These are the deeply-felt words of Mario Nicacio Wapichana, an indigenous leader speaking about the Amazon Synod. As Caritas Internationalis greets members, partners and friends from the pan-Amazon countries arriving in Rome, Mario expresses a shared hope for the historic meeting:
“For us indigenous peoples, the message of Pope Francis means this: awareness is being raised about all our actions in Brazil, especially about the rights of indigenous people, the balance of nature, and the fight against climate change.”
His point is simple: the future of the traditional peoples of the Amazon biome is vitally linked to the future of the region’s ecosystem and in turn, that of the whole planet. The Amazon river holds 15 per cent of the world’s fresh water. The rainforest absorbs five per cent of global CO2 emissions.
So the Synod matters to us all. But it matters first, and most, to those who live in the Amazon itself. Caritas is privileged to work alongside many of them. They are the real people at the heart of this story.
“The quest of the indigenous Amazon peoples for life in abundance finds expression in what they call ‘good living’. It is about living in ‘harmony with oneself, with nature, with human beings and with the supreme being’.”
“We live in nature, we were born into it and we are part of it,” says the Tuxaua (leader) of the Kambeba people in a Brazilian Amazon village. “This is our land and we have everything we need right here.”
He paddles his canoe down the Samauma river with his young daughter. She holds a long bow and arrow ready for fishing. Her tiny pet monkey Nico runs up her arm and settles on top of her head. She feeds him a nut.
“We do not expect anything from the government,” says her father. “Those people do not understand our way of life, how we raise our children, how beautiful our home is.”
Far from the state capital, accessible only by boat or on foot, this tiny indigenous community of 52 people feels remote. Yet many visitors arrive from other states, even other countries, winding their way along forest paths and rickety footbridges to get here.
The outsiders come to seek cures from the tuxaua and his mother, Dona Teca, a midwife who also practises traditional medicine and preventive health. Many plants grow in pots around her thatched house, where clients are welcomed to stay after their long journeys. Small children are dispatched to gather leaves and roots as she stirs remedies in a huge pot.
“Our pharmacy is all around us,” says Dona Teca, gesturing at the forest. “People come here with many different problems. So I talk to them and treat them with the cures we make.”
She is the economic engine of the family, her son explains.
“Our income is from the medicines we sell and my mother’s work. We are always looking for an alternative to improve life here, so that our people do not leave for the city.”
It is a vital survival strategy for this tribal group who number only 1,500 in Brazil. The forest provides their food, their livelihood and their children’s inexhaustible adventure playground.
Caritas in the Archdiocese of Manaus supports medicinal gardens like Dona Teca’s as part of a drive for better health, organic farming and reforestation. As droughts in the Amazon region increase due to climate change, Caritas is also working with people to manage their springs, rivers and dams.
Preserving a sustainable way of life in the forest in the face of land grabs, commercial exploitation and violence is hard, and has grown significantly more dangerous under the current far-right Brazilian administration. Yet preserving traditional territories for indigenous people can profit the whole planet -globally, forest communities are over ten times more effective than governments in preventing deforestation (Rights and Resources Initiativereport).
The Caritas confederation is working internationally to raise awareness. Caritas Canada, for example, have just launched a two-year campaign, For our common home – a future for the Amazon, a future for all. Citizens will pressure their MPs to take action, schools and parishes will take part in workshops and prayer, and 65,000 signatures will be collected for solidarity letters to two threatened Brazilian communities.
Dona Teca, her son, her grandchildren, all the Kambeba, want the freedom to live in their own way but are only too aware of the threats that menace them, the forest fires burning across the Amazon, the presence of ruthless loggers and developers. They fear for the future of their children.
The Synod is turning the eyes of the world towards the vulnerability of communities like these. So many have already been lost.
“We just want to live in peace with our families…We ask only for respect.” say the Kambeba.
Hear the cry of the Amazon
Caritas is supporting indigenous leaders to speak out on the world stage.
“Today the Amazon is wounded, its beauty deformed, a place of pain and violence …
The manifold destruction of human and environmental life, the diseases and pollution of rivers and lands, the felling and burning of trees, the massive loss of biodiversity, the disappearance of species, constitute a brutal reality that challenges us all.”
“Big businesses are moving in and building villas; industries are polluting our river,” says Dona Terezinha, an indigenous Gavião spokesperson from Amazonas state, Brazil. “Their only aim is commercial gain.”
Her wooden stilted home surrounded by banana palms appears a picture of rural contentment. Children splash joyfully in the river in front of her doorway. But the Gavião, like so many others across the pan-Amazon region, are under siege from business interests.
Terezinha’s land is not far from the city of Manaus and urban forces threaten her community’s way of life. Her desirable river views are tempting for wealthy urbanites, who favour luxury homes by the water’s edge at a commutable distance from the city.
“For us it means we can no longer fish or hunt as we did,” she mourns. “We are losing our freedom to come and go in our own territory.”
Land as a sacred right
Pope Francis has said of the indigenous peoples: “For them, land is not a commodity but rather a gift from God and from their ancestors who rest there, a sacred space.”(Laudato Si’, 146). In this world view, land is not measured by its monetary value.
“Here we care for and protect our land and nature,” explains Terezinha. “Everything we have comes from the earth.” Her village was having trouble, however, getting their garden farms to grow well, so Caritas Brazil lent a hand with training and the preparation of organic fertiliser.
Now they have flourishing fruit trees and beans to feed the family. Terezinha is not going to let all this be taken from her quietly. She, like her mother and grandmother before her, is a dedicated advocate for the dignity and culture of her people.
She is a powerhouse who never stops working, whether she is attending meetings with other indigenous communities, running the house and farm, making traditional crafts or teaching children about their native language and customs.
“We want our rights as indigenous people guaranteed for our children and grandchildren,” she declares. “The government does not even acknowledge that we are here, that we are alive. It is a painful struggle, but we must go on defending our rights.”
Caritas and REPAM
Caritas has long promoted the rights of the Amazon peoples, working through the Church and local partners such as the Indigenous Missionary Council and the Pastoral Land Commission in Brazil.
We are a founding member of REPAM, a Church network set up to highlight the critical situation of the Amazon. During the Synod, REPAM will present a report documenting cases of human rights violations across five countries.
REPAM has been crucial in preparations for the Synod. In a remarkable listening process, 87,000 local people have expressed their hopes and fears and the distillation of these Amazon voices will inform the synodal discussions.
City life v. cultural identity
“Culture, religion, the family, education, employment and other aspects of life change rapidly to respond to new calls from the city… there is a lack of dialogue between generations in families; traditions and language are lost.”
The unbearable pressures on the rural peoples of the Amazon have driven huge numbers into cities. Urban areas now hold 70-80 per cent of the population of the Amazon, many living in highly vulnerable conditions.
Caritas in the Archdiocese of Manaus is supporting them to face the challenges of city life, to understand their rights and preserve their indigenous heritage.
“I really want the kids not to lose touch with their roots,” says Claudia, a teacher at the Caritas-supported Wakenai Anumarehit cultural centre in Parque das Tribos in Manaus, which was the city’s first indigenous settlement.
Claudia, who is from the Baré tribe, put herself through university at 36 so she could start a centre teaching indigenous culture and language:
“The problems were enormous, especially with the lack of schools nearby. I saw the children hanging around aimlessly. I felt I had to do something for them.”
Her other motivation was personal. Her son Tomas announced one day that he wished he weren’t indigenous, because then he wouldn’t get bullied. She wanted to make him proud of who he was.
This year Claudia’s neighbourhood started its own cultural festival and her pupils, who come from 38 tribal groups, loved taking part in indigenous dance, rituals, music, food and crafts.
“Our unity has given us all strength,” declares Claudia. “We’re not waiting around to get help from public institutions. We are doing it for ourselves.”
On the far east side of Manaus, Caritas supports teacher Omaida as she works with children of Tikuna origin, the biggest tribe in the Brazilian Amazon. “We started our centre 16 years ago,” she explains, “to promote our indigenous culture, music and art.”
Her students learn language, songs and art. Their families make and sell traditional Tikuna crafts including ritual adornment: feather headdresses and beaded necklaces. Caritas is helping them look for a commercial space and working with their community association to demand their legal rights to healthcare, education, decent housing and jobs.
Towards the Synod
Across the Amazon region, traditional peoples are trying to find a sustainable way of life and retain their identity – whether holding out in the rainforest or attempting a new existence in the city. The Caritas network is constantly seeking new ways to support and serve them, and so we welcome the Synod as it turns the eyes of the world towards their future, and our shared human destiny. As Cardinal Pedro Barreto of REPAM says:
“Taking care of the Amazon is taking care of humanity.”
The bishops of Brazil have sent out a powerful invocation to act before it is too late:
“It is time to speak, to listen and to act … to protect the Amazon, its ecology and its traditional and indigenous peoples, our brothers and sisters. If we do not commit ourselves in this way, we will suffer irreparable loss.”
Stories by Harriet Paterson. Photos by Marcella Haddad.


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If failure is defined as occurring when the energy stored by a given mechanism exceeds the critical value, then failure stress is an energy level that approaches the failure threshold of a mechanism. Failure stresses are divided into seven major classifications. They are “thermal state” failure stresses, “chemical state” failure stresses, “electric-magnetic state” failure stresses, “rheological state” failure stresses, “structural state” failure stresses, “elastic state” failure stresses, and “strain state” failure stresses. They are internal to a design although they may originate externally. These stresses may be the result of force applied for primary function performance and relate to the basic physics of a design, or they may be induced from the operation of an object in a specific environment.
The forces that cause failure stresses are called “failure stressors” and are classified into two major groupings: “application” failure stressors and “environmental” failure stressors. Application failure stressors are the electrical, chemical, and physical forces internal to a design applied for primary design function performance. Environmental failure stressors are forces resulting from the environment in which a function is performed, such as temperature, pressure, penetrating radiation, physical interference, acceleration, vibration, shock, etc.
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Curious, I filed a Freedom of Information Request with Suffolk County Council to try and find out exactly how many times they had sent out their privatised contractors to make repairs. The answer just came back and it is nothing short of staggering:
Since they were appointed in 2013 Suffolk County Council have sent out their private contractors, Keir, to make patch repairs to Hawke Road no less than 142 times! That’s one repair every three weeks on average, or one patch for every three metres of road.
Shockingly, they admit to having lost count of how much all these patch repairs have cost us as Council Tax payers. My firm belief is that properly resurfacing the road four years ago would have been a cheaper approach with better results.
This sorry tale just demonstrates the waste at Tory-run Suffolk County Council. The current highways regime is set up to benefit private contractors, who can treat Hawke Road and thousands more like it across Suffolk like a cash machine, going back every few weeks and being paid over and over to make poor quality patch repairs.


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League of Legends take a big step in the fashion world. Today, developer Riot Games has announced a new partnership with Louis Vuitton, which will see the famous fashion house design Leaguethemes for both the game and the real world.
Unfortunately we do not yet know what those designs will look like, but there will be two main parts. First Louis Vuitton makes a tailor-made case for the Summoner & # 39; s Cup, the trophy that is awarded each year to the team that League of Legends World Championship. This year's event will start with play-in matches on October 2 in Berlin and the run-up to the final on November 10 in Paris. Riot says the case “will include both the traditional Louis Vuitton savoir-faire and advanced, high-tech elements inspired by the League of Legends universe."
Louis Vuitton has a history of making these kinds of trophies for events such as the World Cup and the French Open, and Naz Aletaha, head of global e-sports partnerships at Riot, says the developer had long wanted something similar for LeagueThe biggest annual spectacle. "We admire what they bring and how they support other sports," she says The edge. "They understood gaming and e-sport right away."
The collaboration will also extend to the game itself. Nicolas Ghesquière, artistic director of Louis Vuitton for women's collections, designs a series of in-game character skins together with a collection of clothing capsules. Both the skins and the trophy case will be revealed at some point during the one-month world championships.
This is not Louis Vuitton's first outing to gaming – the company that was presented earlier Final Fantasy XIII heroin Lightning as a virtual model – but it comes at a time when fashion becomes more closely connected with gaming and e-sports. Nike has recently unveiled a new line of sweaters for League teams in the LPL of China, which will debut at the World Championships while Fortnite star Tyler "Ninja" Blevins recently launched a new line of clothing with Adidas.
Meanwhile, e-sports organizations such as 100 Thieves – which operates a team in the North American League pro circuit LCS – clothing has made an important part of their business. It is a shift that has attracted a number of big names as investors, including Drake. When The edge spoke with rapper Offset about joining the e-sports team Faze Clan, he explained: "These guys influence things for the culture. This is what I believe in. This is what I do my art for."
For Aletaha, this confluence of gaming and fashion makes perfect sense League has become something bigger than just a game. The strategy title is approaching its 10th anniversary this year, and Riot says that it is "the largest PC game in the world" with more than 8 million daily players. In addition to e-sports, the game has been extended to everything from music to comic books. League appeared in an episode of The Simpsons, and last year's world championship in Incheon contained an augmented reality K-pop concert. (The song was so popular that it even ended up in other games.)
With that in mind, a partnership with Louis Vuitton does not seem out of place. "It has really become a lifestyle," says Aletaha. “We now have our own culture entirely. Fashion is not a surprising next step. "

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, SAN FRANCISCO, Jun 27 – Gays and lesbians across the United States erupted in celebration Wednesday after the Supreme Court passed two landmark rulings on same sex marriage in their favor.
Large crowds gathered for an evening celebration in New York’s Greenwich Village after a day of euphoria following the top US court’s decisions, announced to an explosion of joy in Washington DC.
In San Francisco, which has one of the biggest gay communities in the country, more than 400 people had gathered at City Hall for the announcements, made early in the morning West Coast time.
Dressed in a full length white wedding dress, Jenni Chang kissed her partner of five years, Lisa Dazols, when the rulings which include lifting a same-sex marriage ban in California were announced.
“We’ll get married now. We’re going today. It feels amazing that our government supports us,” said Dazols, wearing a purple tie and black vest and slacks.
When the first ruling was announced, overturning the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), the crowds exploded in cheers, stamped their feet and couples threw their arms up in the air together.
“It feels good to see love triumph over ignorance, and that began here in San Francisco,” said Mayor Ed Lee.
A crowd of same sex marriage supporters that gathered under brilliant sunshine outside the US Supreme Court in Washington also burst into cheers when they heard the rulings.
Washington lawyer Alex Kaplan, 33, kissed his 45 year old French partner Olivier Basdevant when the DOMA ruling was announced. “It’s a dream come true it will have a profound effect on our family,” said Kaplan.
The couple was especially happy, because the ruling will allow Kaplan to sponsor Basdevant for a US green card to stay in country permanently.
Amanda Werner, a 24 year old bisexual law student, said she traveled from California to Washington to be present for the ruling. “To see (DOMA) dismissed is a great feeling. It is such a great outcome for us. It was time,” she said.
In New York, Edie Windsor, the 84 year old lesbian widow whose legal challenge led to Wednesday’s ruling, was applauded by celebrants at Stonewall Inn, the focal point of a seminal 1969 clash between gays and police.
“To all the people, thank you, thank you, thank you,” she told a crowd gathered in Greenwich Village that waved banners with messages such as “All Love is Equal.”
Christine Quinn, speaker of New York City Council, paid tribute. “It’s two New York City lesbians who brought DOMA down,” she said. “We are just as good, we are just as important, we are just as American as anybody else.”
The Supreme Court also said a case on Proposition 8, a 2008 voter initiative in California that prohibited same-sex marriage in the nation’s most populous state, was not properly brought before them.
That 5-4 decision which indicates that gay marriages will soon resume in California enabled the justices to dodge the thornier issue of whether same-sex marriage is a constitutional right throughout the United States.
California briefly allowed same-sex marriages in 2008 before the Proposition 8 ban.
Governor Jerry Brown ordered local officials to resume issuing marriage licenses to gay couples as soon as possible, a process that could take at nearly a month.
“After years of struggle, the US Supreme Court today has made same sex marriage a reality in California,” Brown said, adding that gay couples will only be able to marry once the stay of a lower court injunction is lifted.
Celebrations were especially raucous late Wednesday in San Francisco’s Castro district, one of the country’s first gay neighborhoods.
Men and women in flamboyant costumes danced to music blaring from giant loudspeakers in a packed two-block section of the district.
The crowd included people waving rainbow and US flags, and the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, a group of activist gay men dressed in drag like nuns.
Among the celebrants were Julie and Mindy Kendall, 64 and 55, a lesbian couple who had been together for 28 years and married in 2004, and again in 2008. The couple said they were on the committee that created the rainbow gay pride flag 45 years ago.
“We are not second class citizens,” said Mindy Kendall. “Our civil rights aren’t up for vote,” added Julie Kendall, an elementary school teacher.
Also among the revelers was Arthur Slepian, 58, a former president of the Sha’ar Zahav, a nearby Jewish temple founded by four gay men in 1977.
“Back then, people wanted a place to be Jewish and gay, and be themselves,” said Slepian.
“Our rabbi has performed lots of marriages for same sex couples, whether it was legal or not. I imagine he’ll be performing a lot more now.”

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Six races from the end of the season, the fight continues to rage between Alpine F1 and McLaren for fourth place in the Constructors’ World Championship.
With 125 points scored, the France team is currently 18 points ahead of its rival. And while the A522 has seemed faster than the MCL36 lately, the gap is small and it’s still up for grabs.
But as we have seen recently, with numerous engine penalties imposed at Spa and then Monza, reliability could also play a part in this fight. To the point of being the determining factor of this end of the championship?
McLaren F1 boss Andreas Seidl hopes that won’t be the case.
“The goal is to finish the season without taking another penalty,” said the German leader.
“At Spa I think almost all the cars with a Mercedes engine were using the latest specification. And only Lando Norris was penalized for another problem. We have seen in recent years that circuits like Spa or Monza where it is possible to overtake, were chosen for penalties, so it was not a surprise. »
Same story at Alpine F1, where sporting director Alan Permane hopes penalties are already history this year, without excluding one for Fernando Alonso.
“Fernando didn’t need a new engine at Monza, and we thought it would be beneficial for Esteban (Ocon) to have a new one for the rest of the season. And that’s all. It was a strategic change. This will help us in future events. »
“Fernando doesn’t lack engines, although I wouldn’t rule out a change in the power unit for him. But this is not planned at the moment.


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Simple, poetic, and effective, Goodnight Sh’ma is a perfect bedtime companion. The board book format is perfect for little hands, and certain to become a bedtime classic that will give comfort to young ones at bedtime. Parents and children will love the soft, ethereal illustrations that accompany the lovely prayer. The sparse text is best for younger children, but it is likely to create a soothing ritual that can last a lifetime. An older sibling could easily read Goodnight Sh’ma to a little brother or sister. This and include realistic details, like a mechitzah at the reception. The target audience for this book is the observant Jewish community.
Rachel Rosner is the Director of the Jewish Book Festival in Rochester, NY. She also runs Jewish Family Programs for the JCC, and has worked there since 1994. She holds a degree in Early Childhood Education from Syracuse University.

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The Staten Island fierce hip hop group ,”Wu-Tang Clan”, has reassembled last June to release Season Four’s Soundtrack for HBO’s Silicon Valley called “Don’t Stop”. The beat was fused with a classic RZA beat showcasing dusty drums, old soul record samples, and kung-fu movies.
Recently, the Wu-Tang Clan delivered a new song featuring Redman called “People Say”. The hit was produced by RZA as well and it’s pretty spectacular because no one would expect less from this Hip Hop legendary group. What makes it more intriguing is that they also officially announced the release date of their seventh studio album Wu-Tang: The Saga Continues, due this Friday the 13th of October via RZA and Entertainment One’s lifestyle company 36 Chambers Alc.
The Saga Continues is the group’s first album since 2014’s A Better Tomorrow. It will be produced by Mathematics and executive produced by RZA. The collective’s double album Once Upon a Time in Shaolin was set to be released back in 2015, but was sold to Martin Shkreli, who continued to taunt the group after purchasing it for $2 million by previewing multiple tracks off the unreleased album.
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As part of our integrated cancer care approach, we provide every patient with access to a ‘whole person’ approach, which is made possible through our unique partnership with Penny Brohn UK, the national charity specialising in an integrated and whole person approach to cancer support. Based on research into the connections between psycho, neuro and immunology, Penny Brohn UK has designed a holistic approach to address the needs of people diagnosed with this life-changing disease that is proven to improve outcomes. We are delighted to be able to offer this excellent programme to our patients as part of our commitment to provide the best care possible.
At GenesisCare, we provide holistic care with Penny Brohn UK staff across all 14 of our UK centres* and are currently the only private provider to embed this service as part of an integrated cancer treatment package within the care pathway.
The Penny Brohn UK wellbeing service is available to all patients of GenesisCare receiving radiotherapy or chemotherapy on an opt-out basis, at no extra cost to them or their insurance provider. 95% of eligible patients choose to use Penny Brohn UK services while undergoing treatment and 98% say that the service has made a difference to them.
In order to minimise social contact, all hands-on therapies have been suspended. The Penny Brohn UK Wellbeing Consultants and counselling teams are continuing to support all patients remotely.
*Penny Brohn services are available via telephone consultation only at our centres in Birmingham and Guildford
Refer a patient
Patients receiving chemotherapy or radiotherapy treatment at one of our centres will be offered a personalised Penny Brohn UK programme tailored to them. To refer a patient for cancer care or for more information about the Penny Brohn UK wellbeing service at GenesisCare, please get in touch.
The charity has developed The Bristol Whole Life Approach which addresses each part of a person — mind, body, spirit and emotions — recognising that these parts are interconnected and work together to support the immune system. The Living Well with the Impact of Cancer Course (LWC) is based on the principles of this approach to support a person with cancer. It was designed by healthcare professionals, including medical doctors, nutritional therapists and psychotherapists, to run alongside conventional cancer treatments.
The LWC comprises a motivational facilitated 15-hour group intervention, to promote long-term health and wellbeing and support self-management of health, and involves physical, psychological, emotional and support interventions as well as financial and relationship support. After the course, clients are offered therapies and follow-up support to encourage self-care and living well beyond the course. These include:
- Relaxation and Mindfulness
- Shared experiences
- Self-help techniques
At GenesisCare, the wellbeing programme is an evidence-based service and will be delivered as part of the patient’s overall care pathway. This includes:
- A Wellbeing Consultant appointed to each patient
- The patient will undertake a holistic needs assessment with their Wellbeing Consultant using the Measure Yourself Concerns and Wellbeing (MYCaW) assessment tool – a validated PROM that measures an individual’s two most pressing concerns as well as their overall wellbeing
- Through this comprehensive assessment the Wellbeing Consultant will be able to suggest a bespoke package of interventions to help support the patient’s resilience
- The wellbeing service may include reflexology, acupuncture, counselling, relaxation and mindfulness meditation sessions, group-based wellbeing sessions, telephone counselling service and centre-based cancer support groups
As well as offering the therapies, the Wellbeing Consultant will refer the patient to appropriate local services and other sources of support. After the course of therapy sessions, the patient will be reassessed using PROM (MYCaW) and Patient Reported Experience Measure (PREM) tools.
In addition to services within our centres when COVID-19 safety regulations allow, Penny Brohn UK is providing a telephone and online wellbeing support service to all GenesisCare patients.
As part of their overall care pathway, patients will access these online services at no extra cost. Each patient can partake in telephone consultations so that we can understand what additional help is needed to support their health and wellbeing. There are also weekly timetabled online sources of support that can be accessed through Penny Brohn online services. These events cover topics such as:
- Staying active
- Managing stress
In 2018, Penny Brohn UK conducted a report to assess how patients were responding to the Penny Brohn UK Bristol Whole Life Approach as delivered through the Living Well with the Impact of Cancer Course (LWC). In 2018, 89 LWC’s were run with a total of 832 patients and supporters attending. Clients were asked to complete a follow-up questionnaire, six weeks after completing their course, to evaluate their experience.
- Respondents of the questionnaire were split 71% cancer clients and 29% supporters
- 71% of respondents attended courses run in the South West at the National Penny Brohn UK Centre in Bristol
- The majority of respondents were female (77%)
- The ages of clients ranged from 18 to 94 years. Mean age was 55.3
- Approximately 35% of clients have breast cancer
Before we carry out any tests, we’ll ask you to sign a consent form. This simply states that you agree to have the procedure and you understand what it involves. We want to involve you in all decisions about your care and treatment. You can always talk to a member of your care team if you’d like more information about our consent process.
At the start of the procedure, your consultant or radiologist will carry out an ultrasound scan to locate the area where the biopsy will be taken. They’ll clean the part of the body that is going to be examined, before injecting a local anaesthetic to numb the area
Once the local anaesthetic has taken effect, your consultant or nurse will make a very small cut (around 3 to 4 mm) where the needle is to be inserted. An ultrasound probe on the surface of your skin will guide the needle to the correct position. You’ll hear the needle make a clicking noise when a sample of your tissue is taken. Your consultant or nurse will remove the needle from your body after the sample is collected. They may repeat this procedure a couple of times to take more samples for analysis.
When the procedure has finished, your consultant or nurse will apply a small amount of pressure to the biopsy site for five minutes, this helps reduce the risk of bruising. A bandage, such as a steri-strip will be placed over the puncture site and then covered with a sterile, waterproof dressing.
The Patient Activation Measure (PAM) is a validated tool that helps assess the understanding, skill and confidence a patient has in taking care of their condition.
There were statistically significant (p<0.001, Z = -5.009) improvements in PAM scores after completion of the LWC (mean pre-score = 58.1, mean post-score = 61.6). In addition to this,
45.8% of clients made a clinically meaningful change to their PAM score (four or more points improvement).
Measure Yourself Concerns and Wellbeing (MYCaW) assessment tool is a validated PROM that measures an individual’s two most pressing concerns, as well as their overall wellbeing. Patients are asked to identify their main cancer concerns at the beginning of the course and again six weeks after the course, to measure clinical improvements There were statistically significant improvements in MYCaW scores.
- Concern 1, p<0.001, Z=-12.197
- Concern 2, p<0.001, Z=-10.072
- Wellbeing, p=0.002, Z=-3.047)
72.6% of respondents made a clinically meaningful change (at least one point improvement) to their MYCaW score for Concern 1, 63.3% for Concern 2 and 45.5% for Wellbeing
In conjunction with the Penny Brohn UK Research and Evaluation team, we continually conduct an evaluation of patient-reported and clinical outcomes for patients undertaking the wellbeing programme. At the beginning of the course, patients are asked to identify their main cancer concerns using a standardised tool, Measure Yourself Concerns and Wellbeing (MYCaW). This assessment is repeated six weeks after the course to measure clinical improvements and also identify any further needs that can be addressed using the Bristol Whole Life Approach.
The PROMS and PREMs data below were collected between 2016 and 2018, from over 700 patients following an integrated Penny Brohn UK care pathway using the MYCaW validated questionnaire.
PROMs (Patient Reported Outcome Measures)
Average Concerns and Wellbeing ratings improved after a course of Penny Brohn UK therapies.
- 67% had clinically significant improvement in their main cancer concerns
- 49% had a clinically significant improvement in their Wellbeing
PREMs (Patient Reported Experience Measures)
Wellbeing Consultant appointments were rated 4.9/5.0 for satisfaction.
Average satisfaction ratings out of 5 for therapies:
- Reflexology – 4.8
- Meditation – 4.7
- Relaxation – 4.7
- Acupuncture – 4.7
- Counselling – 4.6
We’re delighted that the majority of our patients come away from their Penny Brohn UK experience feeling a lot more positive about their life with cancer. Sharon is just one example. She was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2018 and had access to our Wellbeing Support Service while receiving chemotherapy and radiotherapy at our GenesisCare Centre in Milton Keynes.
Sharon was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2018 after finding a lump in her breast. She received chemotherapy and radiotherapy at our GenesisCare Centre in Milton Keynes.
“My breast cancer diagnosis came as a huge shock to me. I didn’t really know how to feel about it all. I just wanted to keep everything as normal as possible for my husband and our two teenage sons.
After I started my treatment at GenesisCare, I was told about the support I could receive from Penny Brohn UK. The centre at GenesisCare was a very calm environment and I immediately gravitated to my Penny Brohn Wellbeing Consultant, Bev. She was warm and open and the first person I was able to really talk to about how I was feeling in a meaningful way.
The Penny Brohn centre at GenesisCare offered me a safe haven when I was being faced with a massive schedule of treatment
- GenesisCare patient
I found a session on mindfulness with Bev really helpful — it allowed me to process the feelings that I couldn’t make sense of before.
Between my sixth and seventh rounds of chemotherapy, my willpower started to dwindle. The steroids were affecting my sleep and making me feel anxious. Bev suggested that I try reflexology and it helped immediately! I had my first good night’s sleep in a long time.
After my chemotherapy, I started 23 sessions of radiotherapy. Through Penny Brohn, I tried acupuncture which helped relieve the side effects I experienced.
Now that my treatment has ended, I regularly keep in touch with Bev. The Penny Brohn service at GenesisCare offered me a safe haven when I was being faced with a massive schedule of treatment. The therapies and support I received not only helped me deal with the side effects, but also gave me emotional resilience and allowed me to be more in touch with myself.”
Download our patient brochure
Patients receiving chemotherapy or radiotherapy treatment at one of our centres will be offered a personalised Penny Brohn UK programme tailored to them. All the relevant information can be found on our website or in our patient brochure.

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Kyle Orlowski joins PMUSA as Vice President of Sales and Marketing after working with the company as a client for more than eight years. Having served in various leadership roles at chemical manufacturer Diversey, Kyle has a proven track record in sales innovation and leadership.
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Normally, the "Get to Know Us" column introduces you to new faces at Prestige Maintenance USA, but this quarter, we wanted to celebrate our 40th anniversary by showcasing some long-time employees who have helped make the company what it is today. Regional Managers Victor Castaneda and Gabino Lezama have each been with PMUSA for more than two decades. Get to know a little more about these valued managers.
Mary Martin Vice President of Sourcing and Technology Official Start Date at PMUSA: November 29, 2015
Mary Martin, PMUSA’s new Vice President of Sourcing and Technology, brings more than a decade of experience in supply chain management, strategy implementation and IT systems integration. Prior to joining our team, Mary oversaw business services and operations for multiple major restaurant chains. A confident self-starter, Mary embodies PMUSA’s dedication to delivering outstanding results.
Tamara Jones Chief Financial Officer Office: Plano, Texas Official Start Date at PMUSA: September 1, 2015
PMUSA recently welcomed a new face to its organization. The woman-owned enterprise added another innovative industry expert to its leadership team. Tim Gozdor has taken on the role of Senior Director of Operations. Tim has served in leadership roles with top corporations in numerous fields, including energy, technology and building services, and brings a plethora of experience, talent and innovation to PMUSA.
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25 Nov 2008
Hickox death sparks artistic review
Raphaela Papadakis seems to like ‘playing with fire’. After her acclaimed performance as the put-upon maid, Anna, in Independent Opera’s production of Šimon Voseček’s Beidermann and the Arsonists at Sadler’s Wells last year, she is currently rehearsing for the premiere this week of And London Burned, a new opera by Matt Rogers which has been commissioned by Temple Music Foundation to commemorate the 350th anniversary of The Great Fire of London.
Joyce Morgan [Sydney Morning Herald, 26 November 2008]
It should have been a joyful reunion. Richard Hickox, buoyed after a critically acclaimed series of concerts in Britain, was looking forward to the arrival of his family from Sydney.


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Section 80C, entitles an employee to deductions for the whole of amounts paid or deposited in the current financial year in the following schemes, subject to a limit of Rs. 1,00,000/-:
(1) Payment of insurance premium to effect or to keep in force an insurance on the life of the individual, the spouse or any child of the individual.
(2) Any payment made to effect or to keep in force a contract for a deferred annuity, not being an annuity plan as is referred to in item (7) herein below on the life of the individual, the spouse or any child of the individual, provided that such contract does not contain a provision for the exercise by the insured of an option to receive a cash payment in lieu of the payment of the annuity;
(3) Any sum deducted from the salary payable by, or, on behalf of the Government to any individual, being a sum deducted in accordance with the conditions of his service for the purpose of securing to him a deferred annuity or making provision for his spouse or children, in so far as the sum deducted does not exceed 1/5th of the salary;
(4) Any contribution made :
(a) by an individual to any Provident Fund to which the Provident Fund Act, 1925 applies;
(b) to any provident fund set up by the Central Government, and notified by it in this behalf in the Official Gazette, where such contribution is to an account standing in the name of an individual, or spouse or children;
[The Central Government has since notified Public Provident Fund vide Notification S.O. No. 1559(E), dated 3-11-2005]
(c) by an employee to a Recognized Provident Fund;
(d) by an employee to an approved superannuation fund;
It may be noted that “contribution” to any Fund shall not include any sums in repayment of loan;
(5) Any subscription :-
(a) to any such security of the Central Government or any such deposit scheme as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, specify in this behalf;
(b) to any such saving certificates as defined under section 2(c) of the Government Saving Certificate Act, 1959 as the Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, specify in this behalf.
[Central Government has since notified National Saving Certificate (VIIIth Issue) vide Notification S.O. No. 1560(E), dated 3-11-2005 and National Saving Certificate (IXth Issue) vide Notification S.O. No. (E), dated 29-11-2011 F. No. l-13/2011-NS-II]
(6) Any sum paid as contribution in the case of an individual, for himself, spouse or any child,
a. for participation in the Unit Linked Insurance Plan, 1971 of the Unit Trust of India;
b. for participation in any unit-linked insurance plan of the LIC Mutual Fund referred to section 10 (23D) and as notified by the Central Government.
[The Central Government has since notified Unit Linked Insurance Plan (formerly known as Dhanraksha, 1989) of LIC Mutual Fund vide Notification S.O. No. 1561(E), dated 3-11-2005.]
(7) Any subscription made to effect or keep in force a contract for such annuity plan of the Life Insurance Corporation or any other insurer as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, specify;
[The Central Government has since notified New Jeevan Dhara, New Jeevan Dhara-I New Jeevan Akshay, New Jeevan, Akshay-I and New Jeevan Akshay-II vide Notification S.O. No. 1562(E), dated 3-11-2005 and Jeevan Akshay-III vide Notification S.O. No. 847(E), dated 1-6-2006]
(8) Any subscription made to any units of any Mutual Fund, of section 10(23D), or from the Administrator or the specified company referred to in Unit Trust of India (Transfer of Undertaking & Repeal) Act, 2002 under any plan formulated in accordance with any scheme as the Central Government, may, by notification in the Official Gazette, specify in this behalf;
[The Central Government has since notified the Equity Linked Saving Scheme, 2005 for this purpose vide Notification S.O. No. 1563(E), dated 3-11-2005]
The investments made after 1-4-2006 in plans formulated in accordance with Equity Linked Saving Scheme, 1992 or Equity Linked Saving Scheme, 1998 shall also qualify for deduction under section 80C.
(9) Any contribution made by an individual to any pension fund set up by any Mutual Fund referred to in section 10(23D), or, by the Administrator or the specified company referred to in Unit Trust of India (Transfer of Undertaking & Repeal) Act, 2002, as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, specify in this behalf;
[The Central Government has since notified UTI-Retirement Benefit Pension Fund vide Notification S.O. No. 1564(E) dated 3-11-2005.]
(10) Any subscription made to any such deposit scheme of, or, any contribution made to any such pension fund set up by, the National Housing Bank, as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, specify in this behalf;
(11) Any subscription made to any such deposit scheme, as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, specify for the purpose of being floated by (a) public sector companies engaged in providing long-term finance for construction or purchase of houses in India for residential purposes, or, (b) any authority constituted in India by, or, under any law, enacted either for the purpose of dealing with and satisfying the need for housing accommodation or for the purpose of planning, development or improvement of cities, towns and villages, or for both.
[The Central Government has since notified the Public Deposit Scheme of HUDCO vide Notification S.O. No. 37(E), dated 11-1-2007, for the purposes of Section 80C(2)(xvi)(a)].
(12) Any sums paid by an assessee for the purpose of purchase or construction of a residential house property, the income from which is chargeable to tax under the head “Income from house property” (or which would, if it has not been used for assessee’s own residence, have been chargeable to tax under that head) where such payments are made towards or by way of any instalment or part payment of the amount due under any self-financing or other scheme of any Development Authority, Housing Board etc.
The deduction will also be allowable in respect of re-payment of loans borrowed by an assessee from the Government, or any bank or Life Insurance Corporation, or National Housing Bank, or certain other categories of institutions engaged in the business of providing long term finance for construction or purchase of houses in India. Any repayment of loan borrowed from the employer will also be covered, if the employer happens to be a public company, or a public sector company, or a university established by law, or a college affiliated to such university, or a local authority, or a cooperative society, or an authority, or a board, or a corporation, or any other body established under a Central or State Act.
The stamp duty, registration fee and other expenses incurred for the purpose of transfer shall also be covered. Payment towards the cost of house property, however, will not include, admission fee or cost of share or initial deposit or the cost of any addition or alteration to, or, renovation or repair of the house property which is carried out after the issue of the completion certificate by competent authority, or after the occupation of the house by the assessee or after it has been let out. Payments towards any expenditure in respect of which the deduction is allowable under the provisions of section 24 of the Act will also not be included in payments towards the cost of purchase or construction of a house property.
Where the house property in respect of which deduction has been allowed under these provisions is transferred by the tax-payer at any time before the expiry of five years from the end of the financial year in which possession of such property is obtained by him or he receives back, by way of refund or otherwise, any sum specified in section 80C(2)(xviii), no deduction under these provisions shall be allowed in respect of such sums paid in such previous year in which the transfer is made and the aggregate amount of deductions of income so allowed in the earlier years shall be added to the total income of the assessee of such previous year and shall be liable to tax accordingly.
(13) Tuition fees, whether at the time of admission or thereafter, paid to any university, college, school or other educational institution situated in India, for the purpose of full-time education of any two children of the employee.
Full-time education includes any educational course offered by any university, college, school or other educational institution to a student who is enrolled full-time for the said course. It is also clarified that full-time education includes play-school activities, pre-nursery and nursery classes.
It is clarified that the amount allowable as tuition fees shall include any payment of fee to any university, college, school or other educational institution in India except the amount representing payment in the nature of development fees or donation or capitation fees or payment of similar nature.
(14) Subscription to equity shares or debentures forming part of any eligible issue of capital made by a public company, which is approved by the Board or by any public finance institution.
(15) Subscription to any units of any mutual fund referred to in clause (23D) of Section 10 and approved by the Board, if the amount of subscription to such units is subscribed only in eligible issue of capital of any company.
(16) Investment as a term deposit for a fixed period of not less than five years with a scheduled bank, which is in accordance with a scheme framed and notified by the Central Government, in the Official Gazette for these purposes.
[The Central Government has since notified the Bank Term Deposit Scheme, 2006 for this purpose vide Notification S.O. No. 1220(E) dated 28-7-2006]
(17) Subscription to such bonds issued by the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development, as the Central Government may, by such notification in the Official Gazette, specify in this behalf.
(18) Any investment in an account under the Senior Citizens Savings Scheme Rules, 2004.
(19) Any investment as five year time deposit in an account under the Post Office Time Deposit Rules, 1981.
Section 80C(3) & 80C(3A) states that in case of Insurance Policy other than contract for a deferred annuity the amount of any premium or other payment made is restricted to:
|Policy issued before 1st April 2012||20% of the actual capital sum assured|
|Policy issued on or after 1st April 2012||10% of the actual capital sum assured|
From 1-4-2013 actual capital sum assured in relation to a life insurance policy means the minimum amount assured under the policy on happening of the insured event at any time during the term of the policy, not taking into account –
i. the value of any premiums agreed to be returned, or
ii. any benefit by way of bonus or otherwise over and above the sum actually assured which may be received under the policy by any person.
Investment options to Save Tax under Section 80C
No one likes paying tax and it prompts everyone to look for options that may reduce their tax liability. There are many provisions to do this and one of the most common options is the tax deductions under Section 80 C of the Income Tax Act. There are various investing options under 80 C that enable you to reduce your taxable income up to a maximum limit of Rs 1 lakh.
The eligible deductions that everyone might be aware of are contributions to Employee Provident Fund, Payment of tuition fee or repayment on home loan. In addition there are investment avenues that are eligible for tax deduction about which you might have little knowledge.
Investing in Government Securities
For those who seek absolute protection of their capital, Investing in Postal Saving schemes such as NSC or putting money in PPF (Public provident fund) is an option.
Provident Fund (PF) & Voluntary Provident Fund (VPF: PF is automatically deducted from your salary. Both you and your employer contribute to it. While employer’s contribution is exempt from tax, your contribution (i.e., employee’s contribution) is counted towards section 80C investments. You also have the option to contribute additional amounts through voluntary contributions (VPF). Current rate of interest is 8.5% per annum (p.a.) and is tax-free.
Public Provident Fund (PPF)
PPF offers interest income in the range of 8% with annual compounding. However, the maximum amount that can be invested in PPF is Rs.70,000 and money cannot be withdrawn before the completion of 6 years. Those who look at PPF in terms of their retirement corpus and feel that their current PF deduction is not sufficient, may consider this option. Among all the assured returns small saving schemes, Public Provident Fund (PPF) is one of the best. Current rate of interest is 8% tax-free and the normal maturity period is 15 years. Minimum amount of contribution is Rs 500 and maximum is Rs 70,000. A point worth noting is that interest rate is assured but not fixed. Interest on PPF is proposed to increase to 8.60% and Investment Limit is also expected to increase to Rs. 1,00,000/- very soon.
National Savings Certificate
Another popular avenue investing – NSC also offers a return of 8% on half yearly compounding basis. Another feature is that interest accrued on NSC is also eligible for Section 80 C benefit. The interest on NSC investment, except in the sixth year, is not paid but credited to the investor’s account. So, the interest that accumulates is treated as invested in NSC and the accumulated interest thereby qualifies for tax deduction. The duration of NSC is for 6 years with an option of premature encashment after 3 years. However, that would reduce the net yield from NSC.
National Savings Certificate (NSC) is a 6-Yr small savings instrument eligible for section 80C tax benefit. Rate of interest is eight per cent compounded half-yearly, i.e., the effective annual rate of interest is 8.16%. If you invest Rs 1,000, it becomes Rs 1601 after six years. The interest accrued every year is liable to tax (i.e., to be included in your taxable income) but the interest is also deemed to be reinvested and thus eligible for section 80C deduction.
Tax saving FD’s
This is a relatively new kid on the block. Tax saver fixed deposits are issued by banks for a tenure of 5 years and premature withdrawal is not permissible. It generates interest income of 8% with quarterly compounding. The interest income is taxable. If we compare tax saving FD’s to NSC, Tax saving FD’s have an edge on lock in period which is lesser by one year. However NSC have an edge from the fact that interest accrued is also eligible for 80 C limit for the first five year.
Investment in Equity linked Saving Scheme(ELSS)
ELSS are funds invested primarily in equity shares of companies. They have been in limelight for their superior performance in the recent past and are a popular tax saving investment. Due to their tax saving nature, they are also known as tax saving mutual fund schemes. Like all investment avenues under Section 80C, ELSS funds also involve a certain lock in. In this case the lock in is for three years which means that they cannot be withdrawn for a period of three years from the date of investment. The ELSS Fund manager basically invest 80% of the total amount in the equity shares and the remaining 20% is invested in other instruments like bonds, debentures, government securities and others.
However the basic risk with ELSS scheme is that since it has a considerable equity exposure, the returns are linked to market returns and hence there is no guarantee of returns and even capital. At the same time, ELSS can also be seen as a way to long term investing in equity markets and with India growth story unfolding and fundamentals looking intact, investment experts anticipate that equities would continue to outperform other investing avenues for at least next 5-7 years. Investing in ELSS provides dual benefit of capitalizing on superior returns as well as tax saving. With the current market turmoil avoid this instrument unless you are looking for a long term investment. If that is the case look for good fund managers with stellar tax records.
There are some mutual fund (MF) schemes specially created for offering you tax savings, and these are called Equity Linked Savings Scheme, or ELSS. The investments that you make in ELSS are eligible for deduction under Sec 80C
Life Insurance and Tax savings
As far as life insurance is concerned, endowment plans (money back plans) have been a popular source of investing.There are various long term life insurance policies which give you good returns, tax savings under 80C and an insurance cover as well.
ULIP’s have taken a center stage now since they offer insurance as well as market related returns in a single product. However, investors should understand the underlying structure of ULIP carefully since these offerings have a substantial charge towards expense in the initial years and is advisable only for investors with a large investing horizon. Avoid ULIPs if you do not like to risk money. Also invest in ULIPs with a long term horizon of a minimum of 10 years.
Another avenue within insurance domain is Pension plans. Pension plans have got a boost in last finance bill with the overall limit raised from Rs. 10,000 to Rs. 100,000. Senior Citizen Saving Scheme 2004 and Post Office Time Deposit Account have also been included in Section 80 C.
However some people may be biased towards other investing options as compared to Life Insurance products since they may prefer insurance and investments separately. Any amount that you pay towards life insurance premium for yourself, your spouse or your children can also be included in Section 80C deduction. Please note that life insurance premium paid by you for your parents (father / mother / both) or your in-laws is not eligible for deduction under section 80C. If you are paying premium for more than one insurance policy, all the premiums can be included. It is not necessary to have the insurance policy from Life InsuranceCorporation (LIC) – even insurance bought from private players can be considered here.
Infrastructure development Bonds
With a return in the range of 5-6% this is the last avenue a tax saver would resort to. The dismal returns provided by these bonds have resulted in the investors shying away from these bonds. The return is hardly good enough to fight inflation, leave alone wealth creation.
These are also popularly called Infra Bonds. These are issued byinfrastructure companies, and not the government. The amount that you invest in these bonds can also be included in Sec 80C deductions.
So investing in any of the above avenues would help you reduce your taxable income by a maximum of Rs 1 lakh, irrespective of how much you earn and under which tax bracket you fall.
Home Loan Principal Repayment: The Equated Monthly Installment (EMI) that you pay every month to repay your home loan consists of two components – Principal and Interest.The principal component of the EMI qualifies for deduction under Sec 80C. Even the interest component can save you significant income tax – but that would be under Section 24 of the Income Tax Act. Please read “Income Tax (IT) Benefits of a Home Loan / Housing Loan / Mortgage”, which presents a full analysis of how you can save income tax through a home loan.
Stamp Duty and Registration Charges for a home: The amount you pay as stamp duty when you buy a house, and the amount you pay for the registration of the documents of the house can be claimed as deduction under section 80C in the year of purchase of the house
5-Yr bank fixed deposits (FDs): Tax-saving fixed deposits (FDs) of scheduled banks with tenure of 5 years are also entitled for section 80C deduction.
Senior Citizen Savings Scheme 2004 (SCSS): A recent addition to section 80C list, Senior Citizen Savings Scheme (SCSS) is the most lucrative scheme among all the small savings schemes but is meant only for senior citizens. Current rate of interest is 9% per annum payable quarterly. Please note that the interest is payable quarterly instead of compounded quarterly. Thus, unclaimed interest on these deposits won’t earn any further interest. Interest income is chargeable to tax.
5-Yr post office time deposit (POTD) scheme: POTDs are similar to bank fixed deposits. Although available for varying time duration like one year, two year, three year and five year, only 5-Yr post-office time deposit (POTD) – which currently offers 7.5 per cent rate of interest –qualifies for tax saving under section 80C. Effective rate works out to be 7.71% per annum (p.a.) as the rate of interest is compounded quarterly but paid annually. The Interest is entirely taxable.
NABARD rural bonds: There are two types of Bonds issued by NABARD (National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development): NABARD Rural Bonds and Bhavishya Nirman Bonds (BNB). Out of these two, only NABARD Rural Bonds qualify under section 80C.
Unit linked Insurance Plan : ULIP stands for Unit linked Saving Schemes. ULIPs cover Life insurance with benefits of equity investments.They have attracted the attention of investors and tax-savers not only because they help us save tax but they also perform well to give decent returns in the long-term.
Others: Apart form the major avenues listed above, there are some other things, like children’seducation expense (for which you need receipts), that can be claimed as deductions under Sec 80C.
So, where should you invest?
Like most other things in personal finance, the answer varies from person to person. But the following can be the broad principles:
Provident Fund: This is deducted compulsorily, and there is no running away from it! So, this has to be the first. Also, apart from saving tax now, it builds a long term, tax-free retirement corpus for you.
Home Loan Principal: If you are paying the EMI for a home loan, this one is automatic too! So, it comes as a close second.
Life Insurance Premiums: Every earning person having dependents should have adequate life insurance coverage. (For more on this, please read “Life after life – Why you should buy Life Insurance”) Therefore, life insurance premium payments are the next.
Voluntary Provident Fund (VPF) / Public Provident Fund (PPF): If you think that the PF being deducted from your salary is not enough, you should invest some more in VPF, or in PPF.
Equity Linked Savings Scheme (ELSS): After the above, if you have not reached the limit of Rs. 1,00,000, then you should invest the remaining amount in Equity Linked Savings Scheme (ELSS).
Equities provide the best, inflation-beating return in the long term, and should be a part of everyone’s portfolio. After all, what can be better than something that gives great return and helps save tax at the same time?

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Adjectives like ‘brave’ and ‘daring’ are all too often thrown out in relation to filmmakers, but in the case of those attempting to make films in the Middle East, such labels are indeed appropriate. Despite being the subject of a filmmaking ban imposed by his government, Iran’s Jafar Panahi has managed to elevate his career by finding loopholes in the system that allow him to defy the authorities who seek to silence his voice. Saudi Arabia’s Haifaa al-Mansour was forced to direct her debut film Wadjda using walkie-talkies to communicate with her crew from the back of a van. Now Palestinian filmmaker Maysaloun Hamoud finds herself the subject of a fatwa thanks to her feature debut In Between.
Hamoud’s film is the story of three young Palestinian women sharing an apartment in the Israeli city of Tel Aviv. Chain smoking and coke snorting Layla (Mouna Hawa) is a lawyer who in spite of her feminist ideals, just wants to find herself a decent guy. Salma (Sana Jammelieh) is a struggling DJ who keeps her lesbian lifestyle a secret from her conservative Christian family. The hijab clad Nour (Shaden Kanboura) is initially shocked at the liberal lifestyles of her new housemates, but soon finds them more affable than her domineering fiance Wissam (Henry Andrawes).
As Arabs in Tel Aviv, the three women find themselves torn between cultures. Though Layla and Salma dress so as to be indistinguishable from the young Jewish women of their city, they’re reminded in small ways of their outsider status. Layla rebuffs a suitor by reminding him that his mother’s desire is for him to find a nice Jewish girl, while Salma storms out of her day job in a restaurant kitchen after refusing to stop speaking Arabic with her co-workers - “It puts the diners off their food,” she’s told.
Yet Layla and Salma are even more distanced from their own cultures. When the latter’s sexual preference is discovered at a dinner party, her parents attempt to keep her under house arrest until she agrees to marry a man of their choosing. As Salma’s father berates her, tears cloud his eyes, and the suggestion is that he’s in pain at the fact that his religion forces him to treat his daughter in such a manner.
The secular Muslim Layla meanwhile discovers that the Muslim men who call themselves liberals in her presence are still wedded to tradition, and are unwilling to introduce such a staunchly independent woman to their families.
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Nour is the odd one out, and the weakest of the trio in terms of drama. Her arc is a lot more free of nuance, as her hypocritical religious fiance predictably rapes her when she begins to display signs that marriage may not be for her, at least not to him. At the same time, hers is the most tragic arc of the trio, as she finds herself betrayed and manipulated by the culture she has so invested herself in.
At times, western viewers may have to remind themselves that the seemingly innocuous images presented here are so revolutionary in Islamic culture as to provoke a death warrant on the filmmaker who fashioned them. What seems like a throwaway glimpse of Layla clad in a bra might easily go unnoticed, but I couldn’t help thinking of Janet Leigh in Psycho, and how Hitchcock used her half naked form to inform his audience his film was about to break a few established rules.
That a female filmmaker is willing to endanger her life to tell her story makes a mockery of Hollywood’s reluctance to ‘take a gamble’ on women directors. In Between is by no means a perfect film, and its protagonists are equally flawed. But that’s what makes them so real. Hamoud isn’t interested in making her characters ‘likeable’. They’re not seeking our approval, just our acceptance.
3 1/2 Stars Out Of 5
Directed by: Maysaloun Hamoud; Starring: Mouna Hawa, Sana Jammelieh, Shaden Kanboura, Mahmud Shalaby
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Jersey City Theater Center Screens "How Many Lives?" on June 21
(JERSEY CITY, NJ) -- Jersey City Theater Center will present a screening of How Many Lives? on Thursday, June 21 at White Eagle Hall. The documentary film, directed by Duda Penteado, explores the views and impacts of gun violence through the eyes of 25 young student artists of Jersey City, NJ. Doors are at 6:30pm, the screening begins at 7:00pm. Admission is $10.
Trenton Children's Chorus To Host Special Screening of "Won't You Be My Neighbor?"
(PRINCETON, NJ) -- Trenton Children's Chorus (TCC) will host a special screening of the critically acclaimed new documentary Won’t You Be My Neighbor? on Friday, June 22 at 7:00pm at the Princeton Garden Theatre, located at 160 Nassau Street in Princeton. Following the screening there will be a Q&A with Eliot Daley, who joined Fred Rogers as president of the 'Mister Rogers' Neighborhood' organization during its early years.
Monmouth Arts Presents A Screening of "Puzzle"
(RED BANK, NJ) -- Monmouth Arts offers a sneak preview of Puzzle - a new film by Marc Turtletaub that stars Austin Abrams, Mandela Bellamy, and Myrna Cabello. The screening will take place on Thursday, June 21st at 7:30pm at Bow Tie Cinemas in Red Bank. Admission is $12 in advance for Monmouth Arts' Members ($15 at the door) and $15 for Non-Members.
State Theatre Presents Sing-a-Long Grease On Film's 40th Anniversary
(NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ) -- State Theatre New Jersey presents Sing-a-Long Grease, a unique, interactive screening of the movie musical Grease, marking the 40th Anniversary of the film, on Thursday, June 21 at 8:00pm. Complete with on-screen lyrics, the program—presented on the first day of summer—also includes a chance for the audience to dress up as T-Bird or Pink Lady and enter the costume competition for prizes. Tickets are $19.


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FDA Approves First Drug to Treat Huntington's Chorea
Xenazine reduces the involuntary movements that occur in Huntington's disease patients
MONDAY, Aug. 18 (HealthDay News) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Xenazine (tetrabenazine), the first drug for the treatment of chorea in people with Huntington's disease, according to a release issued by the FDA on Aug. 15.
Researchers performed a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled multicenter clinical trial to establish the safety and effectiveness of Xenazine in patients with Huntington's disease, a rare, inherited neurological disorder that affects about one in 10,000 people in the United States. Resulting from genetically programmed degeneration of brain cells, the disease causes jerky, involuntary movements (chorea), emotional difficulties and loss of intellectual faculties.
Xenazine reduces the amount of dopamine available to interact with certain nerve cells in the brain, which in turn decreases the involuntary movements associated with chorea. Among study patients, those treated with Xenazine had a significant improvement in chorea compared to patients treated with placebo, although the drug did result in a slight worsening in mood, cognition, rigidity and functional capacity. The most common side effects included insomnia, depression, drowsiness, restlessness and nausea.
"Xenazine represents hope for patients and families dealing with this difficult disease," Timothy Cote, M.D., director of the FDA's Office of Orphan Products Development, said in a statement. "For the first time, there is a treatment that can help patients with this disease gain some quality of life."
Xenazine is manufactured by Prestwick Pharmaceuticals, Inc. in Washington, D.C.

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Alistair Lax trained as a biochemist and has moved around the biological sciences, taking in microbiology, cancer and cell biology. He’s been at King’s College London for the past 20 years.
Alistair is enthusiastic about most science, and in particular the history of science and medicine. He is also interested in public attitudes to science. His book, Toxin, is partly a history of microbiology.


New Product Release: Enabling Signal Input and Output and Capturing Analog Signal at 1 km Distance. Wireless I/O Series with Sub-1GHz Multi-hop Communication and EU & US standard compliance
The information included in this press release is current as of the publication date. The sales conditions, price, and specifications may be changed without notice.
CONTEC Co., Ltd. (listed on the Second Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange, Securities Code: 6639—hereinafter "CONTEC") has developed wireless communication devices for global market by using low-power wireless communication technology that specifies Sub-1GHz band in order to enable signal input and output control, sensor input, and actuator control at a distance of 1 km. These devices will be released for sale to EU and US market as wireless I/O series for PC measurement and control as of August 21, 2018.
Wireless I/O Series
From the left: GW1-ETH-WQ-US,DIO-0404LY-WQ-US,AI-1004LY-WQ-US
Wireless I/O series for PC measurement and control uses Sub-1GHz band wireless communication technology, which has high diffraction properties and is very resistant to obstacles. The wireless I/O series enable digital and analog I/O signal at locations that are distant from the PC. This makes it possible to construct long-distance communication systems outdoors that cover a wide area of approximately 1 km with license free.
The wireless I/O series for PC measurement and control can be configured by set of main unit, a gateway device (model: GW1-ETH-WQ-US / -EU) that converts Ethernet communication from the LAN port of a PC to Sub-1GHz wireless communication and wireless I/O terminals. The driver software (API functions), which is available by way of a free download from the CONTEC website, can be used to create Windows applications in programming languages such as Visual Basic and Visual C++. This driver software is the same as that used with CONTEC measurement control PCI boards and USB modules, so programs can be created in the same manner as they are created for these PCI boards and USB modules.
Main features of the wireless I/O series
- Supports Sub-1GHz wireless communication, which has an excellent transmission distance
(-US Model : 902-928MHz, -EU Model : 863-870MHz)
- Highly reliable Mesh communication, AES-encrypted data communication
- Supports ambient temperatures from -20°C to +60°C
- Compact design (62.0(W) x 64.0(D) x 24.0(H)mm, No projection included) that enables installation in a wide variety of locations
- Can be installed on a DIN rail with the optional DIN rail mounting bracket (Model : BRK-WQ-Y)
- Windows driver available (free download from CONTEC website)
Sub-1GHz Wireless Ethernet Gateway GW1-ETH-WQ-US, GW1-ETH-WQ-EU
- Converts Ethernet communication to wireless communication in the Sub-1GHz
- Enables the construction of a wide range of wireless I/O systems with a Windows PC used as the host
Sub-1GHz Wireless Isolated Digital I/O Terminal DIO-0404LY-WQ-US, GW1-ETH-WQ-EU
- Equipped with 4 opto-isolated inputs (supporting current sink output) and 4 opto-isolated open-collector outputs
(current sink type)
- Built-in Zener diodes for surge voltage protection in the output circuit
- Equipped with a digital filter function
Sub-1GHz Wireless 4-channel Analog Input Terminal AI-1004LY-WQ-US, GW1-ETH-WQ-EU
- 10-bit, analog input, 4-channel
- Bipolar ±10 V, A/D conversion speed: 10 μs/ch
- Sales Promotion Group, Global Sales Division
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League cup football final between Arsenal and Preston North End finishes in 1-1 draw.
Title reads: "Cup final that wasn't".
Panning shot of full grandstands in Wembley Stadium. M/S of two football teams walking onto pitch, Arsenal and Preston North End. M/S of crowd of rowdy service men in terraces. They are there to see the League Cup Final match.
L/S of kick-off. Various shot of game. Player named McLaren scores first goal for Preston. Denis Compton scores at end of first half for Arsenal. The final score remains 1-1, the narrator explains there will be a rematch later in May.

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VIDEO EXCLUSIVE: Ed Skrein On ‘Trippin’ While ‘Sober As A Judge’ Working On ‘Mona Lisa & The Blood Moon’
Mona Lisa and the Blood Moon hits the theaters on Friday just in time for spooky season.
The film features stars Kate Hudson as a single mother and Jun Jong Seo as a mental institute escapee with supernatural powers. The two team up to make a quick fortune, but it all breaks down as cops close in on them.
“Every moment with Ana Lily can only be described as psychedelic,” Skrein said. “I was tripping on her creativity the whole time. I didn’t drink a beer the whole time I was there. I was sober as a judge and I was black tripping on vibes. She’s walking around with Benny the dog snapping around her heels with a ghetto blaster playing dope house music, sometimes while we’re in the middle of the take. She’s just a ball of enthusiasm and creativity. It was kind of like Laurel and Hardy when we met … like Little and Large, just kind of taking each other on and trying stuff. Even that line where Fuzz says, ‘All right, Imma see you in the sequel.’ That wasn’t scripted. She came up on the last take and was like, ‘Will you try and say that?’ I was like, ‘For real? You’re crazy?’ She was like, ‘It’ll be fun!’ and I was like, ‘F–k yeah. That was fun as s–t.’ I think we only did it in one take. It was just beautiful.”
Skrein also revealed what it was like working with his famous co-stars.
“Craig [Robinson] is my guy.” he added. “I’ve been shooting in L.A. and I’ve been meeting up with him. Our families get together and everything. Little Evan [Whitten], the little fella … he was such a sweetheart and funny as hell, profession and truthful actor. The scene with him in the car where he’s nervous … I love that scene so much. I really feel blessed the last couple of years with projects I’ve gotten to work on. This is my dream stuff. If I saw this movie, I’d be like, ‘Damn, I want to make stuff like this. I want to work with people like her and I want to play characters like this and exist in the world like this.’ I’m proper grateful.”
Get your tickets to see Mona Lisa and the Blood Moon in theaters today.
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