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What's New This Quarter
Well, here’s an interesting problem: Massachusetts has too many tech jobs and not enough tech pros to fill them. According to a March report from the Massachusetts Technology Leadership Council, there are 17 open tech-related jobs for every qualified recent graduate. From 2010 to 2013, Massachusetts technology companies created about 17,650 new jobs, leading to a statewide total of 214,650 technology jobs (up from 197,000 five years ago). Employment in the state’s information sector has surged 8.5 percent over the past year, far outpacing overall job growth of 1.8 percent. “Creating jobs isn’t the hard part for the tech sector right now. It’s filling them,” Tom Hopcroft, head of the Massachusetts Technology Leadership Council, said in an interview with the Boston Globe earlier this year
. Check out the latest Boston-based tech jobs.
“The demand for qualified talent far exceeds the supply, so we’ve seen the employment environment become increasingly more competitive,” said Matt Conley, managing director, Boston, for recruiter Randstad Technologies
. “Our pharma/biotech markets are continuing to grow and thrive, and financial services companies are rapidly rebuilding their once depleted IT departments, both of which have contributed to the decreased unemployment rate, which is now down to 4.9 percent statewide.” Cambridge-based Akamai Technologies
may have made the hiring problem worse by announcing it could hire 1,000 employees this year, bringing its total global headcount to 6,000. Akamai told the Boston Business Journal that it’s focusing on its Products Business Unit, where it needs systems software engineers
, architect engineers
, and product management directors. Statewide, nearly one in 10 Massachusetts workers is employed in fields such as software, telecommunications, and technology manufacturing, making the state’s labor force the techiest in the nation, according to CompTIA’s 2015 Cyberstates report. “Our state has the highest concentration of tech industry workers in the nation,” said Kevin Callahan, director of State Government Affairs for TechAmerica. “Tech is a major component of our economy actively, accounting for nearly 11 percent of the state GDP and 19 percent of the private sector payroll. Tech continues to be attracted to Massachusetts because of our world class research universities and a K-12 system that consistently is top in the nation in educating our children.” Other local firms with hiring plans:
- Quincy-based telecom provider Granite Telecommunications hopes to double its current workforce of 1,324 over the next four years.
- Fiksu plans to nearly double its workforce this year to 500. The mobile-app marketing software firm will hire 120 people at its Boston headquarters.
- Westborough-based SimpliVity will double its headcount to 800 as demand surges for its IT appliance system for data centers.
- Amazon continues to work on its Echo tabletop device. Its Cambridge R&D group is working on the product’s speech recognition capabilities.
On the downside, EMC
, the Boston-area tech giant, is in the midst of a restructuring that will result in an unspecified number of job cuts, most of which may have already occurred by the end of the first quarter. Meanwhile, if you want to start your kids on the tech track, check out Cambridge-based Leangap
, the first high school entrepreneurship accelerator program in the world that helps students ages 14 to 18 conceptualize and launch their businesses in six weeks. Launching this summer under the management of 17-year-old Eddie Zhong (a high school dropout), Leangap will accept 40 students in its first phase.
Skills in Demand
“Negative unemployment can be seen in some of the hottest areas of tech employment, from development and ERP/CRM applications to Big Data analytics,” said Darrin Lang, CEO of consulting firm LABUR. “Project managers
and business analysts
continue to be a hot profile in most industries, but hottest in financial services, insurance, biotech and medical devices. Pay rates are increasing, but there's some resistance. We see this as a continued push and pull for the next one to three years.” Programming “remains a skill in high demand,” HireMinds
, Ruby on Rails
, and mobile app programming languages is also highly desirable.” Local recruiters also cite a need for back-end engineers
, front end focused developers
, and full stack developers
. “In the last six months, we’ve also seen a significant increase in the number open positions for project managers, business analysts, and quality engineers
,” added Randstad Technologies’ Conley. “This positive trend is great to see because the development life cycle shows that more projects are being tested and completed, while many more are just getting started.”
According to the Cyberstates report, Massachusetts tech industry workers earned an average wage of $121,000 in 2014, ranking second in the nation and 94 percent more than Massachusetts’s average private-sector wage. That’s why tech-sector employers are responsible for almost a fifth of the wages paid out to Massachusetts workers last year. According to the 2015 Dice Salary Survey Report
, the average salary for a Boston-based IT professional is $97,288, up 2.9 percent from the previous year, 8.7 percent above the national average of $89,450, and the fourth highest average salary nationwide. (It was fifth last year.)
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Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Memphis Area Professional Wrestler and Writer, Frank "The Crime" Wilson Announces the Start of a New, Innovative Column for Wrestling News Center
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Press release: November 16th, 2009. Memphis area professional wrestler and writer, Frank "The Crime" Wilson announces the start of a new, innovative column for Wrestling News Center. Based on your favorite Mid-south Wrestling personalities, each article will be an action-packed narrative set in an alternate universe where genetically enhanced professional wrestlers' rivalries are too intense and personal to be contained in a ring and championships are coveted in life-and-death situations. If you are a fan of graphic novels, action movies or books or just good old fashioned storytelling, get ready to have your mind smashed in with a steel chair with Frank Crime's "Total Chaos Wrestling" series.
The first issue entitled "Asylum Nightmare/A Vampire in South Memphis" will take you inside the worlds of Psycho and Pappy, who through some less-than-savory tactics by business manager, Jimmy Blaylock have been granted early release from a mental institute in order to hunt down and destroy the current Tag Team Champions; simultaneously, local ink-artist, Tatt2 must postpone the grand opening of his new tattoo parlor when an unexpected visit is paid to him by the undead Baron Malkavain who looks to make a meal out of the rising artist and underground fighter....
Issue one arrives December 1st exclusively on Wrestling News Center.

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We stayed two days on a voucher break and as I had asked for a walk in shower because I was unable to climb into a bath we were given a ground floor room adapted fro wheelchair use.
The room was lovely, bed very comfortable, sea view and large wetroom, the grab rails round the toilet area whrer good and not too obtrusive, however there was no rail to assist getting out of the shower, no seat in the shower so how people who cant stand manage?, no seat on which to sit outside the shower so as I cant bend I couldn't dry myself.
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Stanbridge College is pleased to recognize all of the students, instructors and staff in our Occupational Therapy Assistance program on World Occupational Therapy Day. On this day, the World Federation of Occupational Therapy (WFOT) honors occupational therapists and promotes awareness of the impact that occupational therapy has on our everyday lives.
According to the American Occupational Therapy Association, occupational therapists and occupational therapy assistants aid people in all stages of life through the therapeutic use of everyday activities or occupations. Typical types of occupational therapy interventions include:
– helping children with disabilities participate in school and social environments
– helping people recover from injuries to regain skills
– supporting the elderly as they experience changes in physical and mental abilities
Occupational therapists and assistants provide people with the planning, execution of and evaluation of a patient’s goals and achievements. Their services may include a comprehensive evaluation of a patient’s environment (school, work or home), recommendations for equipment and training and education for caregivers and the public.
How does Occupational Therapy impact my life?
If you are not a child, disabled or injured you might be wondering how OT impacts your life. OT provides vital practices for everyday activities including traveling, working, sitting, using a computer, gardening and parenting. Techniques for energy conservation and posture can help everyone!
To learn more about these topics and how OT can help, click here to check out the Stanbridge College Occupational Therapy blog.
Continue to Learn:
Learn more about occupational therapy from the following associations and organizations:
24-hour World OT Day Virtual Exchange
World Federation of Occupational Therapy
American Occupational Therapy Association
Occupational Therapy Association of California
Occupational Therapy Assistance Education
Interested in becoming an occupational therapy Assistant? Visit www.stanbridge.edu to learn about the Stanbridge College Occupational Therapy Assistance program.

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A non-active Hellfire training missile fell from a military helicopter into a Killeen residential area, KWTX-TV is reporting.
Killeen police and Fort Hood explosive ordnance rushed to an open field behind the Trimmer Estates neighborhood after the missile fell about 8 p.m. Tuesday, the Waco station says. About 100 homes were evacuated for about an hour as a precaution.
The training missile, which is about 6 feet long, left a hole in the ground that was about 4 feet deep, KWTX reports. City crews were dispatched to fill in the hole.
Fort Hood officials now are investigating how the missile fell from the helicopter, the station adds.


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No list of supper haunts in town will be complete without this institution. There’s every dish you can imagine on the menu that reads like a prescription for a heart attack: from maggi goreng pattaya ($7.50) to burgers and fries ($8.90) to Sriracha- and honey-glazed chicken wings ($10.90). To really put your arteries under attack, order the Mama Mia Murtabak ($12): it oozes an unusual combination of keema, mushroom and cheese.
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Cayenne peppers are a type of chili pepper that belongs to the nightshade family of flowering plants. Originally grown in Central and South America, cayenne peppers are also grown in Europe. Cayenne peppers are a popular spice used in various regional styles of cooking, but they have also been used as medicine for thousands of years.
This small but highly nutritious herb packs a punch against many health problems. For one, cayenne peppers have antibacterial and anti-viral properties. They can also be used as a sterilizer and can slow or stop bleeding. These peppers can also keep you warm, boost your metabolism, and energize you all at once. Its spicy flavor is also good for your digestive tract.
It doesn't stop there. Cayenne peppers can also be used for the following:
All these health benefits of cayenne pepper can be attributed to its active ingredient known as capsaicin, which also gives these peppers their delicious heat. In addition, cayenne peppers can last for many years in storage, which makes them an even greater survival medicine.
You can grow your own cayenne pepper, granted you have a long enough growing season. It is also not picky about fertilizer or water, except at the start.
You can start your seeds indoors eight weeks before planting time in 72-cell trays planted ¼ inches deep in a soilless medium. Once the pepper plants start showing roots at the bottom of the tray – usually about 30 days – put them in pots or any container that works for you. Place them near a sunny window. You only need to water the pepper plants once a week; sometimes rainwater is enough.
After harvesting your organic cayenne peppers, you can now make your own herbal remedies. One way is to use them as a tincture or extract. To do this, fill mason jars almost to the top with freshly picked cayenne peppers. Then, pour 100-proof Svedka vodka over them. Place the jars in a dark place. After eight weeks, your potent herbal medicine is ready. You can consume cayenne peppers for better health by mixing one dropper-full of tincture in an 8-ounce glass of water. If you have cayenne powder, you can also mix 1 teaspoon of the powder in an 8-ounce glass of water.
Adding cayenne pepper to your diet is also easy, especially because it is available in different forms – as a whole food, spice, and supplement. Try adding a pinch of cayenne pepper spice to many of your favorite foods, such as eggs and even marinades. You can also slice whole cayenne peppers and add them to your salad. You can dry cayenne peppers using a dehydrator or in the sun and add them to any dishes you want for some heat.
Cayenne pepper is an easy-to-grow, versatile, and potent herbal medicine that deserves a spot in your prepper bag.

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Laura Dent decorative felt 'Day of the Dead' mouse
Laura Dent is a young maker in Ramsgate, Kent.
Laura makes all sorts of creatures into sparkly, fanciful, pretty little works of art. She won't glue anything, every element is sewn on and together. There is so much love and care in the detail she includes, these pieces are fun and speak from the heart.
Laura's fairy mice are one of our best-selling pieces and so we adding a few to this collection. This one uses a fab 'Day of the Dead' style fabric and is lovely and colourful.
None of the mice are toys and are strictly a decorative product, so unsuitable for ages under 36 months.

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Cakes, sugar art make business a sweet success
Is it possible to tire of staring dreamily at wedding cakes? Alabaster towers stenciled with sweeping curls of frosting lace. A rich swag of buttercream just itching to be swiped and tasted, melting oh so sweetly on the tongue.
Each one, at turns, elegant, extravagant, whimsical or simple. All delicious.
After nearly 30 years, Barbara Evans still isn’t tired of wedding cakes.
“You just kind of lose the hours. It’s all about enjoying it,” says Evans, who makes, on average, four wedding cakes a week in her specially equipped Edelstein home. She started her business, The Wedding Cake Connection, in 1981, the year she married. No, she didn’t make her own cake (brides are stressed enough!), but she did design it.
“The lady who made my cake, I twisted her arm and she finally gave in and let me come over and learn. She taught me the basics of wedding cakes. I actually bought out all her equipment (when she retired.)”
Still, it was a class she took for fun as a high schooler at a specialty cake shop in her neighborhood that first drew Evans into “sugar art.”
Now, she teaches it and is, in fact, one of the few ICES-certified master sugar artists in the nation. She is also co-director of the 34th annual International Cake Exploration Societé (ICES) convention. This year, it’s in St. Charles, just west of Chicago.
Her designer cakes have been featured in magazines, including the American Cake Decorating magazine and the current issue of Brides Chicago. In that issue is a five-tier red beauty — a red velvet cake covered in vivid red rolled fondant and red gum paste roses — that she created for Kathleen Cullinan, daughter of Diane Cullinan-Oberhelman.
Evans also is a judge at national cake shows and the French Pastry School in Chicago.
“Food Network has given the sugar art industry such a boost. The competition has risen to such heights. A lot of what I’ve learned, a lot of the specialty side, is from ICES. It’s definitely an art form, and I’ve gotten more and more into that side of it.”
By specialty work, Evans means how she can create delicate, whisper-thin strings of sugar that arc and swoop into the air above the cake or the gum paste flowers you’d swear are real.
To become a certified master sugar artist, Evans prepped for 5 months for an 8-hour hands-on test. Of the 12 who tested, only seven, including herself, passed.
Most cakes, depending on the design, take Evans anywhere from seven to 18 hours to complete. Cost also varies, based on the size and difficulty of design. Her competition cakes take days, but with those she is only limited by the fanciful frills she can dream up, not by what a bride can afford.
“I enter contests a couple times a year. It’s my play time.”
Last summer, she won a contest celebrating Wilton’s 80th anniversary with a double-sided white and baby pink cake that showed the past and present of cake decorating.
“I went into books 30 and 40 years old and pulled out some of the designs,” says Evans, who decorated one side in traditional piping, sugar bells and royal icing flowers. The modern side “was all done in fondant and gum paste and fondant pearls.
“People often ask me what my favorite wedding cake was and I usually say, ‘Yesterday’s,’ because it’s about what’s new and fun.”
The trend today is “simple, elegant,” says Evans.
Fountains and plastic columns and bridges — popular when Evans married — are more likely to be replaced by simply stacked layers decorated with tasteful ribbons and fresh or gum paste flowers. Quilting, where fondant is manipulated to look like quilted fabric, is also big, Evans says.
“You’ll notice that colors of weddings tend to follow what’s in style for fashion.”
Flavors also fall in and out of fashion. White cake with white frosting is no longer the only option. Evans offers 20 flavors and fillings — from her popular chocolate cake with Kahlua-and-cream filling to the outrageous tangerine cake with tangerine filling.
“I think people are getting a little more adventurous.”
Fondant is also more popular than in the past — Evans estimates about 40 percent of her cakes are covered with the super smooth icing — and Evans has a tip to improve the taste.
“Most people put on a thin coat of buttercream and the more traditional thickness of fondant. I just decided it sounded better to reverse it,” says Evans, who lays a very thin layer of fondant over thick, rich buttercream. “It’s the best of both worlds.”
As fun as it is playing with sugar and buttercream all day, that is not Evans’ true thrill.
“When you walk out of the wedding setup and you know you’ve left them with something they’re going to remember, something that is going to make their day even more special — that’s what I get out of it.”
Jennifer Davis can be reached firstname.lastname@example.org.
Wedding reception highlight has a storied, if uncertain, past
No one knows for sure when the tradition of the wedding cake started. Some say it goes back to ancient Greece with cakes made with honey dipped into wine as part of a special feast.
Others say it’s more linked to Medieval times when each guest was asked to bring a small cake. The cakes were stacked in layers — the higher, the more good fortune — and if the bride and groom could kiss over the top of the stack it was considered good luck.
The tiered design of the wedding cake reportedly originates from the tiered spire of a well-known medieval church in London, St. Bride’s Church.
During World War II, sugar was hard to come by, even rationed. Butter, too, was not to be squandered on a single cake. Still, according to the cookbook, “Grandma’s Wartime Baking Book: World War II and the Way We Baked,” families would stockpile from all their relatives to give the bride and groom a proper wedding cake. In Great Britain, it is said small cakes were often served inside a box decorated with plaster of Paris to resemble a larger, traditional cake.
Interesting traditions surround the cakes themselves. In the 1950s, wedding cake toppers, a symbol for togetherness, became popular. And in the South, some still participate in the “cake pull.” Tiny silver charms are placed inside the cake attached to ribbons that single women pull.
The charms represent good and bad luck — future children, travel, marriage and the dreaded thimble, which represents spinsterhood.
Barbara Evans of the Wedding Cake Connection got her start by taking a cake decorating class at The Decorator’s Grocery, 900 E. Arcadia Ave.
Granted, that was years ago when she was in high school and the store, which still has unique supplies, no longer offers classes. But, there are other options.
The Cake Shoppe, 5701 S. Adams, in Bartonville will teach the fundamentals of cake decorating in a 4-week class with sessions beginning Sept. 5 and Sept. 14.
Cost is $35 plus supplies. The Saturday class meets from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. The Monday class from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.
More advanced classes will follow if there is interest. Also, in the spring, the shop will offer classes on specialty techniques, such as air brushing and how to make gum paste flowers. Contact them at 697-8372 or visit the Web site at www.bartonvillecakeshoppe.com for more information.
From the Field Cooking School, 2029 S. Main St. in Morton, will offer a cake decorating class, the first in a series of three, on Aug. 18.
The class, which runs from 6 to 9 p.m., costs $50 but includes a basic decorating kit.
“We will show you step-by-step how to bake and decorate a cake that tastes as good as it looks!” according to the class description. “You’ll learn: Basic sanitation practices, secrets to baking a moist and delicious cake, how to make light, fluffy frosting that’s perfect for decorating (and tastes great too), the three steps to prepare a cake for decorating, and how to use a decorating bag (including how to make simple borders and drop flowers). You’ll leave class with a simple but beautifully decorated cake.”
To find our more or to register, visit www.fromthefieldcookingschool.com or call 263-6020.
If you’re really serious, The French Pastry School in Chicago offers wedding and specialty cake decorating classes for the food enthusiast.
A three-day, hands-on class will be offered Nov. 10-12 for $525. It is described as “a beginner’s guide to creating wedding and special event cakes using gum paste, rolled fondant and royal icing techniques,” such as string work and borders. Check out the Web site at www.frenchpastryschool.com for more details.
About 700 cakes from cake decorators in 36 countries will be converging in St. Charles July 30 through Aug. 2 for the 34th annual International Cake Exploration Societé convention and show.
"ICES is the only education-based sugar art organization in the U.S.,” said Barbara Evans, co-director of the show. “This is the first time (the convention) has been in Illinois, and probably the last time in a long time.
It’s a rare opportunity. If anyone has even a slight interest in cake decorating, I think they will get a lot out of this.”
While the classes are open only to registrants, the public is invited to the cake gallery, which will be open Aug. 1-2 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission is $10, with a portion of proceeds going to the Boys & Girls Club of America.
The public also can purchase a one-day shopper’s ticket for $50 good on that Saturday or Sunday. It includes entry to the vendors area and cake gallery, but does not allow access to the demonstrations. There are nearly 150 vendors expected at the show, including a number of international businesses. Vendor booths will include equipment to purchase.
For more information, visit the Web site at ww.ICES09.org.


The US opioid crisis is the public health emergency of our time and requires urgent public health action to monitor and protect the most vulnerable Americans. We have witnessed a startling death toll in 2017 with 70 237 drug overdose deaths in the United States, of which two-thirds involved opioids. The devastating consequences of this epidemic for mothers and infants have received less attention.
Public health authorities have described, with growing alarm, an unprecedented increase in morbidity and mortality associated with use of opioid pain relievers (OPRs). Efforts to address the opioid crisis have focused mainly on reducing nonmedical OPR use. Too often overlooked, however, is the need for preventing and treating opioid addiction, which occurs in both medical and nonmedical OPR users. Overprescribing of OPRs has led to a sharp increase in the prevalence of opioid addiction, which in turn has been associated with a rise in overdose deaths and heroin use.
This paper shares interventions and research on 2Gen brain science and toxic stress. (Author introduction)
Health is a fundamental component of wellbeing. Children’s health affects their ability to succeed in school and engage in other learning opportunities within the contexts of their family, neighborhood, and community. This brief examines the relationship between the health of children and that of their parents, and between the availability of emotional support for parenting and children’s health, based on a large national sample. We use parent self-reports of health, which prior research has determined are valid measures of health status for both parents and their children.
Mother’s Education and Children’s Outcomes: How Dual-Generation Programs Offer Increased Opportunities for America’s Children is the second in a series of the Foundation for Child Development’s Disparities Among America’s Children reports.
Using the first five waves of data from the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study (FFCWS), this research examines whether nonresident fathers who owe child support arrears are at risk for the development of depression and alcohol abuse problems. To attenuate a potential omitted variable bias, I controlled for fathers’ previous mental health status by including a lagged dependent variable as a covariate. As a robustness check, I used an instrumental variable approach to correct for endogeneity and measurement error associated with mothers’ report of fathers’ child support arrears.
The tax code is designed to raise government revenue. Domestic support obligations (DSOs) — namely, child support and spousal support — are designed to ameliorate the financial burdens that arise upon divorce.
This article examines the widespread phenomenon of exorbitant child support debt owed by noncustodial fathers in no- and low-income and predominately Black families. Drawing from qualitative data—including a court-based ethnography and in-depth interviews with lawyers, litigants, and judges—this Article explores the inflated and arbitrary nature of the debt, detailing how states utilize family law rules, child support system practices, and court processes to construct burdensome child support arrears that many poor noncustodial fathers will never have the means to pay off.
This presentation was given at the 57th National Association for Welfare Research and Statistics (NAWRS) Workshop in 2019. The presentation provides an overview of the perils of food assistance and other social services benefits cliffs, as well as the results of a study on the effects of minimum wage and inflation on benefit limits. Discrepencies between market rates and subsidies for food, child care, and other needs can cause families to face severe financial circumstances when they reach sharp benefit limits.
For this report, the Center for American Progress collected and analyzed data on the location and capacity of licensed or registered child care providers in every state and Washington, D.C. These data were synthesized with estimates of the population, family income, and labor force participation rates in every one of the country’s 73,057 census tracts. This original and comprehensive analysis of child care supply at the census tract level finds that 51 percent of Americans live in child care deserts.


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text: Up for your consideration is a seriously upgraded Lakland 55-01. This bass has the Bartolini USA NTMB Preamp as well as Bartolini USA MK5 Pickups. This is a HUGE electronics upgrade and this bass sings because of it. The knobs are also upgraded Lakland knobs, which makes adjusting your on board eq a bit easier. I have the original knobs and can include with purchase. I also have sticker inlays on the bass that come off quite easily if you don't like the look. The bass does have one small finish flaw. There is a crack in the clear coat right where you rest your right arm on the cutaway. It was like this when I bought it and obviously does not effect the playability of the bass in any way. I have done my best to photograph it, but it is difficult to see unless you are holding the bass. She's not a case queen, but this is a phenomenal bass and plays better than any 5 string I have owned. Price is $575 Buyer pays actual shipping in an gig bag to the contiguous 48. As far as why am I selling? I'm really wanting to gravitate back towards 4 strings. I miss my jazz bass! And to answer the unspoken question, just under 9lbs on my digital bathroom scale! Please PM me with all offers to keep the thread clean. Thanks for looking.


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Fabrication and characterization of nanoparticle-containing melt electrowritten scaffolds for bone cancer treatment
Supervisors in Erlangen: Irem Unalan, Prof. Aldo R. Boccaccini
Current bone anticancer treatments mainly rely on chemotherapy, radiotherapy, and/or surgery. When the tumoral area is small and accessible, the typical clinical treatment implies tumor mass removal followed by bone reconstruction or consolidation with a bioceramic or a metallic scaffold. Even though the treatment also involves chemotherapy or radiotherapy, a resurgence of cancer cells remains possible . For this reason, it is possible to use functional nanoparticles (MNPs) for bone cancer treatment (hyperthermia, drug delivery), thanks to their suitable magnetic orientation, small size effect, biodegradability, and reactive functional groups. Such nanoparticiles are usually functionalized with copolymers to have better biocompatibility . Melt electrowriting (MEW) is a high-resolution additive manufacturing (AM) method for printing highly porous scaffolds composed of synthetic biodegradable polymers. In this method, polymer melts can be written via a high voltage field to highly defined scaffolds with submicron-sized fibers . This master thesis in collaboration with Prof. Enrica Verne and Prof. Marta Miola (Polytechnic of Turin) aims to fabricate functional nanoparticle incorporated PCL melt electrowritten scaffolds to treat bone cancer. The scaffold’s physical, mechanical, and biological properties will be investigated during this project.
 Kesse, X., Adam, A., Begin-Colin, S., Mertz, D., Larquet, E., Gacoin, T., Maurin, I., Vichery, C., & Nedelec, J. M. (2020). Elaboration of Superparamagnetic and Bioactive Multicore-Shell Nanoparticles (?-Fe2O3@SiO2-CaO): A Promising Material for Bone Cancer Treatment. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 12(42), 47820–47830.
 Singh, R. K., Patel, K. D., Lee, J. H., Lee, E. J., Kim, J. H., Kim, T. H., & Kim, H. W. (2014). Potential of magnetic nanofiber scaffolds with mechanical and biological properties applicable for bone regeneration. PLoS ONE, 9(4).
 Hochleitner, G., Kessler, M., Schmitz, M., Boccaccini, A. R., Teβmar, J., & Groll, J. (2017). Melt electrospinning writing of defined scaffolds using polylactide-poly(ethylene glycol) blends with 45S5 bioactive glass particles. Materials Letters, 205, 257–260.

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- McGill University’s new power plant by Les architectes FABG
The construction designed by Les architectes FABG for McGill University in Montreal, Canada is an outstanding exception to this rule: a new volume designed solely for the purpose of containing three 1.5 MW emergency generators to protect research work in the event of a blackout.
The project was necessary because McGill University’s existing power plant, and the Wong, Rutherford, Administration and Leacock buildings, were powered by a single emergency generator located in the Ferrier building, in the immediate vicinity of the heating plant, and the university wished to correct this risky situation.
The new pavilion of glass and local limestone containing the new natural gas generators, designed by Les architectes FABG, fits elegantly into the university campus, taking advantage of the slope of the land and respecting its location in the Mount Royal Heritage Site. In this regard, according to Jérôme Conraud, Director of Utilities and Energy Management at McGill University: “We didn’t want a building made out of four sheets of metal. We wanted the pavilion to offer an example of sustainable development, even though it is not open to the public.”
The architects therefore followed the natural slope of the land, with a new volume reflecting the style of the old greenhouses, now demolished, and providing a trait d’union between the upper and lower part of the campus. The green roof of the new infrastructure integrates it with its surroundings, and restores the built area for growth of vegetation. The part covered with metal, while visually recalling the tin-plated copper used in the Wong building, employs a more sustainable solution: a fired fluoropolymer paint on an aluminium panel. Lastly, the project preserves a big elm tree at the foot of the new staircase linking different parts of the campus.
Here, as in all other projects by Les architectes FABG, who specialise in complete architectural services and in restoration and renovation projects for cultural buildings, the new volume is treated as a pavilion that contributes to improvement of the quality and uniqueness of the campus of McGill University. McGill University’s new power plant won the Quebec order of architects’ 2020 prize for excellence in architecture in the commercial and industrial buildings category.
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This week, GHash briefly gained control of 51% of the network hashrate. Although there is no evidence to suggest that the pool attempted to perform a 51% attack, any pool becoming so powerful is just unnecessarily risky. CCN and the Bitcoin community have issued multiple PSAs about the risk of GHash getting too big, but the pool has remained unapologetic so far. Interestingly, CCN discussed a DDoS as possible line of defence against a 51% attack, and just yesterday, GHash went offline temporarily, possibly due to a DDoS. However, the pool is back online with control of approximately 41% of the network at the time of this post. It’s clear that currently one of the biggest threats to Bitcoin is the increasing centralisation of mining due to pools like GHash.
A few days ago, the US Marshals Service announced that the seized Silk Road bitcoins (almost 30,000 BTC) would be auctioned off till Monday, 30th June. This announcement, as well as the gloom and doom about GHash, caused the bitcoin price to take a dive. The price then briefly rebounded to $600 and is now down to $560. If the winner of the Silk Road auction cashes out on all the coins immediately, a further price drop could occur. Of course, what actually happens remains to be seen.
It looks like PayPal is becoming increasingly interested in bitcoin, or at least, how PayPal’s customers use bitcoin. In a recent customer survey, PayPal asked several questions asking to compare PayPal to bitcoin. However, whoever created the survey seems to have a twisted understanding of how bitcoin works. For example, consider the second page of the survey:
“Resolves account issues quickly” simply doesn’t apply to bitcoin, because bitcoin isn’t a service. The second and third questions are difficult to answer too, since they don’t really apply to bitcoin. Perhaps it would be better if PayPal had compared its service to Coinbase, which is sometimes called the PayPal of bitcoin. Coinbase has made it easy for companies like Dish and Expedia to accept bitcoin payments, potentially threatening PayPal’s existence.
There hasn’t been a lot of Litecoin news recently, despite LTC being the second most popular cryptocurrency. Litecoin, which is based on the scrypt hashing algorithm, processes blocks much faster than bitcoin and was designed to produce four times as many coins as bitcoin. In the past, the Litecoin price has followed bitcoin’s. But recently, despite bitcoin’s price swings, Litecoin has hovered around $10. Has the Litecoin price stabilised and become independent of bitcoin? Or has Litecoin become stagnant?
“Bitcoin 2.0” is one of those buzzwords that’s sometimes thrown around without much thought. However, Gavin Andreson, a core Bitcoin developer, recently discussed his interest in ethereum and the future of Bitcoin. Ethereum is a Bitcoin 2.0 project with features that Gavin found interesting, such as smart contracts, which are contracts that are verified by the network rather than a central authority. However, Andresen believes that several aspects of ethereum are needlessly re-engineered, and that,
“Bitcoin already provides a global currency and distributed ledger– there is no need to re-invent those wheels. Combining real-world information with Bitcoin is where things start to get really interesting.”
Simply put, the future of Bitcoin…is Bitcoin, and nothing else. It’s easier to improve a system that already works rather than start over.

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- The FDA will discuss the BLA for ALK and Merck's (MRK) ragweed sublingual allergy immunotherapy next month.
- The Ad Com is scheduled for January 28.
- MRK submitted the BLA in March. It was accepted in May.
- Evidence from what the companies call "extensive" clinical development support the tablets' ability to "reduce patients' allergy symptoms and their concomitant use of symptom-relieving medication."
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Register for the DTG Summit -‘Television Beyond Imagination’ here
Tell us what it means to be a futurist!?
Bottom line, it’s about being curious. Constantly looking for new emerging trends and technologies and immersing yourself into it enough to start to anticipate their impacts. Observing people’s behaviour, how they experience and consume content, how they relate with each other, in a wider sense. Scanning the market, in your industry and beyond for new things that are rising in relevancy. Eventually, try to articulate for others a synthesis of what you have found out, to inspire them.
What do you think is the biggest challenge that the television industry needs to address?
There may be a few, starting from the definition of the term “television industry”.
- The platforms/creators economy which have carved out a lot of people’s time from the hands of traditional media and hence changed users behaviours and also the content, formats, and language
- The continued reluctancy of the traditional media space to inject new talent from a more digital and DTC background
- Lack of diversity at the top
Which area of innovation excites you most and why?
Any place where innovation meets consumer adoption
What is your take on the metaverse?
It is too early to judge if it will be adopted mainstream and have a wider impact than the current potential. It is also unclear what form it will take, if decentralized and interoperable or, like social today, managed by a few big entities. The real metaverse, I expect, will be deeper than what we have seen today, blending physical and digital in unexpected ways.
Does the TV industry need to care about the metaverse?
Technology will continuously move ahead and accelerate, and you need to be on top of it to avoid the risk of being excluded from the next phase. I would say the TV industry needs to follow it closely and understand when the right moment to invest serious money arrives.
What might “watching TV” look like in 2030?
This is a tricky question as even today, I am not sure what TV is. Does it mean simply watching a big screen? Or is it consuming or experiencing content?
I expect more interactivity if we can find a frictionless way to integrate that, more ways to share video experiences with others, and perhaps video accessed through the metaverse…
What is your current favourite TV Show?
I have been watching industry-related original series like We Crashed, The Dropout, White Hot and Dopesick.
What is your desert island luxury item?
My wife and kids.
What would people be surprised to learn about you?
I am an electronic/nujazz creator/musician, my work is available on 12+ platforms as “Abe Murakami” and “An Ignorant Soul” for the NEOM record label.
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Spacious Three Bedroom Home on the Ocean(1 Reviews)
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- Minimum stay:3-4 nights
- Property type:Villa
- Pets considered:No
- Wheel chair accessible:No
About the Property
Three bedroom home with large decks, its own dock and palapa right on the sea!
This is a fenced, gated property with mature trees, including Coconut trees, Mangoes, Seagrape, Cocoplum and more. The gardens lead down to the beach, and out onto the dock, which has its own palapa at the end. There are steps that can be lowered into the water allowing easy access for swimming and playing around in the sea. Back underneath the building is a freshwater shower so you can rinse yourself off before going back into the house.
The house is raised on stilts/pilings for increased air flow. On the first level there are two huge bedrooms - one with two twin beds, and one with a queen bed. The bathroom on this level is shared, with a separate toilet. There is also a washer/dryer here for your use, and plenty of spare linens.
The large open plan living area includes a kitchen, dining area, lounge and stairs to the upper level.
The kitchen is fully equipped with all the fixtures and fittings you need. There is a dishwasher, 36inch Frigidaire oven, stainless steel/cast iron stove top, fridge/freezer plus a separate full freezer. All crockery and cookware is also provided. There is plenty of workspace for preparation, including a separate island.
The lounge area has an abundance of seating, including two sofas that convert to double sleepers. The dining and living areas have panoramic windows and doors opening onto the wraparound porch. There are table and chairs out here for you to enjoy the seabreeze and the views. In addition to the huge porch, there is also a screened in porch with a second dining area, bench and hammock - a perfect spot to spend the afternoons.
The custom designed stairs lead to a den area that can be used as an play area or office area. There is a futon here that can used as extra bedroom space. Skylights that can open provide light and air.
The master bedroom is also on this upper level. It has a King bed, dresser and bedside tables and it has its own private deck. There is an ensuite bathroom with two vanities, separate toilet and shower.
The house was custom designed, with all wood build - it has a chalet feel but on the ocean - a true one-of-a-kind here in Placencia.
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- Guests Provide Their Own Meals
- Events Allowed
- Long-Term Renters Welcome
- Children Welcome
- Non Smoking Only
- Pets Not Allowed
- Wheelchair Inaccessible
Bedrooms: 3 Bedrooms, Sleeps 10, Beds for 6-10
Bathrooms: 2 Bathrooms
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- Bird Watching
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- Fly Fishing
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- Dining Area
- Seating for 6 people
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This home is located right on the Caribbean Sea, with your own dock and palapa allowing you to sunbath and swim straight from your property. The Placencia Hotel and Residences is just a couple hundred yards south, with a large pool, tennis courts and restaurants available to you (with reservations). The village of Maya Beach is 2 miles south, with a variety of bars and restaurants, and to the north you have a short drive to the mainland, where you can go explore the rainforest and Mayan ruins. We are happy to help plan your vacation, with as much or little activity as you want.
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Fully equipped kitchen
Fabulous screened in dining area
Loft area, with detailed carving
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Lush grounds plus private off-road parking
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Pick Copy Content: PS Vita System - PC - Applications - Save Data (PSP/Other).
You should now see all of your PSP save data.
Download any one, pSP game onto your Vita and play it enough to generate a save file.
It's probably called "Removable Disk" if you're on Windows.Giving your PSV a custom canopus advc 110 manual firmware will allow access to many of these homebrew applications.Copying your PSP save data, plug your PSP into your PC with a Mini USB cable (the kind that fits into the top of your PSP) and select the USB Connection option avi to vcd dvd mpeg converter pro crack in the PSP System menu.Any time you download a PSP game onto that Vita, it will start with the save data you copied from your old PSP, no need to repeat this for each game!If you're concerned about how much space the data will take up on your PS Vita, check how large this savedata folder is, you're about to copy that much data onto your Vita.Copy the files onto your Vita.Pick Applications - Saved Data again.In that should be a single folder named with random letters and numbers.You should see the game you played earlier in a list; tap the PSP game to select it and hit copy.
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“Building Dreams, a group exhibition, highlights the works of seven contemporary Texas artists including Christopher Paul Dean, Joshua Duttweiler, Thomas Flynn II, Shelley Hampe, Aaron Hollingsworth, Elvia Perrin, and Dallas Smith. The show presents a variety of media including painting, sculpture, prints, and installation.
The dynamics between the artists’ various approaches provoke ideas found in a relationship between the built and natural environments and in human reaction to societal constructs. Architectural references from urban to domestic scales can be found whether it be through the subject matter, materials used, formal characteristics, or how the work engages with the gallery space. Allusions to identity, experience, and narratives from the personal to collective are imbued in varying degrees of abstraction.
Building Dreams offers a glimpse of these artists’ insightful perspectives.
Christopher Paul Dean investigates the relationships between humans and objects, drawing from universally utilized signs associated with standardized accident prevention. Employing various surface textures, bold colors and repeated patterns as a means to demarcate zones, create order, assist in navigation, and alert us to potential hazards, Dean’s work appropriates a visual lexicon of readymade safety markers including caution stripes, barricade patterns, floor signs, safety chains and safety cones. The formal characteristics of these safety-based Readymades are deconstructed and abstracted to create objects that promote discovery at close proximity and expand our experiences with these familiar objects.
Joshua Duttweiler encompasses personal, collaborative, and client-based projects focused on social justice and community building in his multi-disciplinary practice. The work is a critical exploration of societal systems and constructs that makes way for new voices to be heard through interactive design, curation, and installations. Duttweiler’s “Concrete” photographs depict urban built elements with an overlay of brilliant color.
Thomas Flynn II’s practice is informed by the perceived relationship between plants, celestial bodies, and human bodies. The work seeks to further delve into the ancient relationship that humans have with their environment and how that informs our current lives. Relationships between colors, between seemingly unconnected things, and between sleep and waking life are evoked in silhouettes of mythical night blooming flowers amongst depictions of comets and stars inspired by portrayal in medieval manuscripts. The work balances figurative representation and color blocked fields referencing a half-remembered walking daydream among the stars. Bright contrasting colors are informed by ocular color theory, or how the eyes perceive color when information is lacking. Think of when you stand up too fast or rub your eyes for too long – it is those star colors locked in the eyes that find their way into Flynn’s work.
Shelley Hampe creates new narratives that question female identity and place in society. Inspired by a variety of sources such as news, social media, advertisements, and literature, the narratives are open-ended and require the viewer to create a resolution if they choose. Displacing the heroic painting with found objects of lesser stature, the denounced narrative in contemporary painting is questioned in the series Failure of Fairytale.
Aaron Hollingsworth is intrigued by how major life circumstances ultimately begin to build the person we are and affect those around us. People, personalities, and oddities drive the aesthetics of the work. Each piece is created with an intent, story, and purpose, like a person. Intricate forms are grown together through found and purchased materials, alongside traditional painting and drawing media. Materials are often lacking or minimal color, yet create a new palette through their existence together. Through the use of wire, sewing, and gluing the sculptural personalities hold loosely together. Cloth is often stretched, glued, or stitched over a wire form and other materials are attached. Through these humbling elements, a language of meekness intertwined with pride evokes emotions of seriousness, humor, and intrigue.
Elvia Perrin takes an approach that is pragmatic, tying abstract imagery, geometric lines and clean-cut shapes to balance the femininity and masculinity of process and print. Through printmaking, the redundancy of the matrix is exploited and the repetitiveness of making is explored. Perrin’s practice convergences reorder of material with revealing and veiling of surfaces through overlaying ink and the contradictions of formalism with sectioning of the shape. There is a balance of making, collage, and structured form using the female approach to construct work that exhibits the banal of formalism, finds order in the layering textures and traces of patterns with a quiet minimalist approach.
Dallas Smith has always considered the creation of art to be an intimate process. Smith’s artistic practice is a reflection of the ethereal realm that the process of creating art brings us all to. Illustration, mixed media painting, and new media digital experiences create metaphorical windows into these other worlds that we all generate within ourselves. Inspiration is drawn from an amalgamation of the natural world and the unnatural rigidity of our societal structures. Smith considers his place living in the natural world, how we have altered it, and how it has altered him. The work strives to convey personal metamorphosis through the use of intense familiar imagery, complex and energetic forms, and bold uses of color.”
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The short duration of the pose benefits the model because they don't need to keep their poses for a long period. This also benefits the artists because it helps them concentrate on the essential elements of the pose. With this type of drawing and posing, an artist simply does not have time to draw all the details, so they learn to ignore them and concentrate instead on the important elements. Croquis is also a good method of drawing subjects which won't stand still and pose but rather keep on moving, such as animals and children. Croquis drawing can then be used as a foundation for another work of art such as a painting or may be used as a work of art itself.
The word croquis comes from French and means simply "sketch".
In fashion, the term refers to a quick sketch of a figure (typically 9 heads tall as this is the accepted proportions for fashion illustration) with a loose drawing of the clothes that are being designed. Often a large number of croquis drawings will be created for one finished look, which is fully drawn and finished.
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Zambales resident Melinda Iniego was so overjoyed, she cried while thanking two politikos!
The senior citizen was given a wheelchair by Governkor Amor Deloso and his daughter and Zambales 2nd District Representative Cheryl Deloso-Montalla.
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“Hollywood Seven” has been a dancefloor weapon of Mike Simonetti’s DJ sets for almost six years. Also, it was the closing track “Disconet Dilemma” on Mike & Johnny’s December 2007 cult mix “Albuterol”. Now “Hollywood Seven” is finally out via Perseo, the sister edit label of Italians Do It Better. This new version of the track features Mike & Johnny’s unreleased extended edit. Don’t look at this as simply an “edit record”. Consider it a slice of unknown music history, an unlikely cover song that has become a dancefloor classic. Download it for free below.


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Aging is inevitable, but ‘Active Aging’ is a choice. It is the choice to remain physically active and attentive to your health, even as the years progress. This is extremely significant for leading a fulfilling, rewarding life throughout your later years, as it works to tackle the feelings of isolation, idleness, and decline that often occur as a result of withdrawing from work and other aspects of life as people get older. Staying physically active can have a positive influence on all aspects of your wellbeing; not only will it reduce the risk of chronic physical health issues that can occur later in life, but it also has enormous benefits for mental wellbeing, and helps you to keep a active social life by becoming part of supportive and empowering fitness communities. We will further explore the wide-ranging benefits of active ageing, how to overcome barriers to access these benefits, and our best tips for getting started.
Benefits of Staying Active as you Age
Let’s start with the obvious; the physical benefits of staying physically active. Lower rates of heart disease, hypertension, and mortality have all been found among older people who remain physically active as well as reduced risk of other chronic diseases. What diseases you do get, you are likely to recover more quickly from. Other physical benefits include improved bone health, body composition and weight, and a reduced likelihood and severity of functional impairments.
However, the mental benefits of active ageing are perhaps just as significant and broad as the physical ones. Keeping physically active can help to slow the cognitive decline that occurs with old age and has been proven to be a significant mood booster for many older people. This improved mood will mean that you are less likely to want to disengage from social life and activities, which will further improve your mental wellbeing. As well as this, physical activity can also help to improve your sleep quality, which will help you to feel more energetic and proactive and, in turn, make exercise easier. In other words, it’s a positive feedback loop.
Then, there’s the social benefits. Many clubs and communities are specifically tailored for older people who are keen to stay active. By taking part in fitness groups, you’re opening the door to making new friends and engaging as part of a supportive community. As many older people find their social circle becoming smaller, this can be a great way to create new bonds and foster a healthy, sociable lifestyle.
Exercise Routines for Active Aging
According to the NHS, seniors should aim for around 150 minutes of moderate-intensity exercise per week, and this should be split into both cardiovascular and strength-oriented forms of exercise. For those that are unfamiliar with the different intensity levels, moderate-intensity exercise should warm you up, raise your heart rate, and leave you breathing heavier, but not gasping for air.
Examples of moderate-intensity cardiovascular exercise include:
- Brisk walking/light jogging
- Cycling at ten miles an hour or less
- Water aerobics
The 150-minute goal starts to seem a little less daunting, as much of your cardiovascular exercise can be fit into everyday life.
A trap some people can fall into is believing that, to properly exercise the muscles, you must buy the right equipment, but this isn’t true. In fact, for many useful beginner exercises, the most you’ll need is a sturdy chair. Some easily accessible exercises include:
Mini squats – Using the back of a chair for stability, bend your knees as far as comfortable while keeping them facing forward and your back straight.
Sit-to-stand – Perch on the edge of a chair and move slowly from sitting to standing upright, only using your arms for guidance while your legs do the work.
Calf raises – standing either without support or at the back of a chair, slowly lift your heels as far as is comfortable and lower them again.
Backwards leg raises – Holding onto the back of a chair for stability, raise one leg behind you as far as comfortable, keeping the leg and your back straight. Alternate legs with each repetition.
Wall push-ups – Standing at arm’s length from a wall, place your hands flat upon it and slowly bend your arms, with your elbows by your side and your back straight. Close the difference between yourself and the wall as much as you can before pushing yourself back up into the starting position. These should ideally be done in three sets of 5-10 repetitions.
It is a good idea to combine all of these exercises into one short routine, aiming for 5-10 repetitions of each exercise and practising the routine twice a day, a few days a week.
Combining both cardiovascular and strength exercises we have looked at into a weekly routine, here’s what it could look like:
Monday – 15-minute brisk walk/cycling, 2 x 15-minute strength exercise
Tuesday – Rest day
Wednesday – 2 x 15-minute strength exercise
Thursday – 15-minute brisk walk/cycling, 2 x 15-minute strength exercise
Friday – Rest day
Saturday – 15-minute brisk walk/cycling
Sunday – 15-minute brisk walk/cycling
This just goes to show how easily 150 minutes can be broken up throughout your week, and that even for those just starting to get involved with regular exercise, it is an achievable goal.
Maintaining balance as you age is an often overlooked, but highly important preventative measure, as it significantly reduces the chance of falls and injuries, which are more likely among older people. Thankfully, it is easier than you may think to maintain balance, and by practising these simple exercises little and often, you can keep yourself safe from the threat of falls.
The single-limb stance – Lift one foot and try to balance on the other. Hold on to something stable like the back of a chair as you lift the foot, but then try to maintain that pose without holding it. Keep the pose for as long as you can, aiming for over a minute. Once you’re done on one leg, switch to the other.
Side-leg raises – This is another exercise where all you’ll need is a chair. While holding on to the back of it, lift either leg to the side while keeping a straight posture, then slowly lower it back down and do the same for the other leg. Try to do this 15 times per leg.
Marching in place – While standing still, lift one knee as high as you can manage, lower it back down, and do the same for the other. Doing this 15-20 times for each leg will help to improve your balance. While this exercise doesn’t necessarily require a chair, it is recommended that you stick close to something you can hold onto in case you need it.
Balancing wand – It’s easy to assume that improving balance would require you to stand up, but not with this exercise! However, you will need some form of stick or cane. While sitting, place the stick vertically on the flat of your palm. Try to keep the stick upright for as long as possible, and swap hands to train your balance skills on both sides of your body.
While these activities are all useful for improving balance, simply keeping active and mobile is another great way to maintain balance as you age. Walking often, and for more than a few minutes at a time, will do wonders for reducing the risk of accidents when trying to walk later down the line.
Mobility can become a serious issue in later years, and what’s especially concerning is that it can often become something of a spiral, with impaired mobility leading to longer periods of inactivity, further damaging mobility as a result.
To prevent this spiral, ‘little and often’ is the best policy to take. If you already have difficulties with moving about, then you must listen to your body and work within your limits. If you can break up periods of inactivity with just a bit of movement, even if only for a few minutes, then that is already doing yourself a massive favour. This policy is the same for those without any issues – long spells of little to no movement that should be avoided.
Maintaining a healthy weight also goes a long way in helping your mobility. And this can be achieved not just through exercise, but also diet. Making sure you’re attentive to what you eat and keeping a balanced, healthy diet will not only help to maintain an optimal weight but also boost various other aspects of your life, both physically and mentally.
Overcoming the Barriers to Active Aging
We all wish it was as easy as just going out and exercising, but unfortunately, numerous barriers can stop us from being as healthy as we wish we were, and for older people especially, the odds can often be stacked against them. Whether this be due to health concerns, mobility issues, or simply difficulty with finding the motivation, many people experience at least some struggle with staying active.
As far as health and mobility issues are concerned, because of how varied these can be, it is best to seek the advice of a doctor before trying to build an exercise routine. The priority, as said previously, is that you listen to your own body; it will know when enough is enough. Start small, and slowly try to increase the amount of exercise you are doing, at a pace that best suits you.
And the idea of starting small goes for motivation issues, as well. Instead of trying to strongarm yourself into an exercise routine straight away, begin with small choices that blend seamlessly into your everyday life. Whether this be taking the stairs instead of the lift, taking a short walk around the block, or doing some gardening, these will all help to increase both your capacity and motivation for more direct forms of exercise. As said previously, keeping active is a positive feedback loop – staying active will boost your mood and mental clarity, making you more optimistic and willing to do more exercise. So, while taking the stairs may seem inconsequential on its own, you could be doing yourself a big favour in the long term!
The long-lasting benefits of making some small changes to your everyday life truly are astounding. By practising some simple exercises regularly, choosing to walk instead of driving where appropriate, and getting in touch with other people doing the same, you are already doing a lot to ensure you will remain happy and healthy as the years progress. You will continue to surprise yourself with how much you are capable of and find that, contrary to the image of the reclusive older person society often perpetuates, you’ll feel motivated to gain experiences and find your circle growing rather than shrinking. Age may be inevitable, but how you age is in your hands.

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This will be a quick post, based entirely on logic everyone can understand, and just uses Bear Stearns in the title as the current obvious example. The billion-dollar bank bailout goes well beyond Bear Stearns, and this is a rant I needed to make. (Read More)
Let's take a moment for a brief history of usury, then take a look at what has happened recently that has made the situation so bad for so many in our country. George W. Bush has not been a friend to the people of this country, specifically the poor and middle-class, and what has occurred with bankruptcy laws is just one indication of that. (Read More)
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I’m sure the news of the stock markets continued rise hasn’t missed any ears. It makes me think this economy of ours is going strong, and we all have quit a financial future ahead of us. Then I consider our nation’s debt, our citizens’ debt, and I wonder why the stock market continues to rise.
The commercials that appeared on television sure were enticing, so much so I ran to my computer to check out the lenders online. I remember them clearly. They offered mortgages with dramatically lower rates than typically found. I saw monthly payments half what I pay, for a loan twice as large. How could that possibly be? I want in!


A man is in hospital with life-threatening injuries after a collision on Hwy 410 in Brampton Friday evening.
OPP said a grey Chevy Silverado was travelling northbound on Hwy 410 near Clark Blvd. shortly before 7 p.m. when it veered onto the left shoulder and struck a guard rail.
The male driver was then ejected from the car. He was in the only person in the vehicle, police said.
He was rushed to hospital with life-threatening injuries.
A portion of the guardrail landed on the highway, and two vehicles did make contact with it. However, their injuries were very minor and they were able to drive away from the scene, police said.
The investigation is ongoing.
With files from Aleysha Haniff