Edwin Clark, an English civil engineer, died Oct. 22, at the age of about 70. Clark was supervising engineer on the Britannia Bridge project of the late 1840s. The bridge was designed by Robert Stephenson to cross the Menai Straits between Wales and Anglesey Island. Stephenson came up with a brand new design, which he called a tubular bridge, where the railroad traffic would be carried through hollow wrought-iron tubes mounted on stone piers. Building those tubes and raising them into place was a massive undertaking, and that was Clark’s job. The design was first tested on a shorter bridge to Conwy castle in north Wales, before proceeding to the Menai Straits. The tubes were manufactured on shore, and then floated by barge into position between the piers. Then they were slowly raised into position by hydraulic jacks. All went well, the Britannia Bridge opened for traffic on Mar. 5, 1850, and Clark then published a handsome book about the project, with tinted lithographs of some of the important construction stages for both bridges. The Britannia and Conway Tubular Bridges (1850) is in the Library’s History of Science collection; we displayed it in our 2002 exhibition: Centuries of Civil Engineering, and for our 2013 exhibition, Crayon and Stone. The images above are all taken from this book, and depict, in order: building the piers; constructing a tube on shore; floating a tube into position; and two views of tubes that have been placed in position.
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Did you know that on August 26 we celebrate Dog Day? Yes, that's right! Just today came this special, but still quite small holiday. All four-legged owners are probably well aware of this date, but if you yourself have forgotten Dog Day, we're sure your friend won't hold it against you, and you'll quickly rectify the mistake (especially if you bring some extra treat in apology).
Well..., but as you probably already know, you are currently on a portal about tattoos - not about dogs. So why are we talking about Dog Day? Because it's the perfect opportunity to take another look at tattoos of your beloved four-legged friends!
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A tattoo with a portrait of a child? This is a classic of classics, which you have probably heard about more than once. But have you encountered a "tattoo" version of a dog portrait? These types of tattoos are gaining more and more popularity in Poland and around the world. How does it work? The tattoo artist gets a photo of your pet and based on it creates a portrait in the style in which he works. Remember, if you want a realistic portrait, go to a tattoo artist who creates in just such a style. The situation is identical with any other style. You need to bear in mind that each tattoo artist will make a portrait of a dog quite differently. Check out the suggestions on INKsearch.co and choose an artist who meets your requirements.
When choosing a dog motif in a tattoo, it is important to consider in what form it should be depicted. We already know that there are various styles to choose from. Once you've decided what character you want your pooch to appear in on your skin, it's time to decide whether you want to tattoo just the face, or perhaps the entire silhouette. Over the past few months, we have noticed that the former option is very popular. Many artists base it on the muzzle alone, but this absolutely does not make the tattoo seem incomplete - quite the contrary.
Do you have more than one pet and on the occasion of Dog Day you want to tattoo, for example, two dogs at once? We have a super solution for you! You can combine two, dog images in one composition. This is also a proposal that has recently attracted more followers. Maybe this is the perfect solution for you?
We have written about microrealism more than once. This is an extremely strong trend in tattoo art, which is gaining more followers every year. The most frequently chosen motifs in micro-realistic tattoos are paintings, sculptures, but also and... animals (especially dogs). Here, too, tattoo lovers are more likely to opt for tattooing the very muzzle of the pooch in a delicate and subtle style. If you're looking for a tattoo artist who specializes in just these types of tattoos, we have good news for you - there are more and more of them.
Nowadays you can find plenty of talented tattoo artists in every city. So how do you make a good choice? Ask INKsearch! Take advantage of the free online consultation, enter all the details about your dream dog tattoo, and based on your answers, we will point you to artists who can meet your requirements.
Prefer to search on your own? No problem - now you can do it even faster and in a trivial way. Find inspiration or select a photo from your own gallery. Then click on the icon next to the search engine on INKsearch and add the selected graphic. Based on this, the system will search for similar works, and you can browse through portfolios of artists who tattoo what you are looking for.

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New Zealand’s new tourism advisory guidelines include a ban on all “illegal and unauthorised entry” to the country.
The government says the move is to ensure the country is secure against terrorism, which the country has been facing for the past few years.
What are the guidelines about?
The new rules, introduced in March, include a requirement that people visiting New Zealand must obtain a permit before travelling.
They also require visitors to be registered in advance to prevent them from leaving the country and to check in at a designated place.
The guidelines also require people to stay at least 200 metres away from security forces at all times, and to ensure they can carry identification with them, such as a passport, when travelling.
The new guidelines also allow anyone visiting New Britain to stay with their family for up to two months.
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For a limited time, visitors can apply for permanent resident visas.
The applications will be processed through a website and then sent to a government department.
A person can only apply for one visa at a time, so it’s not possible to apply for more than one visa.
How can I apply to stay in New Zealand?
The process for permanent residency can take up to three years.
You will need to meet certain requirements to apply.
It is important to be in the country for three months to qualify.
A list of the most important requirements will be posted online once the process is completed.
If you are eligible for permanent residence, you can apply online.
What will I need to bring with me?
The government is requiring that visitors be registered with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade before they can travel.
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A typical headline in the liberal media and by progressive activists (excuse the redundancy) this week was Brett Kavanaugh’s ‘Obergefell’ Comments On Gay Marriage Will Give You Pause. As Bustle.com put it:
Brett Kavanaugh’s comments on Obergefell and gay marriage rights revealed little about his personal opinions on the matter. … Despite [Sen. Kamala] Harris repeatedly asking for Kavanaugh’s personal opinion on the case, Kavanaugh never directly gave it.
This is only surprisingly to those who are unfamiliar with the so-called Ginsberg Standard, named after liberal icon and current Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg, who during her own confirmation hearing refused to indicate how she would rule on controversial matters that could come before the court. While this hesitancy certainly wasn’t new, Ginsburg clearly enunciated the principle that judicial nominees must avoid offering “hints,” “forecasts” or “previews” of how they might rule since decisions should be made based on the evidence presented and application of the law, not preexisting personal beliefs.
While RBG clearly didn’t want to seem biased by revealing she would oppose any limitation on abortion on demand up until at least the baby’s delivery, regardless of its previous viability outside the womb at time of termination, the principle in itself was and is sound.
Liberal media and activists are trying to argue that what was good and right for RBG is evil and nefarious for BK, but it’s just partisan blather.
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ISLE OF WIGHT — With its application approved by the School Board, the Smithfield High School Band will make a trip to Washington, D.C., this April.
A huge crowd of adults and students filled the seats and spilled into the hallway of the School Board's Thursday night meeting, some clad in blue windbreakers emblazoned with "SHS Band Booster," out of concern of that the band's request to go on an overnight field trip in April to march in the National Cherry Blossom Festival Parade in Washington D.C. would be denied.
The application, which had a deadline to be submitted to the parade organizers by Jan. 20, did not appear on the agendas of the board's January or February meetings and was part of the consent agenda at Thursday's meeting. Organizers have told school officials they are willing to accept the application late, leaving the School Board to rule on the request.
Board member Kent Hildebrand had previously expressed concerns over band members missing more days of class after a trip to New Orleans to march in three Mardi Gras parades pulled students out of class for a couple of days in February. The Washington, D.C., trip would entail students missing school on April 11.
The board's first action during the meeting was to move the consent agenda up to the start of the meeting, before the citizens' comments portion of the meeting where band supporters were signed up to speak. The board unanimously approved the consent agenda, including the field trip application.
During a break in the meeting, Hildebrand said he thought the board made the right call by approving the trip.
"We discussed it as a board in closed session and I'm comfortable with it," Hildebrand said. He said students still had to have a 2.5 grade-point average to participate with the band and teachers had to sign off on any student missing class for a trip, so any student having trouble in a subject would be kept in class.
Of the dozens of Marching Packers supporters in the crowd, seven addressed the Board, thanking them for allowing the band to go to Washington and emphasizing how important the chance to perform on a national stage it is for the students and the town.
Carol Jones, the mother of two band members, said she was concerned that the Board was going to deny the band's travel request and felt that it was important to show the students that the community was proud of their accomplishments and supported them.
"I think the fact that the kids showed up and the parents showed up shows the support the band has" and influenced the board's decision, she said during a break in the meeting.
Lauren Bull, a student member of the Marching Packers, marched in the Cherry Blossom Parade with the band in 2012. Bull said that the trips the band takes are some of the most important experiences in the students' high school careers.
"Marching down Constitution Avenue with all those big buildings, when they announce 'the Smithfield High School Band from Smithfield Virginia,' you stand a little straighter," Bull said. She thanked the board for the opportunity to march in the nation's capital again.
No community members spoke during the public hearing on the school system's proposed $58 million budget.
Christina Berta, the school system's director of budgets and finance, asked the assembled crowd to be aware of the budget process as it moves forward, especially when it goes before the county's governing body.
"It's very important that you advocate to the Board of Supervisors," Berta told the crowd. "We have a $1.6 million funding gap and we are going to rely on (the Board of Supervisors) to fill that."
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Prepare a 3–4 page report on a critical health issue in a community or state. Describe the factors that contribute to the health issue and interventions that have been implemented. Explain the scope and role of nursing in the interventions, and recommend ways the scope of the interventions might be expanded.
Suppose your organization is concerned about a number of health issues that have either affected an increased number of the residents in the community or show the probability of affecting a larger number of people in the population. Your organizational leaders have asked different health care professionals within the organization, including you, to examine the issues from your perspective, and to submit a report that includes evidence-based ways to address the issues.
You will first need to identify a critical health care issue in your community or state (Florida, United States). You may choose either a public health issue, such as sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), measles, Lyme disease, asthma, et cetera; or a community health issue, such as uncontrolled diabetes, congestive heart disease, 30-day readmission, et cetera.
Then, look on the Internet for statistics and peer-reviewed or professional resources to use in preparing your report.
Format this assessment as a professional report. It may help to look at reports or other documents used within your organization and to follow that formatting. You must still follow APA guidelines for in-text citations and references, and include a title page and reference page.
Within the report:
Describe one critical health issue in your community or state that has grown larger or has the potential to become larger. Be sure to include any statistics available on the health issue. Tip: check your county and/or state health department Web site.
Explain the factors that contribute to this health issue. Consider things such as access to health care services, economics, culture, attitude, education, health care policies, and so on.
Describe any interventions your community or state has put in place to address the health care issue. Include information on how long the interventions have been in place, how the community was made aware of the interventions, and so on.
Describe the scope and role of nursing and public health nursing in the interventions to reduce the health issue.
Recommend evidence-based ways the scope of the interventions could be expanded to increase positive health outcomes. Think in terms of cost, efficiency and access, effectiveness, and the use of both conventional and unconventional interventions.
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Title page and reference page.
Number of pages: 3–4 (not including the title and reference pages).
At least 3 current scholarly or professional resources.
APA format for citations and references.
Times New Roman font, 12-point, double-spaced.

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We had fun at this one last year, cold and wet though it was. The listed start and end times are the opening and closing of the festival, and I'm going to try to be there then, but people can come and go as they please. The group can be found by calling/texting me at[masked]-9775.
Meet fellow Anime, Manga, Cosplay and Gaming Fans near you! Come to a local Baltimore Genshiken Meetup for fun, friends and talk about your favorite Anime/Manga artists, shows and games. Share your own art and fiction! Whatever interests you about Anime, Manga, Cosplay and Gaming is cool.

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The Instant Pot is a great kitchen tool for making tender, flavorful meats. We take advantage of that with these Instant Pot Chili Beef Burritos.
We cook them in the sauce and then use the sauce to top the burritos “enchilada style.” It’s a great recipe to make for family and friends.
Pair it with a tasty guacamole, some chips and salsa, and you have a top notch Mexican dinner.
How to make Instant Pot Chili Beef Burritos
In this recipe, we’ll start by making the meat in the Instant Pot. Then, we’ll top them with sauce and cheese before finishing them off under the broiler.
First, put the beef, chicken broth, enchilada sauce, bouillon cubes, onion, green chiles, chipotle pepper sauce, cumin, oregano, and salt and pepper into Instant Pot.
Lock the lid in place and turn the knob to sealing, not venting. Press the Manual or Pressure Cook button and set for 25 minutes.
When the Instant Pot is done cooking, natural release and then carefully remove the lid. The beef will be very tender and flake when stirred.
Next, turn the oven on broil.
On an oven-proof plate or baking pan, lay out a tortilla. Place about 1/2 cup of the meat (drained by using a slotted spoon) on the tortilla. Add a spoonful or two of beans. Roll into a burrito.
Pour some of the remaining sauce from the Instant Pot over the burritos to cover them and top with cheese.
Broil until cheese is bubbly, about 2-4 minutes. Watch them carefully, to make sure they don’t overcook.
Burritos like these, that are served with sauce and cheese on top are “enchilada style” burritos. And boy are they tasty!
But if you would rather eat your burrito with your hands instead of a fork, or it you are afraid of the mess, you can also add the sauce and cheese inside the burrito. Just beware! The sauce has a tendency to find it’s way out!
How Else can I use the Meat?
This meat is so delicious. Don’t be surprised if you find yourself asking, “How else can I use this?”
Here are a few ideas:
- Enchiladas: Instead of “enchilada style,” go all out! Lay your burritos next to each other in a casserole dish, top with sauce, cheese, and then broil.
- Tacos: If you have small tortillas or taco shells on hand, this meat makes a tasty taco.
- Nachos: Top a plate of chips with the meat, add cheese, and don’t forget to top with salsa and sour cream.
- Salad: If you need a lower calorie option, top your bed of lettuce with this chili beef meat and your favorite toppings.
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Our 9-month old has enjoyed this book since she was 6 months old. She loves to lift the flaps and she squeals with delight at certain pages. We have purchased almost all the Karen Katz books. They are simplistic, engaging and often have cultural diverse characters which is important in a diverse society. This book and others are wonderfully sweet and I recommend them entirely.
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My son is now 18mo. old and loves all of the Karen Katz books we have(7/8). We read this one so much that he now will say the answer when I ask the question of what does the baby say. These are great books.
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We have almost all the Karen Katz books for our 19-month-old boy, who first started loving her interactive, lift-the-flap books as an infant. Although "What Does Baby Say" has the wonderful illustrations we have come to love in the Katz books, the answers to the "what does xxx say" are very, very remedial. As a parent, I don't want to encourage "goo-goo" and "ba-ba" as valid words. It's fine if children say those phrases - it's great actually - but they should be taught correct word forms and not "baby speak". This book rarely gets used from our collection, but it's still a must-have if you adore the Karen Katz line. I plan to modify the words under the flaps to more appropriate words and phrases.

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Heirloom, custommade walnut cradle inspired by professional woodworker Scott Morrison and Sam Maloof. The top rail of our walnut cradle featuring bent wood lamination and striking curvature connects to the cradle platform via twenty sculpted vertical slats. This walnut cradle is hand sculpted, showcasing its sensuous curves, flowing lines, and advanced joinery, which will be a family heirloom for generations.
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Serena Williams is writing a book on her life. Click HERE for more information on the memoir of this young and talented tennis star.
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Tennis champion Serena Williams is gearing up for her next venture outside of the tennis court. The superstar athlete will write about her life on and off the court in an upcoming memoir, expected to be released in 2009 by Grand Central Publishing, which beat out several other publishers in a fierce bidding war for her story, according to Eurweb.com.
“Serena Williams is one of the world’s most remarkable athletes,” Grand Central editor Karen Kosztolnyik said Tuesday in a statement. “We’ve watched her rise to No. 1 despite physical and emotional setbacks, and her hard work and determination have inspired legions of fans young and old. Serena will give her memoir a strong motivational slant.”
Financial terms of the deal weren’t disclosed, but an official with knowledge of the transaction said bidding reached at least $1.3 million, reports the Associated Press.
The 26-year-old became a three-time U.S. Open winner after her recent victory, which put her back at No. 1 of the WTA rankings.
BTW. U IDIOTS WHO LEAVE COMMENTS STATING, “1ST, 2ND, 3RD, etc.” really need a life! :) SMH
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Go ahead Serena…you are doing the daxn thing!
I am happy for Serena.
Shenanigans. You know Serena can’t read…
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Good for you Serena. Someone little black girls can look up to.
What’s sad is this will WAY undersell Karina Steffan’s book.
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Info about Somma Lombardo, Lombardia (Italy)
Somma Lombardo is a state of Lombardia, Provincia di Varese, in Italy (IT).
Somma Lombardo names are also Somma, Somma Lombardo, ソンマ・ロンバルド, its latitude is 45.6821300, and its longitude 8.7075900.
With a population of 17.919 citizens, Somma Lombardo timezone is Europe/Rome (Europe/Rome_cet).
Considered best destination for skateboard in Italy.
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It is the capital of Somma Lombardo.
It has timezone UTC+01:00 (in standard time).
In Somma Lombardo live 17.919 citizens, considering 2018 last census. Do You need to dial local telephone numbers? Use 331 if you wish to call local phone numbers. Somma Lombardo postal code is 21019, then if you want to send anything to anyone via post on your travel this can be done by using this zip as per description.
Its dimension is 30 km2 so Somma Lombardo should be very calm town amazing place for trippers that are interested in small cities as a quiet location to travel to, an incredibly calm town with no loudness that characterizes big metropolis. In this town you save money due to its economic housing costs, and for this reason you and your friends can have it as your base if you want to move across Italy or Somma Lombardo near cities.
Somma Lombardo meters above sea level, called also meters above sea level (MASL), should be around 300 meters. That is why it is the ideal destination if you like flat land to see in your next holiday.
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Joss Whedon is heading back to TV-- along with his "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and "Angel" ingenue, Eliza Dushku.
Dushku will star in the Whedon-penned series "Dollhouse," which has been given a seven-episode order by Fox. News came as an extra-big Halloween treat for Whedon fans, considered some of the most passionate in all of TV.
Produced by 20th Century Fox TV -- the studio also behind "Buffy," "Angel" and Whedon's late, lamented "Firefly"-- "Dollhouse" follows a top-secret world of people programmed with different personalities, abilities and memories depending on their mission.
After each assignment -- which can be physical, romantic or even illegal -- the characters have their memories wiped clean, and are sent back to a lab (dubbed the "Dollhouse"). Show centers on Dushku's character, Echo, as she slowly begins to develop some self-awareness, which impacts her missions.
Whedon has already hammered out the basic outline for all seven segs.
Barring a strike, Fox hopes to have the show in production by spring, giving the net an opportunity to be so far ahead of schedule by fall that it could potentially air a full season uninterrupted by breaks. Long lead time also gives Whedon, as well as the net and studio, plenty of time to evolve the show if need be.
"To be sitting here talking about episodes of a series in November; that's exciting," said Fox Entertainment prexy Kevin Reilly. "I think we're in great hands." Whedon said he wasn't plotting a comeback to the smallscreen, having turned his attention back to features. But Dushku -- who last toplined 20th's and Fox's "Tru Calling" -- called up the scribe after sealing a talent deal with the studio and network this summer (Daily Variety
, Aug. 27).
"He's my favorite genius," Dushku said. "And my favorite friend. He's been like a big brother ... and the only person out here I've ever wholeheartedly trusted, because he's never let me down."
What was originally simply a lunch to meet up and discuss Dushku's career options soon turned into a partnership, as Whedon threw out a random concept Dushku loved.
That germ of an idea turned into "Dollhouse."

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Breaking a 17-month long declining streak, Sri Lanka’s exports in August saw some hope as the earnings rose a modest 8.4 percent to US $ 866 million from a year ago but the first eight months exports remained still down by 4.1 percent to US $ 6.87 billion against the same period last year, the summary external sector data released by the Central Bank showed.
Sri Lanka’s exports have been on the decline since March 2015 due to the global commodity price slump, which impacted the agricultural and industrial exports, while lower domestic supply also contributed. Meanwhile, the expenditure on imports in August rose 8.3 percent year-on-year (YoY) to US $ 1.65 billion. However, the imports in the first eight months declined a paltry 1.6 percent YoY to US $ 12.4 billion. Imports to Sri Lanka have also been on the decline for many months since July 2015, except for two months, due to lower global commodity prices, particularly oil. Specially during 2016, the consumption imports declined as such imports cost more following the weakening of the rupee.
The Sri Lankan rupee has depreciated 2.1 percent against the US dollar so far this year, after depreciating 9.0 percent in 2015. Lately, the Sri Lankan rupee has seen pressure mounting from foreign selling in government securities and importer dollar demand leading to year-end festive season. But the authorities believe US $ 1.0 billion expected from an 80 percent sale of the Hambantota port to a Chinese party could provide some respite to the currency in the short term. All in all, the trade deficit in August expanded 8.0 percent YoY to US $ 783 million, while the deficit for the first eight months rose 1.6 percent YoY to US $ 5.54 billion. Despite the deficit in the trade account, the country expects a surplus in the current account of the balance of payments (BoP) this year from the higher inflows from service exports, tourism inflows and worker remittances.
However, the latest data available for September showed the worker remittances decreasing 1.1 percent YoY to US $ 577.9 million. However, during the first nine months remittance inflows increased 3.9 percent YoY to US $ 5.4 billion. An average of US $ 7.0 billion remittances annually sent by close to two million expatriates cushion the country’s ailing BoP. Meanwhile, the tourism earnings in September rose to US $ 246.1 million and for the first nine months, the total earnings surpassed the US $ 2.5 billion milestone. By the end of September, the gross official reserves stood at around US $ 6.5 billion. Sri Lanka plans to have preferential access closer to a market of three billion people by this time next year through bilateral trade pacts with China, Japan and Singapore and a deeper trade and services agreement with India to boost exports.


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So, what did they all have in common?
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Andy Warhol loved his Polaroids. Using these iconic cameras, Warhol photographed Liza Minnelli, Halston, and others at Studio 54, documented his recovery from his 1968 shooting, and created sought-after celebrity portrait paintings and record covers for the Rolling Stones among others.
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Pop Sonnets is a great tumblr that turns pop music into Shakespearean sonnets: For example, the above poem is The Village People’s YMCA
See? Taylor Swift and Lorde are just like you and me. They like to go out, have fun, take a cooking class, make tacos, and then create music that sells a gazillion copies and play to millions of people.
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On the off chance that there is one TV diva whose looks set everybody’s heart hustling, it is Ishqbaaaz star Surbhi Chandna. From deciding on chic easygoing searches for excursions to assuming control over an honorary pathway in famous and jazzy outfits, Surbhi has figured out how to set patterns among her fans. Be it ethnic clothing or western looks, the Sanjivani star consistently figures out how to make heads turn with her looks. Indeed, Surbhi is good to go to leave her fans swooning with a calender shoot that she accomplished for 2020.
Nonetheless, in front of the schedule dispatch, Surbhi gave fans a fast look at the work in an in the background video. The Sanjivani star took to Instagram to share a BTS video from the scheduled project. In the video, Surbhi can be seen clad in an unsettled neon green outfit with glitz cosmetics and haircut. As she clutched a veil, Surbhi presented with two other male models for the equivalent. The diva moved in a couture outfit and figured out how to leave her fans swooning over her look.
Surbhi shared the video and inscribed it as, “Only a little in the background of this fast in and out I accomplished for Calendar 2020 by Tanmay .. Incredible Team set up an extraordinary work.” Fans rushed to remark on the video. Indeed, even Gurdeep Punjj remarked on it and expressed, “Cutie I love your look @officialsurbhic.” Varun Toorkey likewise stated, “I need a cold shower…..”
In the interim, Surbhi had as of recent common photographs and recordings from Sanjivani group supper with Namit Khanna, Kunal Bhan, Jason Tham and others. The photographs from Sanjivani’s group supper became a web sensation among Surbhi’s fan clubs. Surbhi’s spell as Dr Ishani on Sanjivani is being cherished and her track with Dr Sid played by Namit Khanna has included a fascinating plot for the watchers.


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Changes in Endogenous Erythropoietin and the Pharmacokinetics of Darbepoetin Alfa in Patients with Non-myeloid Malignancies Receiving or Not Receiving Chemotherapy
Presenter: A.C. Heatherington
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Several studies have reported an increase in endogenous erythropoietin (EPO) after chemotherapy, however, there is no published data on the pharmacokinetic (PK) properties of recombinant human erythropoietin (rHuEPO) in chemotherapy patients. Darbepoetin alfa has been shown to increase hemoglobin concentrations in cancer patients, however the effects of chemotherapy on the pharmacokinetics of darbepoetin alfa are not known. The PK properties of darbepoetin alfa and its relationship with chemotherapy as well as the effects of chemotherapy on EPO are addressed in this report of 4 independent clinical studies.
Materials and Methods
810 patients have been enrolled of 4 separate trials. Three of these trials investigated darbepoetin alfa in patients receiving chemotherapy (n=709). Darbepoetin was given on q week, q 2 week, or q 3 weeks schedules.
Serum levels of darbepoetin were measure at 24-48 hour intervals over the first week of the first cycle of chemotherapy after a subcutaneous (SC) injection of darbepoetin alfa (given on the same day as chemotherapy).
Serum levels of darbepoetin were again measured during the first week of the third cycle of chemotherapy, approximately 7-9 weeks after the first cycle, with darbepoetin injected SC the same day as chemotherapy. These results were compared the serum levels measured after the first dose.
Serum concentrations of darbepoetin were measured 48 hours after SC injection in both patients receiving chemotherapy and patients not receiving chemotherapy.
Endogenous EPO serum levels were measured at 24 hour intervals over the first week following chemotherapy and a weekly intervals.
Darbepoetin alfa is absorbed slowly after subcutaneous dosing, with peak concentrations occurring 70.8 ?123 hours after injection
Median peak serum concentration with first dose was 10.6 ng/ml and with subsequent dose 11.3 ng/ml.
Mean serum concentrations 48 hours post-dose showed no accumulation or drug with q 2 week or q 3 week dosing.
Darbepoetin alfa concentrations in patients receiving chemotherapy were 1.2-3.4-fold higher than in patients not receiving chemotherapy.
Peak and trough serum concentrations of darbepoetin alfa administered with chemotherapy were 3-fold higher in the first week after chemotherapy compared to the third week. This effect was comparable among chemotherapy cycles, indicating no clear long-term effect of chemotherapy.
In patients receiving chemotherapy but not receiving darbepoetin alfa, there was a 2.1 fold increase in endogenous EPO 48 hours after chemotherapy administration.
Endogenous EPO levels returned to baseline before subsequent chemotherapy doses and rose again 48 hours after subsequent doses.
Pharmacokinetic properties of darbepoetin alfa are consistent with dose-linear kinetics, and there was no unexpected accumulation of darbepoetin alfa with multiple dosing.
Chemotherapy causes an increase in post-chemotherapy concentrations of darbepoetin alfa. This effect appeared to decrease throughout a single cycle, and was repeated with subsequent cycles.
Chemotherapy also caused a transient increase in endogenous EPO levels that was repeated with further chemotherapy cycles
The data from these 4 studies provides valuable information about the effects of chemotherapy on both darbepoetin alfa as well as endogenous EPO. Further understanding of these effects will contribute to the optimal management of anemia in patients receiving chemotherapy.
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Timothy Claypool Resigns from Northwestern Mutual Investment Services
Timothy Claypool (CRD #: 4729794) was recently permitted to resign from his position at Northwestern Mutual Investment Services, according to his BrokerCheck record, accessed on January 6, 2022. Details surrounding his resignation have been provided below.
On October 28, 2021, Timothy Claypool was permitted to resign from his position at Pickwick Capital Partners following allegations:
- Unsuitable sales activity related to a variable annuity contract
- Conducting potentially unsuitable discretionary investment account trades for the purpose of generating commissions.
FINRA Rule 2111: Suitability
Brokers must consider the factors listed below when recommending investments to investors.
- The investor’s current financial state and tax status
- The investor’s financial goals
- The investor’s risk tolerance
According to FINRA Rule 2111, brokers may be liable for investor unsuitability claims if they fail to take the factors listed above into account and recommend investments that are not suitable. A broker must have exercised due diligence and have an adequate reason for believing that an investment will be suitable or beneficial for the investor.
On August 15, 2016, Timothy Claypool was the subject of a civil lien amounting to $8,613.
Timothy Claypool has passed the following exams:
- Series 66 – Uniform Combined State Law Examination
- SIE – Securities Industry Essentials Examination
- Series 7 – General Securities Representative Examination
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- Farmers Financial Solutions (CRD#:103863)
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The Eiffel Blue turn-off accident has left four dead and twelve injured.
The accident which happened on Sartuday afternoon has claimed the lives of Castasia Charamba (aged 53) of Mafunga Street, Nescar Diza of (47) of Rimuka Infill , Peter Nasho (37) and of Mangwanya Street and Virginia Shonai (age and address not given ).
The four together with some other passengers were coming from Chinhoyi when the right rear tyre of the Toyota Hiace minibus they were travelling in burst, prompting the driver Ephraim Gusini to lose control of the vehicle which then landed on its roof.
Of the 12 injured, 4 are still recovering at Kadoma General Hospital.
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Doctor Strange In the Multiverse of Madness has been a much anticipated movie for a number of reasons. Spider-Man: No Way Home introduced us to what can happen when we play in the Multiverse, leading to a lot of fan theories that they hope come true. Another reason is the return of Sam Raimi to Marvel and, lastly, the hope that we can figure out what to expect moving forward during this phase of the MCU. There are more reasons to watch the film than there are Loki variants.
I won’t tell you if the fan theories about Doctor Strange In The Multiverse of Madness are true. I know, but I’ll die before I spoil, but we can talk about the plot a bit. Doctor Strange encounters a powered teen by the name of America Chavez (played by Xochitl Gomez) and, after some strange encounters connected to other Universes, the former Sorcerer Supreme seeks the help of Wanda Maximoff. Does adventure ensue? Well, of course.
Elizabeth Olsen’s latest turn as the Scarlet Witch is in its own way, a sequel to the hit WandaVision and a wonderful exploration into Wanda’s pain and endless search for a happy ending. Olsen turns in a spectacularly conflicted performance that provides the audience with a wide range of emotions.
The story of Doctor Strange In The Multiverse of Madness takes you through a number of different universes and brings us characters new and old, such as Baron Mordo (Played by Chiwetel Ejiofor), whose dynamic with Benedict Cumberbatch’s Dr. Strange is wonderful. You can expect the Multiverse to bring you a number of surprises along the way as well.
Benedict Wong is back with his usual solid performance as current Sorcerer Supreme, Wong. He’s always a perfect comic relief for Strange’s more straight-man moments, and he gets more of an opportunity to kick some butt.
Also returning is Canadian actress Rachel McAdams (who I always realize how much I miss seeing her in things when she finally pops back up) as the Dr.’s true love, Christine Palmer. McAdams puts out such a natural goodness into the role that helps you buy into her permanent residence in Strange’s heart.
When it is all said and done, though, this movie has Sam Raimi’s sensibilities all over it. And I say sensibilities (plural) intentionally. You see in this film his signatures from the iconic Spider-Man trilogy, you see Sam Raimi, Horror Director and you see a lot of his campy nature as well, all the way to some creatures that look like they were torn from Army of Darkness.
Raimi isn’t the only one returning from Marvel’s past. Famed composer Danny Elfman makes his comeback to Marvel for the first time since working with Raimi on Spider-Man 2 and 3. His themes are always recognizable and, for this movie, add a tone that is different from every project to exist within the MCU and, frankly, it is a requirement to tell the audience that what they are watching is different than any MCU movie they have seen before.
“To say that Doctor Strange In The Multiverse of Madness takes some big swings is a gross understatement.”
To say that Doctor Strange In The Multiverse of Madness takes some big swings is a gross understatement. The acting is bigger for the most part, they are introducing more cartoony characters than have existed in the Universe thus far and some of the hero shots scream early 2000’s superhero movies. These are not a knock on the movie in any way, but an early warning that what you are about to witness is extremely outside of the box.
The one part that grounds every scene is Benedict Cumberbatch in his unyieldingly cocky, but inherently good portrayal of Dr. Strange. Having his base tone not change reminds you that he is not always in the world that we are used to, but we still have something to connect to.
I did mention that the swings were big in this film and, for me, they didn’t always hit. But the Multiverse of fans can find a lot of things that will bring them pure joy, from just being a different flavour of MCU movie, to nostalgia, to fan service and so much more. While some checked boxes will inevitably make you mad, there are still plenty of boxes that will take you on a fun ride.
While there is so much I can’t tell you about what I saw at the screening, I can tell you that there were many moments that got genuine cheers from my fellow critics (a first for any critics’ screening that I’ve attended).
My biggest complaint is that I come out of the movie not really knowing how I am supposed to see this movie. If I am seeing it as a small part of the MCU as a whole, then I feel like I am missing some of the connective tissue that helps push the story forward in a meaningful way. That’s not to say that there are no signs as to what is coming up, but we aren’t seeing those obvious bridge scenes found in older MCU movies that give us a good idea as to where the Cinematic Universe might be headed.
If, however, I am looking at this as a standalone movie, much like a special edition of a comic book, then you can really settle in and witness Sam Raimi’s genius at work, telling an out there story that works so much better without the stakes of Doctor Strange In The Multiverse of Madness bleeding into the rest of the movies in the Universe.
Doctor Strange In the Multiverse of Madness comes in hot with some ideas that we haven’t seen in the proper MCU and some ideas that feel like they were ripped from the cells of a cartoon and bravely introduced into a live action Universe. MCU Completionists don’t need the review to go see it. You’ll be there. To the people who have shared concerns about the genre getting a little stale, this may be the fresh take you’ve been waiting for.


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Nominated for numerous Tony and Drama Desk Awards, Tintypes features Lynne Thigpen, Jerry Zaks, Trey Wilson, Carolyn Mignini, and Mary Catherine Wright portraying historical personalities from the turn of the 20th Century. Tintypes opens with an immigrant, a mime eventually introduced to a variety of characters, including hopeful strivers and dream-filled achievers among the common folk and politician William Jennings Bryan, radical Emma Goldman, inventors Thomas Edison and Henry Ford, and glamorous entertainer Anna Held among the famous.
The score, featuring works by George M. Cohan, John Philip Sousa, Joseph E. Howard, Scott Joplin, and Victor Herbert, among others, is a blend of the patriotic songs, romantic tunes, and ragtime popular during the era.
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Run Time: 108 Minutes

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And you know that eggs are not only a storehousecholesterol, but also a great way to restore weakened hair? Whatever you say, and the egg mask for the hair creates real miracles. Of course, you need to prepare and apply such a cosmetic remedy with knowledge, but, believe me, it's worth it. And if you mix honey with an egg, then your hair will become not only strong, but also extraordinarily silky to the touch. Intrigued? Do you want to learn the art of hair restoration with a mixture of eggs and honey? Then read on.
About the benefits of egg yolk
To begin, we will voice all the trumps that are hiddeneggs under their shell. As we know, the lack of vitamins in the daily diet, bad heredity, insufficient care for the scalp can lead to hair loss. Strands become thin, the cuticles become weaker, and nothing is aware of a woman who is overtaxed by hair loss (by the way, this also applies to men). To save the situation can the egg yolk, which is an excellent source of protein and lecithin, that nourish the scalp. In addition, eggs are rich in vitamins A, E and D, which are indispensable in the prevention of hair loss, restoration of texture and luster. They also protect the hair from the effects of external contaminants, the effects on the hair of harmful chlorine and ultraviolet rays. It is impossible not to mention fatty acids, which are so rich in eggs. After all, they help prevent dandruff and give the hair extra shine. In addition, the egg yolk softens the hair and makes it more docile. Do you agree that this is more than an excellent indicator for such a habitual product as eggs?
The role of honey in a hair mask
Now let's talk about the benefits of honey. Since time immemorial, it has been used in home cosmetology. Someone got rid of honey wraps from cellulite, someone returned to himself an even complexion and evened the structure of the skin. But the best, according to cosmetologists, is a mask for hair from honey. And all because this product contains more than 400 nutritional and biologically active substances, which have a beneficial effect on the scalp. In addition, honey is very similar in composition to the plasma of our blood, so any mask is perfectly absorbed and absorbed by the skin. By the way, the hair mask from honey can lighten your strands a little, so if you do not want this effect, be careful with the sweet ingredient. There is another category of people who do not want to do a similar hair mask. It's allergic. Honey, for all its usefulness, is extremely allergic. And if you are not exactly sure that your body will take a honey mask without a complaint, be sure to pass the test before applying the product. To do this, apply a little honey on your wrist or elbow and wait 2 hours. If the skin does not turn red, you can safely apply a mask of honey and eggs on your hair.
Masks for hair with honey and eggs
After we announced the whole listuseful substances contained in honey and eggs, it's time to describe the most effective recipes for hair masks. Of course, their main ingredients will be honey and egg yolk. By the way, you can not throw out the protein. From it you can make a wonderful face mask. Egg-honey mask with olive oil Ingredients:
- Egg yolk - 1 piece (if the hair is long, you can double the number of ingredients);
- Honey - 3 teaspoons;
- Olive oil - 3 teaspoons.
Cooking method: All products are thoroughly mixed (until creamy) and evenly distributed to the scalp. Some cosmeticians advise to apply a mask and on hair too, especially if you have cut ends. Now it remains to withstand the mixture of eggs, honey and oil on the head for about 40 minutes, then rinse with warm water. Mask for hair with honey, aloe and egg yolk Ingredients:
- A small leaf of aloe (we need a flesh);
- Egg yolk - 1 piece;
- Honey - 1 tablespoon;
- Cognac - 1 teaspoon;
- Castor (or burdock) oil - 1 teaspoon.
Cooking method: Mix all ingredients, grind in a blender and apply to clean hair. The exposure time of the mask is 2-2.5 hours. For greater efficiency, you can wrap the head with polyethylene or foil. Hochno-honey hair mask Ingredients:
- Flesh of 1 leaf of aloe;
- Honey - 1 tablespoon;
- Yolk - 1 piece;
- Garlic juice - 1 teaspoon;
Cooking method: All ingredients to grind in a blender, apply to hair and after 20 minutes rinse with warm water. All suggested masks beauticians are advised to do once a week. In this honey is better to buy May, and eggs - home. But if you regularly do cosmetic procedures, and hair still falls out, we advise you to consult a trichologist. It is likely that the problem is more serious and requires special treatment. We advise you to read:

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When Small Island was published five years ago it started out faring much the same as Andrea Levy's first three books: well reviewed but not particularly widely read. "Give me a basket and I'll go door to door with it," she joked to the publishers. The book "wasn't really selling. It certainly wasn't doing anything fantastic."
It was a mark of the enduring quality of the first three – Every Light in the House Burnin', Never Far From Nowhere and Fruit of the Lemon – that none had gone out of print. It was perhaps a mark of their limitations that she had not managed to sell a single one abroad. "Middle aged and middle list," she points out. "It's bloody tough out there in that position. They were giving up."
But then came the prizes. First there was the Orange. Even then, she says, Small Island only got a halfway decent bump in Britain, and no one abroad was interested. Then, in fairly quick succession, came the Whitbread, the Commonwealth and the Orange Best of the Best, as well as being shortlisted for the National Book Critics Circle award in the United States, Romantic Novelist of the Year and two National Book awards in this country. The novel – about four Jamaicans who emigrate to Britain during the Second World War – broke through, in a very big way indeed. Translated into 22 languages, from Vietnamese to Macedonian, it became a bestseller both in the UK and Canada and was chosen as the Big Read in Hull, Liverpool, Bristol and Glasgow.
"I'm still reeling from the success of it," she says. "I'm still wondering what it was all about. It got sanctioned as part of the canon. Once I won the Whitbread I could see that it was going beyond what I ever thought was possible. Older white men interested in RAF gunners were buying it and reading it and enjoying it – the kind of people who'd never bought my books before. I wonder whether it was because we'd just gone through this massive period of immigration from eastern Europe and maybe there was safety in looking back at that part of our immigration history with some nostalgia."
Either way the success gave her the space, time and resources to pursue her literary interests more freely. A couple of years ago she joked that she was retiring: she settled into a rhythm of doing the household chores – paying bills, shopping, etc – in the morning and then writing in the afternoon.
"Well, my retirement is from striving," she explains. "Thanks to Small Island, I don't have to pay the mortgage anymore. There's not a day goes by that I'm not grateful I'm in that position. This girl who had 'shop girl' written right the way through her. 'Shop girl,'" she repeats, and acts out writing the words on her forehead. "Now I can explore what I'm passionate about."
Small Island signalled a significant shift in scale and scope from her three earlier works, which were strong, engaging novels drawn from her immediate life experience and with a familiar cast of characters. Each was set, for the most part, in north London, with a working-class, black family whose parents had emigrated from Jamaica. Each family had at least one daughter who aspired to higher education and at least one sibling who did not. The parents, meanwhile, were more interested in keeping their heads above water than in issues of race, racism and class inequality.
Levy calls these books her "baton race". "I'm a writer learning my craft and gaining in confidence or not," she explains. "So that was the person who I was. Then you write the next one. Anyone reading my books could say, 'Well, she got a dictionary there,' and 'She got a thesaurus at this point.'"
She can tell you, almost to the day, when she was injected with the creative adrenaline that produced Small Island – it was 1997, and she was judging the Orange prize.
"I suddenly understood what fiction was for," she says. "I had to read books that I wouldn't have necessarily read. I had to read them well and I had to read them in a short space of time. Back to back. Annie Proulx and Margaret Atwood and Beryl Bainbridge and Anne Michaels – boom, boom, boom. And I started to realise what fiction could be. And I thought, wow! You can be ambitious, you can take on the world – you really can."
Her ambitions took her further and further away in time and place from her own beginnings. Small Island roamed from London to the Midlands to Jamaica and was set during the wartime years. Her latest book, The Long Song, is set on a Jamaican slave plantation, Amity, in the early 19th century in a period up to emancipation. It tells the story of a slave girl, July, and the love, envy, intrigue and spirit of playful insubordination, as well as the political resistance and personal rivalries that surround and consume her – an everyday tale of ordinary plantation folk a continent and several generations away from where she started out.
While invitations to parties and literary events have been more plentiful in recent years, she has been less likely to accept them. "Something got put to bed with Small Island," she says. "Running to stand still, wanting to be part of that literary thing – all that has left me. I could quite happily not have anything to do with that world now."
Descriptions of her as "angry" (she once said "fuckers" in an interview) or "worthy" are ham-fisted attempts to force racial stereotypes on her that simply do not fit. In person she is both irreverent and somewhat shy. There's an endearing anxiety about her and, because success came fairly late in her career – she was 48 when Small Island appeared – she has remained largely unaffected by her recent renown. When she was close to finishing the novel she woke up one night in a sweat fearing she might lose it. She already kept three copies in her handbag, as well as the one on her computer and the one hidden in her car in case the house burned down. But what, she fretted, if the house caught fire and a spark took the car with it? The next morning she made another copy and sent it to a friend.
"If I go away I send a copy of my work to my agent asking him not to look at it but, should I not return, please to publish it posthumously," she says. "I am forever convinced that I am never going to get to the end of a book, or that I'm going to lose it. I am an extremely cautious person."
When Levy's mother, Amy, was going to marry her father, Winston, in Jamaica, her father's family hired a detective to make sure there was nothing untoward in her family history. Middle-class, light-skinned Jamaicans – Amy was a trained teacher, Winston a book-keeper with Tate & Lyle – they arrived in Britain in the late 40s to discover that none of the privileges they had inherited counted for much in Britain. Her mother's teaching qualifications were not accepted here, so she took in sewing while she retrained. Her father worked for the post office.
Raised on a predominantly white council estate in Highbury, north London, Levy was inculcated with a sense of class rooted more in cultural behaviour than in resources. "I thought we were middle class because we had three meals a day," she says.
Whatever conscious racial identity she had while growing up seems to have been remarkable more in terms of what was to be avoided than what was to be embraced. "I was not at all curious about Jamaica as a child," she says. "We were told, not in so many words, to be ashamed of it." She only discovered that her father came over on the Empire Windrush, when it was shown on television and her dad casually mentioned it while he was ironing.
The London she was raised in was not the multicultural city it is now. "We didn't know that many black people," she says. "There was another black family at my church. But I just used to feel terribly sorry for them because I knew how difficult it was, and we would never have spoken. I'm not proud of who I was then. But I was just dealing with things as they came."
It was only when she went to art college that she encountered the social confidence and material resources of Britain's middle classes. It would be some time before she started to locate herself within the country's racial hierarchies – during the 80s, when London prided itself on equal opportunities, and she was working in the voluntary sector. During a racial awareness workshop her office was asked to divide into black and white, so she went with the whites.
"And everybody said, 'No, no, you should be on the other side,' and it was a bloody shock. I thought black people were doing something somewhere else that I wasn't a part of. I felt embarrassed to go to their side. Not ashamed. I just thought, 'I don't know anything about being black' – I was inauthentic. I was a political person – a left-leaning person; I thought I'd got my politics sussed. And suddenly this thing came along, and I had to learn about it."
When did she work it out? "Any day now," she says, laughing. "I'm still learning."
She points to a boxed set of Who Do You Think You Are?, the BBC TV series in which well-known Britons trace their ancestry, and says, "They'd never have me on because I'm not a big enough celebrity, but I love it. People can go back generations, but they've only done about three black people and they can only take them back so far and then the door shuts, because all that's there are ledgers. Nothing else – just a big mass of nothing. I know my ancestors were slaves, but what did they do? How did they live? How did they manage to survive it? We know so little and very little of what we do know comes from them. The only way you can go any further is through fiction."
This was the curiosity that produced The Long Song, in which July tells her story, urged on by her son. Levy says she was inspired to write the book after a young black woman at a conference on the legacy of slavery rose to ask how she could have pride in her ancestry when all her ancestors had been slaves. "I thought, 'Wow, how could anyone have any shame or ambivalence at having slave ancestry?" She wanted to see if she could change this woman's mind and make her proud of her ancestry.
"When you try to imagine slavery in terms of what happened it's almost unthinkable," she says. "But people got through it. Not every day was: 'Got up, got whipped thoroughly, saw someone hung from a tree'. So I try to give a sense of the daily life – the drinking milk and eating yam of it – as well as the lives of the planter class. I try to give people their humanity."
But she is acutely aware of how the subject matter itself could overpower her literary efforts. When Small Island failed to make the Booker longlist, one of the judges explained that the book was "worthy", but that the acclaim "comes from the topic rather than the treatment . . . People feel guilty about not thinking about our colonial past."
This is not the world that Levy wants to take on The Long Song, and she did not begin with the intention of writing a book set during the time of slavery. She wants her books to be read, she explains, but many people, for different reasons, prefer not to engage with that aspect of their past.
She talks about slavery as though it is a live wire in the public imagination. When people touch it there is a short-circuit; either they think they know all about it, they don't want to know about it or they think that it's not a topic worth knowing about.
"There are a lot of people who are open to talking about it," she says. "But there are many who will say that it was a very long time ago, and a lot who just don't want you to mention it because it will make them feel bad. It's painful, both for black and white people. But it's 300 years. You can't just ignore it. I don't want people to feel guilty. I don't want them to pick it up and feel like they're taking vitamins."
The novel was intended to cover a much longer period of time, she says. "I was intending to get out of there very quick. But you can't avoid slavery. You can't. You have to go to that place. You keep banging into it. I'm not proselytising. It's the book I had to write because of who I am."


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Method: Thirty-four children (22 boys, 12 girls; median age, 26.5 months; interquartile range, 17.3-38.8 months) and their mothers participated. Mothers completed a cough-related measure (verbal category descriptive score) and the PC-QOL on two occasions separated by 2 to 3 weeks. Two approaches were used to calculate MID.
Results: Distribution-based approaches to estimating MID resulted in ranges of 0.50 to 0.78 (effect size method), 0.30 to 0.48 (SE of measurement method), and 0.60 to 0.69 (one-half SD method) for PC-QOL overall and domain scales. Based on verbal category descriptive score change, an anchor-based approach resulted in an MID estimate of 0.9 for overall PC-QOL change and ranged from 0.71 to 0.95 for individual domain PC-QOL change.
Conclusion: An MID for the PC-QOL of 0.9 is recommended in interpreting health status change in children with chronic cough and will aid clinicians and researchers in interpreting health-related QOL changes following treatments and clinical trials.
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|The Early Days of a Better Nation|
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Yesterday Carol and I drove a few miles to see the
Falkirk Wheel, one of the engineering wonders of the world. It's a rotating boat lift, and very hard to describe, and very big (35 metres across). It connects the Forth and Clyde Canal with the Union Canal, replacing several of the old locks, and makes it possible to travel by boat all the way across Scotland. A marvel of elegant design and brute-force solution, it uses very little power - a few hundred watts, I think - to lift one giant trough of water plus boats and at the same time lower another. The helpful and informative visitor centre (which is free) is shaped like a giant slice of melon with a glass side and contains plenty of working explanatory models. Because of Archimedes' Principle (it says here) the troughs (or 'gondolas') are perfectly balanced no matter how many or few boats are in each. The site is well laid out with gentle sloping paths so you can walk from the lower locks to the upper canal (and more locks) very easily, and watch the Wheel in operation. The upper canal passes under a railway line and the remains of the Antonine Wall through a tunnel 180 metres long, with a path along which you can walk to emerge beside a basin whose surrounding slopes are covered with giant daisies, crowsfoot, and clover.
Naturally hundreds of people were there and all the boat rides (the Wheel's main source of income, I guess) were booked, but it's a place we'll go again. Come the 2005 Worldcon in Glasgow I expect it to be over-run with fans.


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Even the main professional center East observers have been stunned by means of the occasions of early 2011. Protests born of oppression and socioeconomic frustration erupted through the streets; public unrest provoked violent police backlash; customary dictatorships fell. How did this all ensue? What could the longer term appear like, and what are the most likely ramifications for the USA and the remainder of the realm? within the Arab Awakening, specialists from the Brookings establishment take on such inquiries to make feel of this tumultuous quarter that is still on the center of U.S. nationwide interests.The first component of The Arab Awakening bargains large classes by means of reading key features of the Mideast turmoil, equivalent to public opinion developments in the "Arab Street"; the position of social media and know-how; socioeconomic and demographic stipulations; the impression of Islamists; and the influence of the recent political order at the Arab-Israeli peace process.The subsequent part appears to be like on the international locations themselves, discovering commonalties and grouping them based on the political evolutions that experience (or haven't) happened in every one state. The part deals perception into the present scenario, and attainable trajectory of every team of nations, by means of person state reports. The Arab Awakening brings the whole assets of Brookings to endure on making feel of what may possibly change into the main major geopolitical flow of this new release. it really is crucial examining for an individual seeking to comprehend those advancements and their consequences.ContentsPart I: realizing the Transformation of the center EastPart II: the hot DemocraciesPart III: The fight for ReformPart IV: The Civil WarsPart V: The Basket circumstances: What Now?Conclusion: a brand new American Grand procedure for the center EastAuthors comprise Daniel Byman, Khaled Elgindy, Stephen Grand, Shadi Hamid, Suzanne Maloney, Kenneth M. Pollack, Bruce Riedel, Salman Shaikh, and Shibley Telhami.
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