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Study: Locals are less healthy this year
LEWISTOWN – Residents of Mifflin and Juniata counties have experienced a dramatic drop in physical health and healthy behavior over the last year, according to the 2012 Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index for Pennsylvania.
The yearly study, broken down by U.S. Congressional Districts, reveals that District 5, which includes Mifflin and Juniata counties, has dropped from being the ninth most physically healthy district to the 14th. Out of 18 districts, six experienced a negative shift in ranking, according to the Well-Being Index.
“There’s no way to pinpoint the exact reasons why our area has fallen in the rankings,” said Dr. John Pagnotto, family medicine physician with Geisinger-Lewistown. “However, there are a number of health concerns in our area, like smoking, obesity and diabetes, that most likely contributed to the negative change.”
To determine this year’s physical health rankings, the Well-Being Index polled 353,564 participants statewide about their number of sick days in the past month, disease burdens, health problems that get in the way of normal activities, obesity levels, feeling well-rested, energy levels, colds, flu and headaches.
It’s apparent, based on daily interaction with patients, that a majority of the issues polled by Gallup are increasing in our area, Pagnotto said. Specifically, obesity, diabetes and smoking related diseases, he said.
Most of the time, said Dr. Raymond Nungesser, regional medical director and family medicine physician at Geisinger-Lewistown, people aren’t aware how certain unhealthy habits or behavior are affecting them until it’s too late.
“A lot of things we do to ourselves without paying attention to the personal health details,” Nungesser said. “Then one day you wake up with a long list of health concerns that could have been prevented.”
When it comes to things like obesity, smoking or diabetes, people think, “Well, I’ve been this way for years, why change now?” But that’s a defeatist attitude that can only lead to worsening health problems, Nungesser said.
“It’s important to develop a level of self-awareness and take an active approach to health,” Nungesser said. “Create a working relationship with your physician to develop a plan to get healthy and stay healthy.”
The poor health rating for Mifflin and Juniata counties could also be blamed on the troubled economy, Pagnotto said. For a lot of people living with a disease or health condition, it’s difficult to afford regular doctor visits and necessary medication, he said.
“There are a number of pharmacy and health care programs that work to decrease the cost of medication or doctor’s appointments,” Pagnotto said. “However, some people forgo taking medication every day or limit physician visits because they can’t afford it, which only makes the situation worse.”
Physicians need to take an active interest in their patients and hold open discussions to determine an affordable way for the patients to consistently get needed care, Pagnotto said. For example, there are a number of statewide programs and services that provide free smoking cessation assistance, decreasing the risk of various cancers for each participant, he said.
Then again, Nungesser said, the drop in health rankings could be because patients are more aware of their physical health and unhealthy behavior than before. When polled for the Well-Being Index, those answering were simply more knowledgeable and honest than previous years, he said.
“It’s possible that people are more aware of their diagnoses and health concerns and the poll reflects that,” Nungesser said. “So even though the ranking is low now, if we continue educating ourselves and creating a healthy awareness, the numbers should eventually turn around.”
Part of making that positive change happen, is developing healthy behaviors and habits in the younger generation that can be continued into adulthood, said Dr. Ozhan Dedeoglu, pediatrician with Geisinger-Lewistown.
“Health problems in adults usually start as children,” Dedeoglu said. “When children develop unhealthy habits, its directly related to the habits and behaviors practiced by the parents.”
For example, Dedeoglu said, if one parent is obese, it’s three times more likely the children will also be obese. If both parents are obese, it’s 10 times more likely the children will be as well. The same principle can be applied to parents who smoke, he said.
“It’s important to look at what we’re doing as parents and make sure we’re sending the right messages,” Dedeoglu said. “The best way to prevent a child from learning unhealthy behaviors, is for the parents to set regular guidelines and create healthy learning experiences.”
Dedeoglu suggests limiting time in front of the computer or television and encouraging an active activity like playing outside or after school sports. If video games are a big deal in the family, invest in games that promote healthy movement and activity like Wii Fit or Wii Sports, he said.
“Try to slow down a little bit and make dinner as a family once a week,” Dedeoglu said. “Let your children help prepare the meal and discuss the ingredients. Share with them what makes the meal healthy and why.”
Also make sure children keep to a regular sleep schedule and eat breakfast every day before school, Dedeoglu said. Otherwise, they won’t be able to concentrate and absorb new material, which can result in lower grades, he added.
“Setting a child up with these healthy behaviors and guidelines prepares them to continue on the right path into adulthood,” Dedeoglu said. “Only then can we hope to see a positive change in local, or national, health levels.”
For more information about local and national health rankings, visit www.well-beingindex.com. The full Gallup- Healthways Well-Being Index for Pennsylvania is available under the 2012 Well-Being Index Findings heading.


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Kareem Raïhani, the legend of conscious dance, is one of the magical pearls of the In Connection festival. Almost 20 years on stage and 100 performances a year, Kareem has developed a skill to merge all musical styles into a unique musical dancing adventure. Mixing body shaking rhythms with spiraling melodies, shamanic ceremonies with contagious grooves, mantras with beats, and heart opening sounds on top of a base line moving your waist line.
In many countries he is considered a legend who can connect profound, dedicated and spiritual music with celebrating. His live set includes a lot of his own creation and productions. He always tries to reach that moment when the trance begins and the dancer becomes the dance by firing off the dance floor through celebrating life with rhythms, sounds, movement and expression.
“I don’t mix music, I mix emotions.” – Kareem Raïhani

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In the wake of a recent appellate court's decision that the NSA’s domestic dragnet collection of phone call records is illegal, political support for maintaining the legal provision that the government used to justify the program has all but vanished. For the first time in a dozen years, we have a real chance at ending one of the most abused and misused parts of US surveillance law. Congress should allow section 215 of the USA PATRIOT Act to expire.
The U.S. government indiscriminately spies on American citizens for no reason whatsoever and with few if any controls. If you think that should end, you are a surveillance reformer. The only question is: how to reform?
In the next few days, the first of many surveillance reform battles will end. Section 215, the alleged authority under which the NSA has been indiscriminately gathering phone data on Americans, will expire, or sunset on June 1st. Congress is, right now, hotly debating what to do. For practical reasons, the two most likely outcomes are either that the Senate will pass the House’s version of the USA Freedom Act or that the Senate will be unable to agree on USA Freedom and Section 215 will sunset.
Reauthorizing 215 as is is basically off the table. That’s because, in a feat of parliamentary procedure know-how, Senator Rand Paul’s eleven hour floor speech Wednesday made it too late for any reauthorization bill to clear the Senate in time for the House, which has gone on recess, to vote on it.
If Congress does nothing, section 215 will sunset. And this is exactly what reformers should be asking for. The fact is, sunset is the only thing that will definitely stop massive spying under section 215. It won’t stop mass surveillance more generally, but killing the law that NSA and FBI have abused for years is the first step.
Some reformers support the USA Freedom Act (USAF) passed by the House of Representatives, which would prohibit “bulk” collection on everyone but still allow “bulky” collection potentially effecting hundreds of thousands of people. Section 215 as people understood it when passed didn’t allow this. But after the NSA’s bastardized interpretation of 215 was accepted by the FISA court, and after years of an indiscriminate phone dragnet, USAF was a compromise between reauthorizing dragnet surveillance and assuring less dragnet surveillance plus some oversight and transparency safeguards.
That was then, but this is now. USAF was negotiated at a time when straight reauthorization was a real danger. It no longer is. USAF was negotiated at a time when the only judges ruling on the dragnet were FISA court judges approving it. A few weeks ago, however, the Second Circuit issued a stinging rebuke to the NSA and those FISC judges, ruling that Section 215 doesn’t allow dragnet surveillance.
USAF was negotiated at a time when we had very little information on whether and how the FBI, as opposed to the NSA, was using the provision for dragnet spying on Americans. In fact, USAF exempts the FBI from certain reporting requirements. But just this week, the government released a Department of Justice Inspector General (IG) report yesterday, which tells us the FBI has also been abusing section 215 for bulk collection. The Justice Department, supposed to oversee the FBI, for seven years failed to create privacy rules required by the permissive FISA Court. Perhaps the worst part is that the FBI has, get this, a classified definition of what it means to be a United States Person entitled to privacy protections under intelligence laws. You don’t even know if you are entitled to be treated as an American or not. If this doesn’t blow your mind, you aren’t paying attention. This is a great reason to hold off on USAF. We can’t be sure USAF fixes the problem if we are still learning what the problems are.
Indeed, the NSA itself has called the USAF “a nothing burger” that won’t affect its capabilities at all. Given that no one who has overseen the program, not the President’s Review Group, not the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board, not the Congress, not the DOJ IG, has a single example of this dragnet program keeping people safe, we want the capability, spying on Americans, taken away.
Increasingly, Americans know this. The political winds have changed. USAF was considered a serious reform, but with the Second Circuit, the sunset looming, the new evidence of abuses, its now rather anemic. Americans want real, not symbolic change. Sixty percent of likely voters from both political parties believe the rules on surveillance have to become more restrictive. Groups that were heavily involved in the USAF compromise negotiations are concerned that if it doesn’t pass, if 215 sunsets, civil liberties advocates will have to struggle to ensure that something worse than USAF doesn’t become law. But there’s a clear and present danger that if USAF passes, everyone will pat themselves on the back for a job well done, suspicionless domestic spying will continue, the amazing and expansive Second Circuit opinion will be mooted, and it’ll be suspicionless spying as usual until the next big surveillance provision, section 702 of the FISA Amendments Act sunsets at the end of 2017, and we're in the same position again. The truth is, this struggle to be a robust democracy in the face of the threat of terrorism, is here to stay, regardless of what happens in the next week or so.
So, let’s don’t just do something, let’s stand here. Let’s let 215 sunset. It was unthinkable a month ago. Today it’s likely. In combination with the Second Circuit opinion, the sunset will, irrefutably, put laws on the books that will end domestic dragnets. Then, let’s get serious. Let’s have hearings, really understand all the spying being done in our name, how the information is being used. Let’s set up real, comprehensive, robust checks and balances, starting with declassifying interpretations of law and changing the role of the FISA judges.
Of course, the intelligence community is going to come back to Congress and ask for more robust spying powers. Maybe the IC needs these powers. If so, it can make the case and we can publicly, democratically, debate it. But the sunset takes us back to first principles. This is America. No secret law. No suspicionless spying. The sunset is a necessary first step for a new day to dawn.


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One of the most precious resources on earth is dwindling, and its decline affects the lives of everyone on earth. Its scarcity is economically, biologically, and ecologically costly. It’s not oil, but a resource even more precious—water.
But water is everywhere. We must have plenty, right? Not at all, says ASA and SSSA member Henry Lin, professor at Pennsylvania State University. “If a beer barrel—13 gallons—represents all of the water on earth, the total amount of fresh water is just 10 drops. Not only that, but out of that 10 drops, only one-tenth of one drop is in surface water that we can see and directly access.”
With the limited amount of water around the world and the increasing number of people depending on it, water security is tenuous. The population is expected to be about nine billion people by 2050, and estimates show that food production will need to increase by about 70% in that time to meet demands. With 17% of cropland being irrigated, and that irrigated land producing 40% of the food, water resources will become more strained. Competition from industry, urbanization, and recreation along with continuing pollution, climate change, and distribution problems will greatly test water resources.
But there are solutions. Integrated water management plans using “blue,” “green,” and “gray” water can increase water security throughout the world. So what do these colors mean, and what are these precious waters that are vital in a changing world with a growing population?
Blue water is found in lakes, rivers, and reservoirs, or pumped from aquifers. Available blue water is used for many purposes including drinking water, water for homes and businesses, and irrigation water for agriculture.
“Blue water is what we can directly tap into for drinking and irrigation,” Lin says. “It is very critical.”
Because of our dependence on blue water for multiple uses, its scarcity causes concern. As the human population grows, we’re using more and more water for drinking, home use, and industrial purposes. We also need more food, which requires huge amounts of water to produce. In fact, irrigated agriculture uses about 70% of the blue water withdrawn globally. And the increased demand for water and food is just the start of how humans affect blue water supplies.
As more people move to cities, they build and pave over the soil. But it is through that soil that precipitation travels to replenish groundwater stores. Without refilling those stores, we risk losing the source of water from which we can draw for drinking or irrigation.
“We tend to seal up the ground,” Lin explains. “We need to plan so that we don’t block the critical recharge areas for groundwater. We can even enhance recharge through appropriate planning.”
In addition to blocking groundwater recharge, urbanization and human development also leads to pollution and climate change. Pollutants, such as fertilizers, detergents, or trash, decrease blue water quality, and climate change greatly affects the lakes and rivers around the world, in turn disturbing people who live near them.
A striking example of the number of people that can be affected by changes in water resources is found in the Himalayas. Eleven major rivers run through the Himalayan region. The glaciers from which the rivers originate are melting very quickly.
“If that water supply becomes seasonal or there are flash floods or droughts, all the people living in the region will be affected,” explains ASA and SSSA Fellow Rattan Lal, professor at The Ohio State University. “There are 2.4 billion people in that area. That’s one-third of the world population.”
To protect blue water and increase water security, scientists, economists, agronomists, and others are working together to integrate green and gray water resources. For many in the agronomy, crop, and soil fields, the key to water security is deceivingly simple: increase green water. But how do we do that?
Green water is the water available in the soil for plants and soil microorganisms. It is the water absorbed by roots, used by plants, and released back to the atmosphere through the process of transpiration. Green water can also leave the soil through evaporation or subsurface runoff, but it is considered productive only when it is used for plant transpiration. “The green water that is transpired is what increases the plant yield,” explains Bob Stewart, professor at West Texas A&M University.
Various factors determine how much water is needed for a plant to grow: how hot it is, how sunny it is, how windy it is, and how dry the air is. These factors change the amount of green water a crop needs, and therefore how much irrigation might be needed in addition to the rainfall in an area. The overall goal is to get more crop per drop of water and decrease the need for irrigation.
Before water can be used to produce crops, it can be lost in several ways—through percolation deep into soil beyond the plant roots, evaporation, and runoff. Finding ways to minimize these losses, such as through management practices, will maximize the amount of water available for transpiration. “If you look at precipitation, only 15–30% will be used for transpiration,” Stewart says. “But 30–50% will be lost as evaporation, and 10–25% will be lost as runoff.”
Cover crops can shade the soil and decrease water loss from the soil surface. Likewise, no-till practices leave crop residue on the soil and prevent evaporation. Cover crops and no-till practices also prevent soil erosion and runoff by holding soils in place and encouraging water to soak into the soil instead of skimming off the surface.
These practices also increase soil quality— a factor that greatly affects water storage and use. In fact, Lal says, “Soil quality determines water use efficiency.” Cover crops and no-till increase the amount of organic matter present in the soil. Organic matter promotes a healthier soil with more soil aggregates and pores. This structure helps the soil retain water. Additionally, earthworms like soils with higher organic content, and their burrowing can increase the number of pores in the soil where water can infiltrate.
Organic matter also affects water quality by altering the microorganisms in the soil that break down materials in water. When water, nutrients, and chemicals are applied to crops growing in soils with low organic content, the soil can’t hold the chemicals and nutrients. Instead, they are leaked into groundwater, which people drink, or they reach surface waters where they cause algal blooms and decrease water quality.
“Soil that is not healthy has inadequate microbial activity,” Lal explains. “But healthy soils can hold those chemicals, and the microbes break them down before they get into the water or air.”
Beyond traditional management practices, new techniques are also being studied in an effort to use green water efficiently. All green water used to produce crops must pass through the rhizosphere, the region of soil directly around and influenced by plant roots. A rhizosphere that contains productive microorganisms and healthy roots can increase crop yield and the ability of the soil to hold water. Scientists are currently researching ways to breed plants that would encourage a healthy soil environment and rhizosphere. (See sidebar on page 7 for more information.)
The amount of global green water flow through plant transpiration alone is greater than the flow in all rivers going to the ocean. This resource creates an obvious opportunity. By conserving green water and improving soil quality, areas that currently see low yields can produce more crops with the water they have.
To supplement green water, agronomists and scientists are looking to gray water. The term is typically applied to water that has been previously used and may contain some impurities. Gray water has been used by cities, households, and industries. It is the wastewater that is usually treated and discharged.
“Nature made blue and green water,” Lal says. “Humans came in and made it gray. That’s colored by humans.”
Even though it’s a product of humans, the idea of reusing gray water might make people cringe. But despite what some may think, even a fresh glass of water has been used many times before. The water has gone around the hydrologic cycle again and again over millions of years.
“A dinosaur may have drunk that same drop of water millions of years ago that you’re drinking now,” explains Steel Maloney, president of Cascade Earth Services. “We have to back away from our perceptions that water is pure and we’re the only ones that have ever touched it.”
But how much gray water can there be from people washing their hands, cleaning their vegetables, or spraying down their driveways? There is actually a lot of gray water out there. On top of household wastewater, industries produce a significant amount of gray water in their operations.
“A large vegetable-processing plant consumes as much water as a city of 100,000 people,” Maloney points out. “And in many areas, power production will use as much water as irrigated agriculture.”
The amount of gray water will only increase as the population grows and there are more people to consume energy, wash their hands, and eat food prepared by processing plants. The USEPA estimates that by 2025, wastewater inflows will be around 52 trillion gallons per day. That volume of water hypothetically could provide enough green water for 20 million acres of land.
“If we change nothing else except that we start reusing water rather than throwing it away, we could put another 150,000 or so fields into production,” Maloney predicts.
That reuse not only creates more green water for plants, but it also saves blue water while providing multiple other benefits. Reusing gray water can actually decrease energy consumption—by up to 80% Maloney estimates. Because the water has already been pumped from the ground, additional energy that would be used to pull out more blue water is saved.
Also, while some treatment of gray water is needed, it doesn’t have to be treated to a pristine level. Sufficiently treated water can be put on a field, and healthy soil will then finish the treatment by filtering it and removing chemicals. As with green water, the quality of the soil is an important factor in gray water reuse.
“Soil is simply an amazing medium,” Maloney says. “If we take care of it, it can regenerate just about any water quality.”
Another benefit of gray water reuse is nutrient recycling. While the water is treated, it still contains significant amounts of nutrients that are needed by the crops. When water is put back onto soil, the remaining nutrients go with it. Recycling those nutrients not only helps build crop yields, but it also means the nutrients stay out of surface waters and groundwater where they might otherwise affect water quality.
It is critical to know what you’re putting on the land when reusing gray water. The first known environmental problem was seen in the Fertile Crescent. Soils in the area of Mesopotamia became salinized through poor irrigation practices, and interestingly, this is documented in tax records. Both wheat, a crop that poorly tolerates salt, and barley, which is more salt tolerant, were grown in the area. Tax records show that over several centuries, there was a switch from growing wheat to growing barley to adapt to the saltier soils.
“Over several hundred years, cropping patterns changed due to the use, or I should say misuse, of irrigation water,” explains Certified Crop Adviser and ASA member Fred Vocasek, agronomist at Servi-Tech Laboratories.
Regulations surrounding gray water are now in place to avoid such misuses. Almost all gray water is regulated to some degree. The National Pollution Discharge Elimination System is a federal permit system administered by the states. Virtually any municipality, processing plant, or industry that discharges wastewater has a permit, and each permit is written for the specific site. Those customized plans are dictated by the contaminants.
“The regulations might be written for various things—pathogens, organic materials, nutrients, metals— depending on the water,” Vocasek says. “After all, the idea is to avoid degradation of both the land and the water.”
There are currently thousands of projects around the globe in which gray water is being used successfully to irrigate fields. In Dodge City, KS, where Vocasek works, the beef-processing plant and the city jointly use a wastewater treatment facility. Since 1986, that gray water has been used to irrigate about 3,000 acres of land.
Maloney has worked on many gray water projects throughout the world. A large municipality in the United States is reusing its wastewater to irrigate 2,100 acres on which grain and alfalfa grow. Farmers are yielding about 12 to 14 tons of crops per acre, and about 3.6 million gallons of water is recycled each year.
In another area, wastewater from an industrial park is being reused to irrigate around 1,800 acres of corn and potatoes. About 680 million gallons of water are reused per year here, and the project has been so successful that other industries are asking to move to the area to be part of the reuse system.
“Gray water has to be part of the green water solution,” Maloney says. “Its reuse reduces treatment costs, nutrient input to surface water, blue water withdrawals, and power consumption. It will expand agriculture, and fields that weren’t farmed can come into production because this water is available.”
The Future of Water Security
Water is a vital part of human life, and our food supply, among other necessities, depends on water security. Increasing the amount of green water available to crops and the efficiency with which the plants use it are necessary to secure food for a growing population. The reuse of gray water is essential too. Gray water reduces the use of blue water and provides additional green water while lowering energy costs and recycling nutrients.
The water footprint also has to be considered as we look for ways to preserve water. A water footprint is the amount of blue, green, and gray water contained in and used to produce a food item. That amount varies widely in different foods. For example, a pound of beef requires about 10 times as much water to produce as a pound of wheat.
“How much do we value a crop versus the water used to produce it?” Lal asks. “This is an important part of the water security discussion.”
That discussion has to continue if we are to find solutions to the inevitable shortage of water our growing population will face. With only 10 drops of fresh water out of a full barrel of water on earth, we have to protect, reuse, and respect those few drops. “Water resources are going to be more precious in the future than the oil resources are,” Lal says. “There are substitutes for oil, whether it’s nuclear, geothermal, solar, or wind energy. There is no substitute for water.”

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Drivers in Dubai, Sharjah, Ajman and nothern emirates will have a relatively clear morning, as no fog is in sight today. However, slight to moderate fog is expected to cover some internal parts of Abu Dhabi till 10:00am, the National Center of Meteorology has warned.
The weather bureau also shared a map of areas that will be affected.
Fog was reported over the Al Wagan and Al Qua’a regions in Al Ain, early on Monday.
Today, the skies will be clear to partly cloudy at times.
While temperatures seem to be rising, the NCM has said that a slight drop in temperatures is expected today across the emirates, getting colder by night.
Temperature on Monday morning, around sunrise were recorded around 8-9 °C in mountainous regions, and 12-18 °C, in coastal areas like Dubai and Sharjah.
Maximum and minimum temperatures
Today, the maximum temperatures in internal areas are expected to reach between 25-28°C. In the coastal areas, temperature highs will be between 22-26°C, and between 15-19 °C in mountainous regions.
Minimum temperatures will reach as low as 9-13°C in the internal areas. In the coastal areas, temperature lows will be between 13-17°C, and 6-11°C in mountainous regions.
It will be a humid morning and relative humidity is expected to increase at night. According to the NCM, relative humidity in the UAE’s coastal and internal areas, will hit a maximum of 80-85 per cent. In the mountainous regions it will go up to a maximum of 65 per cent.
High humidity will result in a chance of fog and mist formation on Tuesday morning over some coastal and internal areas in Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Sharjah, Ajman and other parts of the UAE.
Residents can also expect “light to moderate winds” at 15-30km/h hitting 45km/h at times through the day, the NCM said.
“The sea will be moderate to rough at times in the Arabian Gulf, especially Westward and moderate in Oman sea,” the NCM warned.

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This December, Hanover hosted a town-hall style year in review to close out 2021 which was open to our entire member base! The Roundtable featured a live discussion with four community college presidents from across the country. These leaders reflected on lessons learned from 2021 and projected how 2022 will look within their own context and across the higher education landscape as a whole.
Hanover has been hosting a Community College Executive Roundtable series for our members since early 2020. Thus far, we have welcomed presidents, chancellors, vice-presidents, and other distinguished leaders from our 50+ community colleges and systems to come together and exchange ideas, successes, challenges, expectations, and concerns on a variety of topics including diversity and inclusion, cross-departmental collaboration, and of course the ongoing challenges of the pandemic.
Download the recording today!

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lil methuselah’s review published on Letterboxd:
I have mixed feelings about this one. It was perfection for long stretches and bewildering in bursts.
Things I loved:
- It has the most beautiful frames of any 2018 film -- composition, light, color, focus -- particularly out in Paju.
- It's so comfortable with silence, allowing the actors (particularly Yoo Ah-in and Jun Jong-seo) to dig deep and the audience to participate by filling in their thoughts and emotions. It opens a lane to empathy. I admire films that can do that.
- Some of the long takes are unimaginably transfixing. Hae-mi's sunset hunger dance set to Miles Davis stands out, but this is full of patient, poetic moments where the characters are exposed and ultimately devour themselves.
Things I disliked:
- Ben is an infuriatingly cryptic sociopath. His behavior seemed so divorced from any sort of human reality and served only to manufacture a mystery. His confidence and style give him a real presence, but otherwise being around this guy would be unbearable.
- Jong-su telling Ben about his father makes that side story unnecessary. It tells us what we're supposed to take from it and telegraphs exactly how Jong-su is going to behave.
- I think Jong-su's farm being blasted with North Korean propaganda was supposed to show just how far away he is from Ben's suave lifestyle, but throwing Donald Trump into the mix really confused things. Doesn't it encourage the viewer to try and find the political narrative? It was really distracting.
Things I dunno about: (Spoilery)
- Hae-mi is positioned as a total manic pixie dream girl, but only in the eyes of Jong-su, right? She has more depth and agency than it seems, which ends up fueling the mystery. So her characterization is... OK?
- Jong-su is possessive, Ben is trophy hunting, but how do the homoerotic undertones add to the commentary on male entitlement and toxic masculinity? The sex scene between Jong-su and Hae-mi is mirrored pretty closely in the tense finale featuring Jong-su and Ben. I'm really unsure what to make of that.


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You may not know acai by name yet, but we’re sure you’ll recognise this superfood. Bright purple acai berries are all over the feeds of fitness influencers, presented in pretty bowls with coconut flakes, edible flowers and granola.
Acai berries look amazing, but they’re more than attractive – they’re good for you too!
In this article, we’ll explain what acai is, how to prepare it, the berry’s health benefits, and any potential risks associated with it.
What is acai?
Acai berries are a superfood
and the fruit from a palm tree native to Brazil’s Amazon rainforest. The skin of acai berries is tough, so they’ve traditionally been soaked and blended before eating; as they still are today.
How to prepare acai berries
It’s nigh on impossible to find fresh acai berries in the U.K., as they’re mostly grown and harvested in Brazil. However, acai powder and frozen acai purée are readily available in most health stores. Both can be used to make delicious:
- Acai bowls
- Energy bars
Benefits of acai berries
Acai berries are considered a superfood because of their wide range of health benefits, including:
- Antioxidant content. Acai’s beat blueberries and cranberries for high content of antioxidants.1 Antioxidants protect cells from oxidative stress, a significant factor in the ageing process.2
- Lower cholesterol. Evidence suggests that eating acai decreases cholesterol.3,4
- Preserved brain health. Emerging science indicates that acai consumption may help guard against cognitive decline associated with ageing by maintaining memory and learning functions.5,6
Acai nutrition profile
A 100g portion of acai purée contains:7
- 70 calories
- 75 g of protein
- 26g of fat
- 3g of fibre
- 0g of sugar
- 105 mg of iron
Acai berries are rich in fibre, which can support normal digestive health.8
Unlike most fruits, acai berries contain quite a high proportion of fat and very little sugar. NHS data show that most British adults consume too much sugar.9
This reality is strongly correlated with adverse health outcomes, which can include obesity and tooth decay.10
Acai can support you in reducing your sugar consumption, as it’s a delicious, low-sugar alternative to other fruits.
Potential risks of acai
Acai berries are not currently linked to adverse health outcomes when consumed via powder or purée in the United Kingdom. However, raw acai consumption has been linked to Chagas disease11
, an ailment caused by a parasite that’s endemic in Central and South America.12
Be conscientious of that before enjoying a fresh glass on your next holiday to the Amazon rainforest.
Although there are no side effects currently recorded, the current health-hype around Acai berries is not guaranteed. Most studies which determine the health benefits of Acai berries are conducted over short periods. More extended studies are necessary to absolutely resolve how healthy acai is.
29 October 2020

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BBC Weather forecaster Chris Fawkes said as we go through the week central Europe will see thunderstorms. As the heatwave rages on in Europe, more rain and heavy downpours can be expected. He added these heavy downpours could result in localised flooding.
Mr Fawkes said: “The heatwave is set to continue for much of this week across north-west Europe.
“Temperatures will be running into the mid-highs 30s widely.
“But widely we are starting to see some thunderstorms break out in that heat and humidity.
“Really that is the nature of the forecast through the rest of the week.”
DON’T MISS: Up to 6INCHES of rain to fall in 4 hours as thunderstorms hit
Mr Fawkes went into detail of these thunderstorms and where they would likely occur in Europe.
He said: “It is hot and humid, some sunshine but with some big thundery downpours.
“Those storms are back again across parts of France and perhaps a few developing across the United Kingdom.
“Some of them could be heavy enough to bring some localised flash flooding.”
In southern eastern Europe it is expected to remain dry with few areas experiencing any rain over the next few days.
The BBC Weather forecaster said: “In south-east Europe it is a dry picture with plenty of sunshine here as well.
“Temperatures will be running into the low to mid-30s.
“Heavy showers will develop across parts of central Europe to watch out for Tuesday as well.
“Otherwise you can see the extent of the hot weather, 34C in Frankfurt and 31 in Berlin.
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“Some areas will see temperatures into the high 30s.”
The areas most likely to see the hottest of the European heatwave weather are north France, Belgium, Netherlands and Germany.
As we move through the week, the showers will become more frequent for countries in central and western Europe.
Mr Fawkes said: “On Wednesday it is another day of sunshine and showers.
“The showers become a little more widespread in nature.
“As I say, there is a risk that some of these heavy storms could bring some localised flash flooding.”
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Mona Loutfy, M.D., Infectious Diseases Specialist, Women's College Hospital, Toronto
Certain gynecological conditions that are already quite common among women are even more common, severe and difficult to treat in women with HIV. These include vaginal infections, such as yeast infections and bacterial vaginosis; sexually transmitted infections (STIs), such as chlamydia, gonorrhea, herpes and syphilis; and pelvic inflammatory disease, a potentially serious bacterial infection of the reproductive system.
Recurrent yeast infections can be a warning sign for women who have not yet been diagnosed with HIV. For HIV-positive women, recurring infections can be a sign of a weakening immune system.
The treatments for these common infections are generally the same for women with and without HIV. It's important to know that having an STI increases your risk of transmitting both the STI and HIV. Bacterial vaginosis may also increase the risk of passing HIV. You can reduce the risk of many STIs by using condoms during sex.
Women with HIV have higher rates of problematic strains of a common STI known as the human papillomavirus (HPV). These problematic strains can cause genital warts, cervical cancer and cervical dysplasia, an abnormal change in the cervix that can progress to cancer when left undetected.
In the year following your HIV diagnosis, book a pelvic exam, including a Pap test, every six months. Your doctor will do an examination of your inner and outer pelvic area and take a tiny sample of cells from your cervix to check for cervical dysplasia or cancer and various other diseases and infections. If these tests uncover no significant problems, a yearly pelvic and Pap test will suffice.
The condom -- despite its relatively high failure rate at preventing pregnancy (12 percent) -- is the most common and important form of contraception for women with HIV because it is the only one that blocks the transmission of HIV and most other STIs. To prevent pregnancy, a second method of contraception should be used in addition to condoms. This is particularly important in situations where women don't have a great deal of control over when or how they have sex.
Some women choose oral hormonal contraception (the birth control pill). However, women on anti-HIV therapy should be aware that there can be drug interactions between some anti-HIV drugs and the hormones in many birth control pills. Talk to your doctor about your birth control options if you are taking:
There are other forms of hormonal contraception, including injections and intrauterine devices, that contain other hormones. Talk with your doctor about whether they might be appropriate for you.
Tasleem Kassam, N.D., Clinic Director, Effective Health Solutions, Calgary
Women with HIV are often plagued by stubborn yeast infections that won't go away. Naturopathic doctors recommend fending off chronic yeast infections by changing your diet. Since yeast feeds on sugar, avoid simple sugars and refined carbohydrates as much as you can; instead choose vegetables and high-protein foods. No diet should be taken to the extreme -- a variety of fresh, unprocessed foods is best for optimal health.
Secondly, probiotic supplements are useful to restore your vagina's flora (healthy bacteria) balance. We are often unaware of our exposure to antibiotics as a regular part of our food supply; this can affect the beneficial bacteria so critical not only to gastrointestinal health but to vaginal health and immune function as well.
During an active yeast infection, I recommend alternating between a probiotic douche and a garlic pessary. To make the douching solution, mix 1⁄8 cup of lukewarm water with 1⁄4 to 1⁄2 teaspoon of probiotic powder. (The powder is available at health food stores or you can simply break open probiotic capsules.) Before showering, flush your vagina with the solution using a vaginal bulb syringe, which can be found in any pharmacy. A large syringe will also work. Make sure you use lukewarm water -- hot water will kill the live bacteria and cold water will feel unpleasant.
I advise my patients to use a garlic pessary on alternate nights. Peel a clove of garlic -- avoid nicking it and releasing any juice that might cause irritation -- and then wrap it in gauze. Form a tail with the gauze to make it easy to remove. Apply coconut or olive oil to lubricate the pessary and then insert it as high as possible into your vagina and leave it there overnight. Allicin, a natural compound in garlic, helps kill yeast. Garlic is an antibacterial agent, so you can also use it to fight off bacterial infections such as bacterial vaginosis.
Naturopathy advocates the importance of addressing the body's ecological balance as part of treating the infection instead of simply taking the standard prescription medications. It's kind of like trying to get rid of dandelions without pulling out the roots -- you may get rid of one infection but you won't stop them from recurring.
This article was provided by Canadian AIDS Treatment Information Exchange. It is a part of the publication The Positive Side. Visit CATIE's Web site to find out more about their activities, publications and services.
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Bond is a “tiny touch module” that you’d wear either as a bracelet or necklace. You have one and your friend has one. When you feel like expressing yourself, you touch the sensor, and there’s a corresponding stroke on the other end, and the second module lights up. It’s a bit like the “teledildonic system” for long-distance couples that we wrote about here–except the Bond is safe to use anywhere, not just the bedroom.

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I conducted a 1 day workshop on Android and (connectivity to) Arduino in preparation for 48hacks.
48hacks is a 48 hour hackathon organized by NTU Venture, so if you read this before 16th Dec 2011, you can consider joining the contest.
Following are the slides that I used for the workshop. It covers
- setting up Android development environment (Eclipse IDE, Android SDK and ADT plugin),
- Android programming foundation (Activity, UI), and
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Meredith Lake, The Bible in Australia: A cultural history, updated edition
NewSouth Books, 2020, 518 pp. ISBN: 9781742237213, p/bk, AUS$32.99Meredith Lake’s The Bible in Australia: A Cultural History is now available in a second edition. When I first reviewed Lake’s epic work in 2018, I suggested that 'The Bible in Australia: A Cultural History will surely dominate the short lists of every major literary award over the coming months and will certainly come to be regarded as one of the most important Australian history books of the year’. Well, two years later The Bible in Australia has taken out every major prize including the Nonfiction Award Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature (2020), NSW Premier’s History Award: Australian History Prize (2019), Prime Minister’s Australian History Prize (2019), Council for the Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences Australia Book Prize (2019) and Australian Christian Book of the Year (2018). I should, perhaps, have specified all the history prizes, but I stand by my prediction for literary awards. Lake’s writing is beautiful. Indeed, this is an extraordinary history – of rigorous research and elegant expression – that is vital for all Australians in its offering of crucial context for so much of what we take for granted. This new edition, with a delightful new cover, includes a summary of some of what has happened since the work first appeared in print. In particular, how ‘potent new images have clustered around the Bible. … It turns out that even a historian of religion can underestimate the Bible as a text in motion in contemporary society’ (p.x). For example, when Lake took out the Prime Minister’s Australian History Prize last year, there was a great deal of very generous support for the author on a well-deserved win. There was, too, a rush of awful comments on social media platforms that conflated the book with what Lake describes as ‘very palpable anxieties’ (p.xvi). Some of the negative commentary, which is reproduced in the preface, is difficult to read even years later. It does, however, emphasise the point of the book: that there is enormous value, for believers and non-believers, in understanding the role of the Bible in a complex, but shared, history. If you have not already done so, clear a little space on your bookshelves for The Bible in Australia: A Cultural History. Reviewed by Dr Rachel Franks, November 2020 Visit the State Library of NSW shop on Macquarie Street, or online here.
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16 Mar 2011 2:51pm
so sweet and so typical, even at a young age. (you might want to take a look at my dog, nellie, doing the same - playing with a stick - here and here .)
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We can all learn so much from puppies with their ability to so fully embrace the here and now.
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Mon Sisko <3 il à bien grandi depuis, ce n'est plus le petit chiot que vous avez connu, toujours aussi trognon et fan de bâtons ou de morceaux de bois
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Can't say for the .270, but my .30-06 I just bought shoots very nicely. I haven't had a chance to shoot more than a few rounds, but intend to very soon. The only negative thing I have heard about them seems to stem from the price. Seems some folks are upset that an inexpensive rifle might actually work. :sniper:
I still don't understand the marketing angle of this rifle.
I just saw a Remington 700 ADL with a synth stock for $360.00 at Sportmart. How much does the 710 run? For that kind of money (inexpensive) I'd go with the 700 everytime. Maybe they plan to drop the low price ADL because they make more money on the 710??
The only thing I've heard about the Rem 710 is the barrel is swedged into the action? A barrel change in the future? Don't think so. I would rather have the 700 for a remington, but would rather have a savage. Am thinking about a 10FPLE2 for long range shooting. .5" groups @ 100yds. out of the box with factory ammo, and better with reloads.
If I found a M-700 for that price around here, I'd probably go with it too. Around here, though, that same model runs about $390 dollars at Wal-Mart and about $425 at a local gun store. The 710 runs about $360 with scope, mount and rings already boresighted. However, that is still close if you plan on going with another scope than the Bushnell that comes with it. But for the economy minded fellow on a budget, the differance of 30 to 55 dollars will buy a lot of ammo. Also, if you are fond of the caliber it comes in, and I love the old 'ought six, then the barrel changing option is really not that important. As for quality, the Reminton barrels are among the best, so it should last a while. It all comes down to personal preferance. I found mine used for about $260, so I couldn't pass it up. If I have any problems with it, I'll be sure to post them.:sniper:
Got out today and put the 710 through its paces today. I'll have to say, it shoots very well. I was shooting Remington 150 grain Core-lockt ammo, about the cheapest I could find, and I was getting 1 1/2 inch and better groups. I agree the rifle is made with cost cutting in mind. I would recomend working the bolt a few times to make sure the synthetic insert isnt too tight. I've heard that a few early ones did have this problem. If I have a complaint about this rifle, it is the tightness of the bolt. The insert is molded to very close tolerence. As for the Savage combo package, I've heard several folks here and on other boards mention it, and I don't believe you would be going wrong with this setup, however, I would like to point out that the scope that comes with the Savages is a Bushnell, just like with the Remington, so any scope problems folks may have aren't the falt of the 710.:sniper:
Cajungeo, thanks for that suggestion! Hadn't thought of that. I was considering trying some type of really fine , say 600 grit , sand paper around a dowel rod, but your idea may be the one to try first. I just happen to have some valve lapping compound I use for smoothing out the crown on barrels, so I believe I'll give it a shot. Again, thanks!:sniper:
You know I always made fun of my dad for buying the cheaper versions of rifles----------------I.E. the Winchester Ranger, etc. but now he has his money invested in land based companies that represent real wealth and thank God his retirement funds are in good shape.
The more I see what is happening on Wall Street, the more attractive those 710's, Savages and Rangers appear to me. Hey if they get the job done then who cares? After all the money I save now will be money I can enjoy, God willing in retirement.
I wish to revise and extend my earlier harsh comments to say that the 710 did have a mighty good trigger.
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“The neat thing about Amarillo is, there are still cattle drives right outside our windows.”
That praise comes from Randy Whipple, president of the Working Ranch Cowboy Association (WRCA). He adds, “It shows we really do stay true to our roots.”
Amarillo, Texas—population 200,000—serves as the trade center for the Texas Panhandle, as well as eastern New Mexico and the Oklahoma Panhandle. Come Saturday, the population swells to half a million people, as folks from the Texas Panhandle region come into Amarillo to shop. After all, like Randy says, folks “look better in cowboy clothes,” and they “need the boots to dance in and a good hat to keep the sun off.”
When traveling the back roads just outside of Amarillo, don’t be shocked when everyone you pass waves or nods their heads hello. Whipple recommends you just join in and say “Howdy.”
With 351 days of sunshine a year, not many days go by when you don’t want to be on horseback, Whipple admits, adding, “Once the wide open spaces get into your blood, you’re hooked.”
All those ranch cowboys you passed on horseback while driving those back roads? You’ll likely run into them at the restaurants, stores and dance halls in downtown Amarillo; here are some of the best spots.
Good Cowboy Bar: A hot spot for Red Dirt or Texas music is the Golden Light Cantina, open since 1946, on 6th Avenue. For live Country music with an air of the good ol’ days of honky tonkin’, head to Cattleman’s Club on Amarillo Boulevard.
Popular Local Hangout: The Old Route 66 on 6th Street—a fun area of town with loads of antique shops and great places where cowboys and bikers hang out for good food.
Favorite Spot for Texas Cuisine: You don’t want to miss Stockyard Café. At one time, Stockyard sold more cattle than anywhere else. On Tuesdays, you can sit in on a cattle auction, then go into the café for lunch. You’ll see cattlemen and businessmen all enjoying good ol’ Texas cuisine.
Best Chicken Fried Steak in Town: Check out the Country Pride; as a kid, my family and I would tie our horses to the hitching rail and work our way through those great chicken fried steaks.
Bathtub of Beer: The bathtub of beer and the jalapeno-covered steaks are a big hit at Coyote Bluff Café.
Little Bit of Mexico: Head to Tacos Garcia. The tradition here is fresh chips and hot sauce. Some of that stuff will make your hat sweat.
Country Radio Hits: Tune to 97.9 FM.
Best Art Gallery of the West: The American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame & Museum hosts awesome art shows throughout the year. You have to see this place—it’s really nice, and it’s right on I-40, so it’s easy to get to.
Best Spot to View Wildlife: The Palo Duro Canyon, just south of Amarillo, is truly the place to visit. Take your cooler and plan to spend a few hours; cowboys like me usually take our horses with us. If you don’t have a horse, you can take in Palo Duro on a jeep tour at Elkins Ranch.
Historic Site Schoolchildren Visit: The Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum. It’s just south of Amarillo, in Canyon, on the West Texas A&M University campus.
What to Do in Spring: The Amarillo National Center at the fairgrounds hosts Western events, such as team roping to chili cook-offs, in March and April.
Amarillo’s Big Event: You can ask anyone here, it’s the WRCA’s World Championship Ranch Rodeo, held the second week of November at the Amarillo Civic Center. Wild cow milking, branding and bronc riding are just a few of the ranch cowboy’s skills showcased here.
Average House Cost: $140,000.
Average Temperatures: Summer is 91 to 65 degrees; winter is 49 to 23 degrees.
Little-Known Secret: The Texas State Capitol in Austin was paid for with the land that was home to the XIT Ranch (1885-1912) located near Amarillo.
Preservation Project: Potter County has renovated the building in downtown Amarillo built in 1930 as regional offices for the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway company; it now houses the county’s offices. This structure defined the Amarillo skyline for years and is visible for 20 to 30 miles.
Favorite History Trip: I like to head north of Amarillo to Cal Farley’s Boys Ranch. This is the former town site of Old Tascosa and where the famous picture of three cowboys standing at the bar was taken. Now it’s home to boys and girls who need a helping hand; the kids are great tour guides and will share some really interesting facts on this historic cowtown.

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Answering questions about antibiotics for the fast and the curious
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Written by Shweta Kulkarni
We are genuinely curious. We are also living in an information age where our curiosity is fulfilled and rewarded instantaneously. So it’s natural that when it comes to issues related to our own health or those close to us, we storm to our smartphones or computers to learn more.
As soon as we look up information and dig into topics, we become experts of medical expressions and phrases previously alien. In the discussion surrounding resistance to antibiotics and the role of diagnostics in identifying the right antibiotic, it is now more important than ever to provide reliable, timely and accurate information to patients and caregivers about their diagnostic tests.
Understanding diagnostic tests
Diagnostic tests are the first step in many healthcare decisions. They are performed on biological samples (for example blood, urine or tissues) to diagnose or exclude a disease. They range from sophisticated technologies performed in clinical laboratories to simple self-tests, such as those for pregnancy and glucose monitoring. From hand-held diagnostic labs that detect multi-drug resistant HIV, TB and malaria to companion diagnostic tests that answer the question, “Will this cancer drug work?” before its prescribed, will soon become common place.
In our fast and curious age, it is important that we bring ourselves to understand the role of diagnostics and the specific tests used for assessing our sensitivity to antibiotics.
Enter Lab Tests Online
Lab Tests Online is an information resource created for patients and caregivers to help understand the laboratory tests used to screen, diagnose, and monitor a broad range of conditions and diseases. The award-winning platform was created by the American Association for Clinical Chemistry and developed globally in partnership with the European Diagnostic Manufacturers Association and scientific societies. Available in 14 languages in 17 countries worldwide (including 12 websites in Europe), the content is also available as an app in three countries and in book form in China, where it is used to reach areas where access to technology may not be available.
Importantly, the purpose of Lab Tests Online has grown from being a platform solely to provide laboratory test information to a tool that encourages patient-doctor dialogue. The site is regularly updated with a screening guide, relevant news, and in-depth articles. For example, Lab Tests Online receives direct input from users of the website on a daily basis via several online forms. Feedback from these forms is used to help guide and prioritise new developments as well as to improve existing articles.
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The association insists that the documentary shouldn't be given a PG-13 rating because it contains 'a serious issue' and 'a subject that parents should discuss with their children.'
The MPAA has reacted to The Weinstein Company's strong complaint over its decision to give an R rating to controversial documentary "Bully". In a statement released on Thursday, February 23, Joan Graves, chair of the association's Classification and Rating Administration, explained why the film should not be given a PG-13 rating.
"Bullying is a serious issue and is a subject that parents should discuss with their children," Graves said before acknowledging that " 'Bully' can serve as a vehicle for such important discussions." She, however, stressed that The MPAA "has the responsibility to acknowledge and represent the strong feedback from parents throughout the country who want to be informed about content in movies, including language."
"The rating and rating descriptor of 'some language,' indicate to parents that this movie contains certain language. With that, some parents may choose to take their kids to this movie and others may not, but it is their choice and not ours to make for them. The R rating is not a judgment on the value of any movie. The rating simply conveys to parents that a film has elements strong enough to require careful consideration before allowing their children to view it."
Earlier, Harvey Weinstein, the co-chairman of The Weinstein Co., has threatened to take "a leave of absence from the MPAA for the foreseeable future" after the company lost an appeal to secure a PG-13 rating for "Bully". In a released statement, he explained, "We respect the MPAA and their process but feel this time it has just been a bridge too far."
"I have been through many of these appeals, but this one vote loss is a huge blow to me personally," he continued. "Alex Libby [one of the bullied children in the documentary] gave an impassioned plea and eloquently defended the need for kids to be able to see this movie on their own, not with their parents, because that is the only way to truly make a change."
The film producer went on stating, "With school-age children of my own, I know this is a crucial issue and school districts across the U.S. have responded in kind. The Cincinnati school district signed on to bus 40,000 of their students to the movie, but because the appeals board retained the R rating, the school district will have to cancel those plans."
"I personally am going to ask celebrities and personalities worldwide, from Lady GaGa (who has a foundation of her own) to the Duchess of Cambridge (who was a victim of bullying and donated wedding proceeds) to First Lady Michelle Obama (whose foundation has reached out to us as well), to take a stand with me in eradicating bullying and getting the youth into see this movie without restriction."
"Bully" will not open in the U.S. theaters until March 30, but it will be screened on Friday morning, February 24 at Fairfax High School in Los Angeles for some 150 students. Of the dispute, the film's director Lee Hirsch said, "Tomorrow's screening means even more to me in the wake of the decision by the MPAA. To say that I am disappointed and distressed would be a grave understatement."
"It is my great hope that 'Bully' reaches the audience for whom it was made: kids, the bullied and the bullies and the 80% of kids who can make the most impact by becoming upstanders rather than bystanders," the filmmaker added.
The controversial documentary follows five families over the course of one year to reveal how their children are affected by bullying. The film includes shocking footage that reveals not only the bullying itself but the harrowing repercussions it wreaks on its victims.


The history of this house, once nicknamed “The Cage,” is a story of death, disease, and unspeakable horror. It allegedly served as housing for plague victims during the Middle Ages, then it became a temporary prison, in which eight innocent women were held before being executed for witchcraft in the 16th Century.
Today, this creepy cottage in St. Osyth, Essex is reportedly one of the most haunted buildings in England… and now, thanks to a frightening new photo taken by a paranormal investigator, we may be seeing the first solid glimpse of the malevolent force behind the hauntings.
Vanessa Mitchell (shown above with ghost-hunter Micky Rawlins) has owned the cottage for eleven years — much longer than any prior owner. In fact, some of the house’s previous occupants are believed to have killed themselves within its walls. Mitchell claims that during most of the past decade she has witnessed multiple bizarre and often terrifying phenomena, including several physical assaults — the most violent being an attack which occurred while she was pregnant, when she was shoved roughly to the floor by an unseen force.
But it wasn’t until a few months ago that she realized it was time to put the house up for sale and get the hell out: it happened when Mitchell reportedly witnessed an evil presence — which she describes as a large, dark humanoid figure with a demonic, goat-like face — lingering over her eight-year-old son’s bed.
“I honestly believe the house is cursed,” Mitchell told the UK’s Daily Star. “There is something evil in there… I’ve had every medium, psychic and investigator in to try to get rid of it.”
When the following image was captured during a recent investigation of the house by Rawlins, showing what appears to be a large, hollow-eyed visage reflected in a window, Mitchell realized she couldn’t tolerate the house and its “spooky residents” any longer.
“I’ve had enough,” she told the paper, “and the devil goat picture has led me to finally put it on the market.”
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Fuchs’ dystrophyalso referred to as Fuchs’ corneal endothelial dystrophy FCED and Fuchs’ endothelial dystrophy FEDis a slowly progressing corneal dystrophy that usually affects both eyes and is slightly more common in women than in men.
Clinical contribution to the etiology of dystrophia epithelialis corneae. Penetrating keratoplasty in Asian eyes: Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol. As Fuchs’ dystrophy typically occurs in older individuals there may also be cataract of the lens, which also reduces vision. It is usually evident within the first decade of life.
Nevertheless, the nm spectral domain OCT has been reported to be able to demonstrate three different levels of severity in eyes with FCD [ 83 ]. The disease commonly referred to as FCD is one of late onset. Cochrane Database Syst Rev 3: A family in the UK was identified by Liskova with the LW mutation and early onset of disease [ 44 ]. Osteogenesis imperfecta Ehlers—Danlos syndrome, types 1, 2, 7.
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Epithelial dystrophy of the cornea and its relation to endothelial dystrophy. Researchers are finding that Fuchs’ is a genetically heterogeneous disease, dustrofia many diatrofia genes and loci have been associated as contributing to a small percentage of overall Fuchs’ cases. This causes corneal thickening and blurred vision. In addition to the structural abnormalities in FCD, a number of genes may be associated with corneal edema, a process that represents advancement towards the final stages of disease.
Graft survival, visual acuity and endothelial cell loss do not appear to differ between the two procedures. Approximately 25 years later, structural mutations in the COL8A2 gene were correlated with a disease of early onset.
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These differences suggest that the disease, called early-onset FCD, may, in fact, represent a different disease process altogether, rather than the classic, late-onset disease described by Fuchs. The authors have no other relevant affiliations or financial involvement with any organization or entity with a financial interest in or financial conflict with the subject matter or materials discussed in the manuscript apart from those disclosed.
Cultured human corneal endothelial cell transplantation with a collagen sheet in a rabbit model. The completion of the Human Genome Project and its implications for genetic research, the emphasis on minimally invasive techniques and endothelial keratoplasty in corneal transplantation, cornea, research collaboration on an increasingly international level have all contributed to a setting ripe for scientific and clinical advancement in the research distrofiq treatment of FCD over the next 5 years.
Fuchs dystrophy With Fuchs’ dystrophy, the body of the cornea stroma begins to thicken, and the cornea becomes cloudy.
Ophthalmoparesis Chronic progressive external ophthalmoplegia Kearns—Sayre syndrome. Progressive endothelial cell loss causes relative influx of aqueous humor into the cornea, leading to swelling corneal stromal edemawhich results in blurred vision.
These studies suggest a lower prevalence in South America, Asia and Australia, with no reports known to us of prevalence studies conducted in Africa. A form of laser eye surgery named keratectomy may help fe the superficial corneal scarring. Indications for penetrating keratoplasty: Successful transplantation was described by Stocker in [ 86 ], and replaced the full thickness of the FCD cornea.
The premature decrease of ECD in FCD relative to normal corneas may be due to a decreased ability to withstand oxidative stress and an increased susceptibility to apoptosis.


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Is Samsung or LG better?
Who is winning between LG and Samsung.
LG manufactures OLED displays, which are considered to be the best in terms of color and contrast.
Samsung still uses QLED technology, which can’t quite match OLED for picture quality.
Additionally, QLED is also brighter whereas OLED has better uniformity and viewing angles..
Is Netflix 4k worth it 2020?
Yes 4K is worth it for Netflix, upscaled 1080 never look as good specially on a 75 inch. Just moved from HD to 4K and the upgrade is worth every penny. I mean, HDR and 4K are 2 different thing, if your TV support both you really need to pay for Netflix 4K, since you will get 4K HDR content.
How does 1080p look on 4k TV?
1080p on a 4k screen will look the same as 1080p on a 1080p screen. There will be no improvement as the quality of the video is already limited, regardless whether you play it on a higher resolution screen.
How can I watch 4k on 1080p TV?
If an external device is used for playing and that can down convert it to HD then yes, but a 1080p TV won’t have the ability to decode 4k videos itself. If you just want to play the 4k video then you can connect your laptop via hdmi and play or convert.
Can you watch a 4k UHD movie on a regular TV?
Can I Play 4K/Ultra HD Discs On My 1080p TV? Q Yes, you can play Ultra HD Blu-ray Discs on a regular HDTV. What will happen is that the player will downconvert the 3840 x 2160-resolution video on the disc to a 1080p format your TV can display.
Is there a noticeable difference between 1080p and 4k?
The difference between 1080p and 4K is undeniable in that a 4K screen is capable of displaying four times the number of pixels as a 1080p screen. … For example, someone with 20/20 vision can sit farther away from a 4K screen and still see the difference, while someone with less than perfect vision may not.
Do I need 4k Ultra HD?
Those who have at least $500 to spend on an upgrade should definitely go 4K. With that kind of money, the reasons to do so outweigh the reasons not to. If you absolutely need a TV right now and you’re on an absolute budget, then you’re better off going with a cheaper 1080p panel now and saving for a better 4K TV later.
Is 4k worth it 2020?
So is buying a 4K still worth it? The quick answer here is yes if you’re planning to take advantage of the 4K resolution. If you don’t, then you’re better off with a 1080p resolution. … While 4K models are starting to become more affordable because of commercialization, it’s not in the most affordable pricing yet.
Is Netflix Ultra HD the same as 4k?
If your device supports Netflix Ultra HD streaming and you have a plan that offers it, you can search Netflix for the terms “4K” or “UltraHD” to find titles available in Ultra HD. … Some TV shows may not offer every season in Ultra HD.
Is OLED better than 4k?
Based on our tests, OLED TVs produce richer, deeper, and more realistic colors than 4K LED TVs. When it comes to screen brightness, LED TVs have a considerable advantage.
What happens if I play 4k on a 1080p TV?
If you play 4K video on a 1080p screen, your TV will just downscale it automatically to 1080p, but if you have some cheap Chinese TV, it may just be no signal or only show 25% of the image, since 4K is 4X the resolution than 1080p.
Do I need 4k HDMI cable?
If you want 4K resolution with or without HDR, you need High-Speed HDMI cables. There is also a Premium High-Speed HDMI certification for ethernet and non-ethernet cables.
Does 1080p look blurry on 4k?
So can good scaling make a 1080p image look good on a 4K TV? Compared to that same content badly upconverted, yes. In CNET’s reviews of the better 4K TVs, we’ve found that 1080p Blu-ray upconverted to the 4K screens looks great, although not appreciably better than 1080p on a 1080p TV.
Which is better 4k UHD or full HD?
HD ready offers 1,366 x 768 pixels, full HD is 1,920 x 1,080 pixels and 4K is 3,840 x 2,160 pixels resolution. The higher the resolution, the better the image quality. We recommend that if you have the budget, get a 4K TV. If not, then go for a full HD screen at least.


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Clonmel High School bank is up and running.
Transition Year students at the school held the offical launch of the school bank which is called ‘Bank a Bob’.
Special guest at the launch was Independent TD Mattie McGrath who wished the students well in their banking endeavours.
The school bank is run in conjunction with the local AIB branch’s ’Build a Bank’ challenge.
‘Bank a Bob’ offers a wide variety of services for High School Students.
These include online banking and a mobile app to manage their account on the go.
The school bank also hopes to educate students in the importance of saving.
Also wishing the bank well at the launch was school principal Des Feeney.
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Albuquerque (NM) – Five Albuquerque Station 8 firefighters who won a $10,000 share of the record Mega Millions jackpot last week will donate an unspecified part of their winnings to fellow firefighter Vince Cordova, who is suffering from a life-threatening tumor.
After convincing their fellow members that it wasn’t an April Fools’ joke, Hyland and the other four winner – Steve Keffer, Paul McClure, Clinton Anderson, and Si Do – decided to donate part of their winnings to the local firefighters Survival Fund.
The 24-year-old Cordova has a rare tumor that applies pressure on his brain. He will die if the tumor is not removed, but life-saving surgery from a specialist in Los Angeles costs a few hundred thousand dollars.
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Worcester Warriors hope flanker Marco Mama can be fit to start next season following an 80-mile dash for surgery on a ‘dead leg’ complication that will keep him out for “a good few months”.
Mama, captain for the past two games after injuries to GJ van Velze and Ryan Mills, tried to run off his injury in Sunday’s win over Gloucester.
But he was then taken to Oxford’s John Radcliffe Hospital after the match.
“The doctors did a fine job,” said director of rugby Alan Solomons.
“We’re very fortunate to have such fantastic hospitals in this country,” he told BBC Hereford & Worcester.
“He got a dead leg and the consequence of it was that on Sunday night it became very painful for him and he was admitted to hospital.
“He was admitted to the John Radcliffe, but he was very well looked after. They are specialists in this sort of injury, and will do a further procedure later in the week.
“With those kind of injuries, he’ll be out for a good few months. But there’s no reason why he shouldn’t be back for the start of next season.”
Both Mama and Mills, who has had shoulder surgery, will miss their side’s final two league matches – away at Northampton and then at home to reigning Premiership champions and European Champions Cup finalists Saracens.
But a boost for Warriors, who secured their Premiership survival on Sunday, is that they will have Van Velze fit following his arm injury in February.
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