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The story is told of C. S. Lewis walking into a room where several of his university colleagues were discussing what made Christianity different from other religions. They asked Lewis what he thought and he replied, “That’s easy. Grace.” So true and so precious: we are saved first to last by God’s sovereign, amazing, inexhaustible grace. I’d like to share a personal story from several years ago and then draw out some counseling implications.
On March 2, 1991 I had an experience with Jesus Christ that helps me grasp something of the importance and transforming power of grace. On this particular Saturday morning I felt led to write out a general confession of my sins to God. Here is what I wrote: “I don’t feel love for God or others; lack of compassion. I’m often motivated by pride, guilt, fear, and self-righteousness. I don’t want to do God’s will or be like Jesus. I resist and rebel. I don’t do all I should for God—prayer and worship, encouraging and helping Christians. I don’t reach out to the poor and needy as I ought. I don’t witness to others. I am very self-centered and a hypocritical Pharisee. I see what I should be but I’m not even close. I am a sinner who desperately falls short in loving God and my neighbor.” Not a very good track record for a believer of several years, Bible teacher, worship leader, and elder!
I knelt down by the side of the bed and began to pray and confess these sins. As I did, God’s grace came upon me in a wonderful way. It was a deeply bittersweet experience—bitter because it was all true; sweet because I felt totally loved, forgiven, and accepted. I began to weep and laugh for joy. Then I was aware of two thoughts in my mind: “Go your way; your faith has saved you” (much like what Jesus said to various people in the gospels), and “Grace, grace, most beautiful word.” This led to immediately writing a song titled, “Grace Grace, Most Beautiful Word.”
Grace, grace, most beautiful word
That ever this wretched sinner heard.
Jesus, Savior, name above names,
I call on your grace and you save me
From myself, again.
How many times have I fallen from grace?
Lost my first love, lost sight of your face.
Wandering in darkness and dying of thirst,
Craving the blessing but feeling the curse.
Intending to witness, I just start to brag,
Weaving a garment of self-righteous rags;
Wanting to serve but resisted by sin,
I fall through my weakness again and again.
A prisoner of sin, now I’m starting to see
Jesus alone can set prisoners free;
The shackles of sin are broken by grace,
I’m released by the power of the Savior’s embrace.
My faith not in me but securely in Him,
I rise up to run, I now run to win.
In returning and resting in Jesus alone,
The wandering is over, I’m finally home.
As I have reflected on this time with the Lord, I have gleaned several counseling implications about the use of personal stories in counseling and the power of the gospel to impact heart and life.
Personal testimony can be helpful in counseling if used wisely.
Our own stories help us relate personally to our counselees and show the power of the gospel to bring change in real life. As we share our stories we need to make sure we don’t exaggerate or turn the attention away from the counselee and Christ to ourselves. My first pastor said testimonies should follow the A, B, C’s: Accurate, Brief, Christ-centered. (Biblical example from Psalm 40:1, 3: “I waited patiently for the LORD; he inclined to me and heard my cry…He put a new song in my mouth, a song of praise to our God. Many will see and fear, and put their trust in the Lord.“)
Confession and forgiveness are at the heart of our faith and the catalyst for change.
It was as I confessed these sins that God met me with his sweet, forgiving, liberating grace. Be sensitive to the Holy Spirit when counseling and look for opportunities to move the counselee from discussing recent struggles to actually confessing them to God. If the counselee is uncomfortable doing this with you, encourage them to do it privately. You might also want to model out loud what such a confession might sound like. (Biblical example from Luke 18:13: “But the tax collector, standing far off, would not even lift up his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, ‘God, be merciful to me, a sinner!’ I tell you, this man went down to his house justified, rather than the other.”)
The gospel of grace is the ultimate cure for believers as well as unbelievers.
My own conviction of sin and need for grace has grown over the years as my testimony and song shows. Many believers are weighed down by a sense of failure and imagine God is disappointed and angry with them. This keeps them from running to Him for mercy. The fact is that although God hates our sin and wants to deliver us, He is always drawn in love and compassion to his struggling children. (Biblical example from Luke 15:20: “And he arose and came to his father. But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and felt compassion, and ran and embraced him and kissed him.”)
Justification, adoption, and sanctification, while objectively distinct, are subjectively inseparable.
In the moments of confession and prayer I experienced all three of these beautiful gospel graces.
- Justification: I had a fresh experience of being totally forgiven and completely accepted by God.
- Adoption: Even more, I felt embraced in a sweet and strong familial love. This made me weep and laugh for joy.
- Sanctification: My heartfelt joy in God immediately translated into an act of worship and service: I wrote a song that expressed my heart and became a regular worship song at our church.
Counselees need all three graces to thrive and all three are offered in the gospel. (Biblical example from 1 Corinthians 6:11: ‘And such were some of you. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.”)
All our gospel-based testimonies are gloriously different and all have a potential part to play in our counseling. Ask God how you might “tell the glad news of deliverance” (Ps. 40:9) in your own life in such a way that counselees are drawn to the beautiful Savior to be “transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another” (2 Cor. 3:18).
Questions for Reflection
Reflect on your own relationship with the Lord. What people, means of grace, and experiences have contributed to heart and life change? What counseling implications do you see?
Do you tend to be too eager or reluctant to share your story with counselees? How could the “A, B, C’s” help you to share more effectively?
Who might benefit from hearing how God has saved and changed you?
Pat Quinn is the Director of Counseling at University Reformed Church in East Lansing, Michigan where he counsels and trains lay counselors. He is a regular blogger for the BCC and contributed to the BCC book Scripture and Counseling.

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Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Bill Northey today announced two agribusinesses and two Certified Crop Advisers (CCAs) as recipients of the Secretary’s Iowa Ag Leader Award for outstanding leadership in improving Iowa’s water quality. Northey recognized Farmers Cooperative Society from Sioux Center, CF Industries and CCAs Jason Gomes owner of North Iowa Agronomy Partners in Waverly and Joe Lally from Denison.
“Businesses like Farmers Cooperative Society and CF Industries, as well as Certified Crop Advisers like Jason Gomes and Joe Lally have shown real leadership in advancing water quality efforts in our state,” Northey said. “All of these award winners are examples of how stakeholders across agriculture are taking on the challenge of improving water quality by providing tools and information to help farmers and landowners make improvements on their farm.”
Northey presented the awards at the Agribusiness Association of Iowa’s Showcase and Conference at the Iowa State Fairgrounds in Des Moines.
Jason Gomes, Certified Crop Adviser and owner of North Iowa Agronomy Partners – Waverly
Gomes has served owner of North Iowa Agronomy Partners, LLC operated as an independent agronomist since 2009.
Jason grew up in Northeast Iowa and has worked with agriculture since he was a teenager. His business provides a range of services to farmers and ag retailers, including crop scouting, soil sampling and data management. He has been a technical service provider with NRCS since 2008 and has been a CCA since 2006. North Iowa Agronomy Partners currently works in the Middle and Upper Cedar watersheds developing conservation plans and providing technical assistance in support of Iowa’s nutrient reduction strategy.
Jason believes that water quality and soil quality are two sides of the same coin and that improving soil health is key to improving water quality region-wide. He sees water quality as an opportunity for farmers, rather than a burden, and is interested in solutions that incentivize ecosystem services like soil health, water quality and sustainable production. His company works with farmers and landowners to help them balance the short-term challenges of crop production with their long-term conservation goals. Jason is grateful to work with so many innovative producers who are leading the way in demonstrating that continued improvements in production and improved environmental stewardship are not mutually exclusive.
Joe Lally, Certified Crop Adviser – Denison
Joe Lally’s conservation ethic was developed early on as he grew up on a small dairy and hog farm in the Denison area. His father bought the farm in 1956. By the time Joe left for the Army in 1968, they had installed terraces, grassed waterways, a 5 year crop rotation, among other practices, building a successful small farming operation. Joe bought his first farm in the Denison area in 1977. Within 5 years, Joe had installed terraces, grassed waterways, headlands, and minimum tillage farming practices. This was one of the first farms in the area with tile placed in the sediment control structures (Joe refers to them as doodle-dams).
Joe received both undergraduate and graduate degrees from Iowa State University and his CCA certification in 2008. He believes that this certification, along with that as a Technical Service Provider in 2003, provides a level of confidence when providing farmers consultation and planning for their farms. Joe is one of two Technical Service Providers that provides conservation and nutrient management plans developed under the guidance of USDA-NRCS and the EPA. He has written over 500 plans since 1990. Joe’s other roles have included environmental management services at Farmland Foods and as Project Coordinator for the Heartland Water Quality Program. The Heartland four-state initiative provides education and training to land-grant educators, ag agency staff, EPA staff, and NGO’s.
Joe refers to himself as an active conservationist, but a selfish one – or at least when it comes to his farm ground –as he is not interested in sharing it’s “natural resources” with anyone else.
Farmers Cooperative Society – Sioux Center
Farmers Cooperative Society (FCS) is a 100% farmer owned cooperative that operates in Northwest Iowa, Southwest Minnesota, and Southeast South Dakota. The mission of FCS is focused around a High Road To High Yields core strategy which is leading with sustainable agronomic, economic, and environmentally advanced technology solutions. This commitment directly helps customers by maximizing nutrient efficiency and minimizing wasted input losses resulting in improved return on investment. This proactive approach also prepares both FCS and its customers for the future.
FCS has been a leading partner in the West Branch of the Floyd River Water Quality Initiative project in Sioux County and has served on the project’s advisory board since the project began in 2014. They have hosted a number field events and meetings in support of the WQI projects soil conservation, nutrient management and water quality improvement goals, and has helped promote project cost-share opportunities in their newsletters and client communications. FCS has also committed resources to help provide solutions for farmers including tools such as the N-Tensification nitrogen report card, custom cover crop drilling, custom spinner and Hagie sidedress application options, promoting the use of nitrogen stabilizers such as N-Serve/Instinct and ESN coated Urea, promotion of no-till, grid soil sampling and variable rate applications, along with nutrient management planning, and manure sampling. FCS also employs a staff of agronomists that are Certified Crop Advisors with specialty certifications in 4R and Sustainability and is a 4R fertilizer dealer.
The FCS agronomy staff has been instrumental helping support these conservation efforts in alignment with area farmers operational and economical goals. FCS continues to collaborate with the project and farmers locally by providing professional knowledge, guidance based on experience and leadership to help advance common conservation goals forward.
As a global leader in the production of nitrogen-based fertilizers, CF Industries understands the importance of feeding the world in a sustainable manner. Here in Iowa, CF recently invested over $2.5 billion to expand its Port Neal Nitrogen Complex, which sources much of the nitrogen applied across the state. CF is proud of its Iowa roots and its work to preserve the state’s soil through the 4R Plus campaign.
CF launched the 4R Plus campaign in collaboration with The Nature Conservancy to enhance years of efforts by Iowa’s farmers to implement sound nutrient management and conservation practices. The 4R Plus campaign is designed to increase awareness and understanding of 4R nutrient stewardship (applying the right nutrient source at the right time, right rate, and right place) and conservation practices to increase productivity, retain soil and nutrients, build soil health, and improve water quality in Iowa. CF believes that using precise 4R nutrient stewardship and targeted conservation practices is critical to achieving healthier soils and productive crops both now and for future generations. CF further believes that 4R Plus principles are critical to meeting the nonpoint goals of the Iowa Nutrient Reduction Strategy.
CF looks forward to continuing to support Iowa’s growers by helping to provide the resources they need to boost crop yields and profitability while simultaneously improving their soil’s health.

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The Importance of Ayurvedic diet for overall health and wellness
The word DIET brings out thoughts like calorie counts, skipping meals, intermittent fasting and eating bland food to one’s imagination. It is mainly associated with a short term goal for weight loss, a more calculated and measured way of eating which may not be fulfilling at the same time.
For those who think that modern day dieting concepts are the only way to a healthy lifestyle are gravely mistaken. Ayurvedic diet is a far more effective, fulfilling and a mindful concept for your fast paced and negligent lifestyle.
The concept of Ayurvedic diet is a boon to our miserable diet culture. Ayurveda approaches the concept of dieting in a different way, by educating us to be more conscious while choosing and preparing foods that would best benefit each of us on our own paths towards better health and wellness. With the ultimate goal of supporting a thriving state of health, Ayurveda offers a far broader perspective that includes not just what we eat but also when and how we consume—as well as our own state of mind. The Ayurvedic diet is healthful in a really holistic sense because it takes into account how we approach our meals, from our own energy and mindset to the times of day we sit down to eat.
Your main dosha (or energy) and the balance of that energy are related to your physical and mental constitution. Each dosha is compatible with specific meals, nutrition, and self-care practices that can be pursued to create and preserve a state of optimal health and wellness. There are three doshas, which are associated with five elements -air, water, fire, earth, and ether. How you feel, think, act, and live is a reflection of your dominant dosha(ies). The features of each dosha are summarized as follows:
Vata-dominant persons typically feel dry and cold, have slender bodies, and embody the elements ether and air.
Pitta-dominant individuals typically have a medium build, run hot, and feel angry because they are a blend of fire and water.
Kapha People who are kapha-dominant, who are ruled by the elements of earth and water, often have a heavier frame and feel rooted and caring.
In the ayurvedic diet, each dosha (or combination, if you don't have one dominant dosha), has recommended foods to eat and avoid.
Since Vata is a chilly and dry dosha, it is best to stabilize it with warm, nourishing foods that have a relatively thick texture as well as additional butter and fat. Pick foods with savoury, sweet, and sour flavours as well as those that are calming and filling. Vatas benefit from warm milk, cream, butter, hot cereals, warm soups, warm stews, warm fresh-baked bread, and raw nuts and nut butters. In the late afternoon, sip a hot or herbal tea while eating some snacks. All sweet fruits are suitable for Vata as long as they are extra-ripe. Vatas respond well to warm beverages or hot water.
Pittas respond well to cool or warm foods with relatively substantial textures, as opposed to dishes that are blazing hot. The best tastes are astringent, bitter, and sweet. In the summer or when it's hot outside, consume cool, refreshing foods like salads, milk, and ice cream. Pittas can be calmed by herbal tea, especially mint or licorice root tea. Breakfast for a Pitta would consist of cold cereal, cinnamon toast, and apple tea. The greatest foods for Pittas are typically those that are vegetarian because eating red meat might cause the body to get overheated. Milk, cereals, and vegetables should be consumed in large quantities by them.
Raw fruits and vegetables or foods that have been mildly cooked are excellent for kaphas. Kaphas should eat anything spicy, especially really hot Mexican or Indian food in the winter. For Kaphas, dry cooking techniques like baking, broiling, grilling, and sautéing are preferred to moist cooking techniques like steaming, boiling, or poaching. The Kapha appetite can be stimulated by foods like romaine lettuce, endive, or tonic water. Cumin, fenugreek, sesame seed, and turmeric are the favourite spices.
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Ayurveda assists in strengthening one's inner strength and power by enhancing the body's immunity to combat various diseases and infections. According to Ayurveda, the meal must be thoroughly and appropriately cooked to make it digestible in order to boost immunity. Preserving one's natural resistance to illnesses and their signs and symptoms is crucial for immunity and wellbeing. Ayurvedic immunity boosters help us recognise foreign substances that attack and kill cells, maintaining our health. Ayurveda suggests taking a variety of spices to boost immunity as a means of protecting against diseases and infections. Eat spices like ginger, turmeric, and cumin to strengthen your immune system.
Ayurveda offers various simple yet effective methods to help you lose weight in a healthy way. According to Ayurveda, having an excessive amount of Kapha dosha might result in obesity. Utilizing meals appropriate for your constitutional type is one of the most successful Ayurvedic weight loss strategies. The foundation of the weight loss diet is the energy of each dosha. Which makes it easier to choose the foods that will help one stay healthy, manage illnesses, and maintain their overall wellbeing. Due to the fact that this wellness programme does not place a high priority on instant results, you wouldn't need to deprive yourself or excessively restrict the kind of foods you can enjoy. Instead, it places a significant emphasis on following a few simple guidelines that can help with weight loss and support a generally healthy lifestyle.
Reduce food cravings-
Another concept of ayurveda is conscious eating, which is comparable to mindful eating. Instead of rushing through your meal or eating on the run, the objective is to sit down, relax, and enjoy your food's complete sensory experience (how it feels, tastes, and smells in your tongue).
It is crucial to approach meal preparation with the proper attitude. Cooking while upset, dissatisfied, stressed out, or otherwise preoccupied assures that the energy is incorporated into the dish because, according to Ayurveda, the thoughts and energy of the cook are infused into the meal.
Lowering the risk of chronic illness
One of the tenets of an ayurveda diet is to emphasize "living food," which refers to plant and plant-based foods, and to restrict overly processed foods. On an ayurvedic diet, it is recommend eating fresh foods as frequently as possible. This includes items like whole grains, rice noodles, dried lentils, yoghurt, and sauerkraut, which are acceptable because this is how these foods have traditionally been preserved and stored.
There is a condition known as sattva, which is Sanskrit for clarity, light, peace, and balance. Foods that are rajasic (overstimulating) or tamastic (depleting), such as "those that are manufactured by a corporation and are overly salted, spiced, or fried, and are ultimately depleting to our tissues, are discouraged in Ayurveda.

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Veganism is a growing culture alive and well in the United States and throughout many countries of the world. Almost all restaurants in the U.S. offer at least a one to three options for vegan cuisine and there are even entirely vegan eateries popping up in larger cities. Love them or think they’re all a bunch of hippies, no matter what, vegans aren’t going away anytime soon. You may as well know who they are, what they eat, and what they’re all about.
What is Vegan?
It can be confusing for those unfamiliar with the lifestyle, and the terms used to describe the many types of vegetarians confound the matter even more: ovo, lacto, flexitarian, pescatarian, macrobiotic, raw, fruitarian, vegetarian, and then vegan. Some eat eggs, some drink milk, some only eat fruits, seeds, or nuts, and then some are vegetarian most of the time, but not always. It can get hard to follow along.
Vegan is one of the easiest types of vegetarian lifestyles to define. Vegans do not use animal products of any kind. That’s it—short, sweet, and to the point.
This means vegans don’t eat meat, fish, poultry, or eggs. They don’t drink milk or eat any dairy products, like cheese or yogurt. They also don’t eat processed foods that use animal byproducts to create the final results. Most vegans also refrain from using other non-food products that come from animals, like leather, fur, silk, and wool or any cosmetics and soaps that come from animal products.
What can Vegans Eat?
To many people, this sounds like there’s little left for vegans to eat. They think meals and snacks have to be bland and boring. They imagine vegans sitting around bowls of bark, leaves, and berries, looking forlornly at their meager meal while wasting away before your eyes. That isn’t the case at all.
Vegans are left with all the wonderful variety created naturally by plants, the powerhouses of nutrition and energy from the sun that in turn drive all the diversity of the animal kingdom. Grains, beans, fruits, vegetables, leafy greens, nuts, seeds, and legumes can be combined in endless recipes. Herbs and spices add to the variety and flavor. Salads, burritos, jambalaya, soups, curries, fajitas, pastas, and even brownies are still on the menu along with countless more.
Smoothies are another vegan treat. Blended fruit, leafy greens, and protein in a sweet smooth mixture make for an easy meal that whips up in minutes and puts typical fast food to shame nutritionally speaking. There are also many vegan add-ins and supplements, like protein powder, hemp seeds, coconut oil, and dried superfoods, that can be tossed in the blender for extra protein, vitamins, and minerals.
There are also plenty of vegan products that enliven meals further. These can be made with a little preparation and effort or purchased when there isn’t a lot of time to make your own. Almond, soy, rice, or coconut milk goes great with whole grain cereals, in tea, or as the liquid part of a smoothie recipe. Meat replacements, like tempeh and seitan, add texture and protein to many meals. Always go for the GMO (genetically modified organism) free ones though. Lentil or black bean patties taste great on whole wheat hamburger buns. There are even vegan hotdogs, ice cream, cheese, and bacon for those that want them, especially those still making the transition to a healthier lifestyle.
Why be Vegan?
There are many reasons people choose to follow a plant-based diet. Some of the common reasons are religion, to support animal rights, to be healthier, and to limit the environmental impact we make on our world. Many religions promote animal rights or encourage a vegetarian or vegan diet. Some vegans begin their lifestyle out of a desire to see animals treated humanely and left to live happy lives as long as possible. Others wish to lower their carbon footprint by cutting out animal products, which contribute to the burning of fossil fuels as livestock and feed are transported, produce large methane output, and create other environmental problems. Still more vegans choose to eat this way for some combination of the reasons above and the one below.
Health is probably the biggest reason people turn to a vegan lifestyle. Vegans are less likely to have cardiovascular problems as they consume little to no cholesterol, smaller amounts of saturated fats, and very little to no trans fats. Vegans also eat foods that are high in vitamins, minerals, fiber, antioxidants, and beneficial enzymes from raw plant-based foods. A vegan diet lowers the risk of obesity, many types of cancer, diabetes, and degenerative diseases. As a bonus, vegans tend to fall in the optimum body mass index range, have clearer skin, and look healthier too.
So there are many reasons to include more plant-based foods in your diet. Do you have to go vegan to reap all the benefits? Maybe or maybe not; there are many arguments either way from many sources. The choice can only be yours. Start where you are comfortable and then slowly break out of your comfort zone bit by bit. The majority of people who decide to become vegan do so gradually, eliminating animal products a few days a week to begin with or by cutting out meat alone, but not dairy and eggs initially. They then work toward removing all animal products from their lives. It’s easier than most people know and a proven way to improve your health and fitness in a myriad of ways. Start today if you’re interested in changing your diet and your lifestyle for the better.


How Young Brands Grow: The Blue Tribe Food’s Story
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What is Blue Tribe Foods all about?
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|dc.description.abstract||RFamide-related peptide-3 (RFRP-3) is part of a class of neuropeptides characterised by an arginine-phenylalanine-amide motif at their C-terminus. Direct pituitary actions have been proposed for RFRP-3, either via autocrine/paracrine or hypophysiotrophic mechanisms, due to the presence of their G-protein coupled receptor (GPR147) in the pituitary gland. This novel neuropeptide has been shown to inhibit gonadotrophin-releasing hormone (GnRH) neuronal firing rate. However, at present there is little compelling evidence to suggest that RFRP-3 acts as a hypophysiotropic hormone in mammals.
In this thesis, I first investigated whether RFRP-3 could act as a hypophysiotrophic hormone in rats and mice. Using immunohistochemistry, I found that RFRP-3 neurons project from cell bodies in the dorsomedial nucleus of the hypothalamus (DMH) to various brain regions, including to the preoptic area, anteroventral periventricular nucleus through to the rostral aspects of the paraventricular nucleus, but not to the external zone of the median eminence (the ‘neurosecretory zone’). In addition, retrograde tract tracing techniques did not result in the labelling of RFRP-1/3 neurons from the peripheral circulation, suggesting that these cells do not project outside the blood-brain barrier.
I next investigated whether RFRP-3 neurons may influence GnRH and kisspeptin neuronal activity, as intense fibre staining was observed in the rostral preoptic nucleus and rostral periventricular region of the third ventricle (RP3V), respectively. Single-cell RT-PCR and quantitative RT-PCR showed presence of GPR147 mRNA on GnRH and RP3V kisspeptin neurons, respectively. In addition, dual-label immunofluorescence showed numerous close RFRP-3 fibre contacts on both GnRH and kisspeptin neurons in the rostral preoptic nucleus and RP3V regions, respectively.
I further analysed changes in RFRP mRNA levels and RFRP-3 cell numbers in rats at 2, 4, 6, 8 and 14 weeks of age using quantitative RT-PCR and immunohistochemistry to determine developmental changes in this system across pubertal development. A 3-fold up-regulation of RFRP mRNA level and a 2-fold increase in the number of RFRP-3 neurons was seen in the DMH of female rats during sexual development, plateauing at 6 weeks of age (both P < 0.001). In male rats this gradual developmental increase was not apparent; if anything levels decreased with pubertal development. These findings suggest a role for RFRP-3 in the regulation of adult female reproduction rather than being a causative agent in prepubertal infertility, and are consistent with the idea that RFRP-3 plays a regulatory role in the surge of GnRH and LH that causes ovulation to occur. A further study was conducted to investigate the effects of lactation on RFRP mRNA levels and RFRP-3 cell numbers. A 2-fold down-regulation of RFRP mRNA and similar decrease in the number of immunoreactive RFRP-3 neurons was observed (both P < 0.05). Further studies showed that this reduction in RFRP-3 mRNA level and peptide in lactating dams was due to elevated prolactin concentrations.
Immunohistochemistry was used to detect prolactin-induced phosphorylation of signal transducer and activator of transcription 5 (pSTAT5) as a functional marker of prolactin receptor activation in RFRP-1/3 neurons. Dual-label immunohistochemistry for pSTAT5 and RFRP-3 showed that 95% of RFRP-3 neurons were able to respond to prolactin. Furthermore, it was hypothesised that RFRP-3 may act as a conduit between prolactin and the stress axis. Therefore, I first tested whether RFRP-3 can modulate anxiety-related behaviour and acute stress-induced glucocorticoid secretion. Behavioural analysis showed an increase in anxiety-related behaviour and also increased glucocorticoid secretion following acute RFRP-3 treatment (both P < 0.05). Co-treatment with RFRP-3 receptor antagonist RF9 completely blocked these effects. I next tested whether RFRP-3 can modulate the known anxiolytic effects of prolactin and lactation. Prolactin treatment as well as lactation decreased anxiety-related behaviour, and prolactin also decreased glucocorticoid secretion (all P < 0.05). Co-treatment with RFRP-3 prevented the prolactin-induced anxiolytic effects, but only partially overcame the anxiolytic effects of lactation. Collectively, the studies in this thesis have helped to define new roles for RFRP-3 in the neuroendocrine regulation of fertility and stress in mammals||


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Kim Kardashian Staffer Erupts at Airport Police
A staffer for Kim Kardashian got into a verbal altercation with a police office outside of Los Angeles International Airport, TMZ reports. The staffer claimed that instead of protecting Kardashian from throngs of fans and paparazzi, the officer was more concerned with nabbing an autograph for himself.
"I don't appreciate you coming here and telling us we're here for autographs," the officer snapped back. "I don't do that." "We're not here to do any service for [Kardashian]. We're here for the needs of the international terminal," the unidentified officer added. The staffer eventually stormed off.
This is the latest air travel kerfuffle surrounding the "Keeping Up with the Kardashians" star. Over the weekend, the 31-year-old took to Twitter to blast British Airways personnel, who she claims removed things from her luggage on a flight from the U.K. to the United States.
Kardashian tweeted, "Very disappointed in British Airways for opening my luggage and taking some special items of mine!"
Kardashian declared in another tweet, "What happened to the days when you could lock your bags! We need to get back to that. There's no sense of security and trust!"
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I had the fortune to go to The Porch for a special birthday dinner. Compared with fine dining at the Hershey Hotel, the Top of the Triangle in Pittsburgh, and several other restaurants which boast exceptional food, the dinner at The Porch outranked them in quality. It is certainly comparable to dinners I had when I was in France several years ago. The atmosphere was pleasantly understated and intimate. It was nice to have the focus on the food rather than having the distraction of decor. I would recommend this place to anyone seeking an amazing dinner and I hope to get back on a regular basis.
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My experience at The Porch was very nice. The service was good, the food was good and the wine selection was nice. I recommend the elk. However, the fish was just as good.
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The new 2013 SRT Viper is just two short days away from celebrating its official unveiling at the New York Auto Show. The performance brand will initially show the coupe variant before an open-top version is released further down the line.
Ahead of the event, we can now treat you to a rendering by Jon Sibal that speculates the design of the production SRT Viper Roadster.
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Infectious virion capture by HIV-1 gp120-specific IgG from RV144 vaccinees.
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The detailed examination of the antibody repertoire from RV144 provides a unique template for understanding potentially protective antibody functions. Some potential immune correlates of protection were untested in the correlates analyses due to inherent assay limitations, as well as the need to keep the correlates analysis focused on a limited number of endpoints to achieve statistical power. In an RV144 pilot study, we determined that RV144 vaccination elicited antibodies that could bind infectious virions (including the vaccine strains HIV-1 CM244 and HIV-1 MN and an HIV-1 strain expressing transmitted/founder Env, B.WITO.c). Among vaccinees with the highest IgG binding antibody profile, the majority (78%) captured the infectious vaccine strain virus (CM244), while a smaller proportion of vaccinees (26%) captured HIV-1 transmitted/founder Env virus. We demonstrated that vaccine-elicited HIV-1 gp120 antibodies of multiple specificities (V3, V2, conformational C1, and gp120 conformational) mediated capture of infectious virions. Although capture of infectious HIV-1 correlated with other humoral immune responses, the extent of variation between these humoral responses and virion capture indicates that virion capture antibodies occupy unique immunological space.
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April 27, 2014. Paddy and I last visited this amazing place 5 years ago and we needed a return visit. Our first stop was the visitor center where we saw a photo of the smiling founder, Seward Johnson and the famous sailor's kiss. We were very fortunate on our first visit to actually meet Mr. Johnson at the Rats restaurant.
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Here is an excellent example of the very tall Abe Lincoln; huge sculpture with great detail.
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The Brazilian real will maintain its strong presence on forex markets while the U.S. implements its third round of asset purchasing, the South American country's finance minister told Bloomberg on Wednesday.
The monetary unit of Latin America's largest economy will not gain value as much as it did during the third round of quantitative easing as compared to the two rounds prior, Guido Mantega said during an interview in Tokyo at meetings of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund. The gains previously achieved by the real were attributable to a financial transaction tax and Brazil's record low interest rates.
"The policy has two legs," the finance minister told the news source, noting the nation he serves would prefer that the U.S. spur economic growth via fiscal spending programs rather than monetary easing. "The monetary leg is very long, and the fiscal leg is short, so they move with a limp."
The value of the real has dropped 0.9 percent since U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke announced QE3 on September 13.
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Shire Hall Care Home
Overstone Court, Dumballs Road, Cardiff Bay, Cardiff, CF10 5NT
Mr Paul James: General Manager
Karen Grapes: Clinical & Home Manager
Telephone: 02920 537800
Continuing health care, general nursing, EMI, palliative care, dementia care
Key Learning Opportunities:
Participation in delivering fundamental and acute care according to individual need, e.g.
Assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of person-centred care.
Development of caring, supportive relationships with residents over time.
Effective and appropriate communication with residents and their relatives, other members of the caring team and outside agencies.
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Beatles’ ‘Get Back’ Documentary Wins Five Emmys
Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr were named with director Peter Jackson as recipients of the Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Series award, alongside fellow producers Yoko Ono, Olivia Harrison, Clare Olssen and Jonathan Clyde. Jackson also won Outstanding Directing for a Documentary or Nonfiction Program, and the production won for picture editing, sound editing and sound mixing.
The three-episode Get Back series was based on film shot by Michael Lindsay-Hogg for 1970 movie Let It Be. While the original movie as released showed a downbeat aspect to the Beatles’ closing months, the previously unseen material used by Jackson offered a far brighter look at the band’s end times.
“I’d just like to thank everyone who worked on this film, especially our family back home and our second family in London at Apple Corps,” Jackson said in his acceptance speech at the ceremony (via Deadline). “[A] big shout out to the Beatles. Thank you so much for the over 60 years of your positive, exuberant, joyous… Your music is so profound and I think it’s actually embedded in our DNA.”
On accepting his director’s award, he reflected that he’s been “an eight year old in New Zealand, a Boy Scout wearing short pants” when Lindsay-Hogg was making Let It Be. “[A]nd for reasons I don’t quite understand, 50 years later the Beatles entrusted me to take the footage and make a film,” he added. “But to be a tiny part of the Beatles’ story was a dream come true for that eight-year-old kid.”
In July Jackson indicated he and the band may work together again. “I’m talking to the Beatles about another project, something very, very different than Get Back,” he told Deadline. “We’re seeing what the possibilities are, but it’s another project with them. It’s not really a documentary … and that’s all I can really say.”
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Mental-health professionals are volunteering their services to provide trauma support for Ukrainian Canadians and newcomers fleeing Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
Shortly after the war started in late February, Alexandra Froese started hearing from Ukrainian Canadians who were looking for support as they watched and grieved their homeland under siege.
"They're experiencing tremendous distress and helplessness at watching the events that unfold or ... supporting their family members coming here, or grieving the loss of their family members," said Froese.
"Ukrainian people that are in Canada could be in as much need of support as the Ukrainian people who are coming here."
Froese, who was born and grew up in Ukraine, is a registered psychologist based in Saskatoon. She said while her parents still in Ukraine are physically unharmed, she is not immune to the grief Ukrainian Canadians are feeling.
She wanted to use her experience in the fields of trauma and grief to help her people.
"I feel empowered by what I can do or at least what I can try and do here."
Froese started volunteering. She said she created a self-help workbook, written in Ukrainian, and supplied it to organizations helping people fleeing the eastern European country. She is also working with a volunteer group to build a website with mental-health resources that can be easily reached.
Providing individuals with basic mental-health information and education can help make them feel settled and safe, said Froese.
“After traumatic events, many of us can recover fairly quickly and maybe with minimal support. (This) is a little bit more about triage and triaging people's needs."
Dr. Dillon Browne, a Canada Research Chair in child and family clinical psychology at the University of Waterloo, has been tracking how social media platforms like Instagram and TikTok are presenting the war.
Browne has done extensive research on children's mental health, including the effects of digital media.
He discovered that people in Ukraine are posting videos or livestreaming graphic attacks.
"There's a lot of really heavy stuff out there," Browne said in a phone interview with The Canadian Press. "That prompted me to wonder if there's anything we can do."
The level of vulnerability varies in people looking at war content online, said Browne. He emphasized that it's not uncommon for children to have nightmares about troubling things they see in the media.
Browne decided to reach out to colleagues in Ontario to gauge their interest in volunteering their support. He found the response was overwhelmingly in favour.
"We were skeptical of whether there would be an appetite for this because of the fatigue everyone is going through (during the COVID-19 pandemic)," he said. "It seems to be that (the invasion) reignited something in people because it is such an egregious, terrible situation."
The Canadian Psychological Association has picked up on Browne's initiative and is developing a roster of psychologists across the country who are willing to donate their services to Ukrainian Canadians feeling distressed about the war.
The association says there are significant barriers to psychological services in Canada, including ones related to insurance coverage, supply and wait times.
Elsewhere in Canada, efforts to mobilize mental-health support for Ukrainians coming to Canada are underway.
The Psychologists' Association of Alberta has tasked one of its members to put together a directory of mental-health supports for newcomers. It is also urging psychologists who wish to volunteer to contact the Canadian association.
The Centre for Refugee Resilience, through the Calgary Catholic Immigration Society, is helping people who are supporting Ukrainian families. The centre helps immigrants, refugees and their families who may be dealing with trauma.
The need for groups to work together to ensure mental-health supports are included in resettlement efforts points to a larger issue, Browne said — a lack of publicly funded mental-health programs in the country.
“The fact that we have to do something like this tells you that our system is broken.”
This report by The Canadian Press was first published May 14, 2022.
This story was produced with the financial assistance of the Meta and Canadian Press News Fellowship
Brittany Hobson, The Canadian Press


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Guns that saw action at the Battle of Jutland are being loaned for an exhibition at the National Museum of the Royal Navy next year.
The large deck gun from the German destroyer B98, and a smaller deck gun from HMS Opal, are usually on display in the Orkney Islands but will be in Portsmouth as part of the Battle of Jutland exhibition next May.
The museum will carry out extensive conservation work on the guns.
Jutland brought together the two most powerful naval fleets of the time in the pivotal maritime engagement of the First World War.
Victoria Ingles, senior heritage project officer from the National Museum of the Royal Navy, said: ‘We can’t wait to take delivery of this gun from the German vessel B98. It will set the scene brilliantly outside the exhibition at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard.
‘When our visitors walk through the gate they will be confronted by it and in no doubt how intense it was to be under fire from it.
‘The Battle of Jutland was all about the big guns and the clash between the two naval forces which saw them unleash their awesome power.
‘This gun, and the smaller one we will have from HMS Opal, will be a fitting reminder of the huge human loss each side experienced as a result of the battle.’


Dear Readers, we are amidst chaos right now. Slowly, everything was getting back to normal. The closed schools, colleges, business, events, restaurants, even local tourism were doing their best to operate normally. Unfortunately, this New variant of COVID-19 has hit Nepal now. Once again the schools and colleges are closed. Already all the academic sessions had to face a one-year loss. And, now again the schools and colleges are closed, exams are postponed, and no one knows till when. Definitely, this does not mean exams are canceled. To make things work now is the prime time for educational institutions in Nepal to experiment with alternative methods of examination.
As a matter of fact, we can all say that 2020 just came and went by in a blink. In fact, we don’t even remember how were the days between April till October. Now, again the same situation is here. But this time, we are prepared and know very well that this is not going to stay forever. So, people have started using different alternative ways for education, work, and business.
Not long ago, the online class was an unknown term. And now, teaching and learning through online mediums is not a new thing. Schools, colleges, dance classes, seminars, training, meetings, even graduation ceremonies, everything is online these days. Schools and colleges can use alternative teaching methodologies to make online classes more effective.
On the other hand, this lockdown is for our own good. It is one of the most effective ways to break the chain of virus spread at a huge mass. So, we should all follow the rules and restrictions from medical personnel.
Recently, most academic programs had completed their courses and the students were on the verge of or in the middle of their exams. Unfortunately, lockdown broke the rhythm. Closed schools and colleges around the world are really saddening to see.
These days schools and colleges cannot run physical classes. So, because of the current scenario, conducting physical/written exams is not possible. Moreover, we cannot just cancel the exams or postpone them until the next notice (a notice that no one knows when will it come). However, we can definitely experiment with different alternative methods of examination.
Here are some Alternative Methods of Examinations
All the alternatives for conducting physical exams may require the use of technology and the internet. Furthermore, the teachers can assess their student’s ability, performance through communicating with the students using technology such as computers, or mobiles. Here are some alternatives for conducting the exam.
Online Oral Exam
This method can be one of the effective alternative methods of examination. Teachers can take an online oral exam also known as Interview or VIVA. In simple, teachers can ask questions and give marks as per the answer given by students.
Teachers also can give various assignments to solve for the students within a certain time limit. Definitely, assignments are one of the effective ways for both students and teachers. Teachers can mail their questions and also other problems to the students. And, the students can submit their assignments through email after they solve them.
One of the popular alternative ways of examination is the case study method. In this method, teachers assign different topics for the case study to their students. And, the students analyze this case and share their reports or answers to the teacher using technology or the internet.
Online role-play or debate also can be the best alternatives for conducting the exam. Here, the teachers can divide students and can perform role play or debate. Moreover, the teachers mark according to the presentation and findings of the students. Further, the students can perform debates in a group or individually
Many schools and colleges are taking online exams these days. Schools and colleges are taking the exam using different forms and questionnaires. Students solve the given online questions and submit them within the given timeframe.
Also, some teachers provide students with questions via email. The students then solve the questions on the various communication apps such as Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams, etc. under the observation of the exam supervisor.
Online PowerPoint Presentation
Presentation is one of the most effective ways of examinations followed globally. During this lockdown, teachers can assign different topics for online presentations. And, the teachers can mark students as per their online presentation skills, findings, and research on the topic.
The teacher can also provide project works as an alternative method of examination. Students do research, use different resources around them, and can gather information through the internet for their project work. After the research, students can share their results, findings with the teachers. Also, students can submit their project findings by preparing reports.
Now, Here is the Big Question
Will the Alternative Methods of Examination Solve the Problem of Postponing Exams Repeatedly?
The answer is YES! Definitely, the alternative methods of examination will solve the problem of repeatedly postponing the exams.
It should be noted, conducting exams physically at schools and colleges can create more problems during this pandemic. Also, we all need to take safety measures to stay safe from COVID-19. And, for now the safety measure is to Stay At Home.
By the same token, postponing exams repeatedly will create a problem for students. It is not a solution. So, to continue the academic programs and activities, adopting alternative methods of examination is the only way we are left with.
Just 2 years ago, we hadn’t even heard of Zoom, Teams, and online classes. Now, they are like household names. Despite all the challenges, most of the Nepalese students have somehow managed to attend the online classes.
In like manner, many Nepalese schools and colleges have adopted alternative teaching methods. So, we believe it is the right time to adopt alternative methods of examination to save the academic future of the students.
Moreover, there are different platforms such as Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Google Meet, Google Class, Google Meet, Email, and even social media. Schools and colleges can use these platforms to conduct online examination.
Overall, the alternative methods will save the students’ academic and career. On the had hand, it will also help to prevent the spread of COVID-19 at the community level as well as the national level.
Another Question That Arises Is…
How can we make the Alternative Methods of Examination Effective?
As we all know, everything has its two sides. In the like manner, these alternative methods also have some cons. Most importantly, we still lack in good communication services. Most of the under developed rural areas have almost no internet facilities.
Also, we need to consider the economic status of the students and their families. Sad but true, most parents can not afford individual smartphones or laptops for their kids. And, as education is for all, we cannot leave behind the less privileged students.
In the case of online exams, there is more possibility of fraud and cheating. It is likely that the students may copy their answers from the internet and textbooks easily. So, here are some suggestions for making the online exam system effective:
A secure browser helps to supervise online exams. It prevents the students from opening any new window or switching between different tabs.
Remote proctor is very helpful for making the online exam system effective. It plays the role of an onsite supervisor in online exams. Also, it confirms the identity of the examinee and secures the discipline of the exam.
Exam Timer for Each Question
Examiner sets a time limit for each question. If a student cannot answer a certain question within the time limit, the timer moves to the next question.
Plagiarism means copying or stealing ideas from others and claiming them as your idea without the author’s permission. Examiner can also check plagiarism for the answers from students. Moreover, the Plagiarism Checker helps to check the percentage of the link of the sites that students have used to copy the answers.
On the EndNote…
All in all, postponing the exams time and gain can bring problems in the student’s academic year and career. So, to find a solution, now education has to do something. And by something we mean, for now, the only option we are left with is to adopt alternative methods of examination.
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By Aaron Rutkoff and Alison Fox
Updated, 1 p.m. A group of protesters that includes a number of anti-Wall Street demonstrators is heading uptown Tuesday, with a planned afternoon march through the Upper East Side and past the homes of some of the city’s wealthiest residents.
Around 1 p.m. protesters began heading north from 59th Street and 5th Avenue into one of Manhattan’s toniest residential neighborhoods. The planned route, for which the marchers do not have a police permit, would bring the protest past the homes of News Corp. CEO Rupert Murdoch, JP Morgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon, oil magnate David Koch, New York Private Bank and Trust chief Howard Milstein and hedge fund manager John Paulson. (News Corp. is the parent company of The Wall Street Journal.)
Traffic buzzed around the entrance to Central Park less than an hour before the so-called “Millionaires March” was set to begin. A few hundred protesters — with nearly as many personnel from media organization — had assembled, carrying signs with slogans that read “Millionaires should pay more” and “School Budgets get slashed to increase their stash.”
Protest leaders say the event was in the works long before people began camping out at Zuccotti Park last month, and Tuesday’s crowd was made up of some protesters up from Lower Manhattan, along with others from around the city who organized via MoveOn.org and elsewhere.
“We’ve been planning this for a long time, and I think it’s bigger and stronger because of Occupy Wall Street” said Michael Kink, executive director of the Strong Economy for All Coalition, an organizer of Tuesday’s march.
Theo Pappas, who lives in Manhattan’s Turtle Bay neighborhood, was readying herself to walk up Park Avenue. “Most of the country’s wealth is in the 1% of the population, and the rest of us are out here dribbling,” she said.
Doug Forand, a protest leader, told the Associated Press that marchers would walk in narrow formation so as to keep parts of the sidewalk open.
In something of a departure from the abstract agenda articulated by Occupy Wall Street protesters during more than three weeks of encampment at Zuccotti Park in Lower Manhattan, Tuesday’s march is expected to highlight a concrete policy sought by protesters: an extension of New York’s 2% “millionaires’ tax,” which expires in December.
A message posted on the website of NYC Communities for Change, one of the groups organizing parts of the protest, explicitly mentioned “an extension of the Millionaire’s tax” as a purpose for Tuesday’s march. “Wanna ‘see how the other half lives’? Then join us on a walking tour of the homes of some of the bank and corporate executives that don’t pay taxes, cut jobs, engaged in mortgage fraud, tanked our economy…..all while giving themselves record setting bonuses!’ the nonprofit group wrote to its members.
Forand told the AP that the state’s plan to end the tax is “unconscionable” and urged lawmakers to extend it.


text: IMAX, the Canadian company that patented wide-format film, is betting big on Chinese-language films after the sci-fi blockbuster The Wandering Earth generated record box office earnings for the provider of theatre systems on the mainland. Chief financial officer Patrick McClymont told the South China Morning Post in an exclusive interview that China will be able to accommodate 1,200 IMAX screens, nearly double its current number. “As the network continues to grow, it becomes much more about the content and the value that IMAX is adding,” said McClymont. “The best example of that is The Wandering Earth . That movie really worked very well on IMAX.” IMAX systems generated about 8 per cent of the sci-fi blockbuster’s total box office takings, which has surpassed 4 billion yuan (US$599 million) so far. McClymont said that IMAX would spend more on local films through its China Film Fund that was set up in 2015. “We still see very attractive growth prospects in China,” he said. IMAX China Holdings, the Hong Kong-listed unit of IMAX, reported on Wednesday that its theatres generated box office receipts of US$337 million in 2018, up 16 per cent from the previous year, buoyed by increasing spending on entertainment and leisure by the mainland’s middle class. IMAX posts first drop in annual profit since 2016 as investments in expansion outpaced growth in box-office receipts Overall, box-office revenue in China grew 9 per cent to 61 billion yuan in 2018. The company’s box-office takings this year had hit US$78 million as of Wednesday, up 61 per cent year on year. Hollywood used to be the biggest source of revenue for IMAX China, but the share of Chinese productions is increasing, McClymont said. On the mainland, Chinese-language films accounted for 62 per cent of all box office takings last year, compared with 53.8 per cent in 2017, according to entertainment research firm EntGroup. The top three grossers in 2018 were Chinese-language films – Operation Red Sea made 3.65 billion yuan, Detective China Town 2 raked in 3.4 billion yuan and Dying to Survive had ticket receipts of 3.1 billion yuan. Ticket receipts on the mainland are expected to top 120 billion yuan in 2022, nearly double last year’s figure, according to Maoyan Entertainment, the mainland’s largest film ticketing app. IMAX operated 639 cinemas in Greater China at the end of 2018, up 17.5 per cent from a year earlier. China is IMAX’s single largest market in terms of theatre network. “I think in the future China will surpass North America as the largest box-office market [for IMAX] in the world,” said McClymont. The company posted a 2 per cent decline in net profits last year at US$42.76 million. Revenue dropped 7 per cent to US$117.5 million. China added more than 9,300 screens across the nation last year, up 18.3 per cent from 2017. Wanda Cinema Line and Dadi Cinema Group are the leaders in China’s cinema investment and management businesses.