much an obstacle - if you've just been skipping them because it's easier to, then it might be an idea to do the same with heroic Coliseum - it's just one long hard mode by design. That's the whole point with it.
It's not ideal, but by large 3.2 acomplishes what it's supposed to - it evens out the playing field somewhat in preparation for Icecrown, gives space for people to get alts up to speed fairly easily and really draws a line whether or not your raid will be ready for oncoming hardmodes.
bbr said...
Yeh, it's obvious why they're doing it. Can be frustrating when you're working on gear for 4-5 months then have it all become redundant while you're still in the middle of one thing.
Here's to hoping 3.3 will be better. So far it looks a lot like BT, wings an all.
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About Intuition and Your Spiritual Awareness
About Intuition and Your Spiritual Awareness
About Intuition and Your Spiritual Awareness
by Nirup
Through the use of your intuition you can discover and become more aware of your own spirituality. From an overview position, you can look down on life and realize that only paying attention with the material aspects of living will lead to the end state of death. This is dead end way of thinking. Intuition is a deep inner resource concerned and attuned for your immediate and ultimate well being. This intuitive inner attunement is connected to the spiritual realm and can be a bridge for your awareness and consciousness to be also connected to your potential spiritual being.
All this possible spiritual awareness and development depends on how you use your time and intelligence.
Your most valuable partner is time. Of course, we need time to exist, so time is most essential. The question is what are you doing with your most valuable resource of time? How are you making the most of your partner time? It’s one thing to survive and just exist with time and it is quite another thing to get ahead in life with your time.
For that, that is to succeed in life and make the most with time, you need and have another critically important partner and that partner is your intelligence. It all really boils down to how you are using your partners of intelligence and time. And the simple truth is, If you are making better use of your intelligence then you can make better use of your time. Makes sense doesn’t it? Yes, it does.
Now here is a reality check for you. Is your intelligence evolving? Can you improve your intelligence? Is your intelligence providing you with more opportunities and advantages? If we look at the life condition of most people, then the answer, sadly, is most likely no. Why no, because most people are not doing well, they are not getting ahead in their lives.
Now while time is with you it is also very separate from you. That is to say, you cannot change time, time is set. This is not true with your intelligence. Intelligence consists of thinking, feeling, and a strange mysterious facility called intuiting. It is in our nature to want to evolve, to be smart and successful.
And we can evolve, increase our intelligence and become more successful. This is only true if we are use and develop our analytical- deductive reasoning ability, use our emotional intelligence, and discover, develop and use our intuitive intelligence. Why did I include “intuitive intelligence”? I did, because our intuition is a part of our intelligence.
At the core of our intuition is our ‘inner knower’ and the source of our ‘inner knowing’. But, intuitive intelligence and inner knowing is different from our rational cognitive intelligence and different from our emotional intelligence. How so? If you want to think, you can think. If you wish to feel, you can feel. If you want to intuit, you can’t do it. How come? You can do thoughts and feelings because they are doings. If I want to know what I think about something, I do thinking. It’s simple. Same deal with feelings. If I wish to know how I feel about something, I go ahead and feel. It’s quite easy.
Intuition is not a doing, it is a receiving. This is why intuition seems so hard to do, because it is not a doing, it is a receptive ability. With thinking and feeling you go to them. With intuition it comes to you, but only under the right conditions and techniques. These conditions and techniques are what I refer to as the intuitive keys and triggers. Therefore, intuition is a completely separate different and unique process. Intuition requires a process of keys and triggers to provide the receiving of intuitive insights.
Intuition is an important part of your intelligence, but has been mostly forgotten, ignored or left undeveloped. Is it worth learning about and developing intuition? Most certainly and here’s why. Why do we have intuition? What can intuition do for you? (By the way, every culture that has a written language has a word for intuition. So, while intuition in misunderstood and seemingly inaccessible, intuition is recognized as existing.) Here is what intuition is for and how it can help you:
– Intuition is an inner directional guide. If allowed, it is within you to let you know ‘what to get” and ‘what to avoid’.
– Intuition can point to the best path to follow.
– Intuition can let you see the ‘big picture’ of something and discovering something new. This means it can provide an overall vision of the thing needed. Intuition is comfortable in leaving the details of how to do something to thoughts and feelings.
– Intuition acts like a shortcut in knowing something faster and more accurately than our thoughts and feeling can tell us. Our intuition can, for example, when entering a new space let us instantly know if it’s a safe environment or a potential threat. And intuition can help, when meeting a new person, to know if they can be trusted or not.
– Intuition helps to sort out large and varied amounts of information and distill the information down to the essential, most important and urgent items to consider and act upon.
– Intuition fosters and supports creativity.
– Intuition has the indication of just ‘knowing’ or having the quality of ‘knowingness’.
Intuition has a sustained calm confidence about its knowing when confronted with conflicting information or other people’s differing opinions.
— Jonas Salk
(American medical researcher, best known for his discovery and development of the first safe and effective polio vaccine.)
Intuition and your spiritual awareness is indeed worth learning about, discovering and developing.
To learn more about your intuition and inner knower, please go to http://awakeningtheotheryou.com or http://intuitioninnerknower.com
Blessings and Wishing you a better life with intuition, Nirup
All Rights Reserved © Nirup Barnum http://psychicnirup.com March 2013
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What does a degree actually cost – for students and for universities?
Jefferson Frank is a Professor of Economics at the University of London, Royal Holloway
Many students say they feel COVID has diminished the value of their university experience. Complaints filed with the Office of the Independent Adjudicator in 2020 detail examples of how the pandemic has disrupted students’ learning. A recent report from the Higher Education Policy Institute finds students often say they regard universities to be relatively poor value for money.
Such sentiments were reported before COVID shut campuses down and sent students home. The UK government acknowledged, in the 2019 Augar review, that the university experience can, for some, lead to disappointment. But the pandemic appears to have made matters worse for many students and staff.
So, with students unlikely to be able to have fees funded, a question of value arises. And to answer that we need to know what it costs to deliver a degree course and what students and graduates actually pay for.
What a course costs
Academic staff expenditure represents between 29% and 32% of university budgets in England. My colleagues Norman Gowar and Michael Naef and I, in our book English Universities in Crisis, show that roughly the same percentage is spent on non-academic salaries (IT support, admissions, rising bureaucracy) and on facilities (libraries, lecture theatres).
If we view teaching as core to a student’s education, we can calculate this direct cost. A lecturer’s salary in the UK starts at about £40,000, and a professor’s at about £60,000. The number of students for each teaching position ranges between about ten at some universities to about 15 elsewhere. Taking a salary of £60,000 and adding roughly a third for National Insurance and pension costs, my calculations suggest 15 students could hire a professor to teach them for just over £5,000 a head.
This allows for the fact that a traditional lecturer on a research and teaching contract spends about 40% of their time on teaching, 40% on research and 20% on admin duties. Though many universities have somewhat controversially cut costs on academics by having some academics on teaching-focused contracts, where the lecturer teaches roughly 50% more than a traditional academic.
This raises the question of whether undergraduate student fees are effectively subsidising research, which is very difficult to answer. But students also benefit directly by being taught by active researchers. Simply put, would you rather be taught by the person who discovered the new theory, or someone who has only read about it?
The Office for Students (the independent regulator of higher education in England) classifies most subjects as low-cost, essentially involving only the lecturer and the lecture theatre. Some high-cost subjects, including clinical medical and veterinary courses, and, to a lesser extent, laboratory sciences, receive supplementary public funding. The government has proposed to cut by 50% this supplementary funding to some arts subjects, such as drama and music, although this only works out to about £120 per student.
What a student pays
In 2012, government reforms saw maximum tuition fees in England triple to £9,000. Despite the fact that this £9,000 was a cap and the government hoped that competition between universities would result in lowered fees, the cap became the standard charge. In addition, the government phased out student number controls that limited how many students each university could admit.
These reforms were designed to enable more young people to study by increasing university budgets without an immediate cost to the government. Key to this expansion is the loan-repayment scheme. Students do not need to pay anything up front. And they only start repaying once they’ve graduated and are earning above a certain amount.
The 2020-2021 threshold for student loan repayments is £27,295, with an interest rate of 5.6%, which is well above current market rates. After 30 years, any remaining balance is written off.
Consequently, any graduate with relatively low earnings pays off only a fraction of their debt and interest. The Augar report calculates that the 30% with the lowest lifetime earnings pay less than 10% of their original debt, while the top 30% pay more than they borrowed.
This means some students will pay more than the cost of their education, while others effectively receive a subsidy. In 2018, the Office of National Statistics determined that much (estimated by the government to be about 50%) of the student loan book would never be repaid and would have to be carried on the books as government expenditure.
Financial returns
The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) has found that, after taking account of student-loan repayments, male graduates end up on average £130,000 better off over their lifetimes by going to university, and female graduates gain £100,000.
This differs, however, by type of university and by subject. For graduates from the large, research-intensive universities of the UK’s Russell Group and, in general, for graduates in medicine, dentistry, veterinary, economics, mathematics and engineering, earnings have been shown to be high.
Other students, meanwhile, gain no financial advantage. The IFS report found that around 20% of undergrads would have been better off financially without a degree.
If this is the case, why do differently ranked universities charge the same fees? As my colleagues and I have shown, this is in part because the courses are oversubscribed – enough students are willing to pay the maximum fees to get into university regardless of their ranking. What’s more, considerable expense has gone into raising student satisfaction, via marketing and non-academic facilities.
The pandemic, however, has changed things. For much of the lockdown period students were unable to access, or at least make the most of, new buildings fees have helped fund. The recent complaints suggest that some universities will now look for ways to improve the academic experience and make the value of a degree clearer should they seek to continue charging the same fees.The Conversation
One response to “What does a degree actually cost – for students and for universities?
1. What it costs and what you pay can differ widely, as can what it is worth.
The Price may be the same, which is a major problem when trying to calculate the value.
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Nothing is simple or straight forward in HE.
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October 11, 2011
India's soymeal exports surge over 75%
Aided by a record soy harvest and a revival of overseas demand, India's soymeal exports surged more than 75% to 4.12 million tonnes in the marketing year through September.
According to the Soyabean Processors Association of India (SOPA) the country had exported 2.35 million tonnes of soy meal in 2009-10. The data don't factor in exports to Pakistan, Nepal and Bangladesh by rail or road. Industry executives said around 6-7 million tonnes of soy meal have been despatched to these three countries by rail or road in 2010-11. The country reaped a record soy harvest of around 12.65 million tonnes in the last crop year through June, according to the government estimate.
The country typically exports around 70% of its annual production. The industry executives expect even higher soy meal exports of around five million tonnes, including exports to neighbouring countries by rail and road, in 2011-12 on robust global demand as well as another good harvest.
According to the agriculture ministry data soy planting has climbed by 11% this summer from a year before on widespread monsoon showers, boosting hopes that the country will harvest a bumper crop in 2011-12 as well despite some crop losses due to excessive rainfall in a few pockets.
In its initial projection, SOPA pegged soy output in 2011-12 at 11.65 million tonnes, although it will review its estimate in the second week of October.
SOPA co-ordinator Rajesh Agrawal said that their prices are globally competitive and demand also looks strong. He expects soy crushing to go on well in 2011-12 as carryover stocks will be less than the 2010-11 level.
The country's soy meal exports bounced back in 2010-11 after a slump in the previous year due to less crushing of soy after a fall in its prices.
India competes with Brazil and Argentina for soy meal exports to countries including Japan, Vietnam, South Korea and China. However, suppliers in India have an edge over their South American rivals in terms of freight differential due to the country's proximity with key buying nations, the executives said.
Soy meal prices are ruling around US$400 per tonne freight-on-board, which is globally competitive, he said, adding that good prices would lead to higher soy crushing by the domestic industry. Traders are also looking to export more to China, considering its huge appetite for oil meals to meet growing demand of its poultry sector, from the current level of more than 536,000 tonnes a year, the industry executives said.
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State health insurance plans compete with private insurance
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Currently in the US, some citizens have private health insurance, some are covered by government health insurance (either MediCare for old folks or various state aid programs for poor young folks), Native Americans get health care thru the Indian Health Service and some veterans can get care thru the VA. And a lot of people have no health insurance.
Private health insurance is not a sure thing. These are for-profit companies and they profit more by paying less. These companies are powerfully motivated to do things that avoid payment. Governmental entities spend considerable effort and expense trying to make insurers honor their obligations, but the profit motive is like gravity. Private insurers shun those that they fear will get sick, or who have become sick. The ideal for a private insurer is to insure a low risk group who pay premiums but never incur any medical costs.
State health insurance is generally for poor people. Medi-Cal is the state program for California and is for sick people with dependents, elderly, kids and so on. These are high risk folks as regards medical expenses.
I propose that state health insurance compete headon with private insurance for the premiums paid by employers to insure their low risk employees - low risk because they are of working age and healthy enough to work. Doing so would
1: capture income to fund the state insurance programs, in the form of premiums that would otherwise be paid to private insurers.
2: lower the risk of the pool of insured.
3: The state, being not for profit, can make promises to extend coverage should a person lose his or her job.
4: The state can make the case that it will play fair and not screw the insured over to improve profit.
To kick this off, all state employees would be offered the choice of enrolling in the state plan. The state plan would need an image upgrade, which could be done by giving it a different name than the plan currently used by the poor folks, although really the adminstrative oversight etc would be the same.
Private insurers will scream bloody murder at subsidizing their competitor with tax dollars and there may be something to that.
bungston, Sep 12 2008
Medicare Australia http://en.wikipedia...edicare_(Australia)
seems to work so far [BunsenHoneydew, Sep 18 2008]
There are a lot of us. But Canada is big.
bungston, Sep 12 2008
Cut the ridiculous and arbitrary tie between health cover and the employer altogether?
/edit/ Sorry, that was a bit harsh. This is probably not a bad first step along the way. Current conditions probably only seem ridiculous to someone from a sane country.
I disagree about rebranding the state plan to keep it distinct from Smellycare though. Merge them, and all the other state, national and local government and quasi-government plans you mention.
Then merge with all the private providers - by fiat if necessary.
Oh wait, that would be a universal single health plan, wouldn't it? Naaah, never work. [link]
BunsenHoneydew, Sep 18 2008
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Pilea Plant Care Guide
Did you know we are the first (as far as we have been able to find) commercial grower of Pilea peperomioides in California? And one of the first stores in the US to offer them for less than $100? Our entire plant journey began with a question from a friend. She wanted to know if we knew where to get a Pilea. We found a few cuttings on eBay for $100-$300, and 2 year waitlist from a greenhouse in the northeast. Realizing that nobody could get them, we invested a few thousand dollars in cuttings and supplies, and spent a year building up enough stock to begin selling. Fast forward 4 years and here we are, selling all kinds of plants and doing our best to teach you to care for them, but Pileas will always hold a very special place in our hearts and our home.
Care Guide
🪴 Common Name: Friendship Plant, Chinese Money Plant, Missionary Plant
🔬Scientific Name: Pilea peperomiodes
💚 Why we love it: Pileas are one of the all time easiest plants to propagate and share with a friend (hence their common name Friendship Plant)!
☀️Light: Needs lots of bright, indirect light to grow full and stay a nice deep green. Low light will usually cause it to grow tall with long, sparse petioles.
💧Watering: Let at least half of the potting mix dry out between watering! You can let all the potting mix dry out, but don't leave them fully dry like that for long! They can struggle from underwatering if they are frequently left completely dried out for more than a few days.
☁️Humidity: Higher humidity helps them keep their leaves nice and flat instead of cupping, but they can remain perfectly happy and healthy with medium to even slightly low levels of humidity.
🌡 Temperature: They'll do best in a temperature range of about 60-90.
🐶: Pet safe!
🌱 Pro Tips: The leaves pop off easily, and cannot be propagated. It's not a big deal to lose leaves by accidentally popping them off, as long as you're not losing more than about 10% or so of the total foliage at a time. Older (lower) leaves will also yellow and die over time and this is just a natural part of their aging process. Pileas can look very different depending on how they were propagated and their conditions, so don’t beat yourself up if yours doesn’t look like someone else’s!
Want more planty info? Join our email list by clicking here to get a free digital download of our Plant Parenthood Booklet! It covers everything from light and watering to grooming and repotting!
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Social Media and Mental Health
Social Media and Mental Health
What would you be doing right now if social media did not exist? There are still some that have not succumbed to the dynamic world of relationship building, sharing, following, messaging, promoting etc. via social media. However, the vast majority (roughly 81 percent) of the U.S. population has at least one social media account, and Facebook alone has about 1.94 billion monthly active users worldwide.
In fact, many people have come to prefer this method of interacting over traditional, in-person, face-to-face socializing. As a psychologist and social media user, I question the overwhelming fascination with social media. Some of us remember life before social media, though recollections may be murky at best.
When I consider the basis for the seemingly instinctual drive toward social media, two words come to mind: “emotional tug.” Most humans establish connections on a visceral level; sure we are in contact with new people and places daily, but certainly not every single encounter moves us. We appreciate things that make us feel: comedians make us laugh; music motivates us; haunted houses elicit fear. Social media is more like the roller coaster of emotions, possessing the ability to create laughter, love, inspiration, sadness and fear all in a matter of minutes.
Have you ever experienced an abrupt change in mood for better or worse after scrolling through your feed? Have you ever dedicated way too much time arguing with someone over a parasocial relationship (a one-sided relationship that exists only on social media and generally with a celebrity)? If so, you are well aware of the social media effect.
Not every social media user has the same agenda, but it is likely that every user is looking to connect, share and/or learn, all of which require some type of emotional involvement. The limbic system, often referred to as the emotional brain, is an area of our brain thought to house the amygdala, otherwise known as the center for emotions, behavior and motivation. Because of this, it is reasonable to believe that social media has the ability to activate the amygdala.
Understanding the connection between emotion and events could significantly improve your social media experience. Specifically, social media has the ability to evoke happiness, sadness and excitement as well as anxiety, depression, envy, frustration etc. and essentially dictate our moods. If the only emotions you ever experience as you browse social media are inspiration, love and happiness, then you are probably an anomaly and able to teach a lesson or two in social media management and engagement.
However, most social media users experience a more diverse set of emotions. You have probably heard someone say in reference to a social media connection, “I am so tired of blank.” It is far less common to hear, “I am so tired of hearing about his/her vacations and success because it makes me feel jealous and frustrated with my own life.” People generally do not share the deeper negative feelings that emerge due to either lack of insight or shame about the feeling itself. To clarify, if you experience not so desirable feelings while noticing someone else’s success on Facebook, this does not mean that you are someone who wants other people to fail; it just means that you are having a narcissistic moment that compels you to make another person’s post or journey all about you.
The depression and anxiety that arise as a result of your unpleasant social media experience do not merely vanish after you exit, but linger, affecting you consciously or subconsciously. Depression and anxiety surface when we anticipate a threat to our wellbeing; persistent focus on what one perceives as negative stimuli feeds depression and anxiety.
Is it possible to use social media and have a healthy state of mind? Yes, though balance is key. It is essential to manage and check yourself often.
Practice metacognition (think about your thinking) to recognize irrational versus rational thoughts. All are vulnerable to subconscious influence and awareness takes practice. Replace your passive scrolling and engaging with focus and intent, understanding that connecting is optional. A diverse network generally comes with a diverse set of opinions, and if your tolerance is not yet up for the challenge, it may be best to connect only with like-minded individuals.
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New Age Islam
Mon May 23 2022, 09:31 AM
Islam and Spiritualism ( 12 Jan 2022, NewAgeIslam.Com)
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Visiting The Sick Is An Important Islamic Duty
By S. Arshad, New Age Islam
12 January 2022
Sickness Is The Moment Of Introspection And Reckoning
Main Points:
1. Hadiths enjoin on men to visit the sick.
2. The holy prophet pbuh visited both Muslims and non-Muslims when the fell sick.
3. The prophet pbuh visited a sick Jew woman who threw garbage on his path every day.
4. Sickness reminds man of his the frailty and vulnerability of his body.
Every Man Falls
The Quran preaches care and sympathy with the neighbours, the travelers, the sick and the needy. There are a number of hadiths which enjoin on Muslims to visit and take care of the sick persons even if the sickness is common. There are hadiths about the holy prophet pbuh visiting even his enemies when they were sick. The holy prophet pbuh visited both Muslims and non-Muslims when they fell sick and stressed the importance of visiting the sick. There is a famous incident during the life of the prophet pbuh when he visited a Jew woman who would regularly threw garbage on the path of the prophet pbuh. One day when she did not threw garbage on his path, the prophet pbuh inquired about the well being and was told that she had fallen sick. He visited the woman. Impressed by the prophet’s gesture, she became a Muslim.
There is a hadith in Sahih Bukhari about the significance of visiting the sick:
“Abu Musa Ash’ari narrated that the holy prophet pbuh said, “Feed the hungry and visit the sick whatever the sickness may be and free the bonded.” (Sahih Bukhari, Vol 3 No. 374)
There is another hadith about the significance of visiting the sick:
“Hadhrat Ayesha r.a. narrated that when the holy prophet pbuh visited a sick or any sick person was brought before him, he would pray, “O God! Please the sickness of people and give them health, no one else can cure people. Only You can cure people. Cure them in such a way that no sickness remains.”(Sahih Bukhari, Vol 3, 634)
In Islam, sickness becomes a moment for reckoning and introspection. Diseases can be serious and commonplace. Therefore, when people are sick, they remember death. Sickness reminds the people of their frailty and vulnerability before the power of nature. They may recover and if the disease is not diagnosed or the disease is incurable according to the standards of the current medical science, the patient may die. Therefore, sickness becomes a moment of introspection of the people.
In Islam, sickness or disease becomes an occasion for removing of sins when the patient remembers death and asks for forgiveness of sins from God.
According to a hadith, when people get sick, their sins are washed away in the same way as leaves fall during the autumn. The fever during sickness becomes the reason for removing of sins.
Visiting the sick also has its own wisdom in it. The visitor also is reminded of the frailty of the human body and his vulnerability to diseases and to death. So the visitor not only provides solace to the patient and fulfils his duty towards the society, at the same time he learns lessons for the sickness of others. He learns that he should take care of his health and should not take his life for granted. He should remember that life is impermanent and the health can fall at any time. The Quran also reminds man of his weakness.
“Allah intends to make things easy on you. And man has been created weak.” (Al Nisa: 28)
Therefore, he should not hanker after the luxuries of life at the cost of his health. Modern life style has caused many lifestyle diseases. Stress, anxiety and spiritual hollowness are the results of modern lifestyle.
Sickness is also the result of man’s carelessness about the principles of health and hygiene. God says that all the hardships that befall men are the result of his own misdeeds. Therefore, sickness and disease are a reminder to men to get their acts right and follow the right daily routine. To remain healthy one should eat cautiously and sleep on time. Islam also preaches man to do exercises and walking to keep fit.
Therefore, sickness and diseases serve as a reminder to man about the value of his health and his duty towards the people in society. It also makes his responsibility to create awareness about diseases and rules about health and hygiene so that everyone in the society leads a healthy way of life.
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TMG Supplements: A Methyl Donor that Complements Your NMN Supplementation Routine
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TMG is a top choice for methyl donors among anti-aging experts.
Nicotinamide mononucleotide (NMN) has been a front-running supplement in the anti-aging world due to its ability to convert to nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD+), a key component that activates a group of enzymes called sirtuins. Dubbed the “longevity genes,” sirtuins can help reverse DNA damage and reduce inflammation, both of which are major contributing factors to overall health degradation due to NAD+ depletion as we age. Another set of enzymes that require NAD+ to be activated are DNA-repairing genes called poly (ADP-ribose) polymerases (PARPs). Without adequate NAD+ levels, genes like sirtuins and PARPs can’t efficiently express themselves. This leads down a rough road that most people accept as the imminent phenomena of “getting older.”
But what if getting older didn’t need to be so rough? It seems plausible that we can slow the aging clock if we simply boost our NAD+ levels by taking its precursor, NMN. However, a question is being raised by the longevity community as to whether NMN supplementation may work best when combined with methylation support.
Let’s take a closer look at methylation, ways to support this vital biological process of the body, and maximize your NMN supplementation.
TMG: What Is It?
So, what is TMG? Trimethylglycine is a compound that your body produces but people often take supplements for it. It offers many health benefits for your heart, endurance, blood sugar control, and mental health. TMG does cause side effects in high doses but most people won’t experience those if taken correctly. The main process of TMG is methylation, which is an important aspect of DNA production.
What is Methylation?
Methylation is a fundamental biochemical process in which CH3 (one carbon atom and three hydrogen atoms) is transferred from one molecule to another. This process is responsible for many of our body’s most important functions, such as:
• Forming neurotransmitters
• Producing free radical scavenging antioxidants
• Clearing histamine
• Cell division
• Cellular energy production
• Metabolism
• DNA expression (epigenetics)
We have a “methyl pool,” a storage center of sorts, containing CH3 methyl groups that we draw upon whenever transfers need to be made for these biochemical processes. If we have enough methyl groups stored in the pool, methylating typically isn’t a problem. However, there are reasons why methylating may pose a challenge for some people or change throughout one’s lifespan. Before exploring NMN supplementation and methylation, here are some common causes of decreased methylation.
1. MTHFR Variants
Methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) is a gene with common mutations that can cause high levels of homocysteine in the blood and low folate levels. Two main MTHFR variants — heterozygous and homozygous — are found worldwide spanning many ethnicities, although some variants seem to affect certain people more than others. Up to 40% of the population may have one or both genetic mutations. However, having an MTHFR mutation does not mean you will display symptoms of a disease or require treatment. Oftentimes, supplementing with methylated B vitamins or other methyl donors, such as TMG, is all that is necessary to support methylation.
2. Aging and Epigenetics
Methylation of DNA plays a crucial role in epigenetics — the expression of DNA. Methylation does not change the DNA sequencing itself, but rather it switches on and off different sequences of your genetic material when needed. Our methylation ability and subsequent DNA expression declines with age. Though we have a lot to learn about genetics and aging, changes in DNA expression may be linked to disease-related biomarkers, which may contribute to age-related health conditions, suggests a study in Rejuvenation Research.
NMN Supplementation and Methylation Support
Why take TMG with NMN? The main reason is because TMG compliments NMN. NMN and TMG help facilitate the conversion of NAD+ in our cells, thereby activating sirtuin genes and promoting longevity. This action is a part of the salvage pathway that involves the creation of another compound called nicotinamide (NAM). When NAM is formed, it also needs to be expelled as a part of this natural pathway. To do this, NAM is methylated into N-methylnicotinamide, a metabolite found in our urine.
When taken as a supplement, NMN may require the use of methyl groups to create and excrete N-methylnicotinamide. Currently, there is no evidence suggesting NMN’s natural methylation of NAM depletes our methyl pool. Even so, safeguarding against depletion and supporting methylation may be a proactive step to augmenting your NMN intake.
So, how do top anti-aging experts suggest supporting this valuable methyl pool? By adding additional methyl donors to it. At the top of the list — trimethylglycine (TMG). Taking TMG supplements helps support anti-aging and it’s the answer when most people ask what to take with NMN.
Using TMG to Replenish the Methyl Pool
TMG contains three methyl groups attached to each molecule of glycine
TMG, an amino acid known as betaine, has three methyl groups attached to each molecule of glycine and operates along a pathway similar to vitamin B12, a crucial methyl donor. Methyl donors can replenish the methyl groups to support healthy methylation. After experimenting with methyl B-12 and methylfolate for methyl donation, anti-aging guru David Sinclair, Ph.D., switched to TMG as a singular methyl donor — purely as a preventative measure to protect against potential methylation depletion by way of the NMN-TMG supplement for anti aging.
“As a precaution, I take trimethylglycine so that I continue to give my body a source of methyl groups,” says Sinclair in an interview with Joseph Mercola, DO. “I don’t see any downside. It’s not an expensive molecule. The upside is that I’m preventing my body from being drained of methyl groups.”
If you're currently taking NMN or thinking about starting, consider pairing it with TMG as an added support for methylation. Other methyl donors that may be useful include methylated B6, B12, and folate.
Side Effect and Contraindications
TMG is generally well-tolerated, but side effects such as mild digestive upset or headaches may occur in some people. Primary contraindications are for pregnant or breast-feeding individuals. Talk with your doctor if you have questions or concerns regarding the use of TMG as a part of your supplement protocol.
The Bottom Line
Ultimately, supporting your body’s ability to maintain an adequate methyl pool by taking a TMG supplement is worth considering as a precautionary measure. Taking the best NMN supplements along with a methyl donor such as TMG offers the most protection by aiding numerous body processes that require methylation — especially activation of longevity-promoting and reparative genes like sirtuins and PARPs.
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The 9 Best Cheeses to Serve at Holiday Meals
It's the cheesiest time of the year
We're all cheese lovers here at TT. But selecting cheeses for holiday parties isn't an easy task. Everyone has their own personal preferences on what they like or don't like, and the cheese aisle might be the most overwhelming one in the entire store.
That's why we've enlisted some outside experts to help you pick the best varieties to throw down on your cheese plate this holiday season. "Cheese is all about variety, especially during the holidays!" says Cathy Strange, global cheese buyer for Whole Foods, who shares her favorite picks below, along with recommendations from Julia Birnbaum, head monger at Murray's Cheese. Whole Foods' master sommelier Devon Broglie also offers a few wine pairings—because how can you possibly enjoy cheese without wine?
In regards to serving cheese, Strange recommends that you let the cheese "breathe" for an hour before serving to enhance the flavors and that you serve it at room temperature. For easy navigating, she advises to label each cheese: "This way guests know what they're enjoying." And, now, on to your new favorites.
① Harbison from Cellars at Jasper Hill
"This decadent, soft-ripened cheese from Vermont is hand-wrapped with spruce bark, adding a woodsy note to its sweet, earthy flavor. Lovely match with an IPA." —Strange and Broglie
② Rogue River Blue from Rogue Creamery
"Released only in the wintertime, Rogue River Blue is one of those cheeses that mongers wait for all year. It's a decadently blue-veined, domestic cow's-milk cheese, wrapped tightly in grape leaves that have been soaked in pear brandy (yes, really), and it's simply a must for any holiday cheese plate. The inner paste is creamy and crumbly with a touch of blue spice and a unique sweetness, thanks to the boozed-up botanical rind." —Birnbaum
③ Bonne Bouche from Vermont Creamery
"This mild, ash-ripened goat cheese with earthy notes and a subtle hazelnut flavor is a visually stunning addition to any cheese board. Great with a glass of rosé." —Strange and Broglie
④ Pleasant Ridge Reserve from Uplands Cheese
"The only three-time winner of the American Cheese Society Best of Show, this cheese has a sweet, broth-like flavor with notes of butterscotch and fruit. The hint of sweetness calls for a Riesling." —Strange and Broglie
⑤ Greensward from Jasper Hill
"This award-winning collaboration between Murray's and Vermont cheese powerhouse Jasper Hill Farm is one of a kind. This cow's-milk stunner starts its life in Vermont, where the wheel is formed with a ring of spruce bark wrapped around it to add a fun, woodsy funk. The young wheels then travel to Murray's caves in Long Island City, where they spend the rest of their monthlong aging period being washed with a cider to ensure a rich, creamy paste with custardy notes of bacon and campfire." —Birnbaum
⑥ Truffle Tremor from Cypress Grove Chevre
"A silky, creamy, soft-ripened goat cheese packed with truffles. Deep floral, herb and mushroom flavors. An American original! Delicious with a full-bodied red, like Coppola Technicolor Red Blend." —Strange and Broglie
⑦ 2 Year Comté from Marcel Petite
"2 Year Comté is produced by Marcel Petite, a highly respected affineur (cheese-aging expert) who works out of Jura, France, where he makes cheeses from a herd of cows that munch happily on high-altitude plains covered in nutrient-rich grasses. Most versions of Comté are aged for around a year, but with the extra time and care, this baby really opens up to reveal endless complexity and exciting raw-milk subtleties. Take a bite of the crystalline paste and explore the nutty, sweet flavors with hints of walnut, butterscotch and so much more." —Birnbaum
⑧ Flora Nelle from Rogue Creamery
"A bold blue cheese from Oregon with tropical fruit flavors and a finish of sweet cream. We love this with a rich, tropical California Chardonnay, like Animist." —Strange and Broglie
⑨ Roquefort Selections from Papillon
"This classic cave-aged sheep's-milk blue cheese shows rich spiciness, complex layers of flavor and a luscious, smooth texture. Just the match for a rich Sauternes." —Strange and Broglie
As a bonus, Whole Foods is hosting a 12 Days of Cheese sale through December 24. Every day, the store will sell one cheese at half its normal price, many of which are mentioned above. Now that's a Christmas miracle.
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Why are there so few women Creative Directors? Is 3percentconf.com the solution?
Crispin's Tiffany Rolfe ponders this and offers as solution at Creativity.
Women are hardwired to kick ass and nurture at the same time. But unfortunately the advertising business isn't known for nurturing. It's competitive, it's fast and it's filled with insecurities. We don't want to be replaced by the newer, younger, better model. But maybe if we were better mentors for young people, they'd see a reason to keep us around when we were past our prime. If there is one type of person who could both juggle their own life/work balance, as well as nurture new creatives, it's women. Think about it -- if every female creative in a management role could mentor and promote just five other women, each of those can help five more, and onward, and before long we'll be in the hundreds. Call it a pay-it-forward meritocracy. This starts to change how we think of our accomplishments. We start basing our personal success on how successful other women are as well. Women at my creative level, including myself, get caught up in feeling that part of our success is based on the fact that we made it in an industry where we shouldn't have -- that maybe we got there because we have a guy's sense of humor or because we're tougher. Or maybe because we don't have kids. That's wrong. We made it because we are great creatives and great leaders. And having a fulfilled life can only help our work.
And in the comments, Katherine Gordon steps up to the plate with an even better idea. It's the clients should change their attitudes.
Tiffany, this is an issue near and dear to my heart. I, too, am part of the elusive 3% of female creative directors. What makes this riddle even more perplexing is that I run an ad agency that specializes in marketing to women. I see firsthand how imperative it is to connect with women in order to capture the $20 trillion worldwide women control annually.
Female consumers report high levels of dissatisfaction with the way brands market to them. I submit it's at least partially due to the fact that brands are using work created -- or greenlighted -- almost entirely by men. I agree with your comments about mentorship, but I think that's only a small part of the solution. I believe brands are the key to creating real change at the agency level. We need to make brands understand the necessity of having women in the creative ranks of their agencies. Brands pay the bill. They are the ones who have the power to demand gender equity on their creative teams, having questioned the effectiveness of male groupthink to motivating an overwhelmingly female marketplace. I believe so whole-heartedly that this is the way to make long-overdue change that I am building a conference to start the ball rolling. The 3% Conference (www.3percentconf.com) is the first-ever Marketing to Women Conference for Men. Female creative directors and other thought-leaders will showcase campaigns they've created that have helped brands prosper with women consumers. The audience (largely male brand managers, product managers and VPs of Marketing) will see first-hand the business value of women in advertising.
So, yes, I do think that women can change this industry for other women. But I think men -- what I call "Guys Who Get It" -- can help turn the tide, perhaps much faster.
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State of emergency, power outages in New Jersey due to Isaias
New Jersey was under a state of emergency Tuesday as Tropical Storm Isaias made its way up the coast after making landfall as a hurricane in North Carolina. Heavy rain and fierce winds gripped the state causing power outages.
The state's utilities were reporting more than a million homes and businesses were without electricity. Crews were staging to restore service once the worst of the weather had passed.
Gov. Phil Murphy issued the order, telling motorists no to be on roads unless "absolutely necessary." Murphy said all state offices were closed and nonessential state government workers were told to stay home.
A tropical storm warning and a tornado watch were issued for the entire state. The tornado watch expired. Several counties are under a flood warning.
Weather forecasters predicted 45 to 55 mph winds with gusts to 70 mph. Those winds threaten to down trees and power lines.
The state also advised businesses to take down all temporary structures, including outdoor dining tents and umbrellas that were erected during the coronavirus pandemic.
The rainfall could cause flooding.
Hoboken officials told residents in flood-prone areas to park on higher ground.
A tree crushed a car in Summit, N.J., Aug. 4, 2020. (FOX 5 NY photo)
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Posey’s Bad Day
Around 1pm I found a bloody stool on one of the puppy pads the dogs use. The problem with having two dogs is that you won’t know which one had the bad poop until you see them do it again. But for whatever reason, I had a hunch it was Posey. So I started watching her, and called the vet and got an appointment for 5pm for which ever dog was having bad poops. I saw her going back there and having another bad poop, and then she had this terrible bloody watery diarrhea dripping from her bum for a while. I had a hard time waiting for her vet appointment. Especially since she was so obviously unhappy, and starting to retch, and I was getting really worried about her.
So at 4:30 I went to the vet, even though we just sat there for a half hour before her appointment. She was unhappy. The vet gave her a good exam, checked her belly in case there was an obstruction (she decided there isn’t), and gave her a rectal exam and took her temperature. She has a bit of a fever. The reasons for her bloody stool are varied! She could have gotten worms from snuffling at the ground on our walks. She could have eaten something that hurt her tummy. We don’t really know. But she has a dewormer and an antibiotic that also does something else.
They are both liquids and so far she is doing TERRIBLE at taking them, she tries to spit as much out as possible, so clearly I have to brush up on how to administer it better. One is a 3ml dose which is A LOT for a small dog. I would mix it up with food, but right now her tummy is so bad that she doesn’t want to eat her dinner. They sent her home with some canned wet food for gastrointestinal problems. But she is so unhappy that Little Mister ate her supper.
So I’m worried about her, but she is doing a bit better. She is still pooping blood, but they said that would happen for a while, and hopefully tomorrow she will start doing better. She’s gotten blood, barf, and shit on me, and at this point I have stopped changing my clothes. I really hope she doesn’t get any gross stuff on the bed, BUT if she does I will just have to do some laundry I guess.
Little Mister is perfectly fine. He’s been having a regular day, barking out the window, sleeping on the couch, walking around wagging his tail. He was sad when Posey left to go to the vet, but he was very happy when she returned.
I hope she feels better tomorrow. If she keeps getting worse I have to take her back. I think she will get better tho. I hope so!
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American Airlines ‘outraged’ after flight attendant allegedly assaulted
An American Airlines flight from New York City to Orange County, California, was diverted to Denver on Wednesday after a passenger allegedly assaulted a flight attendant, according to reports. ( 更多...
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patrick baker 6
this is a well documented assault on a flight crew member, with broken bones and lots of blood, done in front of witnesses by a man upon a female crewmember. This is a outrage that the man who did this is not sitting in jail, even though there are questions about jurisdiction here. The FBI has offices and agents in all states, federal prosecutors are likewise positioned, so the Department of Justice ought to get cracking on having clear responses to these increasing examples of passengers running amok. ANother example of the FAA being unresponsive .
srobak 2
The FAA does not control the FBI. And just as with aircraft - as soon as it leaves the ground anything that happens in the air is federal.
Highflyer1950 6
There is no reason why these numb-nutted, poor excuse for adults could ever pay for the cost of an aircraft diversion. They should be Federally prosecuted, found guilty and given a non-negotiable jail sentence AND then they can carry around a Felony Conviction on their permanent record to brag about! You do this and I guarantee all this will stop in a month. Except for the ones that belong in jail?
Mike Mohle 5
Not only the direct aircraft costs, but for each passenger too. Many have missed flights/appointments, etc., that all have a monetary impact as well.
Highflyer1950 2
Agreed but these are the same people who complain about a checked bag fee or a $30 ticket change so you know paying for “everyones” out of pocket expenses for a diversion due to an irate passenger is out of the question.
Torsten Hoff 3
That's not really the problem of the other passengers. Why should they be responsible for possible hotel accomodations, missed connections and other consequences arising from the diversion?
This has to stop. AA says they will prosecute unfortunately this POS will be let out on no cash bail by a prosecuter that won't prosecute. This crime must be federalized with harsh minimum sentences. In addition, passengers must declare they have no problems wearing a mask on board. If they have a problem they don't fly. If they cause a problem later, then this strengthens the evidence against them.I hate masks and I'm for individual rights and freedoms but when you buy a ticket or enter an establishment you abide by the rules. If you don't like the rule you don't fly or enter the store. The government has rewarded a lack of self control with no punishment and we are paying the price everywhere. Kudos to those passengers that were assisting. Beware the person who tries this on one of my flights. Don't mess with my safety...
Here's another article with more pictures and information
Torsten Hoff 8
It already is a federal crime and a federal prosecutor will handle this case.
patrick baker 4
jbermo 1
That's the problem - the media only sensationalizes the aggressive act but rarely reports on the resulting punishment/outcome.
Jesse Carroll -1
When Biden is out of office!
I have yet to hear about any prosecutions of violent incidents on planes. Let's cross our fingers on this one that the results get out and people can see the ramifications of this behavior
Mike Webb 10
If you disrupt one of OUR flights, you will be banned from every other airline's (domestic?) flights. Not hearing much about this these days.
bbabis 3
Do we not have air marshals anymore? Just the story of one shot dead during an attack would go along way toward making future idiots think twice.
pjshield 4
Sadly, IDIOTS don't think - that's why they're idiots!
Silent Bob 1
While I (sort of) appreciate the sentiment that the world would probably be a better place without this guy in it, it is NOT the job of the FAMs to become involved in actions that are not a direct threat to the aircraft.
I think a much better solution would be a "no holds barred" rule where anyone and everyone on board should be allowed to return the favor and beat the assaulter into submission, but in today's litigious society they would probably be able to sue, and win, against the airline(s) and anyone involved.
srobak 1
you know they do not carry lethal rounds, right?
bbabis 3
That's what Alec Baldwin thought.
mbrews 3
Uh-oh. From CBS Denver ; " No Arrest Made So Far After After American Airlines Flight Is Diverted To Denver International Airport " Link to TV reporter from Denver courthouse
srobak 5
They don't arrest people who kill retired police officers in the streets or burn down buildings - or who illegally close airports by carving large Xes in the runways - what on earth makes you think they are going to arrest or prosecute someone who assaults a lowly FA?
Mike Mohle 3
Photo of the perp? Ok, I get it.....
srobak 3
It's in the linked article. Although local tv stations in Denver (where he doesn't live) have taken to blurring his face. lol
pjshield 3
Slippery SLOPE there!
Jesse Carroll 1
Why can't these lowlifes be put on a World Wide No Fly list?
JJ Johnson 1
I believe this person should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of Federal law. Flight crew assaults should never be tolerated.
I also the believe it is time for this Orwellian control freak mask dystopia to END. You sit and eat with it off crammed together. It is ineffective and stupid.
Anthony Acri -1
I do not agree with mask. Everybody is sitting close together. At lunch everybody takes mask off to eat.
I guess covid takes a lunch break.
i DO NOT AGRRE with assoult, he should be charged
srobak -3
The FA is white and the offender is a PoC, so - the charges will be dropped and/or he will just be released and the offender will be given an award and have a street named after him, while the DiC calls her a white supremacist and him a hero. Yeah - you think this kind of thing can't happen... it already has multiple times.
From the article: ""This behavior must stop," the airline said, "and aggressive enforcement and prosecution of the law is the best deterrent.""
Actually - dropping ridiculous and non-working jab and mask mandates is the best deterrent... but let's not start talking truths, now.
Bring on the downvotes for truth... I know my lovely F/A community will not let me down! LOL
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Diseases of the Workplace
What Kills a Business Culture?
Out of the top things that stress out people the most, work and finances are in the top three. The other is anxiety about the future, but I think most of that anxiety, if really investigated, could be traced back to unhappiness with work or finances. As a business owner and former employee of various industries, I have seen firsthand how stressful the workplace can be. In my experience, very few people are actually satisfied with their workplace and much of their dissatisfaction comes from the culture of the business itself. A business is really only made up of two things—people and a culture. Both affect each other. People create the culture, but the culture can change if people’s attitudes change or new people are brought into the culture. With that in mind, here are the biggest diseases that will destroy a business culture and lead to a decline in sales and happiness amongst staff.
Habituation—Do you remember what it was like to drive a car for the first time? Were you nervous? Did you check your mirrors multiple times and turn down the stereo so you could focus? When you first undertake something, a good amount of attention and action is required to perform the task. However, after we get used to doing an activity over and over, less effort is required. This is called habituation. Now, you may drive with one hand on the wheel, another on a cup of coffee while the stereo is blasting. What used to be hard and required intense focus is now somewhat easy and less focus is given. The problem is that over time, habituation can lead to a degradation of the quality of the business systems and culture.
Consider this—a new hire is likely to perform to his or her best ability and take an active interest in learning the job. After a while, however, as the employee becomes used to the job the attention to detail and willingness to learn and grow often decline. Whereas a new hire may go the extra mile to impress others, the employee who has been on the job a while will likely not be looking for an opportunity to go the extra mile. The new hire will pick up the dust ball in the corner because they see it does not belong. After time, the old employee will not even notice the dust ball. They have become habituated to the job.
“Not my job” disease—This may be the worst and most common of them all. I would venture to say every workplace I’ve ever been a part of has a fair share of employees who do not even try to help our their coworkers or employers because they consider a certain task to not be in their job description. Not only are these people not willing to go the extra mile to help out, they won’t even go the first mile. The person who only does the bare minimum to keep their job destroys the culture because the attitude is infectious. Soon, others will say the same thing. What these people do not realize is that a business is like a ship—if things are going well, the ship can hold extra personnel and cargo for a time. But, if things begin to turn downward, only the people who are absolutely necessary to the survival of the ship will be a part of the crew. Those who consistently refuse to go the extra mile to help out the crew will be among the first to be let go.
Staff doesn’t know the mission—Why does the business exist and what is the mission of the business? These two questions must be answered very clearly by the ownership and every single associate of the business must understand the answers so clearly that they can repeat the answers with confidence. If the staff does not understand why the business exists or what the mission is, they cannot be in alignment with it and that will lead to dysfunction in the systems and operations of the enterprise. You would be surprised how many employees do not know what their place of employment actually does or why it is important. Every single staff member must understand and believe in the mission of the company to create unity, harmony and a positive working culture. Without alignment on the mission, the business is doomed and the workplace culture will reflect that.
Lack of communication from all levels—Communication is key to any enterprise, relationship or any other undertaking. It’s vitally important that every person in an organization is able to properly communicate with other coworkers, management and ownership. So many organizations have staff that don’t speak to each other or even resent other individuals in the business. If there is a lack of communication in the workplace, basic functions of the organization will not be able to be carried out properly. Moreover, mistakes will not be caught or voiced to ensure that systems are put in place to keep the problems from occurring again.
Perhaps the most important reason for great communication is that people thrive when they feel they are a part of something special. They need to be reminded what the mission is, what needs to be done, how it should be done, who needs to do it and why it is important that tasks are accomplished. Much like a relationship, all parties need to feel like there is an open line of communication so that growth can occur, both for the individuals and the company as a while. Without it, employees will begin to resent the business and other staff and the business will suffer.
No focus on harmony—I’ve written previously about the importance of harmony in a relationship and a workplace. I’m a strong believer that harmony among all associates in a business is necessary for a happy workplace. If discord or animosity exists even among a few employees, it will quickly sweep through the entire organization like a virus. Soon, the happiest, most productive people will find themselves subject to the unhappy that comes with a lack of harmony. It should be that we all strive to work together with each other to achieve a common goal or mission. To do this, harmony is required. Watch out for people with negative mental attitudes. They will destroy a culture and kill a business. My advice would be to look closely at your own actions and beliefs to make sure that you are not the one guilty of a negative mental attitude. Hint: if you believe that everyone else at the job sucks except you, you’re probably the one guilty of spreading negativity and ruining the harmony in the workplace.
Not enough focus on growth—Nature requires growth from every living thing. If you are not growing, you are vulnerable. If a relationship is not growing, it’s declining. The same is true with business. If a business is not growing, it may as well be dying. Inflation and competition will eat away as a stagnant business until there is nothing left. Growth is required to thrive, and every associate in a business must understand this concept. Considerable attention must be given to acquiring new customers, not just keeping the ones you have. All growth comes from new customer acquisition and the future referrals from them. Growth focus looks like this: New Customer Acquisition—> Deliver Incredible Service—> Referrals. The cycle then repeats. If every associate is not focusing on this cycle there will be stagnation in the business and that will lead to dissatisfaction and disappointment in the workplace. People need to feel like the future is going to be better than the past. Progress equals happiness. Growth equals excitement and energy. Stagnation leads to boredom and a lack of care. The culture of a company must have a focus on growth in order to succeed.
“I’m the only good worker” disease—This belief is so common and so deadly in a workplace culture. In life, it’s easy to believe that we are all the stars of our own movie and every else in our life is just a supporting role. Although it may certainly feel like you are the “good guy” and everyone else isn’t the real star, this type of thinking can quickly lead to the belief that no one else cares, or that you are the only one who does a good job. If you think poorly of your co-workers, not only does this suggest a lack of harmony is present in your workplace, it also suggests that you have a negative attitude towards others. If you are truly the best worker in your business, your efforts should be to help everyone else where you are able, not speak poorly of them or their work ethic. If you are a leader or an influencer in an organization, this is especially important. People should look to you for leadership and guidance on how to improve and be better. This will not happen, however, if you bash others as being inadequate or poor performers. Instead, they will come to resent you and that will lead to more discord in the workplace.
There you have it. There are, of course, other attitudes and behaviors that will destroy a workplace culture, but these are the most important to recognize and correct. At the end of the day, a workplace culture can be as great or as poor as the people who comprise it want it to be. If you want to be a part of an incredible workplace, make sure it does not suffer from the above listed problems. Moreover, make sure that you are not guilty of the attitudes listed.
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30 October 2013 Famagusta: ecocity or concrete city?
The reopening of Varosha, whenever that occurs, presents a unique opportunity to learn from the mistakes of the past and rebuild for a better future.
Yet it comes with significant risks.
Without careful planning, it could become just another unsustainable holiday complex in an already crowded Mediterranean tourism market, while cementing Famagusta as the second divided city in Cyprus.
This will reduce the island’s attractiveness to quality tourism and harm its potential for investment.
The Famagusta Ecocity project aims to seize the opportunity to eradicate this modern European anachronism, by rebuilding Varosha in the context of a model ecopolis.
The idea is that all stakeholders—property owners and inhabitants—will be involved in reviving the city so that Famagusta can be rebuilt in a way that promotes peaceful coexistence amongst all inhabitants, embraces the latest eco-city technologies and thereby becomes a magnet for high-quality trade, commerce, tourism and investment.
Help make this happen
As a first step in this vision, the goal is to prepare a comprehensive plan for the Varosha ecopolis before it is reopened.
To match international expertise with local knowledge, the team aims to bring world renowned ecocity specialist, Professor Jan Wampler, to Cyprus in January to lead an architectural design studio.
This will be the first step in designing an integrated model Famagusta Ecocity.
But it cannot happen without some funds.
An online Kickstarter campaign is currently under way to raise money for the documentary.
Unless the targeted 30,000 is reached, no money can be taken and the dream of preventing Famagusta from becoming a concrete city takes a big knock.
An additional hurdle for the team is that the rules of the Kickstarter campaign are such that money raised from this source can only go on creative projects such as filmmaking.
To raise money to bring Professor Wampler, the team is focusing on private donations.
For more information on how to contribute to the studio, please contact www.eocityproject.com.
Take a moment to check out the 6-minute Kickstarter video.
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Case Status: Victory
Silva v. University of New Hampshire
• Federal District Courts
Thompson Hall” by Kathy Kiely licensed under CC BY 2.0.
First-Ever Challenge to a Campus Speech Code
CIR’s 1994 victory on behalf of professor J. Donald Silva against the University of New Hampshire was the first successful case to challenge a university speech code. CIR filed the lawsuit when the campus left was beginning to use speech codes to silence politically incorrect sentiments.
Professor Silva saw firsthand the arbitrary way in which activists could use speech codes, ostensibly intended to protect students from an “offensive environment,” to punish speech solely because some students took offense at the “outrageous” nature of point of view expressed, never mind whether it created an objectively hostile environment.
Silva, an English professor, didn’t know he was violating a speech code when on two occasions he used mildly sexual examples to illustrate literary principles during his writing classes. On one occasion he told his class, “focus is like sex. You seek a target. You zero in on your subject. You bracket the subject and center on it. Focus connects experience and language. You and the subject become one.” Later, when discussing similes, Silva recounted the way the belly dancer “Little Egypt” had once defined her vocation: “Belly dancing,” she had said, “is like Jell-O on a plate with a vibrator under the plate.”
His remarks made a pedagogical point. They were neither obscene nor derogatory towards any gender. In his thirty years as a professor, Silva had used these illustrations multiple times without ever provoking a complaint. Indeed, the tenured professor had consistently received favorable ratings from students.
But in 1992, six female students complained to the administration about Silva’s statements. The students alleged that Silva’s comments were offensive and degrading, and they requested the school take disciplinary action against him.
University of New Hampshire’s Abysmal Response
UNH showed no interest in protecting Silva’s First Amendment rights. Prior to any hearing, the university treated Silva as though it had already found him guilty. It began by sending him a list of psychiatric counselors recommended by the “Sexual Harassment and Rape Prevention Program” and suggested that he seek help for his “problem.” After informally deliberating the issue, the school issued a reprimand, which Silva challenged.
While Silva was challenging his reprimand, the school initiated a formal hearing before a board of staff and students. The board decided that Silva’s comments created an “intimidating, hostile and offensive academic environment.” As a result, Silva it suspended Silva from teaching. The board ordered him to apologize to the students who complained about him, reimburse UNH for the expenses it incurred in alterations in teaching assignments related to his conduct, and undergo psychiatric counseling at his own expense.
Silva appealed the decision to a second board composed of staff and students. But the 13-hour hearing was highly chaotic and unprofessional. People in attendance were eating, talking, and apparently signalling to one another; students became visibly emotional when Silva questioned them, and they would refuse to answer; at the height of the pandemonium, one student, evidently overwhelmed by the proceedings, appeared to grow ill and nearly fainted.
Following this chaotic proceeding, the board upheld Silva’s suspension.
Silva’s First Amendment Lawsuit
Silva filed a lawsuit in federal court shortly thereafter. He argued that the public university punished him on the basis of his constitutionally protected speech.
In order to defend the university’s decision, the state argued for a dramatically narrow interpretation of the First Amendment. In its summary judgement memo, the state argued that a professors’ speech enjoys zero constitutional protection unless it addresses matters of “public concern.”
U.S. District Judge Shane Devine rejected the state’s argument and ruled that the First Amendment protected Silva’s comments. Judge Devine found that the university punished Silva “simply because six adult students found his choice of words to be outrageous.” He proceeded to quote the Supreme Court in NAACP v. Clairborne Hardware Co., writing,
“‘Outrageousness’ in the area of political and social discourse has an inherent subjectiveness about it which would allow a jury to impose liability on the basis of the jurors’ tastes or views, or perhaps on the basis of their dislike of a particular expression. An “outrgeousness” standard thus runs afoul of our longstanding refusal to allow damages to be awarded because the speech in question may have an adverse emotional impact on the audience.”
Accordingly, Judge Devine found “the application of the [University System of New Hampshire] Sexual Harassment Policy to Silva’s classroom statements violates the First Amendment.” He ordered the school to reinstate Silva and even found that the individuals and administrators who served on the hearing board should be held personally liable for their clear violation of Silva’s rights.
The school initially wanted to appeal the district court’s ruling, but before before long, it agreed to settle the case. Silva was permanently reinstated to his position and received back-pay for the period of his suspension.
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7 Common Reasons Why Narcissists Break Up With You
Being in a relationship with a narcissist is a game in which the rules constantly change. They are charming one minute and in a rage the next. They’re always manipulating you, and their tendency to dissociate means they often forget what actually happened. Yet, somehow, you stuck it out and now you’re on the receiving end of a breakup scratching your head and wondering what happened! While you’re still reeling from the breakup, they’ve already started a new life.
It’s a tricky situation because they will likely be back, but here are 7 common reasons why narcissists break up with their partners:
1. They Found a New Source of Narcissistic Supply;
2. They Fear You’re Close to Exposing Them;
3. They’ve Gotten What They Want from You, For Now;
4. You’re No Longer Giving Them the Narcissistic Supply They Need;
5. They’re Bored;
6. They’ve Decided You’re the Enemy;
7. They Believe They’re Entitled to Someone Better.
Narcissists are nothing if not game players, and to understand the game, you have to understand what’s behind the quirky rules the narcissist uses. Relationships with narcissists follow a typical pattern, and once you understand how it works, you can better anticipate what’s coming. It’s vital to understand their thinking to be able to really understand why they might leave and if they will come back.
What is a Relationship with a Narcissist Like?
At the beginning of a relationship, narcissists are very charming, supportive, and interested in everything you have to share. They want to know you, and they can seem like they really care. It may not be exactly true to say that they don’t, but the reality is that they have an agenda
Courtship and Persuasion
During the initial stages of a relationship, the narcissist is learning everything they can about you. They will love-bomb you and shower you with attention. They want to know what makes you tick, but not for the best of reasons.
Courtship and Persuasion
Once they get a good idea of what you’re like, the persuasion stage starts where they begin to manipulate and control you. They want to make you into who they want you to be, and who you need to be is someone who complements their false self-image.
They want you to give them what they need from you – a constant flow of loving adulation, intense focus on their needs, and unconditional support that is known as narcissistic supply. They also want you to boost their self-esteem by talking them up to other people, and you should be someone who they can show off to those very same people. They want to be able to say, “Look who I got.”
The narcissist, however, is not able to return those gifts to you. They seem to be supportive at first, but that’s just until they learn what they need to know. The narcissist actually views the other people in their life as extensions of their own identity.
Because of childhood experiences, the narcissist abandoned their true self and constructed a false self-image in its place, but that false self can’t do the work of a real ego. For that, they need other people to feed them adulation to feel good about themselves. They have no internal mechanisms to do that for them like healthy people do.
Because they view you as part of their own identity, they set unrealistically high expectations of you. When you begin to fall short, as is inevitable, the narcissist begins the next phase of the relationship – devaluation.
At this point, the narcissist will criticize you relentlessly, and you’ll soon feel like you’re walking on eggshells. You may even decide you’ve had enough and leave them, but if you don’t, they will keep on.
At the same time, they’re doing this, they’re often lining up someone who can take your place in the event of a breakup. They’re doing this to ensure they never have to worry about a loss of narcissistic supply. They can just transition from one source to another without having to go without.
That means that they’re likely flirting and even having an affair as they prepare for a breakup. They’ve learned that many people won’t put up with their treatment, but even if they do, they are looking for something fresh too.
Domination and Discard
Toward the end of your relationship, the narcissist will attempt to dominate and get you to fall in line with their expectations. This is almost always likely to fail because they have unrealistic expectations that no one can meet.
Once the narcissist is unable to dominate you, it’s likely they will discard you, but it is likely not a permanent situation. A narcissist can be incredibly cruel when they discard you. They may even just disappear without an explanation.
Narcissists lack the ability to experience empathy in the same way a healthy person does, and so they don’t have an understanding of how their actions affect you. For that reason, they will say incredibly offensive things to you when they leave.
You’ll likely think that this is really the end, but it usually isn’t. They’re leaving for now, but it’s more than likely that they will be back at some time. Even years after a breakup, narcissists have returned to exes and sought to draw them back into their web of drama.
What are the Narcissist’s Reasons for the Breakup?
If they give you a reason at all, narcissists will usually claim one of several reasons for leaving. Of course, they are not likely to say it nicely or explain it, but typically, they will choose from among one of the 7 following reasons:
1. They Found a New Source of Narcissistic Supply
Narcissists Found a New Source of Narcissistic Supply
In this case, they have basically found someone new. Narcissists will frequently cheat on their partners since they need so much narcissistic supply. It also plays to their sense of power and control when someone else is attracted to them.
Once they have a new source of dependable narcissistic supply, they may be willing to discard you both because it allows them to focus on this new person and because it makes them feel like they are in control.
They want to be the one who decides to end the relationship, and they want to know that it has affected you. If they see that it has, that only enhances their sense of power and worth.
2. They Fear You’re Close to Exposing Them
Narcissists fear intimacy because they fear that their true self – which they believe to be hopelessly flawed and ultimately worthless – will be exposed. Narcissists live in an almost constant fear that will happen.
As you get closer to them, you’re closer to learning the truth and exposing what you learn. Not only will you expose their ugly secret, but you’ll also abandon them, and because they essentially abandoned themselves in childhood, they fear reliving that pain.
Another reason the narcissist doesn’t want you to get too close is that you’ll start expecting them to focus more on you. The narcissist has no desire to do that since they are only interested in their own needs. They can’t focus on you because they have to be constantly vigilant for possible attacks on their false self-image.
3. They’ve Gotten What They Want from You, For Now
The Narcissist Got What They Want from You
Once a narcissist feels they have gotten everything they can from you – your attention, love, money, and material possessions – they are often ready to move on to another victim. They need someone new to draw from.
Of course, the real problem here is that the narcissist doesn’t understand the emptiness they feel inside. They think they can fill the void if they can just get enough love, enough money, enough prestige, or enough material possessions.
The reality is that nothing they get is ever enough, because the problem is inside of them. They need to fix their broken identity and sense of self-worth. They need to address the considerable shame they feel about themself. Until they do that – and they almost never do heal themselves – they will never feel like anything is enough.
It’s also true they almost never discard people permanently, and they will likely be back in your life someday. It makes them feel empowered to think they can leave you and come back into your life when they want.
4. You’re No Longer Giving Them the Narcissistic Supply They Need
One of the biggest reasons a narcissist is with someone is that they are getting narcissistic supply from them. Over time, as you begin to see their true colors, it’s understandable that you wouldn’t be as complimentary as you might have once been.
As they begin to devalue you, you naturally feel even less inclined to shower them with praise and adoration. This is exactly what the narcissist needs, however, and when you stop giving it to them, they start seeking it elsewhere.
If you want to keep a narcissist around, it’s important to keep that supply flowing, but that’s hard to do when someone is constantly criticizing you. As you stop the flow, they escalate their criticism. That’s why so many relationships involving narcissists never make it past this stage.
5. They’re Bored
Bored Narcissist
According to psychologists at Albright College, lack of interest in the relationship was identified by people who score high on the narcissism scale as the primary cause of a breakup. Narcissists don’t have internal support mechanisms to entertain themselves.
Because they don’t have a rich internal dialogue, narcissists seek external sources to keep them entertained and interested. As they get to know you and feel as though you’re predictable, they start looking elsewhere for something to keep them engaged.
It’s not that you’re boring, per se, it’s that they have that childish need for something new all the time. Their emotional intelligence was stunted in childhood, and they look to the external world for everything from validation to entertainment.
6. They’ve Decided You’re the Enemy
As your relationship with a narcissist progresses into the devaluation stage, you might start to defend yourself or fight back against their constant, and often withering, criticism. That’s completely understandable, but it pits you directly against the narcissist.
This is particularly true if you should contradict them in front of other people. That’s something they often provoke because they devalue you in public, and of course, you feel the need to defend yourself. The more you do that, however, the more the narcissist begins to see you as the enemy.
If they can’t get positive attention from you, the narcissist will take negative attention. What’s more, if they identify you as an enemy, they can then begin to hold you up for comparison with them. When they call out a mistake you’ve made in front of others, they believe it makes them look more intelligent than you. It boosts their self-esteem even if the other people actually don’t believe that.
Moreover, when you’ve been identified as an enemy of the narcissist, they will not stop until they’ve completely crushed you. For a narcissist, it’s not enough to prove their point; they want to completely destroy their enemies.
7. They Believe They’re Entitled to Someone Better
Part of what happens as narcissism develops is that the narcissistic child infuses the false self they’ve constructed with grandiose ideas. These are often ideas of omniscience and omnipotence.
Additionally, they will develop a sense of entitlement. After all, surely someone so wonderful is entitled to all the good things in life, right? That’s what they come to believe, and as they go through life, whenever they become dissatisfied with a life situation, that sense of entitlement can have a big effect on their behavior.
As they begin to see that you’re meeting their (unrealistic) expectations, they begin to feel entitled to someone better than you. This is a means of justifying their actions since they don’t have a healthy moral compass to guide them.
How Do Narcissists React After a Breakup?
How Do Narcissists React After a Breakup
Once the breakup has happened, the narcissist usually moves on to another source of narcissistic supply. As mentioned, they often have this lined up before they initiate the discard. They may miss you insomuch as they miss your adoration and support of them and their choices, but they often think little of you until such a time as they may feel they need you again.
Narcissists frequently cycle through people in their lives. They have learned along the way that people won’t put up with being pushed too far. They may not realize this consciously, but they have developed numerous subconscious mechanisms that effectively warn them when they are in danger of pushing someone over the edge.
That’s why they will often move on to another person before you would choose to leave them. They would prefer to have left you because it reinforces their belief that they are in control of the situation. In their mind, that means they can come back anytime they please, and they usually will.
Even years after the relationship ended, they may show up unexpectedly somewhere they know you usually hang out. They might also send what are colloquially called ‘flying monkeys’ to find out information about how you’re doing.
Flying monkeys refers to friends of theirs that they send to contact you in some way and find out how and what you’re doing. Effectively, they are spying on you through their friends, and they’re hoping to get information they can use to re-insert themselves into their life.
What if You Initiated the Breakup?
If you initiated the breakup, the narcissist may do one of three things: they may start love-bombing you again as they did in the beginning of your relationship, they may begin stalking you, or they may decide to take their revenge.
It’s difficult at best for a narcissist to accept that you simply don’t want to be with them anymore. That’s a huge blow to their already fragile self-esteem, and the narcissist feels the need to rectify the situation.
One way they can do that is to get you back by once again becoming the charming person you initially feel for – it worked once so why wouldn’t it work again? They love-bomb you and try to charm you just like they did before.
If that doesn’t work, some narcissists may take to stalking you, and they can become dangerous. It’s common for narcissists to demonstrate obsessive behavior, and they can become obsessed with you.
If none of the above works, the narcissist turns you into the enemy and seeks revenge. They could go to your work and cause problems there, interfere with your next relationship, or destroy property of yours. If you were married to them and/or shared children with them, they may fight for property you want or have a right to keep or they may initiate a lengthy custody battle.
Final Thoughts
If your relationship with a narcissist lasts past the devaluation stage but they are unable to dominate you, it’s likely that you’re headed for the discard. The reasons why are all related to the narcissist’s inability to support themselves with internal identity mechanisms. Because of that, they will always want more out of a relationship than anyone can ever reasonably give.
What’s most important for you to realize is that you have to protect yourself and your own priorities because the narcissist can be incredibly cruel and self-centered when they discard you. Keep your own money separate, make sure property you want to keep is in your name, and work on your own self-esteem and emotional health. You’re going to need it when the inevitable happens.
If you’re in a romantic relationship with a narcissist, it’s critical to understand how their mental condition affects your interactions. You need to read this post about why narcissists usually get married multiple times. It has vital information you need to know as you try to better understand your narcissistic partner.
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Here’s the Los Angeles Times article about the restoration.
Here’s a link to the prior restoration: Metropolis (Restored Authorized Edition)
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Cyanide spill nets Czech chemical company hefty fine
It all sounds so familiar - an accident at a chemical plant, a huge toxic slick drifting downstream, through cities and approaching the border of a second country.
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But this time, rather than something that happened in far-off China, the spill is closer to home in the heart of Europe.
On Tuesday, January 17th an undisclosed, though obviously large, quantity of cyanide escaped from a riverside chemical plant in the Czech region of Bohemia and into the River Elbe (known locally as the Labe) pushing reading up beyond 30 times national safety limits.
The owners of the factory, Draslovka, have put the cause down to the malfunction of equipment that monitored toxicity in stored waste water at the plant.
English language Czech news service, The Prague Daily Monitor, quotes a representative of the Czech Environment Inspection Authority (CZIP) as saying the concentration is gradually decreasing as the slick travels downstream from the town of Kolin.
It has, however, already killed several tonnes of fish and had an as-yet-unaccessed impact on the wider ecosystem.
“According to our information and examinations it is possible to expect a large decrease in concentrations at the confluence of the Elbe and Vltava rivers at Melnik in Central Bohemia and further downstream,” CZIP spokesman Petr Makovsky told the Monitor.
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Andy Grove, who fled from Nazi and Soviet oppression to become one of the most powerful business leaders in the global tech industry as the chairman and CEO of Intel, died on Monday. He was 79. The cause of death was not reported, though Grove was a longtime sufferer of Parkinson's disease.
Grove was the first hire at Intel, which was founded in 1968 by former employees of Fairchild Semiconductor. Grove joined on day one as the company's director of engineering, became Intel's president in 1979, and its CEO in 1987. He stepped aside as CEO when he developed prostate cancer, but he continued to serve as chairman of the board until 2004. During his leadership, Intel successfully transformed itself from a maker of memory chips to the world's largest manufacturer of semiconductors, growing revenue from $1.9 billion to $26 billion.
"Steve, I don't give a [expletive] about Apple."
That transformation, which Grove charted in two widely read management textbooks, earned him a reputation as one of the smartest thinkers in Silicon Valley and made Intel a rare company that continued to grow after dramatically altering its core business. Grove was idolized by some of tech's best-known leaders, including former Apple CEO Steve Jobs, who called him in 1997 to ask whether he should return to Apple. ("Steve, I don't give a [expletive] about Apple," came the response, according to Walter Isaacson's biography Steve Jobs.)
During Grove's tenure as CEO, Intel produced chips including the 386 and Pentium, which became name brands unto themselves and laid the groundwork for much of the personal computing era. "Andy approached corporate strategy and leadership in ways that continue to influence prominent thinkers and companies around the world," Intel Chairman Andy Bryant said in a statement. "He combined the analytic approach of a scientist with an ability to engage others in honest and deep conversation, which sustained Intel's success over a period that saw the rise of the personal computer, the Internet and Silicon Valley."
Hiding from the Nazis
Grove was born András Gróf in Budapest, Hungary, in 1936. When he was 8, the Nazis invaded Hungary and sent 500,000 Jews to concentration camps. In his memoirs, Grove recounts assuming a false identity along with his mother, and being hidden away by friends until the occupation ended. During the Hungarian Revolution of 1956, he escaped to Austria and then America. After obtaining a bachelor's degree in New York, Grove came to California, where he earned a PhD in 1963 from the University of California at Berkeley.
Grove is survived by his wife, Eva, two children, and eight grandchildren. His books include High-Output Management and Only the Paranoid Survive.
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Idaho is the fastest-growing state in the nation. Every day the Treasure Valley is home to over one hundred people moving into our area. It seems that everyone in the country wants to become an Idahoan. However, is Idaho suitable for you if you're retired or close to retirement? We've put together a list of reasons why Idaho is not for retirees.
10 Reasons Not to Retire in Idaho
From high property taxes to bears in the cities, ten reasons why Idaho is not the place to spend your golden years.
A special thanks to our friends at Kiplinger for the inspiration for this article. You can read their version about another state here.
15 Boise Stickers That Are So Brutally Honest You Can't Help But Laugh
Boise is one of the fastest-growing cities in the United States. The genie's out of the bottle and there's nothing we can do to stuff it back in. The population boom comes with plenty of growing pains and there are two ways you can deal with it. You can complain about it on social media or you can laugh at it and remember some of the things that make living here so awesome! We prefer the second one and that's why these stickers designed by Boise OG have us rolling on the ground laughing!
Investigation Discovery To Feature Meridian Murder
A murder in the Treasure Valley? We sure don't hear about that often. You may recall this crime, however, as nothing like it goes on around our town. A Meridian man shot dead in a Walgreens parking lot--because his wife was having an affair with her boss. She was in the parking lot and the only witness.
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Stranger Than Fiction: The Forgotten History of Mixed Martial Arts
By Jave Harron
When the term 'Mixed Martial Arts' is mentioned, most people immediately think of the octagon arena and leagues like UFC and Pride. Fighters like Bas Rutten, Randy Couture, Gina Carano, and Chuck Liddell immediately come to mind. The sport of MMA came into popularity in the last few decades, but who would have thought the groundwork for the sport was over a century old?
Bruce Lee is widely considered to be the grandfather of MMA. Bruce Lee studied countless styles of martial arts, and took what he considered to be the best from all worlds. This approach lives on in his philosophy of Jeet Kune Do, which was incomplete when he met his untimely death. (As an aside, Jeet Kune Do is not so much a school of martial arts as a way to study them.)
But what we call mixed martial arts has been around for far longer. While many cultures in the ancient world undoubtedly compared and contrasted 'what worked' on the battlefield, the modern combination of international martial arts for sporting and self-defense is fairly recent. This philosophy goes to someone before Bruce Lee, an obscure British engineer you may have never even heard of.
His name was Edward William Barton-Wright. He was born in 1860, and was a British civil engineer. He did, however, work as a railway engineer in Japan in the 1890s. During this time, he studied jujitsu and judo. He would return to England, and would combine it with boxing, kickboxing, Greco-Roman wrestling, and stick fighting to create a new defensive style.
This defensive style was called 'Bartitsu' by its founder. He listed the principles as to take an opponent's balance, move fast before he can regain his balance, and immobilize his joints to prevent resistance. This philosophy was similar to that of the later art of aikido, but a few things made Barton's school noteworthy. He opened his training studio in 1900, in London's Soho district.
One was that it was one of the first martial arts schools (if not the first) to offer specialized women's self defense classes. Many of the earlier suffragettes took these classes, and the results spoke for themselves. A period political cartoon shows policemen flying through the air, and others backing up from a young woman in a judo stance. A caption at the bottom read, "The Suffragette Who Knew Jujutsu." The suffragettes would often use these classes to demonstrate their ability to defend themselves.
The school itself also offered physical therapy in experimental forms, such as heat, light, and radiation (which likely didn't turn out too well for some). Martial arts of several sorts were instructed there, and Barton encouraged patrons to cross-train to prepare for a variety of possible attacks. However, the fees for the school were expensive, and it soon folded, leaving Barton and his philosophy of self-defense into obscurity. (A few of his students, however, did later achieve fame for combat sports and self defense instruction.)
If not for one fact. The British writer Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was influenced by Bartitsu, and made one of his characters a student of it. That character's name was Sherlock Holmes. As a student of a type of "Japanese wrestling" called "baritsu," the Great Detective could physically defend himself from stronger adversaries. By removing the 't' to make the name sound better, the connections between Bartitsu and 'baritsu' almost remained lost. While Barton would die in poverty in 1951, his legacy does live on. In 2002, the "Bartitsu Society" had a renewal of interest in this pioneer of mixed martial arts.
The next time you watch combatants step into the octagon, recall that MMA is a lot more than some violent sport. It helped empower women to gain the right to vote. It helped the fictional Great Detective defeat the bad guys physically. As a mixed martial artist myself, I look back with interest on Edward William Barton-Wright, the obscure engineer who came a century too early for the MMA craze.
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Saturday , July 2 2022
By; Jerome-Mario Utomi
Every society in the words of George Soros needs some shared values to hold it together. When such values disappear, the society becomes a mere simple equation without meaning.
In the same breath, the Nigerian political space at independence despite being an amalgam of multicultural, multi-religious and multilingual groups thrived peacefully on some values nourished by a healthy media sector built on professionalism.
This harmonious existence, however, has since transcended to a chaotic coexistence; a development occasioned by the ‘’leaders’’ search for new but personal fields to increase their wealth and wellbeing -with the media also opting out of its primary mandate of objective reportage to become a willing tool in the hands of these political gladiators.
As a consequence, pervades our nation with the politics of fear and bankruptcy of ideology, eroded opportunities for sound policy formulation, left Nigerians as both victims and witnesses to tears with our democracy down-graded and troubled.
Globally, the role of the media in every evolving democratic society like ours is to among other functions inculcate and reinforce positive political, cultural, social attitudes among the citizenries. Create a mood in which people become keen to acquire, skills and disciplines of developed nations.
And when the media fails to perform these roles, the nation can never hope to raise the standards of living of the people or achieve the political development of the state.
This, in the writers view is the reason why the media remains a contributing factor to the nation’s socioeconomic and political woes as majority of the practitioners have overtly become more cautious than courageous in performing their agenda setting roles- watch the making of political cum economic decisions that breeds poverty and perpetrates powerlessness, yet took the easy way out without addressing the underlying factors.
Curiously, media practice in Nigeria has seen power lately gone the wrong way but assumed it’s the right thing- watched the nation’s political gladiators redefine democracy in the image of their actions but viewed it normal.
And very oddly, the practitioners no longer see themselves as problem solvers or watchdogs of the society but now occupy a high ground they do not understand while leaving the masses that initially depended on them confused.
For instance, the failure of the media to study the various propositions presented by the leaders in the past, and their failure to inform the masses accordingly has resulted in situations where politicians persuaded Nigerians to endorse and applaud policies that were harmful to their interest.
This and other sordid performances emanating from the industry explains why the nation is currently groping and stumbling, politically divided and confused. Indeed, the media is part of the problem.
In the face of these failures, one point the operators often forget as the watchdog of the society is that the ‘function of the media is very high. It is almost holy. It ought to serve as a forum for the people, for it is through the media that the people may know freely what is going on. And to misstate or suppress the news is a breach of trust’.
To further underscore the importance of the media players in shaping the society, it is widely believed that the viability of democracy depends upon openness, reliability, appropriateness, responsiveness, and a two-way nature of the communication environment. That democracy depends upon the regular sending and the receiving of objective signals.
But with the practice ‘adulterated’ with the vast majority of Nigerians depending on the social media which currently dictates the pace, the answer as to why the signal from the media feed is growing cynicism among the masses and accelerating the decline of democracy on our shores becomes glaring.
Without minding what others may say, key observations has revealed that while some of the practitioners are busy adjusting the ‘’ goal post’’ to accommodate their vested interest, Nigerians with discerning minds like their counterparts the world over still maintain the rock-solid conviction that ‘a free press is not a privilege but an organic necessity in a society. That without criticism, reliable, and intelligent reporting, the government cannot govern because without a viable media practice, there is no adequate way in which it can keep itself informed about what the people of the country are thinking or doing.
No doubt, ‘every decision a journalist makes when gathering, organizing and presenting the news requires a value judgment. Different decisions bring different results. All decisions have consequences that are direct and indirect, intended and unintended, short term and long term. And journalist’s decisions affect others; those decisions may influence thousands of people’s opinions on a political issue’.
With what is currently going on our political turf coupled with the media practitioner’s inability to break away from dependence on some personalities, not even the ongoing amendment of the Nigerian Press Council Act can salvage the media industry.
The truth is that majority of the practitioners have lost the philosophy to challenge the nation’s economic logic and capacity to pursue the theory of government in order to effectively inform the general public.
Lamentably like an unchained torrent of water submerged the whole countryside and devastate crops, so has subjective reportage and inability to employ creative imaginations has affected our socioeconomic development and stunted the nation politically.
However, as the nation races towards 2019 general election, the media players must organize their strength into a compelling force built on credibility that both the government and the masses can trust while keeping in mind that the sole aim of journalism is service and its through providing this service, that the practitioners enjoy great power and followership.
As an incentive, this time in the writer’s opinion is auspicious for the media players to remember that ‘a man who creates power makes an indispensible contribution to the nation’s greatness. But the man who questions power makes a contribution just as indispensible, especially when the questioning is disinterested; for it is in this that we determine whether we use power or if power is using us’.
It is, therefore, the writer’s views that media practitioners create professional characters embodied with virtues that people can respect, develop moral and ethical principles that the masses can applaud and trust– develop genuine independence from partisan political personalities so as to discharge their responsibilities with unshakeable confidence.
One final but radical demand from the media to regain their enviable position lies in their capacity to positively create tension in the minds of Nigerians as we approach 2019 general elections, so that individuals can rise above bondage of myths and half-truths to the unfettered realm of creative analysis and objective appraisals.
These are little beginnings that will assist in building the nation of our dreams.
Jerome-Mario writes via;
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A 59-year-old man presented for a comprehensive eye examination with a chief complaint of blurry vision in both eyes. His medical history was significant for hypertension and type 2 diabetes, which were both medically controlled. His blood pressure measured 140/84mm Hg, and his last HbA1c level was 7.5%.
A review of his eye care records revealed a history of bilateral optic nerve head pallor. At visits approximately one and two years earlier, we noted that the patient had pale optic discs in both eyes, as well as constricted visual fields and mildly reduced visual acuity OU. Although we recommended further evaluation on both occasions, the patient did not follow through with testing.
1. Central 30-2 visual fields results of our
59-year-old patient. Both the inferior and nasal
aspects are severely depressed OU
(OD top, OS bottom).
2. Dilated funduscopy revealed bilateral optic
nerve head pallor (OD left, OS right). What further
testing should we consider?
At this visit, his best-corrected visual acuity was 20/25 OU. His pupils were reactive (although sluggish) OU, with no evidence of afferent defect. Ocular motilities were unrestricted. Confrontation visual fields showed significant constriction OU, with severe limitations inferiorly. Threshold perimetry quantified the field loss (figure 1).
Biomicroscopy was unremarkable OU. His intraocular pressure measured 19mm Hg OU. Dilated fundus examination revealed pale optic discs in both eyes, with shallow cupping and slight arteriole attenuation that was consistent with prior diagnostic imagery (figure 2).
Although the patient appeared to have a severe ocular pathology, he was an otherwise robust and active adult who worked fulltime as an athletic coach. How would you proceed in this case? What testing is indicated, and how do you convince this otherwise asymptomatic patient of the need for further evaluation and eventual treatment?
Possible Causes of Pallor
There are numerous potential etiologies of optic nerve pallor, including infarction, infection, infiltration, inflammation, trauma, toxicity, metabolic dysfunction, or direct compression of the nerve or chiasm by a mass lesion.1
Ophthalmoscopically, optic atrophy may assume one of several clinical presentations:2
• Primary optic atrophy presents with uniform nerve fiber degeneration, resulting in glial replacement but no architectural alteration of the optic nerve head. The disc appears chalky-white, but the margins remain distinct and the retinal vessels appear normal. Trauma and compression (i.e., secondary to a tumor) typically result in primary optic atrophy.
• Secondary optic atrophy results from pathological disc edema, and may be seen in association with malignant hypertension, papilledema from conditions such as pseudotumor cerebri, or infiltrative diseases like leukemia or sarcoidosis. Further, there is marked degeneration of the neurons with excessive proliferation of glial tissue, indistinct margins and a loss of normal architecture. Typically, the disc appears dirty-gray with ragged edges.
• Consecutive optic atrophy may be seen in degenerative retinal conditions––most notably retinitis pigmentosa, pathological myopia and central retinal artery occlusion. The classic presentation is a pale/waxy disc, normal margins and marked attenuation of the arterioles.
• Glaucomatous optic atrophy presents with a phenomenon known as “cupping,” a progressive excavation of the neuroretinal rim that causes alterations of the disc vasculature, including nasalization and “bayoneting.” Unlike other forms of optic atrophy, however, the rim tissue remains pink and perfused in this condition.
• Temporal disc pallor is the final disorder that must considered in the discussion of optic atrophy. In conditions such as nutritional or demyelinating optic neuropathy, the disc margins remain distinct with normal vasculature; however, the temporal aspect of the nerve acquires a distinctly pale coloration in contrast to the remaining rim tissue. Based upon his clinical appearance, our patient was best described as having primary optic atrophy. But when accounting for his medical history, we considered an ischemic etiology (i.e., anterior ischemic optic neuropathy secondary to hypertension and/or diabetes) in the differential.3
Appropriate Testing
In cases such as this, the most crucial ancillary test is neuroimaging.4 In many instances, visual field defects can help guide the direction of the scan.5 For example, a bitemporal field loss is indicative of chiasmal lesions—while a highly congruous, right homonymous hemianopia typically localizes to the left, post-chiasmal visual pathways in the occipital lobe.
In our patient, however, the field loss was so extensive and atypical that it was difficult to predict where the lesion might be. It could be intraorbital, chiasmal or post-chiasmal. Moreover, the clinical presentation might actually be representative of multiple lesions. In these situations, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) studies of the orbits, the optic chiasm and the brain should be obtained. Contrast dye (gadolinium) is beneficial in discerning malignant lesions.6 MRI also can help identify demyelinating plaques within the white matter of the brain, which are indicative of multiple sclerosis. If MRI fails to reveal any intra-orbital or intracranial abnormalities, then systemic disorders must be investigated.
Numerous conditions can present with visual field loss and optic nerve head pallor. A short list of these systemic disorders includes: sarcoidosis, tuberculosis (TB), Behçet’s disease, lymphoma, leukemia, systemic lupus erythematosus, nutritional or metabolic disorder (e.g., pernicious anemia, folate deficiency), syphilis, Lyme disease and antiphospholipid antibody syndrome. Diabetes and hypertension are other obvious considerations for such a presentation. Hematology, serology and blood chemistry should include a complete blood count (CBC) with white cell differential, erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR), angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE), antinuclear antibody (ANA), serum cardiolipin, serum homocysteine, serum B12 and folate levels, and rapid plasma reagin (RPR) for syphilis.
Additionally, chest X-rays could prove helpful in suspected cases of TB or sarcoidosis. A Mantoux test is confirmatory for TB.
After discussing the findings with our patient and the need for a medical workup, he agreed to see his primary care provider (PCP) for the recommended battery of tests. We sent a summary letter to the PCP on the patient’s behalf and scheduled an appointment for him, but he failed to keep it. We left messages for him explaining the potential urgency of his situation. But, to date, he has neither called nor returned to our office for any medical treatment. It is an unfortunate truth in today’s society, but some individuals simply refuse to accept the help that we offer, even when the potential for morbidity is high. There are many reasons for this—finances, fear and denial are but a few. While we remain concerned and diligent, we tend to operate by a simple code that we have espoused for years: Unless your patient is too young or cognitively impaired to know better, you can’t care more for him than he cares for himself.
1. Sowka JS. Shedding light on a pale optic nerve. Rev Optom. 2011 Nov;148(11):28-36.2. Singh D, Saxena R, Sharma P, Menon V. Systematic approach to a case of disc pallor. Preffered Practice Pattern DJO. 2011;21(3):28-32.3. Nonarteritic ischemic optic neuropathy. In: Lee AG, Brazis PW. Clinical Pathways in Neuro-Ophthalmology: An Evidence-Based Approach, 2nd Ed. New York: Thieme 2003; 73-92.4. Lee AG, Chau FY, Golnik KC, et al. The diagnostic yield of the evaluation for isolated unexplained optic atrophy. Ophthalmology. 2005 May;112(5):757-9.5. Kedar S, Ghate D, Corbett JJ. Visual fields in neuro-ophthalmology. Indian J Ophthalmol. 2011 Mar-Apr; 59(2):103-9.6. Fanea L, Fagan AJ. Review: Magnetic resonance imaging techniques in ophthalmology. Mol Vis. 2012;18:2538-60.7. Nayak S, Acharjya B. Mantoux test and its interpretation. Indian Dermatol Online J. 2012 Jan-Apr; 3(1):2-6.
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Cats can be friendly, especially if you know where to pet them. One area you probably don’t want to pet a cat, unless the cat gives you permission, is the belly. That’s because the belly represents a vulnerable area that houses the internal organs, so many cats will get extremely defensive if you touch their belly. Only cats that completely trust you will let you touch their belly.
Instead of trying to pet a cat on its belly, pet a cat where the scent glands are such as on its head (chin and ears) and base of the tail. Most cats like being stroked in these areas so when approaching a strange cat, these are safe areas to touch.
Then again, it’s usually best to avoid touching any cats unless you can trust them. In ancient times, there was even a saying that warned people not to touch a cat unless they had a glove, so if people back in ancient times were wary of touching a cat, then you should be too.
To learn more about where to pet a cat, click here.
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Allaahumma 'innee 'a'oothu bika · Comprehensive Du'a · Cowardice · Heart (Qalb) · ilm (Knowledge) · Laziness · Miserliness · Old Age · Sahih Bukhari & Muslim · Soul (Nafs) · Taqwa
The Supplication Narrated by Zayd ibn Arqam – radiyallaahu anhu
The Supplication Narrated by Zayd ibn Arqam - radiyallaahu anhu
Imaam Muslim -rahimahullaah- reported in his “Saheeh” (The Book of Remembrance, Supplication, Repentance, and Seeking Forgiveness):[no. 2722]:
“Aboo Bakr ibn Abee Shaybah, Ishaaq ibn Ibraaheem, and Muhammad ibn `Abdillaah ibn Numayr narrated to us -and the wording is that of Ibn Numayr: Aboo Mu`aawiyah (Ishaaq said: “He related to us”; and the other two said: “He narrated to us”): from `Aasim: from `Abdullaah ibn al-Haarith; and from Aboo `Uthmaan an-Nahdee: from Zayd ibn Arqam, who said: “I do not say to you except that which Allaah’s Messenger صلى الله عليه وسلم used to say. He used to say:
اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْعَجْزِ وَالْكَسَلِ وَالْجُبْنِ وَالْبُخْلِ وَالْهَرَمِ وَعَذَابِ الْقَبْرِ
اللَّهُمَّ آتِ نَفْسِي تَقْوَاهَا وَزَكِّهَا أَنْتَ خَيْرُ مَنْ زَكَّاهَا أَنْتَ وَلِيُّهَا وَمَوْلاَهَا
اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ عِلْمٍ لاَ يَنْفَعُ وَمِنْ قَلْبٍ لاَ يَخْشَعُ وَمِنْ نَفْسٍ لاَ تَشْبَعُ وَمِنْ دَعْوَةٍ لاَ يُسْتَجَابُ لَهَا
Allaahumma innee a`oodhu bika minal-`ajzi wal-kasali wal-jubni wal-bukhli wal-harami wa `adhaabil-qabr. Allaahumma Aati nafsee taqwaahaa, wa zakkihaa, Anta khayru man zakkaahaa, Anta Waliyyuhaa wa Mawlaahaa. Allaahummaa innee a`oodhu bika min `ilmin laa yanfa`u, wa min qalbin laa yakh-sha`u, wa min nafsin laa tashba`u, wa min da`watin laa yustajaabu lahaa.
“O Allaah! I seek your refuge from incapacity, laziness, cowardice, miserliness, decrepit old age, and punishment of the grave. O Allaah! Grant my soul its dutifulness (taqwaa), and purify it, You are the One to purify it: You are its Guardian and its Lord. O Allaah! I seek Your refuge from knowledge that does not benefit, and from a heart that is not humble, and from a soul that is never satisfied, and from a supplication that is not answered’.”
Also reported by Ahmad (4/371), at-Tirmidhee (no.3572) -in abridged form, and by an-Nasaa·ee (no.5458).
Imaam Aboo Zakariyyaa an-Nawawee -rahimahullaah- (d.676 H) said in his explanation of “Saheeh Muslim”:
“This hadeeth, and others besides it, which occur in rhyming form, are a proof for what the scholars say: that what is blameworthy regarding making it in rhyming form is that which is artificially contrived, for that removes humility, submissiveness, and sincerity; and it diverts from humble beseeching, showing ones state of need, and ones heart being free from preoccupation. As for that which is done without artificial contrivance, and without having to apply thought, due to a persons eloquence and the like, or it is something memorized, then there is no harm, rather it is something good.
And the meaning of (a soul that is never satisfied) is seeking refuge from craving, covetousness, and greed; and from the souls becoming attached to distant hopes;
and the meaning of (purify it) is to cleanse it;
and the word “Khayr” (the best One) is not to show excellence over others, but rather its meaning is: no one can purify it except You; just as he said: “You are its (only) Guardian.”
Imaam Abul-`Abbaas al-Qurtubee -rahimahullaah- (d.656 H) said in his explanation of “Saheeh Muslim”, “al-Mufhim” (7/50):
“(O Allaah! I seek Your refuge from knowledge that does not benefit): it is that which is not acted upon…”
al-Haafiz Muhammad `Abdur-Rahmaan al-Mubaarakfooree -rahimahullaah- (d.1353 H) said in his explanation of the “Sunan” of at-Tirmidhee, “TuhfatulAhwadhee”(10/14):
“(From cowardice):…i.e. from being miserly with ones soul, and not being brave upon obedience; and he sought refuge from it because it leads to punishment in the Hereafter, because he will flee from the battlefield, and enter under Allaah”s threat of punishment: for one who flees has earned Anger from Allaah; and he may be put to trial in his Religion, and so turn apostate, because of cowardice overcoming him, and his fear of falling into captivity and enslavement;
(…miserliness ):…i.e. from failing to benefit others with wealth and knowledge, and with other than these two; even if it be with sincere advice. at-Teebee said: “Generosity is either with ones soul, which is bravery, and its opposite is cowardice; or with wealth, and it is to be generous in giving, and its opposite is miserliness; and bravery and generosity will not be found combined except in a soul that is complete; and they will not both be absent except in one that is at the limit of deficiency;
(… decrepit old age):…it is senility, such that a person returns to being how he was initially, when he was a baby: weak in his body, weak in his intellect, weak in his comprehension;…it is the state of senility, and of being to weak to carry out the obligatory duties, and to take care of himself with respect to cleaning himself; so he becomes dependent upon his family; a burden to them, and they wish for his death; and if he has no family, then the calamity is worse…
( and from punishment of the grave): meaning from that which necessitates its punishment…”
Mullaa `Alee al-Qaaree said in his “Mirqaatul-Mafaateeh” 95/369):
(O Allaah! I seek your refuge from incapacity): meaning inability to perform acts of obedience, and lacking the strength for worship; (and laziness): meaning being sluggish to do good;
(cowardice): i.e. lacking the courage to oppose ones soul and Satan;
(and miserliness): i.e. withholding from spending ones wealth in the ways pleasing to the Lord; (and decrepit old age): i.e. becoming senile, and decrepit old age, such that after having knowledge he returns to a state of knowing nothing;
(and punishment of the grave): with respect to tightness, darkness, desolation; and being struck with iron clubs, and bitten by scorpions, snakes, and the like; or from the punishment that comes about in it for carrying tales, and for not cleaning oneself, and the like;
(O Allaah! Grant): i.e. give; (my soul its dutifulness):: i.e. that it is safeguarded from forbidden things. at-Teebee said: It is befitting that “taqwaa” is explained to be that which is opposite to acts of evil, as in His Saying -He the Most High:
فَأَلْهَمَهَا فُجُورَهَا وَتَقْوَاهَا
[Sooratush-Shams (9):8]
[[Meaning: So He made him aware of acts of obedience and acts of disobedience]];
and it is to be on ones guard against following ones desires, and committing sinful and shameful acts, because the hadeeth is like an explanation and a clarification of the Aayah. So his saying ‘Grant” shows that the meaning of (al-ilhaam) “inspiring/giving awareness” in the Aayah means creating the impulse which leads him to avoid the things mentioned;
and his saying (and purify it, You are the One to purify it): shows that the purification of the soul mentioned in the Aayah is an ascription of something earned by the servant, not creation of the action by him -as is claimed by the Mu`tazilah…;
( You are its Guardian): i.e. the One Who supports and aids it. This relates back to his saying “Grant my soul its dutifulness“. it is as if he is saying: Aid it upon doing whatever will be a means to Your being pleased with it, since You are its Guardian; (and its Lord): this relates back to his saying “and purify it”, i.e. cleanse it, by Your correcting and disciplining it just as a master disciplines a slave…;
(O Allaah! I seek Your refuge from knowledge that does not benefit): at-Teebee said: meaning knowledge which I do not act upon, and which I do not teach to the people; and which does not refine manners, sayings, and actions; or knowledge which is not needed in the Religion; or which no permission occurs in the Religion to teach it…;
(and from a heart that is not humble): i.e. that does not find peace and calmness in the remembrance of Allaah;
(and from a soul that is never satisfied): with that which Allaah has given it; and it does not suffice itself with the provision given to him by Allaah; so he never wearies of amassing wealth, because of his great craving; or from a soul that eats a great amount. Ibnul-Malik said: Meaning its eagerness upon amassing wealth and acquiring positions; or it is said: it is upon what is apparent from it: either on account of his craving: his craving for this world, such that he is unable to devour enough to remove his hunger; or that the hunger of cows overcomes him, which is hunger of the body parts, even when the stomach is full: opposite to the desire found in dogs; (and from a supplication that is not answered)…”
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Is there a default shortcut for running -main, like there is for load/eval the file? What I’m trying to do, generally, is make it easier to make a code change, then quickly run a specific function to see the effects. How do folks typically handle this workflow with Calva?
A custom repl command snippet should work for this.
Cool, thanks. Looking into that now.
That was pretty straightforward!
"calva.customREPLCommandSnippets": [
"name": "Run -main",
"key": "m",
"snippet": "(-main)"
Thanks, @U0ETXRFEW!
You are welcome. Maybe you should include a namespace in case you are working in some other file.
I can see how that would be useful, but I imagine I’ll want the same feature for running -main in every project I work on. So wouldn’t I end up needing to modify the shortcut each time I switch projects?
You can define the shortcut in workspace settings.
In improving my workflow, I am thinking about ditching the interactive repl pane and use it only when very necessary. However, one thing annoying when hidding the repl is that, say if I do a calva evaulate current file and if something bad happens, e.g., thrown exception, I can only go to the repl to see what’s going on. I think if it would be better to also show the output somewhere inside the bottom part of vscode (see figure). Possible? Or any better approach?
Issue welcome. Let’s discuss it there. I think this sounds important to solve. Maybe this is a reason I keep that pane open so much.
This is one of the behaviors of cider that I like too
Yeah, the only reason I keep the Calva output window open at all -- resized to just a few lines on the right hand side below my Portal window -- is to see if I get errors running tests or loading an entire file. Everything else I can see inline or in Portal.
I've toyed with the idea of a Joyride script to show and then hide the Calva output window on a hot key but even that feels kludgy.
@UGC0NEP4Y Not everyone has that window open either (the output/terminal stuff).
Yup. But somehow there shall be some room for the output. Could be inline or somewhere (tbd?).
What cider does is: it shows the cider-report window when a exception happens, it's a quick emacs window where you can see something and quickly dismiss with ESC or q or use other keybindings to see more details about that report, I personally like a lot
Something like that would be nice -- only for certain commands (eval whole file -- load-file) and only for errors. But the ability to trigger it via the API would also be very valuable to Joyride users, so that I could run tests the way I like (where I tap> the summary of the test results) but also pop open the output window to see the output from the tests 🙂
seeing some inconsistent/unintuitive behavior with the new backspace in symbols/keywords. I first noticed it when trying to correct a typo in a dependency name and backspacing in the middle of the symbol name was just inserting/removing spaces; other positions in the map don't all behave the same way.
I can reproduce it like this: (here I'm pressing backspace, but a space is inserted)
I think I see the problem: this function is wrong, because it doesn't check if you have are beyond the start of a current, non-whitespace token: I can submit a fix when I get home
thanks, just tried the vsix from that PR and it does the expected backspace-y things now
awesome, thanks for trying it
Thanks for attending to this, @isak ! I’m at #clojured and have low bandwidth today, but will try to find some time to assist with publishing the fix.
Your fix is on it's way out now, @isak
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Nice, thanks!
I saw your comment - I'll will create a new issue next time.
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15 Minutes to a Fresh Look at Your Customer Experience
Adam Toporek Keynote Speaker of Customers That Stick®
15 Minutes to a Fresh Look at Your Customer Experience
Analyzing your customer experience is no easy process, and the larger the organization the more complicated the endeavor. In fact, even for a solopreneur or mom and pop store, a true analysis of the customer experience can take hours or days.
It can be a daunting task to truly do a customer experience audit, and like any major undertaking, it is easy to just do nothing until you have time to “do it right.”
Forget that. Here is how you can put a fresh set of eyes on your customer experience in 15 minutes.
The 15 Minute Customer Experience Audit
The process is simple. Find a place where you can be creative and uninterrupted for 15 minutes. Open a timer on your electronic device or grab a watch. If you use a phone, tablet, or computer, try to eliminate distractions for 15 minutes, such a as email alerts and text messages.
Now, grab a piece of paper or open a screen.
One rule: Do not edit as you go. Just write.
15 Minutes for Custome Experience1. Write Down the Steps in your Customer Experience (5 min)
Start from the beginning and work your way to the end. How do people hear about our organization? Marketing, word of mouth, already a customer? What happens next? Do they place an order online, call an 800 number, or walk in to the store? Work your way to the end of the process. Don’t forget the post experience-experience. Do they hear from your organization after the transaction?
2. Analyze Weak Points and Choke Points (5 min)
As you look at the process you just transcribed, where is your organization weakest? Where is it strongest? At what point in the process do you tend to lose the most customers? What departments are dysfunctional, which are highly functional? Are the challenges within the departments or simply in the transitions between them?
3. If You Could Change One Thing Quickly, What Would It Be? (5 min)
Quick, don’t think too much. If you could improve one part of the customer experience immediately, what would it be? How quickly could you make that change? What obstacles would you need to overcome? What resources would you need?
That’s it. You’re done. 15 minutes to put a fresh set of eyes on your customer experience.
Did you see some areas for improvement? Did you find one thing you could take easily from the session and improve?
Thorough analyses are important. Comprehensive workshops are well worth the investment. But sometimes a quick brainstorming session can give you the one crucial idea you need to improve your customer experience.
If it does, then that is 15 minutes well spent.
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Allison Trowbridge, author and entrepreneur, is a woman full of goals and ambition. She has written books, argued with senators about the severity of human trafficking, studied at Oxford, traveled the world, and now she’s starting a company. The running thread? Good company along the way. As she dives into what it takes to write a book or pursue any creative project, her main advice remains: “Do something worth the journey.”
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Selling is about uncovering needs and determining benefits. Don’t make the price you offer be the benefit your customers will remember the most.
I caught myself watching an infomercial on television yesterday and I was struck by the number of solid benefits that were being shared. The spokesperson was delivering a very compelling perspective filled with questions and benefits. However, in my eyes, the spokesperson blew it at the end by focusing extensively on the “discounted price.” He kept hammering it home, so much that all of the other benefits became secondary at best to the price point. Unfortunately, the spokesperson was setting himself up for buyer’s remorse because people were buying the item without realizing the importance the item could play in their life.
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What Are Surety Bonds?
Surety bonds that are written for construction projects are called contract surety bonds. A project owner (the obligee) seeks a contractor (the principal) to fulfill a contract. The contractor, through a surety bond producer, obtains a surety bond from a surety company. If the contractor defaults, the surety company is obligated to find another contractor to complete the contract or compensate the project owner for the financial loss incurred.
There are four types of contract surety bonds:
1. Bid Bond:
Provides financial protection to the owner if a bidder is awarded a contract but fails to sign the contract or provide the required performance and payment bonds.
2. Performance Bond:
Provides an owner with a guarantee that, in the event of a contractor’s default, the surety will complete or cause to be completed the contract.
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Ensures that certain subcontractors and suppliers will be paid for labor and materials incorporated into a construction contract.
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Posted By Katie Jones
5 tips that add up to teaching your child about money matters.
Understanding how money works is an essential life skill. Unfortunately, for a lot of people, these lessons come later than they should – and often as the result of something going terribly wrong.
Not enough people make financial education a priority for children, which results in young adults entering a surprisingly complex financial world without the tools necessary to survive and thrive. Even if your children are very young, remember that the sooner you start teaching them money and personal finance skills, the more adept they’ll be at applying those skills when the time comes.
1. Communicate with children as they grow older about your values regarding money
Financial lessons – how to save money, how to make it grow and, most importantly, how to spend it wisely – must be age-appropriate to be meaningful and beneficial. Young children are not miniature adults. Lessons should be tailored for their age, rather than just made simpler.
Start as soon as they are able to count, and make money the topic of regular family discussions. Time these around dates (for example, a birthday or Christmas) when they are due to receive a cash gift so that you can talk about saving versus spending.
2. Help children learn the differences between needs, wants and wishes
Help your children avoid spontaneous purchases by setting goals and prioritising what they spend their money on. This will prepare them for making good spending decisions in the future.
While a child will naturally ask for the latest games console, making them understand the difference between needs and wants will help them make sensible spending decisions from a very young age.
3. Setting goals is fundamental to learning the value of money and saving
Help your children to set a goal and track their savings and their spending. Young or old, people rarely reach goals they haven’t set. Nearly every toy or other item children ask their parents to buy them can become the object of a goal-setting session.
Such goal-setting helps children learn to become responsible for themselves. A great way to visualise goals for children is to create a savings chart you can display somewhere prominent (for example, on the fridge).
4. Introduce children to the value of saving versus spending
Explain and demonstrate the concept of earning interest income on savings. Consider paying interest on money children save at home. Children can help calculate the interest and see how fast money accumulates through the power of compound interest.
Later on, they will also realise that the quickest way to a good credit rating is a history of regular, successful savings. You could even offer to match what your children save on their own.
5. When giving children a ‘pocket money’ allowance, give them the money in denominations that encourage saving
Providing pocket money in lower denominations makes it easier to allocate a proportion of income to different goals. Labelled jars work to separate money – one for saving, one for spending, and one for donating.
Any time they make money by doing chores or receiving birthday gifts, encourage your child to divide the cash equally among their jars.
It’s not a huge act, but it does show that it’s okay to spend some money, as long as you’re saving as well. Once they’re older, their bank and investment accounts can mirror the split. Keeping good records of money saved, invested or spent is another important skill young people should learn.
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We got them the majority in both houses and the presidency. If they aren't willing to go to the mat NOW, then WHEN?
I am quite disillusioned.
We'll see what happens. I think its entirely possible Bush has appointed 2 pro-Roe votes to the SCOTUS. I have never believed Roe was going to be overturned but I would like to see the court allow some reasonable regulation around the edges - and I'd like to see this constant invasion by the courts into our daily lives and social traditions come to an END.
I seriously doubt Miers will be defeated.
If the problem is the squishy Republicans in the Senate, that's still Bush's fault. After all, he actively worked to defeat a conservative challenger to Specter. Why should any RINO fear or help Bush now? There's no cost!
Amen to Bob's remark about Specter. The White House had two opportunities to do something about him, one was during the Pennslyvania Senate primary when Toomey gave Specter a great challenge and the other was when Specter shot his mouth off after the election.
Foolishly supporting Specter in the Specter/Toomey primary has made Rick Santorum a dead duck and George Bush a lame duck.
Simple math. If Miers turns out to be another morphed conservative. Someone else will have to appoint two conservatives to counter her appointment.
As a long time watcher of long term trends (stock market etc.,) I've noticed when a large group of believers get really burned, they don't come back for years if at all. Their sons and daughters might, but they don't!
Bush will sink the Republican party if this choice morphs. He may have done sufficient damage to it already.
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COINTELPRO and criminals. COINTELPRO remained secret until 1971 when its offices were broken into and documents related to its operations were leaked to the press. An investigation was launched by the Senate and became the Church Committee, after Senator Frank Church. Their final report found the FBI guilty of “vigilante operations aimed squarely at preventing the exercise of First Amendment rights of speech and association. Unsavory and victims tactics have been employed, including anonymous attempts to break-up marriages, disrupt meetings, estrange persons from their professions and provoke target groups into rivalries that might result in deaths.” These tactics are identical to the ones used by organized stalking groups today. The author says that contemporary stalking is probably a combination of COINTELPRO and criminals, but the majority of victims are citizens with no ties to radical groups. There is a private investigative agency in San Antonio, Texas, that “hires out” this type of harassment. Despite multiple complaints to the Department of Public Safety, nothing has been done. Retired FBI agents who were professionally connected with COINTELPRO would be spread over the US doing this under the cover of agencies. Organized stalking from state to state have striking similarities: break-ins, appliance tampering, remote neural monitoring. Victims who re-locate, hoping to end their suffering, find they have 2 or 3 months of peace before the harassment starts again. Something even worse, if that’s possible, is being a target of a direct energy weapon. There are lasers, microwaves, particle beams and scalar weapons. People complain of burning of the skin, involuntary muscle movements, heart rate irregularities and headaches, and these complains are not even rare. They are also in conjunction with the previously discussed modes of harassment. Psychiatrists and law enforcement authorities know little or nothing about these threats to sanity and well-being, and believe the person complaining about them is delusional. Direct energy weapons are in the experimentation phase, or have been, and the citizens of this country have been the non-consensual guinea pigs. The author goes into great deal about what makes a good target and the effectiveness of the weapon under various conditions. I will not go into all that;ballistics doesn’t interest me. The DoD protects their electronic equipment by encasing them in metal boxes. For example, the control centers for the unmanned predator drones are encased in metallic cargo containers for protection from this type of directed energy attack.There is one interesting type of directed energy weapon and that is a scalar weapon, and many physicists don’t even think it exists. They are hard to define because they do not act like other electro-magnetic waves. Some describe them as static points of light and they travel at 1.5 times the speed of light. There is no energy loss when the scalar wave gets to its target, as is the case with other waves. Scalar waves provide for the wireless transfer of electrical energy. Physicists say this could only happen in the vacuum of space, but Konstantin Meyl showed the effects of the scalar wave in the atmosphere. Many of the people complaining of directed energy exposure have tried to shield themselves with anechoic chambers, but it didn’t work (the scalar wave is not attenuated by an anechoic chamber).
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How to Swing a Driver Like Tiger Woods
How to Swing a Driver Like Tiger Woods
Most people who play golf would love to be able to reproduce the swing of Tiger Woods, given the fact that he has won 15 major championships and 82 tournaments overall. He is also one of the most recognizable figures in the entire world, and has inspired more people to take up the sport than anyone in history.
Tiger doesn't have any secrets, anyone who watches his swing on film and in slow motion could analyze it and try to replicate it. The trick comes in repeating it every single time, instead of once in 50 tries. If you would like to improve your game, and find out what makes Tiger's swing so effective, then you need take that swing out onto the practice range and make it your own.
Best Way to Start Golfing
The best way to start golfing if you have not previously enjoyed the sport is to get a simple set of starter golf clubs, because initially the clubs are far less important than your golf swing is. Later on, you may want to purchase a more expensive set which is customized to your height and swing characteristics, but at the outset a starter set will do just fine. The most expensive set on the market cannot correct poor form and fundamentals.
The next thing to do is to go to your local golf course and engage the services of a PGA professional in residence, so that you can take some lessons. It is really important that you begin playing golf by performing as many proper elements of the golf swing as possible, so as to avoid incorporating bad habits into your swing.
In a few short lessons, your PGA instructor will be able to impart to you the right way to perform a golf swing, and from there it will be up to you to practice what you have been taught. The practice part of learning the game of golf is an essential component that you simply cannot get around. Much of golf is centered around being able to repeat a golf swing correctly at any given time, and the only way that can happen is when you perform the swing frequently enough that it comes naturally to you.
Once you have a good practice regimen going, the next part of your game that you need to work on is putting. This is another aspect of the game which requires a great deal of practice, because you need to have just the right touch to navigate certain distances on the greens. Unlike most of your golf swings which are full swings, putting requires a strong element of precision, and figuring out how hard to hit the ball in order to get it to the cup.
Being a good putter also involves practice at identifying the slope of the green, so that you can account for any contours which may deflect the ball off of its straight path. After you have been practicing these elements for a while, it is time to take your game out on the golf course and see what you can do.
Getting Better at Golfing
There are three major elements you need to focus on in order to get really good at playing golf, those being the strike point, driving distance and accuracy, and putting. Strike point refers to the moment of impact when the blade of your club comes in contact with the ball, and this is critical because if it isn't straight, it will cause your ball to go either left or right. The ideal position at the strike point is having the blade squared to the ball, striking at it with a downward motion, and with sufficient clubhead speed to get the most out of any club you're swinging.
Much of driving distance is determined by strong leg action rather than anything you do with your hands or arms. Accuracy involves pointing your left shoulder at the target, making a smooth swing which incorporates a good amount of lag, and following through on-balance, so that you keep the ball online as it heads toward the target.
Good putting is comprised of a great deal of practice, so you can acquire a feel for how hard the ball must be struck to get it to the cup, as well as acquiring a good sense for how any green is sloped. When you can account for any dips or contours on the green, you'll have a better chance of keeping the ball online and headed toward the cup.
Tiger Woods' Swing Sequence
Tiger Woods' great swing begins with a solid takeaway, which is a one-piece motion where his chest, arms, and club all go through the backswing in unison, until they reach the apex. This kind of action encourages energy to coil, or build up, rather than just a simple turn which does nothing to build up power. This coiled up energy will be released in the downswing at the moment of impact, but it must first be generated during the backswing.
After reaching the apex, there must be a smooth transition from backswing to downswing, which is generally referred to as good rhythm, and this is important because it keeps the golf club on the correct swing path and does not jerk it inside or outside the swing path. Tiger starts this transition by dropping his hands first, so that the hands and arms can deliver their full force. At the bottom of the swing, all that coiled up energy is released at impact time, with the clubhead squared up and online. Then, his body turn and arm swing both finish together, on-balance and smoothly, so that the flight of the ball is influenced to head straight down the target line.
Final thoughts on swinging the club like Tiger
Now that you know how to swing your club like Tiger Woods, what you need to do is practice that swing, over and over. In order to do that, you should purchase your own golf mat, so you can practice frequently without having to pay outrageous prices for a bucket of balls at your local range. The best golf mat to buy, in terms of quality and affordability, is the Rawhide slightly used mat, which you can purchase for about 1/3 the cost of what a brand-new one would cost you. It has the look and feel of a real golf course, and will accelerate the learning process for you as you begin your quest to become the next Tiger Woods.
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Last Updated: Wednesday, 13 December 2006, 12:59 GMT
Wide awake having brain surgery
By David Fenton
BBC South Health Correspondent
Trevor Burlton being interviewed during his surgery
David Fenton interviewed Trevor during the operation
It was the strangest interview I have ever done. Half sitting, half lying in front of me was a man talking about his holidays.
He wanted to go to Italy. The strange part was that as he spoke, surgeons were cutting out a tumour from deep inside his brain.
The patient, Trevor Burlton, was completely conscious and aware of what was going on around him throughout the four-hour operation.
He chatted, he joked, he looked around - he looked bored.
For me, dressed in full surgical scrubs and watching him from behind a camera, it was a very strange experience.
Really awake
But probably not as strange as hearing a drill going in the back of your head and not being bothered by it.
I was spending a week at the Wessex Neurological Centre at Southampton General Hospital, for a series broadcast this week on BBC South Today.
Trevor was undergoing a craniotomy while awake. I was keen to see how it went.
Trevor Burlton undergoing surgery
Trevor Burlton said he felt fine but "a little strange" during the surgery
"No problem," said the surgeon Paul Grundy.
"But will he really be awake? I mean will he be able to talk to me, or just grunt?" I ask, knowing how these things have a knack of turning out to be not what you expected.
He just smiled and said: "See for yourself."
The first thing to happen was that Trevor's brain was scanned and "mapped" so that the precise location of the tumour could be determined.
He was then put into place on the operating table and his head was secured in a clamp - which looked a bit alarming but was vitally important.
Opened skull
If Trevor moved - even just a few millimetres - the computer mapping would not work.
I feel I could just get up and walk away."
Trevor Burlton
Then it was down to business. The surgeon opened up the back of Trevor's skull and began searching for the tumour.
With the medics behind him, and me in front of him, Trevor had quite a lot to contend with but he coped admirably.
"What does it feel like?" I asked, when they got down to the tumour - which was somewhere about level with his eyes.
"It feels fine," he said. "Just slightly hot now and then but nothing serious.
"I was told I was going to be relaxed, and I am relaxed. I feel quite all right. It's strange, very strange. I feel I could just get up and walk away."
Although Trevor was conscious, he was receiving small doses of anaesthetic to help keep him calm and relaxed; a tricky and very specialised job.
Trevor Burlton undergoing surgery
24 hours after the operation Trevor was sitting up reading
"Really there is not any discomfort for the patients," said Paul Grundy.
"There aren't any pain receptors inside the head, so nothing inside the head hurts."
But why bother with all this? Why not just put the patient under and be done with it?
Well - it's better for the patient , and in Trevor's case the tumour was close to a part of the brain which controlled his left leg and arm.
Any mistake with the scalpel and he could have been paralysed down one side.
As Paul Grundy and his team operated they continually checked that the parts they were cutting out were not needed - by asking Trevor what he felt and testing his reflexes.
This could be done only with a conscious patient.
Twenty-four hours after the operation Trevor was sitting up in bed reading. It was a success. He has now returned home to Bournemouth where he is busy planning his holiday to Italy.
"It feels fine - just a bit strange"
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Akufo Addo Prez 9 President Nana Akufo-Addo
Fri, 10 Feb 2017 Source: Badu, K
By K. Badu
It is a known fact that in Ghana, the justice net often catches the emaciated fishes, while the fat ones easily slip through. It is extremely baffling. Isn’t it?
Regrettably, though, the justice system tends to descend heavily on goat, cassava and plantain thieves, and more often than not, let go hard criminals who hide behind narrow political colorations.
Truly, reported cases of political criminals misdeeds often leave concerned Ghanaians with a glint of bewilderment.
The unlawful possession of national assets by the officials of the erstwhile NDC government is the quintessence of political criminalities that confront the nation.
Apparently, when it comes to the prosecutions of the political criminals, we are often made to believe: “the wheels of justice turn slowly, but it will grind exceedingly fine.”
Yet we can gloomily pinpoint a lot of unresolved alleged criminal cases involving political personalities.
We hear racketeers managed to allocate judgement debt figure in the national budget (around GH600 million), with the sole objective to create, loot and share.
Do you remember Woyome’s GH51.2 million scandalous judgement debt payment?
It is on record that prior to the scandalous Wayome’s judgement debt payment, the late Mills warned the ‘create, loot and share’ cabals not to effect payment, yet the conspiratorial plotters defied the good old Mills orders and doled out the staggering amount to Wayome, who had no contract with the government of Ghana.
But thanks to the Citizen Vigilante, Martin Amidu, we had an opportunity to retrieve all the undeserving money from Woyome per the Supreme Court’s ruling. Yet the former Attorney General wilfully failed to do so.
What about the undeserving $30 million judgement debt payment to the Waterville, the dubious $25 million to ISOFOTON, and a lot more reported to be totalling a staggering GH800 million?
It is beyond puzzlement that individuals could form an alliance, create, loot and share gargantuan sums of money they were not entitled to, and would eventually slip through the justice net.
I will venture to state that there is no cynosure of deterrence for political criminals.
For, if that was not the case, how come political criminals always go through the justice net?
Granted, some may appear as mere allegations devoid of admissible evidence.
But what about the individuals who have been cited in the scandals such as SUBA, SADA, GYEEDA, Brazil World Cup, Bus Branding and many others?
Corruption is a serious economic, social, political and moral impediment to the nation building, and as such corrupt officials must be held accountable at all times.
It is obvious that corruption slackens a nation’s development. And what is more, corruption has become a worldwide menace.
Corruption is found in all countries—big and small, rich and poor—but it is in the developing world that its effects are most destructive.
Going forward, we must not and cannot use the justice net to catch only plantain, goat and cassava thieves, but we must rather spread the net wide to cover the hard criminals disguised in political attire.
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Returning to the theater, the retired cop began arguing with the man, who became upset and threw a large popcorn in the cop's face. The cop drew his concealed weapon and shot the man dead.
The cop was subsequently charged with second degree murder. He immediately claimed self defense under Florida's stand your ground law. Years of legal maneuvering and the SYG hearing finally got underway in 2017. At the SYG hearing, an off duty cop who witnessed the shooting had some damning testimony. The court denied the SYG defense and ordered a trial.
After another year of legal maneuvering, the trial was finally set for February of 2019. Then, in another twist, his defense team argued that changes in Florida's Stand Your Ground law that came in 2018 should be applied retroactively. A court in August of 2018 agreed, and now his trial has been delayed in definitely.
A man killed another in a petty disagreement. Here we are, more than five years later, and the shooted continues to use legal maneuvering to avoid trial. I am all for self defense and believe that everyone deserves justice, but this is an outright abuse of the legal system. The whole idea of SYG hearings is to prevent legal bills from running innocent people into bankruptcy, not allow people to play the system and delay a trial until they die of old age.
This is the sort of thing that anti gun forces love to point to as a reason to eliminate self defense and concealed carry.
Monday, April 29, 2019
There was a Burger King that was robbed this past Saturday morning at about 7:30 in the Villages.
They finally found and arrested the guy. He is only 18 years old, but has already been arrested four different times since his 18th birthday. The history of this particular thug is an interesting insight into the court system:
October 2018:
Aggravated Battery with a deadly weapon
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This ended in a plea deal where the felony charges were changed to misdemeanor.
November 2018:
This case was the misdemeanor charges that were part of the plea deal from October. He finally made it to trial in January, and was released January 17th with a sentence of time served and a $1350 fine (which he never paid).
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It wasn't long before he was in trouble again. Just 35 days after his release from the last case, he was again arrested for driving without a license. He received 6 months probation and a $600 fine.
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1 count fleeing and attempting to elude LEO
1 count of robbery with a firearm
possession of methamphetamine
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This is all just since he turned 18 in September. He is a one man crime spree. Since his 18th birthday seven months ago, he has committed at least 15 felonies (that we know of), even though he was in jail for four of those seven months.
When thugs like this are running the street and robbing people at gunpoint, honest, law abiding gun owners are being punished, even though it is the failure of our court system to put a stop to this madness. Maybe this time they will have him serve some real time, because the next crime he commits will likely result in him killing someone.
Tuesday, April 23, 2019
Today the Florida Senate voted to remove the prohibition on teachers carrying firearms as a part of the Guardian program. This ends the law that armed school janitors and lunch ladies, but denied the same ability to teachers. Opponents claim that this places too much of a burden on teachers. I don't see how, since the program is entirely voluntary, and should a teacher ever need to use their weapon to defend their students, it will be less of a burden than standing by as they watch someone murder their students or even getting murdered themselves.
As for me, I have already volunteered for the program. I hope that I am selected. I even used it as an excuse to buy a new handgun. I just bought a M&P 2.0 9mm Compact. I caught one on sale at my local gun store. They had them on sale for $379, and at that price they threw in 4 magazines and a $50 gift card.
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Now to wait for the House and my school district.
Sunday, April 21, 2019
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I also have a Jframe, just so I have a handgun that I can quickly slip into a pocket for a quick trip to the store. I am also planning on getting an M&P 9mm compact just in case the legislature finally decides that teachers can be accepted into the Guardian program.
Saturday, April 20, 2019
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Saturday, April 13, 2019
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Not too far from where I live, a man fell and was killed by his cassowary, which is a large flightless bird that is nearly human sized and known to occasionally kill dogs and humans. I wonder if they taste like chicken. I am betting you that #4 shot would work pretty well.
Thursday, April 11, 2019
Dumb idea
An Orlando company is attempting to market "intelligent guns" that will tell the wielder if the gun is pointed at a "good guy" or a bad guy. A device mounted on the gun appears to act as a sort of IFF device.
Not only are the guns supposedly able to tell the difference between a school shooter and an armed teacher, the guns will be locked in a safe that can be released by school officials via WiFi. Just wait until some kid hacks the system and gets a gun that identifies him as a good guy.
Wednesday, April 10, 2019
College= Left wing breeding grounds
Read this letter, filled with leftist talking points, to see what your college tuition and tax dollars are paying for. Then you will know why Gainesville was one of the blue areas in Florida's last election cycle.
Tuesday, April 9, 2019
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Man giving out $20 bills at Waffle House is shot and killed by a man angry that the victim didn't give the shooter's girlfriend $20.
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Friday, April 5, 2019
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Wednesday, April 3, 2019
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2 Home schooled students do better for almost the same reason. Students and their parents who do well in being motivated to teach and learn at home take the tests, students who are not very motivated either drop out entirely, or return to public school.
So basically, all of the troublemakers and unmotivated students are pushed to public schools, while the better (on average) students are found in charter, private, and home schools.
3 More money is not really fixing the problem, because the schools are not really where the problem lies. More than half of my students are chronically absent (meaning that they miss more than 20% of the school year.) About ten percent of my students have missed more than a third of the school days, and more than one of them has missed HALF of the school days. You cannot teach a child who isn't there.
4 Teachers, in my experience, are not overwhelmingly liberal. It seems to me that we have the same sort of mix as the community in general. I teach in a rural school, and we have a few liberals, a few conservatives, and a bunch that are either moderate or keep their opinions to themselves.
5 We TRY to teach critical thinking. We all do. The kids won't think. All they want to do is use their smartphones to get the answers, and then do something else. Usually play video games. In fact, standardized tests try to get the students to use the knowledge gained in the course to draw conclusions. (Called DQ4 questions)
6 The claim that education has not changed is patently false. There are plenty of differences in how school is being taught. This is where the complaints about common core have come from. I have already posted about how the common core complaints are mostly wrong. I did a similar post about common core for science.
I have students who barely get a C in high school biology who say they want to be a doctor. Students who have failed algebra claim that they want to be engineers.
I agree that we need to stop throwing good money after bad. We waste a lot of time and effort on trying educate kids who don't want to learn, and on students with disabilities that prevent them from ever being more than simple manual laborers. There should be an exam at the end of the year when a student turns 15. Those who excel at a high level go to a college prep high school, students who show aptitude for it go to vocational school, students who fail are done and can go get a job.
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Derivation of Reservoir Sampling
The Problem
Sample \(k\) elements from a stream.
Uniformly at random.
The Solution
Let’s call that unknown length \(N\) and consider simple cases.
For now, assume \(k = 1\). We only want to sample a single element.
\(N = 1\)
Our stream has only one element. Let’s call it \(x_1\). We only find out that there’s one element when we try to access it twice and get \(x_1\) and then StopIteration.
So for our algorithm to cover this case, it has to store \(x_1\) no matter what.
\(N = 2\)
Since we don’t know that \(N = 2\), we have to cover the \(N = 1\) case and keep \(x_1\).
Then to have a uniform sampling over \(\{x_1, x_2\}\), we have to discard \(x_1\) and keep \(x_2\) with probability \(\frac{1}{2}\).
\(N = 3\)
This is the \(N = 2\) case with one additional element. So we keep \(x_1\) with probability 1 and \(x_2\) with probability \(\frac{1}{2}\).
To keep the sampling uniform, you’ll see that \(x_3\) needs to be kept with probability \(\frac{1}{3}\).
This suggests a pattern of keeping the \(i\)-th element with probability \(\frac{1}{i}\). This is correct, and I’ll let you look up the proof on Wikipedia.
Now we consider how to sample \(k\) elements rather than just 1. We start with the smallest valid case.
\(N = k\)
As before, we need to keep the first \(k\) elements no matter what in case there are no others.
(The data structure that stores these \(k\) elements is our reservoir).
\(N = k + 1\)
A bit of arithmetic shows that we need to keep our \(i\)-th element with probability \(\frac{k}{i}\).
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The battle between a killer whale and a saltwater crocodile is on. What happens when those two creatures collide?
One of the most important toothed whales, and probably the most well-known, is the killer whale.
Killer whales, often known as “orcas,” are particularly intelligent predators that target a variety of food species.
killer whales interest humans and so they are cared for and revered by humans.
We believe they have received more thorough scientific research than some of the other whale species.
Saltwater crocodiles are the world’s largest reptiles.
Those saltwater crocodiles may grow up to 23 feet long at their maximum!
Those gigantic beasts are known by several names, including sea crocodile, indo-pacific crocodile, saltie, and others.
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Orcas are identifiable by their black lower back, white chest and flanks, and a white patch above and behind.
Orcas have a bulky body and a large dorsal fin with a darkish gray saddle patch’ at the back.
Male orcas can grow to be 19 – 26 toes long (6 – 8 m) and weigh more than 6 tonnes.
Female orcas are smaller, measuring 5–7 meters (16–23 feet) in length and weighing about 5 tonnes.
Because of their size and strength, orcas are among the fastest marine mammals.
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In comparison to other dolphins, an orca’s pectoral fin is large and rounded.
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The male’s dorsal fin is longer and more curved, whilst the female is shorter and more curved.
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Saltwater crocodile
The largest reptile species alive today is the saltwater crocodile.
Adult men can grow to be as tall as nineteen to twenty-two toes (6 to seven meters) and weigh over 2,000 pounds (900 kg).
Females are much shorter than males and rarely exceed three meters in height.
The top is fairly broad, and a pair of ridges run from the eyes to the snout’s center.
The frame and tail of young saltwater crocodiles are pale yellows with black stripes and patches.
This coloration lasts for several years until the crocodile reaches adulthood.
As an adult, the hue is much darker, with lighter tan or grey parts. The ventral surface is golden or white in hue.
Gray with dark streaks, the tail is gray. Saltwater crocodiles have a large, heavy-set jaw with up to sixty-eight teeth.
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Apart from humans, killer whales are the most extensively spread creatures.
Orcas can be found in the oceans and seas that surround most coastal countries.
Killer whales can adapt to any type of weather.
They can, for example, dwell in the warm seas around the equator.
Alternatively, the cold waters of the north and south poles.
These animals do not stay in one place for long periods of time and have been observed traveling long distances.
Take a look at a group of orcas roaming all over the place from the waters off the coast of Alaska, for example.
To those who live near California the distribution of saltwater crocodiles spans a large area:
They live on the Indonesian and New Guinean islands, as well as Australia’s northern shores.
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Crocodiles can also be found along the coasts of Sri Lanka and eastern India.
They remain in Southeast Asia’s estuaries, close to Vietnam’s vitality.
Borneo, the Philippines, Palau, Vanuatu, and the Solomon Islands are all home to saltwater crocodiles.
The maximum often occurs downstream in estuaries at some point during the dry season.
Living on the open sea is something I do every now and again.
With the arrival of the wet season, they migrate to swamps and rivers to rehydrate their bodies.
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Predators like killer whales are formidable.
Seals, sea lions, smaller whales and dolphins, fish, sharks, squid, and other large prey are among their favorite foods.
Other animals include octopi, sea turtles, sea birds, sea otters, river otters, and more.
They devour small prey whole, but larger prey is usually torn up before eating.
Killer whales are gregarious hunters who hunt in groups and employ coordinated social behavior and communication.
To hunt prey that is larger than them, such as huge whales.
Carnivorous saltwater crocodiles. Their eating habits change as they become older.
As a result, younger crocodiles eat tiny prey like bugs and amphibians.
Crustaceans, as well as a few small fish and reptile species.
Adults prefer larger prey such as dust crabs, snakes, turtles, birds, and wild boars.
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Killer whales are particularly sociable, with a complex social structure. They travel in pods ranging in size from a few to as many as 50.
There have even been evaluations involving hundreds of people in a single pod.
However, this was only a temporary alliance between a group of smaller pods.
The spread of killer whales from the mother pod has been stifled.
Young whales, on the other hand, are frequently found with their mother’s pod.
Within a hundred meters of each other, people in pods swim and coordinate their activity.
They may eat a percentage of the prey and only leave the pod for a few hours at a time.
Killer whales educate their young through apprenticeship.
Searching and parenting skills are among the skills taught to younger whales.
The saltwater crocodile is thought to be one of the most intelligent and clever reptiles on the planet.
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Their barks serve as a means of communication between them.
To maintain its body temperature, the saltwater crocodile spends the majority of its time thermoregulating.
These species have developed a strong sense of territoriality and no longer tolerate each other’s presence.
Males will share their area with females, but not with other males.
females are territorial as well and can defend their nests from other crocodiles, especially if something comes too close.
who would win a fight between Killer Whale and Saltwater Crocodile!
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We know that a killer whale can readily dispatch a great white shark.
White sharks can also be killed by saltwater crocodiles.
There aren’t likely to be many reported contacts between the two.
However, it’s highly likely that they have no reason to encounter each other on a regular basis.
A crocodile would probably not start the fight because they wouldn’t bother looking for food this big.
If an orca attacked a crocodile for food, the crocodile would retaliate.
We already know that orcas are more than capable of hunting big white sharks without difficulty.
One orca can probably ram the shark’s belly with enough force to immobilize it.
The shark becomes an easy feast for the orcas once it is upside down and motionless.
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The orca can perform the same function as a saltwater crocodile with ease.
Orcas can also dive to greater depths because the sea is their natural environment.
So who’s to say the crocodile’s fate won’t be the same.
The most serious issue is that crocodiles wouldn’t be able to expand their mouths wide enough.
To seize and overpower an orca’s head.
They’re likely to chew off their flippers or disembowel their side.
In Conclusion
The bite force of Saltwater crocodiles is 3,700 pounds per square inch or 16,460 newtons, bite force.
Killer Whales (Orcas) have the strongest bite force of any animal in the world. The bite force of Killer whales is 19,000+ PSI (Pounds per Square Inch).
Regardless of whether orcas are prevented in deep water or in a shallower river, I believe orcas will win.
The Orca can move through water, and its size makes it impossible for the saltwater crocodile to hurt it.
A single Orca, while being a mammal, can easily prey on the largest magnificent white sharks.
As a result of its greater reasoning ability, it would endanger the saltwater crocodile.
Even though crocodile armor is far too difficult for an orca to breach except for the underbelly.
Crocodiles are also cold-blooded, thus they tire much more easily.
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Common Gene Variants Not Found in Maltese ALS Patients
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Maltese people with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) do not exhibit mutations in the genes commonly associated with the condition, a study found. Instead, their disease-causing mutations are found in genes rarely associated with the condition in Europeans.
The study, “Genetic analysis of ALS cases in the isolated island population of Malta,” was published in the European Journal of Human Genetics
When there is a clear family history, ALS is classified as familial; other cases are considered sporadic. Although the rate of familial ALS cases is thought to be about 5–10%, studies have suggested about 40% of ALS is inherited.
So far, more than 40 genes have been reported to cause familial ALS, with more than half of cases explained by a small group of genes including C9orf72 (23%), SOD1 (19%), TARDBP (3%), and FUS (3%). Sporadic cases also have been linked to specific genes, such as ATXN2, UNC13A, SARM1, C21orf2, SCFD1, and MOBP.
Ongoing genetic analyses can lead to the discovery of new genes and molecular mechanisms that underlie ALS, supporting the continued development of gene-specific treatments.
Studying people who live in geographically isolated populations is a common method to find genes associated with diseases, as there is reduced genetic diversity and minimal variations in the environment.
Malta is a small sovereign state in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea with a population just over 500,000 people. The inhabitants originally emigrated from the neighboring island of Sicily in Italy about 7,000 years ago, with very little influence by immigration since then.
Recently, the University of Malta started a national ALS Registry and Biobank to identify people with ALS and collect blood samples as well as demographic and lifestyle information.
Now, in collaborating with scientists at the University Medical Centre (UMC) Utrecht, in The Netherlands, investigators analyzed the incidence (new cases over a period of time) and prevalence (established cases at one time) of ALS in the Maltese islands. They also performed a genetic survey looking for either known or novel genetic mutations (variants) associated with the condition.
The study included 24 people with ALS (16 men, eight women) with a mean age at enrollment of 63.5 years, who had been living with the disorder for 44.5 months (almost four years) on average.
Of these, 21 (87.5%) were classified as sporadic cases, whereas three (12.5%) had familial ALS. Also included were 13 age- and sex-matched healthy control participants from the local population.
The annual ALS incidence rate in the 2017–2018 period was 2.48 per 100,000 person-years, with the rate in men almost doubling that seen in women. The higher incidence rate for men occurred in all age groups after 49 years. Of note, person years is a type of measurement that takes into account both the number of people in a study and the amount of time each person spends in the study.
The incidence increased with age for both men and women, then declined after 79 years of age, with peaks occurring between 50 and 59 years of age in men and 70 to 79 years among women.
A total of 17 patients were still living in Dec. 31, 2018, amounting to a prevalence rate of 3.44 per 100,000 person-years. Again, the prevalence in men was three times higher than in women.
An ancestry analysis showed overlap with a portion of the Middle Eastern and European markers. A genetic similarity with Middle East populations also is found in Sicilians, “supporting a common genetic ancestry for populations inhabiting the Mediterranean islands of Malta and Sicily,” the researchers said.
No mutations in the C9orf72 gene, the “major gene that is mutated in the European ALS population,” were identified in either familial or sporadic cases. The Maltese group also had no variants in the other most commonly mutated ALS-associated genes, including SOD1, TARDBP, or FUS
An examination of 58 ALS-linked genes identified 35 rare gene variants in Maltese ALS patients, which were absent in controls such as the DDX20, EWSR1, and GLE1 genes. Variants predicted to be damaging were found only in sporadic cases and included the genes ALS2, DAO, DCTN1, ERBB4, SCFD1, and SPG11. A rare mutation in which part of the SETX gene is missing was detected in one late-onset sporadic case.
The genetic risk for ALS in the Maltese population with damaging variants in at least one ALS-associated gene was 40%. In two familial cases, no mutations were found in known ALS genes.
“The genetic architecture of ALS in Malta appears to be different from the European average underscoring genetic isolation imposed by geography,” the investigators concluded. “This combined with the lack of an identified genetic factor in two-thirds of Maltese [familial ALS] cases, encourages further studies aimed at discovering novel ALS genes.”
“The DNA results caught us by surprise,” Ruben J. Cauchi, PhD, study lead author, said in a press release. “The most frequently mutated ALS genes were flawless in Maltese patients. Our results underscore the unique genetics of the Maltese population, shaped by centuries of relative isolation.”
“We also established that genetic factors play a significant role in causing ALS in Malta,” he added.
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Hopkins must be transparent about its new partnership with Amazon.
By THE EDITORIAL BOARD | April 22, 2022
A few weeks ago, Amazon and Hopkins revealed the JHU + Amazon Initiative for Interactive AI (AI2AI), a research-based collaboration to further advance artificial intelligence (AI) research in areas such as machine learning, computer vision and speech processing.
Amazon, however, has a well-documented history of unfair and inhumane labor practices. The company has been accused of mistreating its employees, neglecting their safety and interfering with their efforts to unionize. Given this, we question their partnership.
Just like Amazon, Hopkins is also guilty of controversial and negligent labor practices. In 2019, the National Labor Relations Board found that Hopkins Hospital attempted to impede nurses’ unionization. In 2020, Teachers and Researchers United (TRU), an unofficial graduate student union at Hopkins, held a rally to demand that the University improve graduate students’ safety and security. The University has also ignored TRU’s demands to be recognized as an official union.
In addition to not supporting their employees, both Amazon and Hopkins do not pay their fair share of taxes. Amazon’s annual financial report, released in February, reveals that the company has avoided roughly $5.2 billion in corporate federal income taxes in 2021, despite its record earnings. The University also avoids paying property taxes due to its nonprofit status.
There are also widespread concerns over Amazon's improper data sharing and privacy violations. For example, Amazon employees listen to Alexa speaker recordings to improve human speech accuracy, often without users’ knowledge.
Is a partnership with Amazon really what we want? How will this partnership look under the scrutiny of the public eye? Even within the University, concerns about mentioning Amazon by name in the initiative’s title were brought to the Office of the President. Clearly, University administrators have considered the potential for controversy surrounding its association with the Amazon brand.
Even the founding director of AI2AI acknowledged the risk of controversy in an interview with The News-Letter. According to him, the University is not opposed to ending the partnership if something contentious occurs. Where is Hopkins drawing the line? We want more clarity over the circumstances that would cause the University to sever the relationship.
Through this partnership, Amazon will provide funding to the University for fellowships and research projects. We know research funding is important to Hopkins; for over 40 years, Hopkins has had the highest research and development spending of any U.S. university. We acknowledge that students benefit from the research opportunities here, but we hope our institution will not compromise its ethics with this partnership.
AI research in particular presents more challenging ethical questions, making it a hot button issue. For example, facial recognition software used by police is reported to replicate harmful biases and exacerbate discrimination. In fact, Amazon’s own AI recruiting engine was scrapped because it was biased against women
We recognize the potential benefits of AI research; there are plenty of AI projects at Hopkins with commendable objectives. Take, for example, Professor Alan Yuille, who is working on deep learning algorithms to detect pancreatic cancer in CT scans. And last semester, the University received a $20 million grant to develop AI that promotes healthy aging.
As AI2AI progresses, we hope that Hopkins continues to focus on research into ethical AI. Namely, we would like to see the initiative prioritize eliminating discriminatory biases and protecting user privacy.
As students, we do not decide who Hopkins collaborates with. The University, however, must keep students informed when pursuing initiatives with such controversial partners.
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You may have a beautiful and attractive nose, and even breathe better with rhinoplasty.
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Seen as one of the biggest targets of complaints and discontent in plastic surgery offices, the nose plays a very important role in a person's appearance, mainly because it is part of the face's composition and occupies a prominent position in the centre. In addition, it is fundamental for the balance and harmony of the entire face, having a direct connection with the patient's self-esteem. A nose with an unsightly or disproportionate appearance ends up retaining all attention for you, in addition to causing discomfort and embarrassment.
Any improvement in the shape and size of the nose can have a great impact on the patient's self-image and confidence, bringing back the self-esteem that was previously lost.
Rhinoplasty, or nose job, poses some challenges to the plastic surgeon, either because of the diversity of techniques that can be used, or because of the anatomical differences of each patient, which requires specific planning for each case.
At the Zamarian Clinic, we offer exceptional Brazil rhinoplasty solutions that can be used to improve the appearance of any patient's nose whose nature has been negligent. Proven to be one of the most commonly performed facial aesthetic procedures, nose job surgery can reshape and resise the back, tip, and nostrils to create a better aesthetic appearance. In addition, it is possible to improve nasal breathing, correcting eventual deviation of the septum, hypertrophy of the turbinates and performing corrections in the internal and external nasal valve. In this way, we promote a complete treatment, both aesthetic and functional.
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Londrina plastic surgeon Dr. Walter Zamarian Jr., specialised in the United States, under the guidance of the best nose surgeons in the world, in aesthetic and functional rhinoplasty. Not only does he have a keen aesthetic sense to allow for a beautiful and natural result, but he also has the skill and knowledge necessary to provide the maximum possible improvement in nose breathing. That's because it addresses the four pillars of nasal breathing during rhinoplasty: septum, turbinates, internal nasal valve and external nasal valve.
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The nose has the following functions: breathing, humidifying and filtering the air, as a temperature regulator and protection, in addition to enabling the sense of smell. All these important functions of the nose must be taken into account by the plastic surgeon when performing an aesthetic rhinoplasty, so that this surgery does not interfere with any of the elements responsible for these functions. These elements are: the septum, turbinates and internal and external nasal valves, fundamental structures that directly influence the flow of air in the nose.
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The nasal septum is a perpendicular structure, like a wall, which is composed of a cartilaginous part, called triangular cartilage, and a bony part, formed by the vomer and ethmoid bones, dividing the nose in half, in two nasal cavities, right and left. The air passes in a laminar fashion on each side of the septum. When it is desired to improve the function of the nose during aesthetic rhinoplasty, the septum must be evaluated in its entirety, as any deformity, deviating the septum, can alter the laminar flow of air and lead to a secondary increase in the turbinates. The surgery indicated in this case is septoplasty, which corrects the deviated septum. The good news is that plastic nose surgery can be combined with septoplasty to correct both aesthetic problems and functional problems of a nose, which we call rhinoseptoplasty. Dr. Walter Zamarian Jr. performs the aesthetic part of the rhinoseptoplasty, after his colleague Otorrino has improved the septum deviation and eventual hypertrophy (enlargement) of the turbinates.
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The nasal turbinates are curved bone plates, as a lateral elevation of each wall of the nasal cavity, covered with mucosa, which stand out from the inner face of the ethmoid and protrude from the outside of the nasal cavities. They play an important role in the respiratory system, the immune system and the sense of smell in humans. There are two types of turbinates: the constant turbinates which comprise the lower, middle and upper turbinates and the inconstant turbinates which comprise Santorini's turbinate and Zuckerkandl's turbinate.
The lower turbinate is the largest turbinate among the three, being responsible for humidification, temperature and filtering of the air that enters through our nose. In addition, the lower turbinate has the greatest impact of resistance to the inflow of air into the nose, and can account for up to two-thirds of that resistance. The middle turbinate is the middle one, which protects the sinuses from coming into direct contact with the air stream. Finally, the superior turbinate is a smaller structure, which is connected to the middle turbinate by a nerve ending and is responsible for protecting the olfactory bulbs.
The mucous membranes, which cover the bony part of the turbinates, undergo a cycle of expansion and contraction mediated by the autonomic nervous system. Problems related to the turbinates are treatable during rhinoplasty, when it is also desired to improve respiratory function. Changes in the size of the nasal turbinates are known as turbinate hypertrophy and are very common in cases of bullous turbinate (swelling of the turbinate that can obstruct the sinuses), allergic rhinitis, and vasomotor (non-allergic) rhinitis. They can be treated in conjunction with rhinoplasty, by cauterizing the turbinates or removing them through turbinectomy surgery, also called turbinoplasty.
Internal and external nasal valves
The nasal valve is an important regulator of airflow dynamics, and is divided into the internal nasal valve and the external nasal valve.
The internal nasal valve is the angle formed between the septum and the anterior border of the triangular cartilage. Its preservation, during nose surgery, is essential to avoid a sequel of collapse of the nose wings during inspiration. If the patient seeks a plastic surgeon with this complaint, the treatment performed may require a cartilage graft called "spreader graft".
The external nasal valve is located anterior to the internal nasal valve and is the vestibule that enters the nose. It may be obstructed by extrinsic factors (foreign bodies) or intrinsic factors (weakened alar cartilages due or not to previous plastic surgery of the nose, loss of vestibular skin or scar narrowing). There are several possible treatments for external nasal valve, which will depend on the case at hand.
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Nose Size
The Brazil rhinoplasty performed by Dr. Zamarian involves reducing the nose in three dimensions, resulting in a natural and harmonious appearance with the face. Most of the time, when referring to a large nose, it is due to a high and long back. When the bridge of the nose is lowered, it becomes proportionately longer. It is for this reason that we almost always have to shorten it, also lifting the nasal tip.
Bubbly (or thick) tip
The bulbous tip is one of the most frequent nose complaints in a plastic surgery office. Patients feel uncomfortable with the famous "potato nose" and want to see their nasal tip thinner and more delicate. To thin the nose, the partial removal of the alar cartilages is usually enough, always taking into account the thickness of the skin of each one, which can be a limiting factor in cases of nose with very thick skin. In some reserved cases, a complementary manoeuvre may be necessary to thin the nasal tip in closed rhinoplasty, which consists of the "bucket handle", also called "delivery". This manoeuvre aims to bring the knees closer to the alar cartilages to the centre, making their angle more acute and, as a consequence, further thinning the nasal tip.
Down tip
The natural aesthetic of the nose dictates that the tip should have a higher projection than the nasal dorsum. When this does not occur, the nose is said to have a drooping tip, that is, lower than the back. This can be due to one of two (or both) reasons: very high back or very low tip, both of which can be corrected by surgery. In the case of a very high back, the treatment is lowering the back with a chisel and/or scraping. When the tip is too low, it can only be sutured higher after shortening of the caudal septum (more frequent), or supported with a cartilage stake in the columella.
Nasal deviations
Displacements are typically treated with dorsum lowering and fracture, along with septum repositioning if necessary. For cases of deviations involving the tip, Dr. Zamarian frees the septum from the columella and can also make relaxing incisions in the upper part of the caudal septum, on the concave side. Rhinoseptoplasty, performed together with a colleague, Otorrino, may often be necessary so that the septum can be rectified, allowing for an adequate treatment of the nasal deviation.
Open nostrils
They can be closed by removing a segment on their lower and lateral sides, leaving the scars in excellent shape, and positioning them so that they are imperceptible. Uses, for this, a compass to measure the nostrils, so that the removal of the nostril segment is symmetrical and has a harmonious result.
Allergic rhinitis
Allergic rhinitis is a condition in which the nasal mucosa is hyperreactive, causing itching (itching), sneezing (sneezing), bad sense of smell, headache (headaches) and a runny nose. Rhinoplasty does not improve or worsen allergic rhinitis. This condition can improve by avoiding agents such as dust, fur, curtains, paints, insectisides and perfumes, or with local (topical) treatment with sodium cromoglycate or corticosteroid in spray, for example.
Characteristics of structured rhinoplasty performed by Dr. Zamarian
Closed or open? Dr. Zamarian does both
Whatever technique Dr. Zamarian for his rhinoplasty, he will perform according to the most modern tactics, learned by him in Brazil, with professor Ivo Pitanguy, and in the United States, with the biggest names in rhinoplasty in the world. Not only does he care about improving the aesthetics of your nose, he also takes care of every detail that can be addressed so that your breathing is the best it can be. He learned from Dr. Dean Toriumi of Chicago, the most renowned otolaryngologist who performs rhinoplasty, treats the turbinates, the inner nasal valve and the nostrils, in such a way that patients with difficult breathing can have the double benefit: of a beautiful result and of a function nose properly. Likewise, Dr. Ali Sajjadian from California relayed to Dr. Zamarian the modern techniques of nasal structuring in closed rhinoplasty, making its results evolve in a high degree. "I was already passionate about the results of closed rhinoplasty, according to Professor Pitanguy's principles. Now, with the structuring of the nose, both in closed and open rhinoplasty, in addition to obtaining aesthetically natural noses, the improvement in breathing greatly increases satisfaction of patients with the result."
What's different about structured rhinoplasty?
Dr. Zamarian explains that structured rhinoplasty focuses not only on the aesthetic result, but also on improving breathing. In this way, in addition to lowering the back, narrowing the nose and raising and tuning the tip, other details are also performed, such as:
Spreader graft
The internal nasal valve is an important part of the inside of the nose that helps regulate the passage of air. For this reason, the nose plastic surgery performed by Dr. Zamarian aims to reinforce the structure of the internal nasal valve with grafts called spreader graft. They consist of a strip of cartilage placed on each side along the bridge of the nose, running from the nasal bone to the tip. These grafts, in addition to serving to keep the nose aligned in the midline, serve to keep the internal nasal valve opening, improving breathing, especially in patients with weak lateral cartilages. Grafts can be taken from the septum, costal cartilages or, less frequently, from the ears. Dr. Zamarian has been dedicated to the functional part of the nose, and performs spreader graft in both closed and open rhinoplasty. The correct technique for placing a spreader graft by closed rhinoplasty is not so widespread in Brazil, and Dr. Zamarian went to acquire this knowledge in the United States, with Dr. Ali Sajjadian. This was a landmark given to her closed rhinoplasty results. Since then, the association of spreader graft with the treatment of the turbinates, when there is hypertrophy, has given nose plastic surgery patients a greater respiratory capacity. Many notice this improvement from the first week, even with the nose swollen inside.
Septal extension graft
Many patients looking for a rhinoplasty complain of a drooping tip and present columelolabial retraction. This means that support for the tip of the nose is lacking, and it is common in patients with weak or soft cartilage in the nose. To provide cutting-edge support and open the columelolabral angle, Dr. Walter Zamarian Jr. performs one of two procedures: septal extension graft in open rhinoplasty, or stake graft in the columella, in closed or open rhinoplasty. When the tissues of the nose are heavy and the need for support is great, Dr. Walter is for open rhinoplasty with septal extension graft. This graft consists of a segment of cartilage that is placed vertically, resting on the anterior nasal spine and slightly higher than the dorsum. It is attached inferiorly to the anterior nasal spine and superiorly between the two spreader graft cartilages. This graft can be wider at the base and narrower at the apex, performing an upward and backward rotation of the tip, helping to lift the tip when necessary. It can only be performed in an open rhinoplasty.
Stake graft in the columella
This graft is also used to help support the tip of the nose, and can be performed in both closed and open rhinoplasty. When the need to extend the septum does not exist, and the support of the tip can be performed in a less robust way, the stake graft in the columella, also called strut, can be performed. . During a closed rhinoplasty, Dr. Zamarian places the graft between the two alar cartilages, in the columella, through a vertical incision, in the columella, which practically does not leave very visible scars in the postoperative period. The graft is fixed in place using absorbable threads of PDS. In open rhinoplasty, this graft is placed under direct vision, also between the two alar cartilages and also helps to reinforce the structure of the tip, allowing for greater support and projection.
Other grafts
Cartilage graft in radix
Radix is the nasal root, it is the part next to the glabella, the region that is between the eyebrows. Often, the nose bone in this part can be too low. This is very common in patients with an Indian nose, for example. That way, if the nose surgery were performed from that point on, the entire nose would be very low. To prevent this from happening, Dr. Zamarian performs a radix cartilage graft. With this, it raises the height of the nose at its root and the entire rhinoplasty can be performed from a higher point, when necessary. This graft is specially made with cut cartilage and very small pieces, which are placed inside a syringe. These little bits are then injected into the radix and modelled in place. It's like a filler with hyaluronic acid, but made with cartilage. After the healing process, this graft consolidates and becomes even harder than the cartilage, giving a very long-lasting result.
Graft to elevate the entire back
The graft mentioned above, for radix, can be performed along the entire dorsum of the nose. There are other ways to increase the height of the back, such as a rib cartilage graft or a cigar made with temporal fascia and chopped grafts, but these two have the drawback of eventually being able to move out of place or become a little palpable or apparent. For these reasons, Dr. Zamarian chose the radix minced cartilage graft, without temporal fascia, as the technique of choice to elevate the nasal dorsum.
Alar cartilage graft at the tip
During the decrease in the width of the tip, the upper (cephalic) segments of the two alar cartilages, which form the tip of the nose, are removed. This maneuver relaxes the tip and thins it out a bit. To thin it out a little more, stitches are given between the two cartilages, joining them and providing a more projected and thinner tip, with only the thickness of the skin being a limiting factor. To promote better definition of the tip of the nose. Dr. Zamarian uses one of these two cartilage segments, which were taken from the wings, and places it on the tip of the nose, horizontally. This brings the benefit of extra projection at the tip, in addition to smoothing any alar cartilage asymmetries that the person may have. In addition, you can control where the tip of the nose will have its greatest projection, making the tip as attractive as possible.
Indications for nose plastic surgery
In both men and women, Dr. Zamarian recommends that rhinoplasty in Brazil should be performed from the age of 15, when the bone and cartilaginous structures of the nose and face are practically developed, avoiding the risk of failure in the development of the middle third of the face caused by the nose job. In addition, patients who decide to undergo rhinoplasty must be emotionally prepared to deal with the change in appearance that it may result in.
If your nose looks too big (rhinomegaly) or too small for your face, if you have a crooked or asymmetrical nose, if there is a rise or depression when viewed in profile (hump nose or saddle nose), if it is too wide when viewed from the front, if you have a bulbous tip, a black, arched nose, if the tip of your nose is droopy, too wide, or thick, or if your nostrils are too wide, with or without difficulty breathing through your nose, you are a good candidate to perform nose plastic surgery. It is important to remember that these cases selected above are just some of the possible treatments that rhinoplasty offers. If you don't fit into one of these situations, but feel uncomfortable with the appearance and function of your nose, schedule an appointment at our Plastic Surgery Clinic, in Londrina, and find out which treatments Dr. Zamarian can offer to improve your nose.
Factors for a successful rhinoplasty
There are some basic factors that must be taken into account in order to obtain the best possible result in a nose job.
Nasofacial analysis
It is of paramount importance that the plastic surgeon performs a meticulous prior assessment of the patient's nose and face before surgery. The plastic surgeon needs to understand how the structure that will work, sculpt and model is found to improve its appearance and the patient's self-esteem. Dr. Zamarian, when analysing the patient's nose and face, is basically based, in addition to aesthetics, on mathematical proportions such as the thirds of the face and angles formed by the facial anatomy, which will allow for more accurate results of the proportions of the nose in relation to the face of a patient. each patient. Guided by his keen aesthetic sense, Dr. Zamarian begins to trace the route of the operative plan of his rhinoplasty.
Operating plan
As there are different approaches to a nose job, during the consultation, Dr. Zamarian explains what are the most viable possibilities for fixing the defects in question and what tactics can be used. In addition, after discussing the case with the patient, it outlines the operative plan that best provides the results for the specific case. It is important that the plastic surgeon correctly follows the previously stipulated operative plan so that the results are satisfactory for both him and the patient. The only exception to this is due to the occurrence of supervening causes that make it difficult for the plastic surgeon to follow the original surgical plan. Dr. Zamarian, always striving for the best results, takes the patient's entire operative plan with him to the operating room, along with standardised photos and the patient's file to resolve any possible doubts during the operative act.
Favourable anatomy
During the nasofacial evaluation, carried out in the first consultation, the plastic surgeon will understand, from the patient's nasal anatomy, which manoeuvres will be necessary and what results will be possible. Unfortunately, if the anatomy is not favourable to the result dreamed of by the patient, the plastic surgeon cannot do anything in this case, as there are limits to making changes to the nose. Patients who arrive with a proposal far beyond what their structure allows should reflect on aesthetics confronting their own health and understand that not all nasal anatomy is favourable to the desired result. Therefore, it is the plastic surgeon who must show the limits, suggesting the maximum possibilities of modifications, being able to present alternatives to the very exaggerated results dreamed by patients. If this doesn't happen, the plastic surgeon can harm himself as well as put the patient's health at risk, causing the facial balance to be lost with the performance of a surgery without proper preparation.
Critical Analysis
During a rhinoplasty, it is not only the aesthetic factors that must be taken into account, as mentioned earlier. It is one of the most challenging plastic surgeries for the surgeon. A critical analysis must be done by the plastic surgeon so that he can tell the patient what will be the consequences of the modification he will make in the structure of his nose. That is, in addition to sticking to the aesthetic result of the nose, he should also be concerned with nasal functionality and health. It's like the cause and effect relationship: any change made during nose surgery will generate effects, which can be positive or negative. The positive effects involve the previous analysis, the operative plan and the favourable anatomy that, together, provide the good results.
Experience and skill of the plastic surgeon
One of the most important factors for the success of a surgery is due to the surgeon's experience and skill. Accordingly, Dr. Zamarian, cherishing for his good years in the field of aesthetic plastic surgery, is always updating himself, attending national and international congresses, as well as reading books and magazines about nose plastic surgery and other aesthetic and reparative surgeries. He accompanied the illustrious Professor Ivo Pitanguy in many of his surgeries during his three-year residency in Rio de Janeiro. He studied anatomy in depth and became an expert in facial analysis. All this made Dr. Walter Zamarian Jr. become one of the great names in nose plastic surgery in Brazil. Patients from all over the world come to learn a little more about his skills in sculpting and reshaping a nose. Schedule an appointment at the Zamarian Plastic Surgery Clinic and learn all the details of the aesthetic plastic surgery of the nose performed in Londrina, Paraná, Brazil.
Complete approach to the nose, both aesthetic and functional
In the past, you could only think of a cosmetic nose surgery. The function of the nose used to be, and is still today, the responsibility of an ORL specialist. Medicine is evolving, and both some ORLs are starting to perform cosmetic nose surgery, and plastic surgeons are treating the functional part. This has reinforced that the vision of nasal surgery should be as comprehensive as possible. No patient would certainly like to have a beautiful, functionless nose. For many years, Dr. Zamarian performed aesthetic rhinoplasty together with ORLs, which performed the functional part. However, due to the need to optimise the nasal cartilages to perform the necessary grafts, he underwent training in the United States to be able to offer his patients the same quality of functional result that he had been having with the aesthetic part. In this way, a single person makes the complete surgical plan, both aesthetic and functional, so that the approach to one aspect does not interfere with the other.
Ethnic Rhinoplasty
It is not just about unsightly congenital defects or defects resulting from trauma that are corrected by nose plastic surgery. Currently, what is in vogue is ethnic rhinoplasty, that is, one that involves different ethnicities, providing an even greater challenge to the surgeon: delving deeper into the anatomy and maintaining the patient's ethnic characteristics, correcting only the required. The patient's anatomy is at issue and is the most delicate part of rhinoplasty. Bringing equal results, like mass production of noses, is a thing of the past. The plastic surgeon tries to respect the peculiarities of each patient, because even those who want to correct details characteristic of their ethnicity, do not just want a reduced nose. They want results that allow them to know their original anatomy, in harmony. Therefore, some characteristics remain intact, allowing for an improvement in the nasal appearance.
Black and Indian nose
Black and Indian noses that undergo rhinoplasty usually have a low back (or sealed), bulbous tip, open nostrils and the tip showing little support. To address these defects, Dr. Zamarian elevates the dorsum with the graft and fracture, thinning the tip with domus suture and removal of alar cartilages, defining the tip with an alar cartilage graft, and finishing the plastic with a septum cartilage graft in the columella to provide greater support to the tip. The Indian nose usually has a low radix, requiring small cartilage grafts to fill the depression. The Negroid nose, on the other hand, usually has a low back, which may require more cartilage for its graft.
Asian nose
Like the Negroid nose, the dorsum of the Asian nose needs to be elevated with a graft and fracture. We can shorten the nostrils a little, and improve the definition of the tip with the manoeuvres described. Sometimes, we use cartilage graft to define the tip and in the columella for support.
Arabic or Lebanese nose
It is very characteristic of this ethnic group to have a large elevation of the back (hump) and a rounded and drooping tip. For correction, Dr. Zamarian performs manoeuvres that allow for the uniformity of the back, causing it to be lowered and the point raised, while the point is rotated (up). We thinned the tip by treating the alar cartilages, suturing the dome and performing an alar cartilage graft. The nose becomes more proportional to the patient's face.
Italian nose
Peculiarities such as a high back and hump and tip disproportionate to the size of the nasal structure make the characteristic Italian nose receive treatment similar to that of the Arab or Lebanese nose. Dr. Zamarian always respects the individual characteristics of each patient, maintaining the natural result, above all.
Nose Assessment
Patients who wish to undergo a rhinoplasty plastic surgery in Londrina undergo a thorough evaluation with Dr. Walter Zamarian Jr, who will explain the procedure, study the patient's facial structure based on mathematical formulas, thus being able to determine which areas of the nose will undergo greater changes in order to have the expected rhinoplasty result and if there will be any segment of the nose with expectations limited by several factors, such as, for example, the thickness of the nasal skin, the fragility of the bones of the nose, amongst others.
Aesthetic parameters of the nose
Briefly, we can mention here some parameters that the plastic surgeon takes as a basis to determine the points to be improved. They are mathematical parameters and proportions, so they help to measure what is visibly altered. It should be remembered that these parameters serve only as a guideline, and each nose has its particularities and measurements outside these parameters are totally acceptable, considering that there is harmony with the face, always reminding us of the ethnic differences that must also be taken into account.
The thirds of the face
In order to obtain predictable and more concrete results, the plastic surgeon divides the face in three, using four horizontal lines:
Divergences in these proportions may indicate maxillofacial alterations, such as vertical maxillary excess, known as "bird face" or maxillary hypoplasia. As it is the foundation of the nose, that is, where it is located, important changes in the maxilla must be treated before rhinoplasty.
Nose Length
In order to have a certain idea of what to do when the discomfort starts from the length of the nose, one must analyse whether the length of the nose is equivalent to the vertical distance between the oral commissures (angles of the mouth) and the lowest point of the chin, in a frontal view. In this way, Dr. Zamarian can confirm whether the length of the nose is proportionately unsightly or not for the surgery.
Deviated nose
A straight vertical line is drawn that goes from the middle of the glabella (region between the eyebrows) to the chin, dividing the nasal dorsum, upper lip (with its Cupid's Bow) and incisors in the middle (so that it is parameter, the patient has a normal bite). Any nasal deviation from this line, called laterorhinia or "crooked nose", is likely to require an osteotomy (fracture of the nasal bone) and septoplasty.
Base of the nostrils
The normal distance between the nasal wings is equivalent to the distance between the medial corners of the eyes (intercantal distance), or the width of the opening of an eye. If the distance between the nostrils is greater than the intercantal distance, the cause should be studied first. If the cause is a narrow intercantal distance, it is better to leave the wings of the nose slightly open, proportionately, than to surgically correct the distance between the eyes. If the nostrils are truly wide, closing the nostrils may be indicated.
Stylus shape
The nasal tip is evaluated by drawing two triangles with their opposite bases, guided by the "supratip break" and by the columelolabial angle (formed between the lip and the outer septum, the columella). If these triangles are asymmetrical, it may be necessary to perform manoeuvres to modify the tip of the nose.
In addition to modifying asymmetrical tips, it may be necessary to thin the nasal tip, especially in patients with a bulbous nasal tip, the famous potato nose.
Baseline view of the nose
In the basal view of the nose, the nostrils and the base of the nose are evaluated, which must describe an equilateral triangle, with a ratio between the lobe and the nostril of 1:2. The nostril should be in a teardrop shape, with its major axis oriented slightly medial (from base to top).
Frontonasal angle
This angle connects the glabella (space between the eyebrows) to the root of the nose, in a smooth curve, whose angle should be between 128 and 140 degrees, more specifically 134 degrees in women and 130 degrees in men.
Projection of the tip
In the side view of the nose, the tip projection should be equal to the width of the nostrils in a frontal view and 67 % of the length of the nose (from root to tip). Another way to evaluate the projection of the nasal tip is to know how much it is projected anteriorly to a perpendicular line to the most anterior point of the upper lip. This previous projection is normally equal to 50 to 60 % of the total tip projection.
Nasal dorsum
The analysis of the dorsum starts by drawing a line parallel to it, which goes from the root of the nose to the tip. In women, the ideal position of the back is about two milimetres below this line and almost parallel to it. In men, the dorsum should be very close to this line, to avoid feminisation of the nose.
Usually, the tip is slightly more projected than the dorsum of the nose and the plastic surgeon can lower the dorsum, raise the tip, or perform these two techniques during surgery, in order to obtain the best result for each case.
Columelolabial angle
It is the angle formed between the columella and a plumb line perpendicular to the natural horizontal plane of the face. This angle should be between 95 and 100 degrees for women and between 90 and 95 degrees for men.
Also known as sub-septum or mobile septum, the columella, the column of skin between the nostrils, can also be corrected. Basically, there are two unsightly defects of the nose that can involve the columella: the retracted columella and the hanging columella .
A retracted columella is one that is “hidden” due to lack of skin or cartilage in that region. The columella hanging, in turn, stands out for having excess skin and cartilage in that region, causing it to be protruding, that is, pedant, between the nostrils and both cases can be improved. How to know if the columella is pending? It is not always that the formulas go according to the patient. There are cases that only by visual evaluation, the plastic surgeon can detect the problem. Dr. Walter Zamarian Jr, in addition to performing a visual assessment, basically uses mathematical calculations to solve this rhinoplasty problem: according to the image, when A – B is greater than four milimetres, it means that the columella is altered.
Fortunately, both columella defects can be resolved. Dr. Walter Zamarian Jr uses cartilage removal or grafts to correct such problems.
Assessment of the thickness of the skin of the nose
The nasal dorsum is formed by the osteo-cartilaginous structure and the thickness of the skin that covers it. The skin that covers the entire nasal structure is not uniform in thickness, being thinner in its upper two thirds (root) and thicker at the tip. In addition, the upper part of the skin is more mobile and has fewer sebaceous glands than the part that covers the tip of the nose.
The skin of the nose covers everything that is performed below it during rhinoplasty, which is why Dr. Zamarian draws attention to this important detail: the thick-skinned nose shows less of the refinements made, and the thin fur shows the smallest details. Just as a thick blanket has a hard time showing what's underneath, a person with thick skin might have a hard time getting a very thin nasal tip.
Overall, patients with predominantly thinner nose skin will achieve the desired results faster and more pronounced when compared to patients who have predominantly thicker skin. These will have to wait a little longer for the results to reach complete healing.
Assessment of anterior septal angle: is there support at the tip?
In order for the plastic surgeon to know if there is support on the nasal tip, there is a simple test that allows you to see it immediately, which is done by simply squeezing the tip of the nose with your finger. If the nose sinks, it means it has little support, so it can be corrected. In these cases, Dr. Zamarian can conclude whether there is a need to lower the tip or not. If it remains in the same place, sinking a little, it is a sign that the tip of the nose is well supported, so there is no need to make changes to this element.
Medications that should be discontinued before surgery
Dr. Zamarian contraindicates the use of certain medications before the surgery, as there are some medications that interfere with blood clotting, sedatives, anaesthesia and adrenaline, which must be suspended for a period of fifteen days before and after this cosmetic surgery. . Among them are:
Always tell your plastic surgeon about all medications you take, including natural ones.
Required exams
Before performing nose plastic surgery, it is necessary to carry out some tests, so that Dr. Zamarian can assess the patient's health, including providing greater safety to the procedure. Tests that are usually ordered before rhinoplasty are performed include:
To perform rhinoplasty, whether primary or secondary, it is important for the plastic surgeon to know about the nasal breathing capacity of each patient before performing the nasal plastic surgery, as well as a history of trauma in the past, previous surgeries, rhinitis or sinusitis. Deviated septum and the nose as a whole are evaluated. Dr. Zamarian usually performs an examination of the inside of the nose, looking for synechiae, deviated septum or turbinate hypertrophy for a complete evaluation.
For a complete plastic surgery of the nose, which involves nasal osteotomy (bone fracture), grafts up to the tip treatment, general anaesthesia is indicated, because in these cases, only local anaesthesia is not satisfactory and safe for the patient. As for the cases where Dr. Zamarian indicates only the tip treatment, the procedure can be done with local anaesthesia and venous sedation only.
We use the term “general anaesthesia” to refer to the anaesthetic technique that promotes total unconsciousness (hypnosis) of the patient, pain relief (analgesia) and muscle relaxation. General anaesthesia makes it possible to perform any necessary manoeuvre during nose surgery. Local anaesthesia leaves the plastic surgeon a little limited, and this type of anaesthesia is not indicated when the patient must undergo an osteotomy, for example.
After anaesthetic induction, which is the period of transition from consciousness to the patient's unconscious state, the preparation of the nasal vestibules is necessary, at which time the plastic surgeon must trim the nasal vibrissae (nasal hairs) and perform the antisepsis on the inside and outside of the nose.
After preparing the vestibules for nose plastic surgery, approximately 20 ml of a solution with 1 % lidocaine and 1:80,000 adrenaline is injected to minimise bleeding during rhinoplasty, thus also preventing ecchymoses (purple ) and postoperative pain.
The areas of the nose where this solution is applied before rhinoplasty are: nasal dorsum, tip, anterior nasal spine, fracture line, alar mucosa and septum. Dr. Zamarian waits approximately 12 minutes for the full vasoconstrictor effect of adrenaline before starting the procedure.
To provide greater patient safety, our specialised anaesthesiologist monitors the entire surgery, from beginning to end, together with Dr. Zamarian. The presence of the anaesthesiologist during the surgery is essential to monitor the patient's pressure, pulse, temperature, breathing, degree of sedation, diuresis and hydration throughout the procedure.
The surgery
After the anaesthesia was performed, Dr. Zamarian starts rhinoplasty, using the open or closed technique, with an incision in the columella, if open, or between the alar and triangular cartilages, if closed. In this way, it exposes the entire interior of the nose for dissection (back and tip).
He then performs a detachment of the nasal dorsum with scissors in the subcutaneous plane, with or without the aid of a detacher, just above the periosteum, taking care to keep the fat layer below the skin intact to avoid irregularities and retractions after rhinoplasty surgery. During the surgery, Dr. Zamarian uses some manoeuvres to make the changes foreseen in the surgical plan of rhinoplasty, among them: removal of the cephalic portion, lateralisation of the domus, interdomal suture, cartilaginous graft, etc. At this stage, it is possible to remove the excess cartilage that some patients have, either on the tip or on the nasal dorsum. Once the necessary detachment is done, the following areas can be remodelled:
When necessary, we treat the dorsum in order to correct the structures that are in excess or, as in some cases, missing, always respecting the internal structure and integrity of the mucous lining of the nasal dorsum.
What are the defects to be corrected on the back?
In the treatment of the back, the following are corrected: bony or cartilaginous hump, which is a kind of elevation on the back caused by excess bone or cartilage; the back with depressions or low back, also known as saddle nose, which, due to congenital defects or trauma, leaves the back deep and with little projection in certain places; the back that has the hump and depressions (saddle nose) combined; deviated septum, asymmetries, laterorhinias, etc.
In cases of bony or cartilaginous hump, the nasal dorsum is then lowered with diamond shavings or chisel. When there is a “saddle nose”, with a very low back, Dr. Zamarian uses augmentation with cartilage graft, harvested from the septum, ears or rib. It is at this stage of rhinoplasty that the fracture – nasal osteotomy – can be performed to correct deviated septum and also to leave the back with narrow and symmetrical laterorhinias. The osteotomy is performed internally by Dr. Zamarian, with the aid of a chisel and hammer, along the maxilla and lateral wall of the nasal bones, finishing the osteotomy with a squeezing manoeuvre with the fingers, bringing the walls of the nose to the centre. What should be taken into account for a rhinoplasty is that the bridge of the male nose is usually left straight, while the bridge of the female nose can either be straight or accept a gentle curve.
Nose tip
To improve the appearance of the unsightly tip of a nose during rhinoplasty, it is necessary for the plastic surgeon to take an accurate approach to obtain an adequate result, due to the delicacy involved in this part of the nose in nasal plastic surgery.
The nasal tip, a frequent subject of complaints by patients, is the most complex part of the nose and can have several unsightly defects, such as: bulbous or thick tip, high tip (very “upturned”), drooping tip, bifida (cartilages separated in half), amongst others. Fortunately, Dr. Zamarian manages to correct all these defects quickly and effectively, promoting great results.
Depending on the area in question, the skin surrounding the nasal tip has very variable characteristics. In addition, the nasal tip may have an important layer of subcutaneous cellular tissue, that is, fat, and it also has large amounts of sebaceous glands.
Therefore, after treating the bridge of the nose, the tip is gently detached by Dr. Zamarian with the aid of Fomon scissors that have their curved shape to help follow the nasal anatomy. During tip detachment in nose plastic surgery, Dr. Zamarian sections the dermocartilaginous ligament of Pitanguy. The tip can then be thinned with the removal of the upper third of the alar cartilages, present in the nasal tip, and may or may not be associated with a cartilaginous graft or other manoeuvres to improve the definition. One of the specialties of Dr. Zamarian is the technique known as the bucket handle, which allows a detailed sculpting of the nasal tip through a refinement of closed rhinoplasty.
The drooping tip can be elevated through manoeuvres, which include sectioning the Pitanguy dermocartilaginous ligament, removing the caudal septum and supporting the tip with a cartilage graft in the columella in noses that need it.
The angle formed between the columella, column, which supports the tip of the nose and the lip, called columelolabial angle, must be about 90 to 95 degrees in men and between 95 and 100 degrees in women, that is, the female nasal tip may be more upturned than male.
Dermocartilaginous Ligament of Pitanguy
In facial dynamics, we must also assess the muscle that depresses the tip, called the tip depressor or also Pitanguy's dermocartilaginous ligament.
Professor Ivo Pitanguy, the internationally renowned plastic surgeon who passed on his techniques to Dr. Zamarian, described the dermocartilaginous ligament that runs along the nasal dorsum, descends through the tip and inserts into the anterior nasal spine. Its function is to lower the tip of the nose when the person speaks, which can be tested by asking someone to say the word "jellybean", for example. During rhinoplasty, both Professor Pitanguy and Dr. Zamarian, perform the section of Pitanguy's ligament to relax the tip, raising it discreetly, thus preventing it from continuing to lower during normal conversation.
Nasal septum
The septum is the vertical and intermediate wall that separates the nasal passages. The septum can also be defective, like any other part of the nose, but it usually involves a functional problem. When Dr. Zamarian detects deviated septum, both bony and cartilaginous, interfering with nasal aesthetics and functionality, he corrects this deviated septum to establish an aligned aspect of the nose. Deviations that do not interfere with the aesthetics of rhinoplasty, only with the respiratory function, are also treated by him.
During the preoperative assessment, if hanging columella or retracted columella are detected, Dr. Zamarian very effectively corrects these defects by removing the excess cartilage or grafts, allowing the columella to become aesthetically proportional again.
Occasionally, the appearance of a nose can attract attention, not only because of the hump, drooping tip or deviations, but also because of the exaggerated opening in the nostrils. Nostrils that are too wide or protruding are often more common in Negroid and Asian noses. Dr. Zamarian can narrow the opening of the nostrils in a natural way that does not interfere with the function of nasal breathing. However, it is important to emphasize that, during the process of reducing the nostrils, even if the Brazil rhinoplasty is performed using the closed technique, an incision must be made at the bases of the nostrils. It is the only procedure that leaves a small external scar on the nose. Thanks to the good healing in this area and the minimal and discreet incision made by Dr. Zamarian, this manoeuvre is performed frequently, without harming the aesthetic results.
Cartilage grafts
Nose grafts are used only when absolutely necessary. Cartilage graft donor areas include septum (fibrous, stiffer cartilage), ear cartilage (softer, hyaline cartilage) and very rarely costal cartilages (also fibrous). To increase the nasal dorsum, it may be necessary to graft hyaline cartilage in one or more layers, positioned along the dorsum, to increase its projection, especially in some Asian, Negroid or noses secondary to a previous rhinoplasty in which the dorsum was lowered. too much. The septal fibrous cartilage is great for providing tip support, when placed between the medial crosses, in the columella, especially indicated for noses without tip support and in negroid noses.
At the end of the surgery, Dr. Zamarian checks the passage of air through both nostrils. If there is any difficulty, he preferentially opts for turbinoplasty, which consists of mobilising the turbinates, dislocating them laterally, increasing the space for air passage. This manoeuvre is more physiological than the removal of the turbinates (turbinectomy), since the turbinates are important in humidifying the air. However, in cases of severe or refractory obstruction, he can perform a turbinectomy, performing a total or partial removal of the turbinates.
Finishing the rhinoplasty is performed with four Vicryl stitches (absorbable thread) 4-0: one on each internal nasal valve and another two between the columella and the septum, elevating the tip, as it later gives way a little throughout the first month.
The dressings are necessary so that they can immobilise the nasal structure, until scar tissue begins to form, in addition to keeping the sculpted structures in place, preventing the accumulation of blood between the skeleton and the skin, making compression so that the swelling decreases more quickly, help in the aesthetic molding of the result obtained and in breathing, etc. Dr. Zamarian uses a nasal plug or splint when necessary and immobilises the structure of the nose with Aquaplast. The dressings made will remain on the patient for a total of two weeks, the first week the dressing with Aquaplast will remain and from the second week onwards, when the Aquaplast is removed, Dr. Zamarian makes a micropore dressing, which remains for another week.
Nose plug
After suturing, a plug is then placed in each nostril, elevating the triangular cartilages so that there is a reduction in dead space and faster healing. The tampons are formed by gauze permeated with Nebacetin and are removed the next day, except when septoplasty is performed concomitantly. In the case of association of rhinoplasty with septoplasty to improve the functionality of the nose, the plug should remain for 48-72 hours, being removed soon afterwards.
Immobilisation with Aquaplast
In the past, a plaster bandage was used over the nose to immobilise it. To provide better patient comfort, Dr. Walter Zamarian Jr. Aquaplast is used, which is a dressing made of thermo- moldable plastic, which is shaped according to the patient's new nose. Aquaplast is removed in a week, at which time only a bandage made with skin-colored micropore is applied, which remains for another week, making a total of two weeks with bandages on the nose.
Rhinoseptoplasty and turbinoplasty (or turbinectomy): functional treatment of the nose
During the preoperative patient assessment by Dr. Zamarian, there are cases in which deviated septum and turbinate hypertrophy are detected. Deviated septum can occur, basically, for two reasons: congenital (present at birth) and acquired (generally after trauma). If the patient needs functional improvement with a nose job, in addition to the aesthetic improvement it provides, Dr. Zamarian performs rhinoseptoplasty, with treatment of the turbinates when necessary, where he himself performs the aesthetic and respiratory function. Therefore, rhinoplasty is not only performed for aesthetic but also functional improvement. There are several ways to correct a deviated septum, among them the simple removal of the deviated part of the septum, whether cartilaginous or bony, or also the removal of this segment, correction of its deviation with incisions and cartilage maceration and reinsertion into the nose. When the deviated segment is low and contains a spike, it is called a spur, and it can also be corrected during septoplasty. The turbinates can be treated with turbinoplasty, where the position of the turbinates is changed, or with turbinectomy, where they are removed.
Turbinectomy or turbinoplasty: correction of turbinate hypertrophy
Often, deviated septum is not the only villain that hinders respiratory function in patients who are candidates for nasal plastic surgery. The nose is made up of some turbinates, also known as turbines or shells, which are inserted into the side walls of the nose, which may be enlarged, making breathing difficult. During rhinoplasty, or rhinoseptoplasty, the combination of turbinoplasty or turbinectomy surgery may be necessary. Turbinoplasty modifies the position of the turbinates, increasing the passage of air. If the increase is very large, turbinectomy may be necessary, which consists of removing, in whole or in part, one or more turbinates. Most of the time, the turbinate that interferes with breathing is the lowest, lowest, which is also the largest.
The nasal splint and the synechiae
During rhinoplasty with septoplasty and/or turbinectomy, it is usually necessary to place, in addition to the tampon, a nasal splint, which would be a small plastic or silicone plate , in each nostril. In addition to helping to support and fix the septum in the postoperative period, it prevents contact between bloody areas of the septum and the lateral wall of the nose, also preventing a condition called synechia. The synechia in the nose is a scar that forms a bridge between the septum and the lateral wall of the nose, after a surgery that involves septoplasty or turbinectomy where there was a bloody area (without epithelium) at the same height of the septum and the lateral wall of the nose. The synechia may have nasal obstruction or wheezing (whistling during nasal breathing) as symptoms. Its treatment can involve from a cross opening or total removal, then protecting with a nasal splint.
After the rhinoplasty was performed in Londrina, Dr. Zamarian makes some important recommendations that will greatly influence the final results:
Recovery time
In a week, we changed the Aquaplast dressing for a smaller, skin-coloured micropore dressing. On the fourteenth postoperative day, we remove the entire dressing and it is also at this time that any eventual purple ends up disappearing. However, the nose is still swollen and, when we took the photos, two months later, her recovery was about 85 %. The other 15 % of swelling takes up to a year to disappear completely.
Secondary Rhinoplasty
Secondary is the plastic surgery of the nose in those who have already had a first rhinoplasty (which is called primary). Often, it is necessary to complete an incomplete fracture, lower the dorsum, increase the dorsum with cartilage grafts, correct an inverted "V" with "spreader graft", correct supratip, improve projection or tip definition with cartilage grafts or cartilage remodelling, correct superficial irregularities, improve scars from open rhinoplasty or nostril rotation, correct deviations, amongst others.
Changes in surgical planning
When performing secondary rhinoplasty, Dr. Zamarian will not use the same techniques as a primary rhinoplasty, or conventional rhinoplasty, as there will be the presence of fibrous scar tissue, changes that have arisen as a result of previous rhinoplasty (primary rhinoplasty) and, mainly, it must be taken into account that the nasal structure is already more fragile after having undergone possible osteotomies, grafts, scrapings, etc. performed in the first plastic nose surgery.
In order for the plastic surgeon to consider the possibility of revision of a rhinoplasty, the ideal is that the patient has waited a period of one year, counting from the date of the primary nose plastic surgery (first rhinoplasty), because this is the time required for full recovery from a rhinoplasty, so that the entire nasal structure is completely healed, recovered and with swelling at the end. Technically, secondary rhinoplasty is more complex as the plastic plastic surgeon will be dealing with distorted or even absent anatomy. Mainly due to swelling, it is not good for the plastic surgeon to perform secondary rhinoplasty within a year of primary rhinoplasty, as swelling is still present. The swelling between the nasal skeleton and the skin that covers it can cause the surgeon to lose the parameters of the original structure of the nose, being a high risk for the results, which can be in disagreement with what the patient wants. Therefore, Dr. Zamarian recommends waiting a year from the primary period before performing secondary rhinoplasty.
Candidates for secondary rhinoplasty
Dr. Zamarian explains that, in general, there are some prerequisites for the patient to undergo secondary plastic nose surgery, which are:
These are just some of the general prerequisites, that even if the patient is in compatible conditions according to the requirements, he must go through a previous consultation with the plastic surgeon, at which time he will evaluate the possible aesthetic defects and /or functional to diagnose which were the reasons for failure of the previous surgery. Dr. Zamarian makes a meticulous evaluation of all the problems and points of dissatisfaction that bother the patient, so that he can outline the surgical plan that, this time, will be much more complex than that of a primary nose job.
Cartilage graft
Considering that most cases of secondary rhinoplasty treatment that reach Dr. Zamarian involve patients with a lack of cartilage to produce a satisfactory nasal reconstruction, at the Zamarian Clinic, this procedure has as its basic repair technique the use of grafts. When dealing with primary rhinoplasty, cartilage collection is not usually a problem, since this material is found in large quantities in the cartilaginous septum and in both ears. “The preference is that septum cartilage is used, to make nose plastic surgery as less invasive as possible, however, septum cartilage collection is not always possible, as the patient may have operated on a deviated septum in the first surgery” , ponders Dr. Zamarian.
Furthermore, nothing prevents the plastic surgeon, in secondary rhinoplasty, from using the cartilage of the septum and ears when they are available and they will not weaken the nasal skeleton. “The cases of grafts vary a lot when we are dealing with rhinoplasty, especially secondary ones”, says Dr. Zamarian. Despite being quite complex, it is also very important that the plastic surgeon always aims at individuality, naturalness and compatibility with the patient's ethnicity when performing secondary rhinoplasty, as well as primary rhinoplasty.
Call now and schedule a rhinoplasty appointment
Schedule your appointment for nose plastic surgery in Londrina. Dr. Walter Zamarian Jr. specializes in aesthetic and functional rhinoplasty, and can seek the best possible result for your case. Contact Zamarian Clinic now and speak to one of our receptionists, who will be happy to arrange your evaluation and ask some questions.
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