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Hello everyone! Today I am going to share a Tasteem review of a famous restaurant that I went to recently. It is called Restoran Ayam Bing which translates to Bing Chicken Restaurant in English. The restaurant has been shown on television channels and newspapers as well. The signature dish of this restaurant is chicken. They have a whole menu of chicken cooked in different ways.
This is the front of the restaurant. It is the one where the name board is filled with blue letters. It is located in Sri Rampai, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The parking is limited and it is quite difficult to get a spot during peak hours.
This is a closer look of the front of the restaurant. They hang all of the different types of chicken and other dishes such as ducks in front so that people can choose which piece they would like.
The ambience of the restaurant
This is how it looks inside the restaurant. My family and I went there during lunch hour. Hence, many customers were coming in. It was starting to get crowded. Although there are many customers, the workers constantly work to get all orders on time and to keep the restaurant clean from time to time.
This restaurant basically offers Chinese Cuisine. However, their main dish is Chicken rice and most customers order that too. The price of a plate of meal is around RM 4.00 to RM 5.00 which is cheap compared to others. On the picture above, you can see the menu for the beverages offered.
Food and Beverages We Ordered
I ordered a plate of chicken rice. It comes with a bowl of soup with spring onions. It tasted like a great appetizer and increased my appetite.
This is the rice. This is the only restaurant that serves rice cooked in a different way. The rice has a fragrance of its own as they add certain herbs and spices to cook it.
This is a plate of chicken. Once a customer chooses the chicken, they will slice it and serve them on a plate so that it will be convenient to eat. The chicken was soft and well cooked. If you prefer your meal to be a little spicy, you can add some chilli condiment to your chicken. They make their own chilli paste and even that tastes good!
My dad ordered an extra plate of side dish although we all had our portions of chicken where we got one plate each. This is a plate of duck. I tried it and it was slightly harder than the chicken.
This is the drink that I ordered for myself. It is a herbal flower drink. It had a sweet, herbal taste.
This is a closer look of my drink. Usually I order warm drinks but this time I ordered an iced herbal drink due to the hot afternoon.
This is a glass of barley which is the drink that my dad ordered for himself.
This is a newspaper article featuring the restaurant that they displayed on the wall. By the way, the owner shown on the newspaper cut-out was right there in the restaurant. He works too just like the employees and is humble as he takes care of the customers personally. The bill for my family of four was RM 27.00 (USD 6.41) which is quite cheap for a restaurant in Kuala Lumpur. I loved eating here and will definitely go again. My rating of the restaurant is 5 out of 5.
Some Details that May Be Helpful:
Address: 2B, Ground Level, Pusat Bandar Rampai, Jalan 46/26, Taman Sri Rampai, Kuala Lumpur 53300
Phone Number: 0163845298
Opening Hours: 8.00am to 3.00pm daily except on Friday.
I hope that you enjoyed reading my review of this restaurant. Thank you for checking my post out and have a great day ahead!
Restoran Ayam Bing (Bing Chicken Restaurant)
Jalan 46/26, Taman Sri Rampai, 53300 Kuala Lumpur, Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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Staunton Spectator: January 12, 1864Go To Page : 1 | 2 |
Description of Page: Page one is missing.
Description of Page: Classified ads, columns 1 and 7
(Column 2)Summary: Reports that a cavalry under the command of General Lee captured a train of Yankee wagons in Hardy County. The cavalry took possession of 125 cattle, 25 wagon-loads of hides, 125 mules, and 200 prisoners.Exemptions and Details
(Column 2)Summary: Calls for a sounder and stricter principle upon which exemptions should be granted.
Full Text of Article:Coersion [sic] of States
The Richmond Enquirer says that instead of depleting the industry of the country to strengthen the army, the wiser and only true policy as [sic] the adoption of measures which, by preventing desertions, shall maintain the strength of the army at its highest point, according to its muster rolls. Why put more men in the army when its organization and discipline is so defective that those already in the army are permitted to desert in such numbers as to dangerously diminish its strength? Already, in many parts of the country, the lawless violence of deserters had made p[r]operty insecure, and put life in jeopardy. The House Committee on Military Affairs may succeed in increasing the names upon the muster rolls, and the expenses of the war, and that without materially improving the strength of the army; but it will be at the expense of the Quartermaster, Commissary and Ordnance Departments, injuriously affecting the present productions of the country, and prohibiting the creation of those articles which are consumed, but not produced, in the Confederacy.
Exemptions should depend not upon the favor of officials and the process of details; but upon the necessities of the country, and should be extended by law, not as favors to individuals, but as wise concessions to the industry of the country. A good and sound principle is worth a thousand favors of detail; it is liable to no corruptions, and cannot be bought or bribed. The exempt is then a citizen, but when detailed, he is the subservient creature of a bureau. Industry cannot be supported by details; it is wrong in principle and will be found impracticable. The present exemption law recognizes the necessity of supporting and sustaining industry; it exempts, because certain trades are absolutely necessary. It is upon the only proper and wise principle.
(Column 2)Summary: Prints remarks of John Hamilton from the 1788 New York Convention that condemn the coercion of states by other states.[No Title]
(Column 2)Summary: Asks readers to send socks and flannels to soldiers who need them to survive the cold winter weather.Our True Policy
(Column 3)Summary: Suggests that the South should prepare for a long war.
Full Text of Article:As Was Expected
As we stated last week, we believe that our true policy is to prepare for a long war and not to expend all of our resources and men and means in one campaign. The way to make the war short is to prepare to make it long. The Petersburg Express says that the great consideration with us now is, how we can best provide for the maintenance of our army and people through the years of the war that are yet to come. We had as well make up our minds to the certainty that the war will be a long one, and brace up our hearts accordingly. If we will do this and calmly and energetically adopt the proper measures for securing success to our military operations, we will act wisely. We believe that if the Yankees could be thoroughly satisfied that the war would be a very long one--that we have it in our power to extend it, if necessary, through a decade or score of years, they would be willing to make peace upon our own terms. From the very first their cry has been for "a short and sharp" one, and they have endeavored to make it so. Let the prospect, then, be opened before them of an interminable war, except by their own retirement from it. Let them see that we can keep our present forces in the field and clothe them out of our own resources, and they will soon begin to turn their thoughts to peace. One way of thus impressing them is for Congress to shape its legislation earnestly towards encouragement of production amongst us, in all its varieties--food of every kind, clothing, leather, iron, and whatever articles our mechanics can by skill and industry turn out in their shops for agricultural and other uses, domestic as well as public. Hence we see the importance of keeping every man at work who can contribute by his labor to the better cultivation of the self, to the wants of the army and to the material welfare of the country. In short, production, in all its numerous departments should be the main business, and to promote it, Congress and the Government should exert all their efforts.
(Column 3)Summary: Notes that a recent proposal to convert the Confederacy into one great military camp has only encouraged the Yankees to believe the South is desperate.A Fight in Committee
(Column 3)Summary: Describes fist fight between two Confederate Congress members, who disagreed on the evidence presented regarding charges against commissaries and quartermasters.
Trailer: Richmond ExaminerButler's Rule in Eastern North Carolina
(Column 3)Summary: Reports that General Butler has ordered all persons in eastern North Carolina between 18 and 45, white and black, to take an oath of allegiance to the United States.Honors to Gen. John H. Morgan
(Column 4)Summary: Describes reception of General John H. Morgan of Kentucky when he arrived in Richmond last Thursday. Notes that crowds gathered to welcome him.A Business View
(Column 4)Summary: Tells the story of a businessman who refused to act desperate and suggests readers should learn lessons for the Confederacy.
Origin of Article: Richmond WhigFor the Spectator: An Appeal From the Army For Books
(Column 4)Summary: Asks that the ministers of Staunton churches--Rev. Messrs. Baker, Latane, Taylor, Dice, and Miller--encourage their congregations to donate books to the 52nd Virginia Regiment, in order to help the soldiers pass the time during the winter.
(Names in announcement: John McGillChaplain, Rev. Mr. Baker, Rev. Mr. Latane, Rev. Mr. Taylor, Rev. Mr. Dice, Rev. Mr. Miller, Mr. Albert Garber)Full Text of Article:
Camp Pegram's Brigade,
52d Va. Regiment, Jan. 6, 1864.
Mr. Editor--By the goodness of God, the army of Northern Virginia is permitted another winter to enjoy rest and quiet, though it be in the camp away from their homes. The 52d Regiment is now snugly fixed in winter quarters and has a fair prospect of so remaining for several months. It is not necessary to say that camp life, in winter quarters, with no adequate means of entertainment, is to the last degree dull and tedious, and that the old proverb, "an idle brain is the devil's workshop," has no slight bearing upon our condition. Therefore we call upon our friends, who are enjoying the comforts and privileges of home exempt from the exposures and privations of the soldier's life, to assist us to spend the winter.
We would respectfully request that the ministers of the various churches in Staunton (Rev. Messrs. Baker, Latane, Taylor, Dice and Miller) and the ministers of the different churches thro'out the county, would, from their pulpits notify their several congregations that any donations of Books which they would present to the soldiers of the 52d Regiment, will be received by them, and duly forwarded to the regiment. We believe that this donation will be made, and can be, with no trouble and at trifling expense.
Almost every family has in its library some good book which has been read, and re-read and with them has lost its power to entertain, the loss of such a book would scarcely be felt, but if sent to the soldiers, would serve to while away many a weary hour, and even though the books which would serve to interest us are highly prized by them, would not the fact that they could be procured at the conclusion of the war, be an argument in favor of presenting them to the defenders of the country. The character of the library, we thus hope to become possessed of, should be composed of books of a miscellaneous character inasmuch as there are so many various tastes in a regiment to gratify. Let not however the number of religious books be small, for religion after all should be the soldier's chief concern. Hoping to meet with a prompt and speedy response to our request, and asking you to give this a place in your paper,
I am yours truly,
John McGill, Chaplain.
N.B. Mr. Albert Garber will receive the donations from the various ministers, at his store.
Trailer: John McGill, ChaplainEnlargement of the Army
(Column 5)Summary: Cites a Charleston Mercury statistic which states that 200,000 men are absent from the army, either as stragglers, deserters, or detailed men. Suggests that this should not cause too much alarm as long as the government and civilians are vigilant in bringing the deserters back.The War Tax in Virginia
(Column 5)Summary: Notes that taxes have not been assessed in the northwestern part of Virginia, while the patriotic people in the eastern part of the state have already paid theirs.Cotton Planting in Florida
(Column 5)Summary: Notes that the Florida legislature has outlawed the planting of cotton and tobacco over a certain amount for the remainder of the war.Swamp Dragons
(Column 6)Summary: Reports that the Union's "Swamp Dragons" are robbing loyal Southerners in Hardy and Pendleton counties and generally treating them very badly.
Origin of Article: Rockingham RegisterMarried
(Column 6)Summary: On December 15, 1863, Rev. J. C. Wheat married James E. Sale of Rockbridge County to Lizzie G. Atkinson, daughter of Alexander Atkinson.Married
(Names in announcement: Rev. J. C. Wheat, James E. Sale, Lizzie G. Atkinson, Mr. Alexander Atkinson)
(Column 6)Summary: Rev. F. G. Bowman married Capt. Charles Ghattan, of Rockingham County, to Lizzie Crawford, daughter of Samuel Finley, Esq., on January 6.Married
(Names in announcement: Rev. F. G. Bowman, Capt. Charles Ghattan, Lizzie Crawford, Samuel B. FinleyEsq.)
(Column 6)Summary: Rev. Thomas L. Preston married George W. Knisely, of Lewis County, to Susan S. Wilson, daughter of James Wilson, on January 5.Died
(Names in announcement: Rev. Thomas. L. Preston, George W. Knisely, Susan S. Wilson, James Wilson)
(Column 6)Summary: Susan Catherine Hildebrand, daughter of Gabriel and Susan Hildebrand, died of diphtheria on January 6 at the age of 14.Died
(Names in announcement: Sarah Catherine Hildebrand, Gabriel Hildebrand, Susan Hildebrand)
(Column 6)Summary: Elizabeth L. Guthrie died at age 60 on December 18, after a long illness. She was a member of the Presbyterian church, and she left six daughters and two sons behind.
(Names in announcement: Elizabeth L. Guthrie)

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When you want to rejuvenate your skin and correct some conditions, one of the available options at your local medical spa is a chemical peel. There are many varieties of chemical peels out there, and they can perform at varying depths. Chemical peels target issues like fine lines and wrinkles, uneven skin tone, sun damage, and even stimulate collagen production. Unfortunately, in the quest of achieving younger looking skin, you often have to deal with the aftermath: visible peeling.
Today, you are going to learn how to manage skin peeling after your chemical peel so you get the results you want.
What to Do After Your Chemical Peel to Manage Peeling
After getting a chemical peel, you will notice that your skin is not yet fully recovered. Your skin may feel dry, tight, and inflamed. This is normal, and you will soon entire the peeling and flaking phase of healing. Here are some tips to help you accelerate healing and deal with the peeling:
Treat Your Skin With Love
Your skin is going to need some TLC post-chemical peel. In other words, avoid aggressively rubbing your skin. If you do itch or scratch at your skin, you may disrupt the peeling process and potentially damage the new skin underneath. Allow the skin to naturally shed the old layers off.
Be Extra Careful When Washing Your Face
When your skin is wet, let’s say after a shower, the dead skin cells tend to come off more easily. However, this can also remove new cells. For the first couple of days after your chemical peel, avoid scrubbing your face with a washcloth or using a sonic cleaning brush. Instead, use a soft cloth to gently pat the skin dry.
Any crusty or rough patches can be lightly soaked with a soft cloth. That will help those rough spots heal.
Limit Your Outdoor Time
To safeguard your newly treated skin, it’s advisable to minimize your time outdoors, especially during the peeling phase. Exposing your skin to heat and UV light can worsen inflammation and potentially prolong the healing process. Whenever possible, stay indoors and avoid prolonged sun exposure.
If you have to go outside, wear sunscreen. After a chemical peel, your skin is going to be much more vulnerable to UV damage. Apply a broad-spectrum sunscreen with an SPF of 30 or higher before going outside, even on cloudy days. Consider using a brush-on SPF powder for convenient and rub-free reapplication throughout the day. If you need product recommendations, please ask the team at DrSkin.
Use Products Meant to Soothe
During the peeling phase, your skin may experience redness and irritation. Opt for skincare products that contain gentle and soothing ingredients to provide comfort. Avoid using products with acids or exfoliating agents, as they can interfere with the skin’s natural healing process. Instead, choose a basic, gentle non-comedogenic moisturizer that does not contain any irritants.
If your skin is swelling and uncomfortable, you can hold a wrapped ice pack against your face for no longer than 15 minutes at a time. That will reduce the inflammation.
What Not to Do After a Chemical Peel
Doing the above will help your skin heel and also limit how much peeling you have to endure. Now, let’s discuss what you should not do during the healing phase:
Don’t Pick at Flaky Skin
One of the most crucial aspects of post-chemical peel care is resisting the temptation to pick or pull at the peeling skin. The purpose of a chemical peel is to remove the outer layers of damaged skin and reveal fresher, healthier skin underneath. Prematurely removing peeling skin can lead to scarring, redness, and rashes.
Don’t Over-Moisturize or Over-Exfoliate
It’s important to strike the right balance when it comes to moisturizing and exfoliating after a chemical peel. While it’s necessary to keep the skin hydrated during the recovery period, excessive moisturizing can impede the peeling process and prolong the healing time. Avoid over-moisturizing by sticking to your regular moisturizer routine, applying it once in the morning and once at night.
Similarly, refrain from over-exfoliating the skin during the peeling phase. The chemical peel itself is a form of exfoliation, and additional exfoliating treatments can be too harsh and potentially damage the delicate new skin underneath. Avoid using products or techniques that contain acids or enzymes, which are designed for exfoliation, until your skin has fully completed the peeling process, usually around 3-4 days after your treatment. Let the skin shed naturally on its schedule, rather than trying to accelerate it through excessive exfoliation.
Don’t Workout Too Vigorously
Excessive sweating during the peeling phase can exacerbate skin sensitivity and potentially cause blisters or rashes. Sweating can create a moist environment on the skin, which may disrupt the healing process and increase the risk of infection. Therefore, it is important to avoid engaging in activities that induce excessive sweating until the peeling process is finished.
To minimize the risk, it is advisable to avoid activities that cause excessive sweating, such as intense workouts, hot yoga, or prolonged exposure to hot and humid environments. Instead, opt for light exercises or activities that do not induce heavy sweating. If you do engage in physical activity, make sure to cleanse your skin gently afterward to remove any sweat. Also, apply a non-irritating moisturizer to help soothe the skin.
Enjoy Renewed and Revitalized Skin With a DrSkin Chemical Peel
Managing visible peeling after a chemical peel is all about gentleness and patience. By understanding the do’s and don’ts of aftercare, you can ensure your skin heals optimally while avoiding excessive peeling. Remember, you want to be careful; avoid excessive sweating, rubbing, and harsh skincare products. Let the skin shed naturally on its own schedule without using additional exfoliating products or treatments. This allows the new, healthy skin to emerge without disruption. Now that you know how to manage peeling and flaking, why not schedule your next chemical peel at DrSkin? Give us a call or send a message to set up an introductory consultation or book your appointment!

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Blade of Grass
by Jaime Cedillos
What am I ?
I am grass, that is what I am.
Day in, I see sunrises.
Day out, I see sunsets.
There are days that I am Wet.
There are days that I am Dry.
I can’t complain, water is my life.
I see creatures you’ve never seen before.
And you have seen creatures I’ve never seen before.
So, that’s the thrill of this ride.
Where am I?
I see pine trees, bushes, animals, and flowers.
I smell flowers, pine, and fruits.
I hear animals, wind and trees.
They feel different, some are soft others are hard.
They might not taste good but that is okay.
This is where I am.

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A manufacturing company in Brampton looking for 2 maintenance mechanic for evening shift and nightshift!
You have 2-5 years’ experience in a similar role? You love troubleshooting and you are a team player?
We want to talk to you!
What we offer for the maintenance mechanic role:
- Schedules: Evening shift : Monday to Friday : 14h00 a 22h30, Nightshift : Sunday to Thursday : 22h00 a 6h00
- Work-family balance
- Group insurance & Pension plan with company contributions
- Employee Assistance Program
- Years of Service Recognition Program
- Sick days
- Social activities
- Employee discount to build your future.
Main tasks and responsibilities for the maintenance mechanic role:
Under the responsibility of the Maintenance Supervisor, the position holder has the responsibility of doing the repairs and maintenance of the plant’s equipment’s.
- Answers service calls
- Does the preventive, predictive and corrective maintenance of the plant’s equipment’s
- Knows how to troubleshoot mechanical and basic electrical problems and finds the solutions to solve it and repair them.
- Performs basic welding and cutting.
- Knows the operation of electro-mechanical components.
- Takes charge of one or many projects and completes them with minimum supervision.
- Contributes in the improvement of the plant’s equipments’ functioning
- Works unsupervised on various work shifts
- Sees to the department’s good housekeeping practices and maintains his work areas in good conditions.
- Computer literacy to work with CMMS
- Organizes and maintains stock of spare parts and maintains record for inventory control.
- On a day to day basis, ensures that he meets hygiene, safety and sanitary conditions; complies to health and safety government rules and regulations as well as environmental ones; that permanent and appropriate corrective measures be taken immediately. Wears required equipment and personal protective equipment
What we are looking for:
- High School degree
- Millwright license must have
- Electrician certificate, an asset
- 2-5 years of experience in similar functions
- Electrical and PLC experience, an asset
- Instrumentation knowledge (basic)
- Technical problems resolution skills
- Proficient in mechanical process
- Very good mathematical aptitudes
- Coordination and dexterity
- Analytical capacity
- Time and priorities management
- Can work under pressure
- Detailed (rigorous)
Apply today or reach out to Kiran Punia – [email protected] or call/text at 365-228-3360 to discuss more about the opportunity!!!
We look forward to hearing from you.
- Job ID / No. du Poste: 34056
- Open Positions / Postes Ouverts: 1


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Dr. Eugene Delaune, Chief Medical Officer for GMMI USA and Medical Director for SentinelMED, will speak at the upcoming 2018 ITIC Conference, taking place in New Orleans March 3rd through March 6th. With professional networking opportunities, engaging speakers and an unbeatable social calendar, ITIC Americas offers everything the travel and health insurance industry needs.
On Monday, March 5th at 9 am Dr. Delaune will discuss cruise travel and medical assistance problems. This session will involve a review of the perils of cruising, and the main problems seen by assistance companies in this sector. The session will cover the common issue of patients being left in ports where the medical care nearby may not be the best. Similarly, the medical care may not be appropriate for the patient, resulting in an air ambulance evacuation and higher costs.


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SAii Koh Samui Choengmon is located on secluded Hanuman bay in Koh Samui. Main attractions and the international airport can be easily reached by car:
SAii Koh Samui Choengmon is located in the Gulf of Thailand, with direct, international, and domestic flights from Bangkok (1 hour), and Phuket (45 minutes).
Our resort is just 10 minutes from the airport. Nearby places of interest include Chaweng (5 minutes) and Fisherman’s
Village (10 minutes).
Airport Transfers can be arrange with car and van
• Car THB 500 net per way (maximum of 3 persons)
• Van THB 700 net per way (maximum of 6 persons)
To ensure guests receive a smooth transition for these services – passport numbers of all guests and arrival flight details are required at least 24 hours before arrival.

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High gene flow is considered the norm for most marine organisms and is expected to limit their ability to adapt to local environments. Few studies have directly compared the patterns of differentiation at neutral and selected gene loci in marine organisms. We analysed a transcriptome-derived panel of 281 SNPs in Atlantic herring (Clupea harengus), a highly migratory small pelagic fish, for elucidating neutral and selected genetic variation among populations and to identify candidate genes for environmental adaptation. We analysed 607 individuals from 18 spawning locations in the northeast Atlantic, including two temperature clines (5–12 °C) and two salinity clines (5–35‰). By combining genome scan and landscape genetic analyses, four genetically distinct groups of herring were identified: Baltic Sea, Baltic–North Sea transition area, North Sea/British Isles and North Atlantic; notably, samples exhibited divergent clustering patterns for neutral and selected loci. We found statistically strong evidence for divergent selection at 16 outlier loci on a global scale, and significant correlations with temperature and salinity at nine loci. On regional scales, we identified two outlier loci with parallel patterns across temperature clines and five loci associated with temperature in the North Sea/North Atlantic. Likewise, we found seven replicated outliers, of which five were significantly associated with low salinity across both salinity clines. Our results reveal a complex pattern of varying spatial genetic variation among outlier loci, likely reflecting adaptations to local environments. In addition to disclosing the fine scale of local adaptation in a highly vagile species, our data emphasize the need to preserve functionally important biodiversity.
- genome scan
- heat shock protein
- local adaptation
- single nucleotide polymorphism

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Benjamin Franklin / Edwin S. Gaustad.
"The tenth and youngest son of a poor Boston soapmaker, Benjamin Franklin would rise to become, in Thomas Jefferson's words, "the greatest man and ornament of his age." In this short, engaging biography, historian Edwin S. Gaustad offers a portrait of this towering colonial figur...
Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
|Series:||Lives and legacies.
|Online Access:||Click for online access|

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Last Updated on September 9, 2022
4K Monitors come in many shapes and sizes, with a variety of features and designs. Whether you’re looking for an attractive monitor to display on your desktop or the perfect gaming monitor for enhancing the depth of experience for your favorite games, there is a price point that most gamers can afford. With everything from detailed graphics to eye-catching action figures, the best 4K monitor under 500 offers fantastic value.
At the same time, finding the best 4K monitor under 500 is not an easy task because most brands use the latest technologies. It increases upfront costs, which directly affects the price. These technologies mainly include an IPS panel, a glare and flicker-free display, a UHD display, or a curved screen.
To cope with this, we have reviewed all the top gaming monitors below. You can have a sneak peek at all the reviews, or simply click on the specific model you like the most. It’s up to you. You can check the top picks as below or hover over the last section to get to know you for our recommendation of your next pc monitors.
Our Top Monitors 4K Under $500:
8 4K Best Monitors Under 500
Below are the reviews of the best 4K monitor under 500 in detail.
1. SAMSUNG UR59 Series LU32R590CWNXZA Curved Screen Monitor
Today’s top pick is the Samsung UR59 Series LU32R590CWNXZA curved monitor. It’s from the tech giant “Samsung,” which creates the best tech and home improvement components. Talking about the monitor, inside the box, I have got a 32” curved screen 4K monitor embossed in a W-LED panel which delivers over 1 billion colors, making it the best monitor brand on our list.
Similarly, the ultrawide monitor has a user-centric design. It surprised me with its 1500R curvature because I used it for hours and hours of streaming Netflix and games, and guess what, I felt no neck strain. The brand includes Flicker-Free and Low Blue Light technology for comfort and health. Honestly, these extras helped to eliminate flicker, and minimize UV rays to deliver a fatigue-free and eye strain-free experience of watching Peaky Blinders Season 6 for straight 8 hours.
When it comes to technical specifications of these best monitors, this monitor consists of 13ppi pixel density with a native 60Hz refresh rate, that’s quite impressive according to the price. And, a ~4ms response time makes it the best 4K monitor for work, gaming, home, I mean literally any task.
With a wide range of color accuracy features, you will experience great details and color depth in games. Also, its HDR10 makes dark colors darker and bright colors even brighter. In simple words, it allows the monitor to display realistic images with vivid colors.
The Samsung UR59 Series has 250 nits max brightness, which is slightly lower than the average 350 nits. However, you will have to compromise on something at this price, and in this case, it’s the brightness. The 2500:1 contrast ratio and multiple game mode support combine with brightness to deliver an extraordinary experience in your productive hours.
Further, it features a virtually borderless design. It helps to keep you focused on your craft without any distractions. And, you can connect a variety of devices for multi-device setup, including Xbox, PS4, Mac, and MacBook Pro.
Unfortunately, the monitor doesn’t support G-Sync or FreeSync so you can’t expect high performance either, it synced with my GPU so I can get those extra high frame rates I’d expect from a monitor like this.
2. BenQ EW3270U 32-inch 4K Monitor
BenQ’s EW3270U monitor provides good value for most applications. Due to a VA panel, it produces deep uniform blacks, so it is better suited for dim environments. In terms of productivity and gaming, its 4K resolution and large screen make it ideal.
Similarly, if you can compromise on a little ergonomics and extra-wide viewing angles, you can straightaway buy this high quality monitor due to its enormous reflection control capabilities. In fact, its ~1 ms low response time produces low input lag, which decreases motion blur, making it ideal for watching movies or playing AAA titles.
Due to the 16: 9 aspect ratio, deep 3, 000: 1 native contrast ratio, 10-bit color, and 95% DCI-P3 coverage, I got vibrant and realistic image quality. And, its 4K resolution combined with HDR 10 at 32-inches enhanced our viewing experience while watching The Blacklist on Netflix.
The BenQ’s EW3270U is one of the best 4K monitor under 500 because it features Brightness Intelligence Technology. It enables the monitor to adjust the display and contrast according to the environment. Also, it detects screen contrast and ambient lighting to auto-adjust luminance for you. Moving on, its SDR peak brightness is rated at 262 cd/m² SDR and HDR brightness at 249 cd/m² HDR.
This 60 Hz, VA panel display comes with AMD FreeSync. It helps the monitor to reduce screen tearing and stuttering for a comfortable and fluid gaming experience. The brand includes Low Blue Light technology and Flicker-Free technology that reduces eye strain for longer sessions.
Furthermore, it has a robust build quality, and it includes a solid ergonomic stand. Although almost entirely constructed of plastic, it feels sturdy and doesn’t seem to have any obvious defects. Even at this price range, you will get a USB-C port, dual-HDMI, and DisplayPort.
Under the hood, the image degrades at a certain angle, so you have to watch it straight and you don’t have any option to lay down on a bean bag and enjoy PS4 gaming.
3. Philips 328E1CA 32″ Curved Monitor
Philips monitors combine the best picture quality with advanced features, so you can read documents all day long, no matter how demanding your work is. Overall, the 328E1CA is a very affordable device that provides fantastic practical image quality for everyday use.
Luckily, its AdaptiveSync and FreeSync made it my go-to gaming or productivity beast. Its VA panel and 4K UHD display helped me achieve a 60 Hz refresh rate response in games. It delivers ~4 low input lag to minimize screen stuttering, flickering, and image tearing.
When it comes to luminance, it only glows at a maximum of 250 nits brightness with a contrast ratio of 2500:1. However, it’s low, but it adapts to your environment to deliver a pleasant experience. The Philips Curved Monitors offer real immersion. With a 32″ curved E-line monitor, our researcher and reviewers enjoyed truly immersive experience with stunning 4K UHD images.
Additionally, Philips’ 328E1CA ultra wide-color technology provides a more vivid picture by delivering a broader spectrum of colors. Using Ultra-Wide Colors, the “color gamut” is wider, which produces more natural-looking green, vivid red, deeper blue, and up to 1.07 billion colors of the spectrum.
Its 120% sRGB and 97.8% NTSC color gamut is helpful to bring colors to the life of professionals requiring extremely detailed images for CAD engineers, financial spreadsheets wizards, and 3D graphics artists.
Thanks to its integrated cable management in the extra stable stand, 328E1CA is perfectly suited for office and retail environments. It can simplify your cable management and declutter to provide a clean and sophisticated look.
The brand integrates Low Blue mode and flicker-free technology, making it convenient for longer use and the best computer monitors on the budget. Also, it has VESA mount measuring 100x100mm, and you can connect it via DisplayPort and HDMI.
All in all, you have to play with Gamma and color calibration for days to get it right. Because, it has light Gamma and low latency out of the box, which is one of the deal breakers for many of us.
4. ASUS VA32UQ 31.5” HDR Monitor 4K
You can enjoy a smooth viewing experience with the VA32UQ Monitor from Asus. There are only a limited number of black monitors available, and they come with a unique stand. In fact, it offers more screen area and fewer distractions due to its ultra-thin bezels.
It consists of a 31.5” ultra-wide display at a maximum resolution of 3840 x 2160. Aside from its gaming abilities. Due to this, y productivity got increased because of low light and less eye strain, and the way I played CS: GO was really an impressive shot. It is highly space-saving and highly effective. And, it can take care of almost any task you need it for.
The ASUS monitor supports FreeSync. It provides an immersive and realistic feel. The FreeSync also helps the monitor deliver a tear and flicker-free viewing experience. Its response time is rated at ~4 milliseconds, and the VA panel display has a 60 Hz refresh rate.
The ASUS VA32UQ VA panel boosts the contrast, which tops at 3000:1. Which means you get realistic whites and darker blacks from any angle. Another thing, its 300 nits of total brightness can fit in any environment. It sports HDR-10 that enhances bright and dark areas to deliver life-like graphics in games and character development.
The monitor also features up to 95% DCI-P3 color coverage, providing realistic colors and smoother gradation. Just like other monitors, you will experience flicker-free viewing and fatigue-free eyes due to Low Blue Light technology and an ergonomic tilt to ensure a comfortable viewing experience.
You can connect this 4K monitor with DisplayPort to your GPU for 75+ Hz, while it can be connected via HDMI. As a final bonus, you will get 2W stereo speakers built-in, so you don’t need to buy additional speakers.
Talking about the deal breakers, I noticed a glossy display out of the box which kind of irritates some users in the dark. Also, the VA Panel is not enough colorful to provide to epic response while watching a great detailed video, like watching Tiger hunting a deer on NatGeo.
5. LG 32UN550-W UHD Monitor
Among all the monitors we’ve reviewed, LG’s 32UN550-W offers one of the highest picture quality for VA panels. It is mainly due to the three-color pattern used in the monitor. In fact, this design is highly controversial among many users of this series of monitors.
LG’s 32UN550-W monitor has a 3-sided bezel, which gives the monitor an attractive and modern appearance. Additionally, the device measures 28.1 x 8.9 x 19.1 inches and features a very thin bottom bezel.
Moving on, its VA panel has high color reproduction for graphic fidelity lovers; however, it falls short of the IPS displays in the Samsung UR59 series. In comparison, if you are someone who loves contrast over fidelity, this type of panel is best for you because it can reach an up to contrast ratio of 3000:1. Luckily, it doesn’t have an IPS panel glowing and backlit bleeding issues.
For casual users, LG offers a high-end value of 350cd/m2. This ratio enables you to clearly view all the colors of the rainbow on a hot sunny day or late moon night without losing contrast.
Since it’s not a gaming-focused monitor, just don’t expect its refresh rate to cross 144Hz or 240 Hz with a ~1ms response rate. Following this, the monitor still has low input lag at ~4ms response time for casual gamers and a 60 Hz display, which is slightly subpar.
Down the road, the LG 32UN550-W UHD Monitor sports a DCI-P3 percent color gamut. It helps the VA panel to boost color accuracy and produce vibrant images with higher contrast. Also, the integrated AMD FreeSync and HDR 10 improve contrast, deep darks, and reduce image tearing and screen stuttering on this monitor.
If you are Mac user, get yourself something else, because this monitor is not nearly syncable with macOS technology.
6. ASUS TUF Gaming VG289Q1A
ASUS TUF gaming monitors series is doomed to have a ton of monitors. And, you may have seen something rare, that every new launch comes with a sleek design change. That said, the VG289Q boasts a basic aesthetic design that’s perfect for professionals and gamers.
This monitor strikes the perfect balance between gaming aesthetics and productivity since it can fit in almost any environment – clever! In addition to the ASUS logo seen on the bottom of the stand, the stand itself is finished in a chrome finish as well as additional TUF branding.
Despite being quite basic, the stand has a few unique design features, like the neo-Aztec design embossed into the base and various red accents.
The VG289Q1A’s HDR technology delivers a wider color spectrum and higher contrast than traditional monitors. It brings out details like never before, with its whites and blacks as bright as ever. Also, it provides 90% color gamut and contrast performance according to the DCI-P3 standard.
The TUF Gaming VG289Q1A’s 28-inch 4K UHD (3840 x 2160) IPS technology gives you four times the pixels of a 1080p monitor so that you can play your games in more detail. Also, it offers more onscreen desktop space for your various work windows. Its highly detailed terrain maps and highly textured elements take you into immersive virtual worlds.
Talking about the specifications, you will get a 60 Hz refresh in this IPS panel display with a max luminance of 350 cd/m² and a contrast ratio of 1000:1. It features Shadow Boost Technology and GamePlus technology, which helps in delivering realistic graphical fidelity.
The ASUS TUF series monitor consists of tilt and swivels with a wide viewing angle of 178°/178°. It allows you to find the best viewing position. The brand includes a VESA mount at (100 x 100) for wall mounting. And, its exclusive ports make it an ideal monitor, including DisplayPort 1.2 and HDMI (v2.0) x2 ports.
7. AOC U2790VQ 27″ 4K Frameless Monitor
The second last on the list is the AOC U2790VQ frameless monitor with all the features you need in the best 4K monitor under 500. That said, the monitor comes with an IPS technology panel, allowing it to display vibrant colors and accommodating a wide viewing angle.
In addition to the Low Blue Light technology, the AOC U2790VQ features flicker-free motion to provide you with better onscreen time for longer sessions. Moreover, its 10-bit color depth provides a smoother transition between colors and improved color display capability compared to other types of panels.
With its 27″ screen and 4K UHD 3840 x 2160 UHD resolutions, the AOC U2790VQ produces more than 1 billion colors for rich details, while its HDR keeps text and characters sharp. Its 5ms response time will further improve your reflexes, making it your ideal monitor for home and office use.
An excellent color gamut is needed for games like PUBG and Fortnite to avoid color explosions. Thus, the brand maintains maximum color accuracy with over 99% sRGB & 90% NTSC color gamut coverage.
The AOC U2790VQ features a frameless design that is sleek, slim, and tilt-adjustable. Gamers like me who like to lounge on their couches and enjoy leisure time will appreciate this feature even more. Additionally, this budget beast is perfect for a seamless setup, and photo editing monitor due to its three-sided frameless design.
Moving on to connectivity, you can connect this device via DisplayPort or HDMI 1.4. Luckily, you will get all the DisplayPort and HDMI cables in the box.
8. BenQ EL2870U
Last but not least, we have the BenQ EL2870U. It features a wide color gamut, many features, and an affordable price; it contains a high refresh rate, a 4K display, and eye relief to support long periods of productivity. Read on to learn more.
There is a 28-inch LCD panel fitted in a TN panel on the BenQ EL 2870U with a resolution of 4K 3840×2160. You can easily create architectures and edit your videos with the smooth graphics provided by this device.
The brand integrates HDR technology into the 10-bit display to produce vivid images with extreme color balance and brightness in these BenQ professional monitors. Similarly, with the fidelity of 1.07 billion colors, you can now see all the colors of the rainbow.
The monitor has a ~1 ms response rate, which is helpful when designing levels, and a 60 Hz refresh rate like gaming features that are useful while streaming whole seasons on Netflix. Further, it uses its B.I+ technology to optimize brightness and color temperature to reduce headaches, eye strain, and fatigue while you are using it for longer hours.
It also supports AMD Free Sync, which increases the display’s refresh rate and sharpens the texture of images and games. To provide a fluid gaming experience, it eliminates image tearing, broken frames, and choppy screenplay.
EL2870U comes with HDMI and DisplayPort connectivity. And, its built-in speaker, dual headphone jacks, and cable management system, makes you can consider it is buying today for the best gaming features it has.
I don’t recommend it for people who are going to use it as a secondary monitor due to its stand. Its really of low quality that can break easily if you put some pressure on it, which you can’t even put on any model, but its a fragile one.
Things To Consider Before Buying The Best 4K Monitor Under 500:
Viewing angle: It is the maximum angle on which a monitor can show images without tearing and stuttering. An IPS display is better than other panels because of its wide viewing angles.
Display resolution: It is the number of distinct pixels in each dimension that can be displayed. In 4K monitors, you will get a maximum of 3840×2160 pixels resolutions.
Power consumption: It is measured in watts. You should check out your input voltage according to your state before getting a monitor.
Contrast ratio: It measures the difference between the brightness of the whitest color (white) and the darkness of the blackest color (black) the monitor can produce. In 4K monitors, you should select more contrast.
Aspect ratio: Basically, it is the ratio of horizontal to vertical length. 4K Monitors usually have the aspect ratio 4:3, 5:4, 16:10, or 16:9.
Color gamut: It is measured as its coordinates in CIE, 1931. It is also known as sRGB or Adobe RGB, which means the more, the better the viewing experience will be.
Refresh rate: This is the number of times in a second that an LCD display is illuminated. LCDs have a maximum refresh rate based on their response times. It’s the vice versa of response time, meaning the higher the refresh rate, the low will be screen tearing in an excellent gaming monitor.
Response time: It is measured in milliseconds and refers to the passage of time between active (white) and inactive (black) states in the monitor. There are fewer visible artifacts on the image when the numbers are lower.
So, above, we have reviewed the best 4K monitor under 500. Some of them have a TN panel, while our top picks come with an IPS panel. You should also consider other considerations like contrast ratio no matter what panel you select.
If you are still looking for the best 4K monitor under 500, we suggest having another look at the SAMSUNG UR59 Series LU32R590CWNXZA curved screen monitor. It’s the best in all trades, like response time, refresh rate, and after all, it’s a curved screen under 500, could you imagine?
However, if you are looking in the budget range, opt out for BenQ EL2870U. It’s an IPS display with only ~1ms response time and a native 60 Hz refresh rate. No matter which product you go with, we hope it turns out the best for you!


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The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, the Secretary of State for Scotland and the Secretary of State for Wales, acting jointly, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by section 2(a), (b) and (c) of the Destructive Imported Animals Act 1932 as applied in relation to mink by the Mink (Keeping) Order 1972(1) and now vested in them(2), and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, with the approval of the Treasury, hereby make the following regulations:—
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Chemical element (Na) from the alkali metal group, atomic number 11. It occurs in nature either as a single element (elemental form) or coupled with other elements.
It is one of the most important elements for humans as many cellular functions depend on sodium, making it one of the most important electrolytes.
As it is coupled to many different molecules due to its electron structure, it indirectly acquires other biological roles depending on the compound it forms.
The most common sodium compounds are sodium chloride (NaCl – the salt we all know), sodium glutamate (as a food additive) and baking soda (Na2CO3).
What is Sodium
Sodium is the main element of the body’s extracellular fluids, which underlines its importance for the human body, as changes in its concentrations lead to osmotic changes in cells and tissues.
In particular, it is the key molecule for the movement of fluids in and out of cells, causing either swelling/edema or dehydration of cells, and it regulates/participates in many other biochemical processes such as the proper functioning of the nervous system and the brain.
The movement of sodium in and out of cells results in the production of electrical signals, thanks to which communication between cells takes place.
This communication in turn is necessary for our body to carry out its basic functions, such as muscle activity and the functioning of the nervous system.
Sodium also regulates the body’s acid-base balance (the set of processes responsible for maintaining the acidity of body fluids at stable levels, which is important for the smooth performance of the biochemical reactions of the human body), maintains the balance of fluids inside the cells, protects against dehydration and regulates blood pressure.
Sodium, The Basic Electrolyte
Sodium, together with potassium, are the most important electrolytes in our body, and in contrast, sodium is found mainly in the fluid surrounding the cells. It is absorbed from the small intestine and excreted through urine and sweat.
Electrolytes and hypertension
Although there is compelling evidence that correlates excessive sodium intake with fluid retention and related health problems (hypertension, increased risk of ischemic heart disease, stroke and kidney damage, etc.), there are numerous studies that refute the salt-heart disease link.
The recommended daily intake of sodium is quite conservative at 2.3 g per day (or 6 g – about 1 teaspoon – of table salt respectively).
Sodium levels may be increased by adding salt to cooking or table salt, but it is worth noting that 75% of the salt we consume is present in the prepared foods we buy.
Sodium – potassium balance
Another factor that could have a significant impact on whether salt has harmful or beneficial effects on our body is the ratio of sodium and potassium intake in our daily diet; in fact, it is more likely that potassium deficiency is more responsible for hypertension than increased sodium intake.
An imbalance in potassium-sodium intake could lead to hypertension. Diets rich in processed foods, remarkably low in potassium and high in sodium could easily lead to such an imbalance.
This could also explain in some way why high sodium diets might affect some people & some not.
Dietary sources of Sodium
The main source of Sodium (Na) is salt. Caution should be exercised in the use of processed and canned foods containing large amounts of Sodium (Na). Protein foods contain more Sodium (Na) than fruits and vegetables.
Sodium in food is usually found in the form of sodium chloride, i.e. salt. Foods naturally rich in sodium are milk, celery and even water.
However, care should be taken with processed foods, which are high in it, due to the use of salt as a preservative.
Although excluding these foods from the diet is not the solution, it is advisable to consume them in moderation and patients affected by sodium intake should avoid them.
What is its action?
Pottasium and Sodium regulate osmotic pressure within cells, help maintain acid-base balance and transport substances in and out of cells.
Sodium (Na) is also a component of pancreatic fluid, tear bile and sweat. It also regulates blood pressure, the transport and excretion of CO2, the transfer of electrochemical signals for nerve function and muscle contraction.
How is sodium metabolized?
All Sodium in food is absorbed from the small intestine by a mechanism known as the Na pump.
From the blood, Sodium goes to the kidneys where, its reabsorption and distribution depend on the amounts needed to maintain the required levels in the body.
Approximately 50% of the sodium present in the body is found in the extracellular fluid, 40% is found in the skeleton and only 10% is found in the cells.
Excess sodium is excreted in the urine and excretion is regulated by aldosterone. The amount excreted depends on the amount taken up by food. The excretion of sodium in faeces and sweat is relatively low.
Increased levels of sodium in the body (hyponatremia) are most often due to problems such as diarrhea and poor functioning of the thirst mechanism (e.g. due to age), during which we either lose large amounts of water or do not replace them adequately (so we either have an increase in sodium concentration or a greater loss in water than in sodium).
However, it may also be that elevated levels are due to increased sodium intake or retention, for example through the foods we eat. The most common symptoms that occur in hyponatraemia are an increase in blood pressure and fluid retention.
Low sodium levels (hyponatremia) occur when the percentage of water in the body increases (so the concentration of sodium decreases) or when there is water loss, but where sodium loss is predominant, such as when diuretics are taken in kidney or liver disease, in the case of burns, bleeding, diarrhoea or surgery, and in some cases of dehydration (e.g. due to vomiting).
Symptoms of hyponatraemia mainly include cramps, muscle weakness, dizziness, drop in blood pressure and lethargy
Are there any side effects?
Sodium chloride can be toxic when:
Recommended Daily Allowance
To maintain normal levels of sodium (135-145 mEq/l) in our body, it is recommended that adults consume about 1,500 mg of sodium daily.
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Storm rampage was deadliest since 1925
WASHINGTON — There were more tornadoes in a single day last week than any other day in history, according to preliminary government estimates released yesterday.
There were 362 tornadoes during last week’s outbreak, including a record-setting 312 in one 24-hour period. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said the largest previous number on record in one event occurred from April 3-4, 1974, with 148 tornadoes.
NOAA said 340 people were killed from 8 a.m. Wednesday to 8 a.m. Thursday. It was the deadliest single day for tornadoes since the March 18, 1925, tornado outbreak that had 747 fatalities across seven states.
Federal disaster relief offices are helping people apply for aid, and shelters are providing free haircuts and eye clinics as part of the massive relief effort that was in full swing yesterday.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency set up offices in Alabama and expects to open one soon in Mississippi. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano toured parts of both states a day earlier and pledged support.
“This is not going to be a quick comeback or an immediate [recovery] but it will be, in my view, a complete one,’’ she said in shattered Smithville, Miss., where little was left standing.
Last week’s storms flattened homes and killed 342 across seven states. Thousands were injured, though several days later most tornado-related injuries had been tended to. Yesterday, workers at a shelter in Tuscaloosa were sorting prescription drugs for those who lost medications for high blood pressure, cholesterol, diabetes and other conditions.
“They’re on chronic medications, and their prescriptions are gone,’’ said Dr. Beth Western, who volunteered yesterday at a shelter in Tuscaloosa. “They need something to get them through until they can go see their physician.’’
Amy Hall, 23, limped through the shelter with a broken foot, cradling her 2-year-old son. The toddler broke his nose and bruised a lung when their home was lifted off its foundation and tossed a block away. He spent two days in the hospital, and Hall said the family was getting excellent care at the shelter.
Over the weekend in the town of Phil Campbell in northwestern Alabama, volunteers in golf carts zipped down streets with coolers of water and boxes of sausage biscuits. At noon, volunteers were grilling hot dogs to feed as many people as they could in three parts of the town of about 1,100.
Elsewhere, church groups and congregations have been central to the relief effort.
In most small towns around here, churches serve as community centers, town halls, and gymnasiums. Besides Sunday services, they host Boy Scout troop meetings, neighborhood voting, bake sales, basketball games, and Wednesday night prayer meetings.
Some churches were wiped out. Some left standing are headquarters for rebuilding.


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Marxist Economics Score A book’s total score is based on multiple factors, including the number of people who have voted for it and how highly those voters ranked the book. The year will be remembered for an exceptionally toxic U.S. election cycle. More positively, it will also be remembered for a series of new books on Marxist political economy. Among these, two stand out. Oxford University Press published “Capitalism, Competition and Crises” by Professor Anwar Shaikh of the New School. Monthly Review Press published.
Marxist Economic Theory () Commodities, Use value and Exchange value The Marxist Theory of Alienation The Law of Value Determination of the Exchange Value of Commodities What is Socially Necessary Labor? The Origin and Nature of Surplus Value The Validity of the Labor Theory of Value II. Wellred Books 27 March With the ongoing coronavirus crisis sparking a global economic crisis, there has never been a better time to study Marxist theory. Given this, Wellred Books, the publishing house and bookshop of the International Marxist Tendency, are running discounts on all books and eBooks.
The labor theory of value is a major pillar of traditional Marxian economics, which is evident in Marx’s masterpiece, Capital (). The theory’s basic claim is simple: the value of a commodity can be objectively measured by the average number of . His famous book ‘Das Kapital’ is known as the Bible of socialism (). He presented the process of growth and collapse of the capital economy. Assumptions of the Theory: Marxian economic theory of growth is based on certain assumptions.
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Theory: Marxist economics The economic system we live under today is capitalism: based on competition, private ownership and the production for profit. Karl Marx revolutionised our understanding of the capitalist system.
It's a good book Marxist economic theory book complement with both volumes of David Harvey's ' A companion to Marx Capital' or indeed as a precursor to reading Marx's Capital volumes 1,2 and 3.
Also it's a good introduction to Lenin's theory of imperialism which Mandel updates with his own theory Cited by: Ernest Ezra Mandel () was a revolutionary Marxist theorist.
This book has been widely used as a textbook in classes on Marxist economics. He notes that social surplus product comes into existence as "an appropriation without compensation, by a ruling class of a part of the production of a producing class."Cited by: Crammed with ideas.
A great introduction to Marxist economic theory. The third chapter is more difficult than the first and second, and deals specifically with 'neo-capitalism'. That makes this an incomplete introduction, because it doesn't deal with the developments in /5.
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Foley's book is "Understanding Capital.". Rather than an introduction to Marx's economics, Foley's book is an elaboration of Marx's economic theory.
Indeed it is an attempt to model Volume two of Marx's capital systematically. In this aim Foley's book is radically successful Cited by: This book is aimed specifically at newcomers to Marxism. A bestseller now in its second edition, it comprises introductory pieces on the three component parts of Marxist theory, corresponding broadly to philosophy, social history and economics: dialectical materialism, historical materialism and Marxist economics.
economic theory in the Western world during the second half of the 20th century, and is best known for his masterful two-volume work Marxist Economic Theory () and his brilliant Late Capitalism ().File Size: KB.
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Everyday low /5(9). Karl Heinrich Marx (5 May – 14 March ) was a German philosopher, economist, historian, sociologist, political theorist, journalist and socialist revolutionary.
Born in Trier, Germany, Marx studied law and philosophy at married Jenny von Westphalen in Due to his political publications, Marx became stateless and lived in exile with his wife Alma mater: University of Bonn, University of Berlin.
Marxian economics is a school of economic thought based on the work of 19th-century economist and philosopher Karl Marx. Marxian economics focuses on the role of labor in the development of an economy and is critical of the classical approach to wages and productivity developed by Adam : Daniel Liberto.
As noted, Marxian economics is intractably wedded to the Labor Theory of Value. The directly dependent doctrine surplus value permits Marx to construct a theory of the laborer’s estrangement from his own production, which in turn breeds alienation and thus the mechanism by which a posited class conflict will play out.
Professor Morishima concentrates on the three volumes of Das Kapital and their contributions to the major topics of traditional Marxian economics.
He provides a rigorous mathematisation of the labour theory of value, the theory of exploitation, the transformation problem, the reproduction scheme, the law of relative surplus population, the falling rate of capital and the turnover of 4/5(1).
An Introduction to Marxist Economic Theory. Ernest Mandel. Resistance Books, - Marxian economics - 62 pages. 1 Review. Preview this book 1/5(1).
The book presents a general discussion on the economic models of the nexus of military spending and economic growth, as well as military Keynesianism and the military-industrial complex. Including an account of the Marxist crisis theories, it focuses on military spending as a counteracting factor to the tendency of rate of profit to fall.
Marxism is a method of socioeconomic analysis that views class relations and social conflict using a materialist interpretation of historical development and takes a dialectical view of social originates from the works of 19th-century German philosophers Karl Marx and Friedrich m has developed into many different branches and schools of thought.
Marxian economics also includes the Marxist theory of alienation. He arrived at this theory by weaving philosophy, history and economics together in the hope of causing a major social change. The premise of the theory of alienation is that society is made up of people who are basically free and innovative and are capable of changing the world.This introduction to the ABCs of Marxist economics is a must-read for all class-conscious workers seeking to understand and fight capitalist exploitation.
Today, under the impact of the capitalist crisis, many workers have developed a thirst for economics.Capital: Volume One. First published: in German in ; Source: First english edition of (4th German edition changes included as indicated) with some modernisation of spelling; Publisher: Progress Publishers, Moscow, USSR; First Published: ; Translated: Samuel Moore and Edward Aveling, edited by Frederick Engels; Online Version: Marx/Engels Internet .


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The most important Korean tyre manufacturer, Nexen tyres, has just opened its largest production factory to date.
The new factory is equipped with the highest state of the art automated machinery and will become the most important production point of the company.
In fact, with the production capacity of the new Nexen factory, the company will be able to achieve its goal of increasing production by 300% by 2020.
The Changnyeong plant has been opened since this April and it is scheduled to produce by the end of 2012 around 3 million 4x4, passenger cars and light commercial vehicle tyres.
The production figure will then gradually rise throughout the years reaching around 21 million tyres by 2018 with a daily production of 60,000 units. To achieve this, the company will gradually invest in the plant by 2018 around £650 million.
The new Changnyeong plant, the third plant of Nexen, is located at a distance of 3 hour drive SE of Seoul. Besides this new opened plant the company also operates a plant located at its headquarters site of Yangsan, South Korea and another recently opened plant in Qingdao, China. The total production numbers that these three plants will produce this year are expected around 27 million tyres.
The Nexen Tyre CEO declared that the Changnyeong complex has been designed to be an international competitive tyre manufacturing plant, as the 495,800 square meters facility accommodates the latest manufacturing technologies as well as numerous specialists in the domain. Also, in the projection of the plant the company focused on creating a competitive and stimulating production environment.
By the end of the 2012 the company will hire for its newly opened Changnyeong production plant 780 people. The number of employers will gradually grow to over 2000 after the company has finished the investment process.
The new jobs will be in market jobs, meaning that the employees will mainly be the Korean workforce. The company believes that Korean quality can be guaranteed only by local production and not by outsourcing to the lower economy countries.
Nexen believes that the Korean workforce combined with high automated production facility will result in world acknowledged high performing and eco-friendly tyres.
Nexen desires to enter the top 10 tyre manufacturers by 2020, which means that the company needs to dramatically increase its tyre production.
As said before the company desires to increase its tyre production by 27 million tyres by the end of the year. For the following years, the company has the following production plan:
· in 2013 and 2014 the company desires to produce an average of 40 million tyres
· between 2015 and 2017 the company desires to gradually increase the production number and reach 60 million tyres by the 2017.
· between 2018 and 2020 the company desire to gradually grow to a production number of 80 million tyres.
Nexen growth ambitions might seem as being overwhelming, but the company representatives do not consider it so. They stated that the new production plant, the careful production strategies and the gradual investment plan will ensure that they reach their goal.


In his late 20s, disenchanted with the Naxalite politics that had once appealed to him for its promises of equality, when Manoranjan Byapari decided to start life afresh, the only work that he could find was that of a rickshaw puller.
“Every day, I would follow my passengers’ directions and ferry them to their destinations, while keeping an eye out for potholes on the road or for oncoming traffic. You could say, I followed their instructions but tempered it with my intuition. That is what I intend to do this time, too,” says the noted Dalit writer, who will stand for elections as a Trinamool Congress candidate from the Balagarh constituency in Hooghly district in the upcoming Assembly elections in West Bengal. Fittingly, soon after his candidature was declared, the first campaign poster of the 70-year-old chairperson of the Dalit Sahitya Academy in West Bengal featured the slogan “Rickshaw ebar Bidhan Shabhay (The rickshaw is now headed for the Vidhan Sabha)”.
Byapari, who has emerged as a powerful voice in Dalit literature over the last decade, is no stranger to politics. Having moved to West Bengal in 1953 as a political refugee from what was then East Pakistan, his hardscrabble life has seen him work in tea shops and dockyards, as a dom (a cremation-ground caretaker); a rickshaw puller, and, as a cook.
When the Naxalite movement took flame in West Bengal in the late Sixties, he had felt drawn towards it, working at its fringe till disillusionment set in when he realised the fallibilities of the leaders he had encountered. Since then, the writer of acclaimed Bengali novels such as Itibrittey Chandal Jibon (2012, Interrogating My Chandal Life: An Autobiography of a Dalit, translated by Sipra Mukherjee into English and published by Sage in 2019), Batashe Baruder Gondho (2013, There’s Gunpowder in the Air, translated by Arunava Sinha into English and published by Eka in 2019) has steered cleared of any political affiliations, writing instead about the experiences of caste outcasts like him in his novels and short stories.
What changed his mind this time, says Byapari, is the “bibhajaner rajniti (divisive politics)” that he sees in Bengal today, perpetrated by the main opposition, the BJP. “You can feel the toxicity in the air. What is happening in Bengal is unprecedented and it needs to be countered. This is a politics of violence — in words and action — and if we don’t protest, it will land our own people in detention camps as ‘outsiders’,” he says, referring to the National Register of Citizens and the Citizenship (Amendment) Act.
Which is why, when West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee reached out to him, he did not hesitate to accept her offer of candidature. “I have seen her work for Namasudra people like me, for the Matuas [a Scheduled Caste community] over the last decade. When she told me, ‘Dayitto nite hobe (You have to take responsibility)’, I had no reason to say no,” says the writer.
Ever since the news of his candidature was announced, his house in Mukundapur on the outskirts Kolkata has been overflowing with party workers and well-wishers dropping by to discuss his new role. “I have always spoken up against injustice, about the treatment that people at the bottom end of the caste hierarchy meets with, the lack of opportunities that never lets them flourish. At the end of the day, the common man wants very little — he wants khadya, bastra, shiksha and shamman (food, clothes, education and respect). When I go to meet the people of Balagarh, this is what I intend to tell them — that I will be their voice against injustice and discrimination; that I will be a rickshaw-puller all over again, carrying out their mandate but tempered by my experience and intuition,” he says.


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Interior designers and hospitality project managers take note, Matthew Santoro is one of the best-kept secrets in the industry for achieving one-of-a-kind lighting fixtures and lamps.
[dropcap style=”letter” size=”52″ bg_color=”#ffffff” txt_color=”#2ec9e8″]I[/dropcap] am a brontosaurus,” chuckles Matthew Santoro, a Brooklyn-born New Yorker who entered the lighting restoration world at age 17. “I am one of the last experts in period lighting. It’s a wonderful and historic art,” he comments.
If you think there aren’t many young people gravitating to restoration work today, Santoro is on a mission to change that. “I enjoy being a historian as well as an archivist,” he affirms. Fortunately, his enthusiasm is not only apparent, but it’s catching on with the students he has taught in his workshops.
Holding monthly classes in his Bayside, N.Y. studio (Crystal Renaissance Fine Lighting) in the Manhattan borough of Queens, Santoro is busy educating design students, interior designers, and the design-curious about the splendors of antique lighting.
Having designed or restored lighting for some of New York City’s famous landmarks (i.e. The Plaza, the Waldorf-Astoria, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and countless historic buildings) over the past few decades, Santoro is renowned for having amassed an unparalleled treasure trove of component parts, such as an opaline glass bowl circa 1935 or crystal arms from a chandelier made in 1840. His workshop easily conjures up the old Staples® slogan: “Yeah, we’ve got that.”
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“I am one of the last experts in period lighting. It’s a wonderful and historic art.”
Ivana Trump personally reviewed – and approved – Santoro’s renderings of the lobby chandeliers he designed for The Plaza’s renovation back in the 1980s, when the Trumps owned the property. Years later, Donald Trump visited Santoro’s studio when searching for unique fixtures to go into his private residence with his next wife Marla Maples.
Santoro’s work is eclectic — from the traditional gasolier fixtures he made for Crystal Palace in Disney World® and the classic chandeliers for French town in Magic Kingdom to the funky table and floor lamps he was commissioned by Abercrombie & Fitch to create from flea market finds for its Manhattan store. “I am the little old Yoda of chandeliers,” he quips.
When asked what his “dream project” would be, without missing a beat, Santoro answers: “Fraunces Tavern” in New York City. A national historic landmark that is also a museum and restaurant, the historic building served as a headquarters for George Washington and housed federal offices in the pre-Revolution Early Republic.
How It All Began
Like most people in the industry, Santoro didn’t set out to make lighting his career. He was a delivery boy for the Long Island Press while he was in school and one of his customers was a chandelier factory/showroom run by three brothers: Robert, Harold, and Norman Greene. He was intrigued by the craftsmanship on display, an interest that was further piqued when Santoro was a freshman in college studying journalism.
“I went to Baruch around the corner from 230 Fifth Avenue [at the time, it was known as The Lighting Building], and just fell in love with the art I saw. It was like the opening scene from Breakfast at Tiffany’s, where Audrey Hepburn is looking in the windows at all of the chandeliers,” he recalls. Similarly, Santoro would visit the Metropolitan Museum of Art to marvel at the chandeliers in the small display rooms. He inquired about a part-time job with the Greene brothers, and so began his career of doing what he loves.
“The three brothers were like fathers to me,” Santoro remarks. “My late teens and early adult life was spent there. I learned valuable things from all of them. Each taught the business in his own way. One taught me how it was all about fine art and taught me the basics of sketching designs; the other taught me valuable sales skills; and the third taught me a bit of humility, humor, and – later on – impatience for the inane.”
Student Becomes Teacher
For the last few decades, everything has come full circle and Santoro – while still actively performing restoration work and commissions for clients nationwide – has made time each month to teach students, designers, and creative individuals the rich history of lighting while helping them create their own lamps and fixtures in his studio.
“We’ve become a disposable society in general, but there is a select group of people who value antiques,” Santoro comments. The number of people interested in buying something that no one else has – and what are antiques, therefore, than beautiful items that are scarce – is increasing.
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Unlike my day job, where it might take time to see results, in this class you can build something in a matter of hours. It’s very satisfying; it’s like going into a magic shop!”
— Alissa D
Although even when customers (some are interior designers or project managers and others are consumers) come in and fall in love with one of the antiques Santoro has in his shop, they frequently ask if it can be customized further. “They will ask, ‘I like it, but can you do this?’” Fortunately for them, the craftsman skills and knowledge of components and wiring that Santoro has perfected over the years allows him to create exactly what the client has envisioned. “I consider some of the fixtures hanging in here to be works in progress,” he states, adding that they are ready for interior designers to tweak for their clients regarding a custom finish or perhaps a change in materials if possible. “These days, nobody ever takes something the way it is [presented], but by having those changes made, that chandelier or lamp becomes yours and yours alone,” he explains.
Watching customers’ reactions when they discover a vintage find in the shop or see the antique they’ve brought in to be restored or customized is tremendously satisfying to Santoro. Teaching others brings him great joy to be sharing this lost art. “I was educated in the Old World traditions of manufacturing and design. Most people have never heard of the masters who mentored me,” he says.
Among those who Santoro learned from were designers at the prestigious Edward F. Caldwell & Co. firm in New York City, which was one of the premier designers and manufacturers of lighting fixtures and decorative metalwork from the late 19th to the mid-20th centuries (famous installations include the New York Public Library, Rockefeller Center, St. Patrick’s Cathedral, and the White House in Washington D.C.).
Another of his peers was John J. Winston, son of founder Charles J. Winston of Charles J. Winston & Co., Inc., which was one of New York City’s most prestigious dealers in fine antique furniture, decorations, and lighting fixtures (Charles was also the brother of famed jeweler Harry Winston). “The lowest-priced lighting fixture in his store was $25,000,” Santoro recalls.
Sharing the Love
What Santoro enjoys most besides restoration work is conducting classes at his studio for lovers of vintage lamps and lighting. “That’s what my business is all about,” he says. A people-person at heart, teaching classes also allows Santoro the opportunity to regale the students with the history of lighting design in a lively manner. After all, as a young child Santoro wanted to be a comedian — and his vaudeville-esque charm and humor regularly delights his students and clients alike.
These monthly classes consist of a handful of enthusiastic “artsy” people coming to the studio and picking through an array of component parts that spark their interest as potential lamps. Santoro provides guidance, gives a history of the various components they have chosen, and handles the intricacies of rewiring and the more technical work.
More often than not, creating lamps from scratch with Santoro has made several students frequent customers. For example, Jodi, the owner of a yoga studio in Queens, had just been walking past the shop one day while en route to the beautician who was doing her hair for her upcoming wedding. “At the time, I was also looking for vintage bottles for my wedding. It was evening and the lighted chandeliers in the window caught my eye. I told myself, ‘I have to go in there.’” Sure enough before her next bridal appointment, Jodi scheduled the time so that she could stop in at the lighting shop. “Once I came in, it was like that movie Chocolat [where a chocolate shop in the French countryside offers incredibly delicious homemade treats that have a magical hold on the villagers].”
Jodi has purchased at least five lights from Crystal Renaissance Fine Lighting, starting with one table lamp and proceeding with fixture after fixture.
Massage therapist Jill P. attended a recent lighting class and built a lamp. “You don’t often get the opportunity to come into an antique store and do something like this,” she says. “Before I came in here, if I thought about ‘lighting,’ I’d think ‘Home Depot.’”
Alissa D. from Long Island attended the lighting class in August with the purpose of creating a wall sconce for her new home. “It’s such a fun idea. Unlike my day job, where it might take time to see results, in this class you can build something in a matter of hours. It’s very satisfying; it’s like going into a magic shop!”
After spending two hours in the shop, attending the class and building her lamp, Susan C. sums up the experience as, “It’s like being in Willy Wonka’s factory. I feel like a kid in a candy store!”
For students who are nervous about whether the components they picked look “right” together, Santoro is there to provide guidance. “Make believe it’s a LEGO® set,” he urges one. To another he says, “Take a look [at what you put together] and consider if it has the right ambiance for your home.’”
Designers’ Best Resource
Just as Crystal Renaissance Fine Lighting is the place for consumers who love antique lighting, Santoro is the go-to source for interior designers seeking one-of-a-kind, unique looks for their projects. Last year, he participated in the Holiday House Design Show in New York City, an annual designer showhouse event held in a historic mansion and benefitting the Breast Cancer Research Foundation® charity. The previous spring, Santoro added his expert touch to the wall sconces in the Master Chamber as well as the Library plus a chandelier in the Grand Salon at the Mansion in May 2014 Showhouse, held at the historic Blairsden estate in Peapack-Gladstone, N.J., an event that raised $2 million for Goryeb Children’s Hospital at Morristown Medical Center.
“I love being surrounded by this beauty I created, and I want to keep the tradition alive. I am always brainstorming ideas and designs,” Santoro remarks.
His studio is currently involved in an intensive restoration of lobby fixtures for a historic Brooklyn apartment building. “I could never retire. I enjoy mentoring, designing, and collaborating on projects too much,” he adds.

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William Levy was spotted looking hotter than ever in the Zona Colonial of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. The actor was surrounded by a film crew, which leads us to believe he's shooting a new movie. Check out the pics!
Karla Souza and Jose Maria de Tavira star in "Niño Santo," a series about one of Mexico’s most recognized healers known for performing surgery without anesthesia and without causing his patients any pain.
Steve Harvey will go down in the books as the Miss Universe 2015 host who incorrectly announced Miss Colombia as a winner instead of Miss Philippines in the beauty pageant. He's back this year and people are anxiously waiting to see what he's going to do next.


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Having fed their detractors a serving of crow by making Guardians of the Galaxy the highest grossing movie of 2014, Marvel is ready to take what is arguably an even bigger gamble. We’re talking, of course, about Ant-Man, a troubled production that will be hitting the screen this summer, after a decade’s worth of development. Now we’ve got the first chance to see Ant-Man in action. Check out the first trailer below:
Ant-Man stars Paul Rudd as a petty crook named Scott Lang. He finds a chance at redemption when he crosses paths with Henry Pym (Michael Douglas), a physicist and entomologist who invented the titular suit back in 1963, a snazzy getup that allows the wearer to shrink in size but increase in strength, making for one hell of a right hook. After seeing potential in Lang, Pym takes him under his wing and begins training him to become “the Ant-Man.” (And yes, Scott, it is too late to change the name.) While the specifics of the story are still mostly under wraps, we know it allegedly involves a “heist” of some sort.
We’re guessing that heist will involve swiping something from Darren Cross (Corey Stoll), a former Pym protege who now has control of Pym’s corporation. Unfortunately, he also gets his hands on the Ant-Man tech and uses it to build the Yellowjacket suit, which Stoll describes as “the next generation of Ant-Man’s suit. It can do everything that Ant-Man can do, but more. It’s more badass, more militaristic, sleeker… sort of like if Apple had designed a battle suit.”
Also in the mix is Hope Van Dyne (played by Lost’s Evangeline Lilly), daughter of Pym and Janet Van Dyne — a name comics fans will recognize as the civilian identity of the Wasp, longtime love interest and partner of Pym’s Ant-Man. Lilly is also sporting a very Wasp-y hairdo, so naturally there’s plenty of speculation that she’ll be taking on the Wasp identity at some point during the film. We shall see.
All in all, the trailer looks interesting but it’s not nearly as funny as I was expecting. Hopefully the humor will become more apparent in future trailers, because I can think of few things worse than an overly serious Ant-Man movie.
Ant-Man will infest theaters on July 17, 2015. You can check out some screen captures from the trailer below.

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Released in May 2021, Velan Studios’ “prisoner fight” game (Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit) will nevertheless have relied on a free-to-play model and availability on all platforms, but the adventure will end on the 6th. June 2023, at the end of season 9. As this is an exclusively multiplayer game, Knockout City will no longer be playable once the servers are closed. “It was an extremely difficult, but important and necessary decision for our studio.“says director Jeremy Russo in the long post on the official website.
While the community still has a few months to enjoy with Season 9 content coming February 28, the main difference with most online games shutting down is that Velan Studios will allow their game to be hosted. on private servers, so that the clashes can continue as long as players want it. Only limit of the operation, these servers managed by users will only be available on PC.
The ball sleeps, but can still bounce
“Creating such a different game, with no point of comparison, and running live services for the first time in most of our careers has also made the past two years particularly challenging. Despite more than 12 million players and billions of knockouts worldwide, several aspects of the game need to be completely redesigned to better attract and retain enough players in a sustainable way. Because we’re a small indie studio, it’s just not possible for us to make these kinds of systemic changes to the game while still powering it,” elaborates Jeremy Russo.
It should be noted that Velan Studios still hopes to be able to use the experience acquired on this project to one day develop new experiences in the universe of Knockout City, even if the most logical would be that the team is now working on something different. “While we can’t promise that Knockout City will be back, what we can promise is that you’ll continue to see new and innovative games from Velan Studios that will surprise and delight gamers everywhere.“


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An aneurysm is localized abnormal dilatation or widening of a blood vessel, at least 50% more than its normal size. The aorta is the largest blood vessel in the body, extending from the heart down through the thorax and abdomen until it divides to form the major arteries of the legs. Thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm (TAAA) refers to an abnormal widening of the aorta involving both its thoracic and abdominal segments. Although atherosclerosis and TAAA share common risk factors and frequently co-exist, these aneurysms are primarily the result of age related degeneration and weakening of the aortic wall. Connective tissue disorders, dissections (separation of the wall layers), infections, and inflammations are the other causes.
Pain is the most common symptom, but almost half do not have symptoms and many present as an incidental finding on imaging such as CT scans. It is important to diagnose and treat aneurysms as there is a risk of rupture or dissection (1 out of 10 cases), which are life threatening. Increasing pain, sweatiness, dizziness, fast pulse, loss of consciousness, weakness or paralysis, and shortness of breath are all symptoms of impending complications. Any of these symptoms or a family history should prompt one to seek medical help. The investigations would include a chest X-ray, echocardiogram, CT scan and/or MRI scan.
If the aneurysm does not meet the criteria for intervention, your doctor would continue to monitor it by serial scans and medications to treat your blood pressure (e.g., beta blockers) and / or cholesterol lowering agents (statins).
Elective surgical intervention is considered when the aortic size exceeds 5 to 6 cm or when the rate of dilatation is more than 1 cm per year. Presence of connective tissue disorders, body size, and other criteria might modify the decision. TAAA repair refers to the surgical repair of such aneurysms. At present there are three operative techniques: open, endovascular and hybrid.
Open TAAA repair involves surgical removal of a section of the aorta and replacing it with an artificial graft. This is an extremely extensive and complicated operation. Usually, a large incision extending from the upper back on the left side, curving around under the shoulder-blade, around to the front of the abdomen, down to the umbilicus or even to the pubic bone. Operating on the aorta involves clamping it in stages and hence a heart lung machine is sometimes used to preserve blood supply and nutrition to vital organs such as the spinal cord, kidneys, liver and the bowel.
Endovascular approach is a much less invasive approach. Small incisions are made to access blood vessels in the groin. A catheter is inserted and used to deploy a stent graft within the aneurysm.
Hybrid approach uses a combination of these two techniques. The choice of technique depends on the patient’s physiologic reserve, co-morbidities, vascular anatomy and experience of the treating surgeon/center.
Despite the complexity and high risk, elective operation gives good long-term results and prevents the catastrophic complications of rupture and dissection.
This kind of surgery is not without significant risks.
The most serious risks associated with TAAA repair are death, stroke, and damage to the spinal cord resulting in paraplegia. The rates of these risks vary between institutions and depend on individual patient anatomy and comorbidity.
As with all surgical interventions, the potential risks need to be weighed against the benefits and discussed with your surgeon.
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