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Efficacy of black cohosh (Cimicifuga racemosa L.) in treating early symptoms of menopause: a randomized clinical trial
Chinese Medicine volume 8, Article number: 20 (2013)
This study aims to evaluate the efficacy of Black cohosh (Cimicifuga racemosa L.) in treating early menopausal symptoms.
This randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial was conducted on 84 early post-menopausal participants with Greene climacteric scale (GCS) scores of 15 to 42, who were referred to two public health care centers in Tehran, Iran, in 2011–2012. The participants were randomly allocated into treatment (6.5 mg of dried extract of Black cohosh roots daily) and control (placebo) groups with a ratio of 1:1. The participants took one tablet per day for 8 weeks. The GCS scores were recorded at baseline, and after 4 and 8 weeks of treatment. Data analysis was carried out using a general linear model with repeated measures with SPSS software. The level of significance was set at P < 0.05.
There was no loss to follow-up during the 8 weeks of treatment. The GCS total score (primary outcome) in the treatment group was significantly lower than that in the control group at both week 4 [adjusted mean difference: -7.8 (95% confidence interval: -11.1 to -4.4)] and week 8 [-12.9 (-16.2 to -9.3)]. The treatment group showed significantly more improvement than the control group in all GCS subscale scores (vasomotor, psychiatric, physical, and sexual symptoms; secondary outcomes). The differences between the treatment and control groups at week 8 were significantly higher (P < 0.001) than those at week 4 in terms of the total scores and the vasomotor and psychiatric subscale scores. No side effects were reported.
Black cohosh reduced the GCS total score and all GCS subscale scores (vasomotor, psychiatric, physical, and sexual symptoms) during 4 and 8 weeks of treatment.
Clinical trial registration
This study was approved (Code 9061) by the Ethics Committee of Tabriz University of Medical Sciences and registered at the Iranian Registry of Clinical Trials withIRCT201107186709N4 on 15 January 2012.
Menopause happens because of loss of ovarian activity, and is associated with a number of early and late symptoms. Early symptoms include hot flashes, insomnia, sweating, anxiety, palpitations, headaches, poor concentration, and loss of libido[3, 4]. These symptoms usually last for 1 or 2 years after menopause, but may continue up to 10 years or more in some women. The symptoms may reduce quality of life, and are independent of age and other sociodemographic variables. In a study in Ilam, Iran, early post-menopausal women suffered vasomotor symptoms (55%), vaginal dryness and decreased libido (43%), and mild anxiety and depression (54%).
Hormone replacement therapy is the standard treatment for early symptoms in post-menopausal women, but increases the risks of stroke, heart diseases, and breast cancer in older women[8, 9]. Some studies have shown that the number of post-menopausal women using hormone replacement therapy is low and that the effects of hormone replacement therapy in reducing menopausal symptoms are lower than expected[11, 12]. For these reasons, there has been a tendency toward use of alternative therapies to relieve menopausal symptoms[13, 14].
Black cohosh (Cimicifuga racemosa L.) is an herb proposed for treatment of menopausal symptoms. Cimicifuga roots and rhizomes contain triterpene glycosides (e.g., actein, 27-deoxyactein, and cimifugaside) and alkaloids (e.g., cytisine and N-methyl cytisine), derivatives of phenylpropane (e.g., ferulic acids and isoferulic acids), and cimicifugine (25–50% of the root components). Although the exact mechanisms underlying the effects of Black cohosh have not been determined, its medical effects are related to triterpene glycosides. It functions in a serotogenic manner rather than an estrogenic manner[17–19], binds to estrogen receptors, and selectively suppresses luteinizing hormone secretion with no effect on follicle-stimulating hormone.
The effects of Black cohosh on early menopausal symptoms have been inconsistent[21–25]. A systematic review conducted on six randomized controlled trials (RCTs) with a total of 1163 peri- and post-menopausal women concluded that the efficacy of Black cohosh in reducing the symptoms was currently not supported by fully conclusive evidence, and that further investigations were desirable. Another review of 16 studies that addressed the weaknesses of previous studies and their heterogeneity found insufficient evidence to support the efficacy of Black cohosh on early menopausal symptoms.
Black cohosh is well tolerated and is generally safe[15, 26, 28, 29]. However, some insignificant side effects, such as nausea, vomiting, headaches, and dizziness were reported[15, 26]. We found no data for toxic doses of Black cohosh. No serious side-event was reported even in a study using a higher dose of Black cohosh that included 128 mg/day standardized to 7.27 mg of triterpene glycosides (ethanolic extract of Black cohosh).
The Greene climacteric scale (GCS), which is used to assess the symptoms of menopause, is a comprehensive validated tool consisting of 21 questions that women use to rate how much they are bothered by the symptoms.
The inconclusive evidence on the efficacy of Black cohosh has resulted in inconsistent practices by clinicians regarding the prescription of Black cohosh in the study area, leading to confusion for some patients on their decision about its use. To provide more evidence in this area, this study aims to evaluate the efficacy of Black cohosh on early menopausal symptoms using an RCT.
This study was a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial. A total of 84 menopausal women were randomly allocated into treatment and control groups based on a block randomization with block sizes of 4 and 6 and an allocation ratio of 1:1. The allocation sequence was identified by computerized random numbers. Sequentially numbered sealed envelopes of the same shape and size containing Black cohosh or placebo tablets were used to conceal the allocation and to maintain the blinding. Every envelope contained 56 pills of Black cohosh or placebo. The participants were instructed to take one tablet per day after dinner for 8 weeks.
The envelopes were prepared by a person who was not involved in the recruitment, data collection, or data analysis. Therefore, the researchers and participants were unaware of the kind of tablets given to each participant (blinding).
The Black cohosh tablets, which were bought from a pharmacy, were in the form of coated tablets. Each tablet contained 6.5 mg of dried extract of Black cohosh root, representing 0.12–0.18 mg of 27-deoxyactein. The tablets, named Cimifugol, are commercially distributed by Goldaroo Drug Company in Iran. The placebo tablets were produced in the School of Pharmacy of Tabriz University of Medical Sciences. These tablets were the same as the Black cohosh tablets in shape, color, and size, and were thus indistinguishable from the Black cohosh tablets.
Setting and participants
Women who met the following criteria were eligible for recruitment: (1) age of 45–60 years; (2) no menstrual cycle in the last 12 months; and (3) GCS score of 15–42. The exclusion criteria included: (1) high blood pressure (more than 140/90 mmHg); (2) history of breast cancer, uterine cancer, abnormal vaginal bleeding, liver disease, depression, hypertension, or hyperthyroidism; (3) use of steroids or herbal medications for treatment of menopausal symptoms or psychiatric drugs within the last 2 months; (4) sensitivity to spices or essences; (5) smoking; and (6) alcohol consumption.
The subjects were selected from women referred to two public health care centers affiliated to Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. These centers had the highest numbers of clients for family planning services among the centers affiliated to the university. All participants had household records at the centers for receipt of primary health care, including family planning services, in previous years and had reached the age of menopause. To contact the participants, we found their phone numbers from the records. Some of the eligibility criteria were checked over the phone. The potentially eligible subjects were invited to attend the centers. At the centers, the women were further informed about the study, the eligibility criteria were checked precisely, and informed consent forms were signed by the eligible women.
The research protocol were approved (Code 9061) by the Ethics Committee of Tabriz University of Medical Sciences and registered at the Iranian Registry of Clinical Trials with IRCT201107186709N4 on 15 January 2012 (http://www.irct.ir/searchresult.php?id=6709&number=4).
The sample size was calculated using STATA software version 9.2 (Statasoft Inc., USA) based on a study by Hakimi et al.. Considering 28.1 as the mean and 1.98 as the standard deviation for the GCS score in the control group, a reduction in the GCS total score of at least 15% by the treatment, a one-sided significance level of 0.05, a power of 0.80, and a 10% probable drop in the sample, the required sample size was calculated to be 42 participants per group.
The primary outcome was the GCS total score assessed at weeks 4 and 8 of follow-up and the secondary outcomes were the GCS subscale scores (vasomotor, physical, psychiatric, and sexual symptoms) at the follow-ups as well as also possible side effects.
Data were collected at baseline prior to the treatment, and also at weeks 4 and 8 after commencement of the treatment using a questionnaire. The questionnaire included demographic and GCS statements, which were completed in face-to-face interviews by the participants at the visits. The participants were also given a form, and were requested to mark their taking of the pills and the occurrence of any side effects (e.g., headaches, dizziness, nausea, and vomiting) on the form every day and return it to the researcher at the next visit. Furthermore, we checked the treatment compliance and possible side effects over the phone once a week.
The GCS scale consisted of 21 statements. Eleven statements pertained to psychiatric symptoms, and included two parts, anxiety and depression. Seven statements assessed physical aspects and two assessed vasomotor symptoms. The final statement considered sexual desire disorder. The severity of the symptoms was scored as zero (no symptoms), one (mild), two (moderate), and three (severe) based on self-reporting. To determine the reliability, a test-retest was used (r = 0.96).
The normality of the quantitative variables for each of the groups was confirmed using the Kolmogorov-Smirnov test. An independent t-test was used for comparison of the baseline scores, and a general linear model with repeated measures was used for comparison of the follow-up scores adjusted for the baseline values, time, and interaction between time and group. The Greenhouse-Geisser test was used to determine the interaction effect. A partial Eta2 value was recorded for the effect size of the treatment and the interaction. All data analyses were carried out using SPSS for Windows 13.0 (SPSS Inc., USA). Values of P < 0.05 were considered to indicate statistical significance.
There was no loss to follow-up and all participants continued the study to the end. Both groups were similar in terms of the personal and societal characteristics (Table 1). The average age in both groups was approximately 51 years. The majority of patients in both groups had high school education or above, and were married housewives. Overall, 17% of women in the treatment group and 24% in the control group did no exercise at all.
At baseline, the mean ± standard deviation of the GCS total score was 33.8 ± 6.4 in the treatment group and 31.1 ± 6.4 in the control group, with no significant difference. In addition, the groups had similar scores for all GCS subscales (Table 2).
The GCS total score in the treatment group was significantly lower than that in the control group at both week 4 [adjusted mean difference: -7.8 (95% confidence interval: -11.1 to -4.4), P < 0.001] and week 8 [-12.9 (-16.2 to -9.3), P < 0.001]. The treatment group also showed significantly more improvement than the control group in all GCS subscale scores (vasomotor, psychiatric, physical, and sexual symptoms).
At weeks 4 and 8, there were 51% and 77% reductions in the GCS total score (relative effect) in the treatment group compared with 27% and 38% in the control group, respectively. Reductions in the vasomotor symptom score of 61% and 86% were observed in the treatment group compared with 27% and 29% in the control group. The reductions in the psychiatric symptom score were 46% and 79% in the treatment group compared with 31% and 42% in the control group. The reductions in the physical symptom score were 63% and 82% in the treatment group compared with 27% and 42% in the control group. The reduction in the loss of interest in sex score were 29% and 36% in the treatment group compared with 8% and 10% in the control group. The effect size was considerable (partial Eta2: > 0.3) in terms of the total, physical, and psychiatric symptoms at 8 weeks of follow-up (Table 2).
The differences between the treatment and control groups at week 8 were significantly higher than those at week 4 in terms of the total score (P < 0.001) and vasomotor (P = 0.001) and psychiatric (P < 0.001) subscale scores. In the other two subscales, physical and sexual symptoms, the effects were higher at week 8, but the differences were not significant compared with week 4 (P = 0.199 and P = 0.237, respectively) (Figure 1). No side effects were reported in either of the groups.
Intake of Black cohosh (6.5 mg of dried extract of the roots of the plant) for 8 weeks, comprising one tablet every night after dinner, reduced the symptoms in early post-menopausal women compared with intake of placebo. The treatment efficacy increased with longer use.
The results of this study are consistent with the results of some previous studies comparing the effects of daily intake of 6.5 mg of dried rhizome extract of Black cohosh or 40 mg of herbal drug Black cohosh with peri- and post-menopausal women[22, 23] on reducing climacteric complaints compared with intake of placebo, and the women in the early climacteric phase benefited more than those in the late phase.
The effects of Black cohosh on reducing climacteric symptoms in peri- and post-menopausal women were similar to those of other effective treatment methods like conjugated estrogens and tibolone, and even higher than those of fluoxetine.
The present results appear inconsistent with the results of some other studies. Geller et al. showed that the effect of Black cohosh (64 mg/day) in reducing the number of vasomotor symptoms was not significantly different from that of placebo and was significantly lower than 0.625 mg of conjugated equine estrogens plus 2.5 mg medroxyprogesterone acetate. The difference may be related to the longer interval between the initiation of treatment and the outcome assessment, since the study outcome was assessed at 12 months after initiation of the treatment compared with 2 months in our study. Jacobson et al. demonstrated that Black cohosh was not significantly effective in reducing most post-menopausal symptoms. However, all participants in their study had breast cancer and most (70%) were taking tamoxifen. Higher loss of follow-up (20%) may also have affected the results. Amsterdam et al. demonstrated that Black cohosh did not significantly reduce the GCS scores in peri- and post-menopausal women. This inconsistency with our results may be related to the small sample size (only 28), relatively higher loss to follow-up (25%), or choice of Black cohosh preparation and dosage. No adverse side effects were seen in our Black cohosh users, consistent with the results of other studies[22, 23, 25, 33, 34].
The double-blinding and no loss to follow-up were important strengths of this study. The duration of the treatment in this study was relatively short (8 weeks) and we did not have any follow-up after ceasing Black cohosh use because of time and financial limitations. Although the GCS score is a subjective outcome (self-reporting), the results may not be affected by subjectivity because of the double blinding of the study. Other outcomes like urogenital and ophthalmic symptoms, follicle-stimulating hormone serum levels, and bone metabolism were not assessed, and safety was only assessed by self-reporting because of financial limitations. In addition, the effect of Black cohosh was not compared with a standard treatment, i.e., hormone replacement therapy based on the results.
Black cohosh reduced the GCS total score and all GCS subscale scores (vasomotor, psychiatric, physical, and sexual symptoms) during 4 and 8 weeks of treatment.
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This article is extracted from an MSc thesis in midwifery and its research project was approved by the Tabriz University of Medical Sciences with No. 5/55/7304 dated 07 February 2012. We thank all the participants in this research. We also wish to thank the people in charge of the Nursing and Midwifery College and the Research Deputy of Tabriz University of Medical Sciences for financial assistance, the people in charge of Sardar Jangal and Shahid Ghaffari Health and Treatment Centers and the Research Deputy of Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, and all other colleagues who helped us in conducting this research.
The authors declare that they have no competing interests.
SMAC and MS designed and supervised the study, and performed the statistical analyses. JN wrote the manuscript and conducted the experiments. SB assisted experimentally. All authors read and approved the final version of the manuscript.
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Olivera Cirkovic, a 43-year-old Serbian woman in custody since March at Athens’s high-security (?) Korydallos Prison awaiting trial for jewelry theft, managed to escape on Thursday with the help of an accomplice, presumably not a Greek national.
The woman is a former basketball player who is suspected of being part of the so-called Pink Panther gang of jewel thieves who have carried out more than 150 raids in Britain, Dubai, Japan and Switzerland, apart from Greece. She got arrested shortly after two Serbian men aged 20 and 36 were caught in another part of the capital following a shootout with police last March.
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It’s been a few years since Lisbeth Salander’s last adventure in THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO. Now she’s back, in Sony’s new THE GIRL IN THE SPIDER’S WEB, opening on November 9. It’s based on the novel of the same name, which continued late Swedish author Stieg Larsson’s “Millennium” series. Lisbeth has a new focus, as she’s set on righting the world’s wrongs by getting justice for domestic abuse sufferers, and eliminating the abusers.
THE GIRL IN THE SPIDER’S WEB is technically a sequel, but it’s also a reboot of sorts. As such, the actors from DRAGON TATTOO are not returning. However, THE GIRL IN THE SPIDER’S WEB features some of Hollywood’s finest. So, before the film hits theaters, let’s take a look at who’s playing the leading roles.
While Rooney Mara portrayed Lisbeth Salander in the previous film, Claire Foy takes over for THE GIRL IN THE SPIDER’S WEB. This time, the character will find herself caught in a web of corruption as she attempts to exact revenge on the abusers of battered women.
Foy is undoubtedly best known for her portrayal of the young Queen Elizabeth II in Netflix series THE CROWN, a performance that garnered her several award nominations. She has also appeared in BEING HUMAN, THE PROMISE, and WOLF HALL. She was more recently seen in the films FIRST MAN, and Steven Soderbergh’s thriller UNSANE.
Swedish actor Sverrir Gudnason takes Daniel Craig’s former role, journalist Mikael Blomkvist. In addition to being a reporter, Blomkvist has also been Lisbeth’s lover. The character will feature heavily in the main story, as he accompanies Lisbeth on her journey.
Gudnason is perhaps best known for portraying Pontus Höijer in the second season of WALLANDER, and he recently featured in film BORG VS. MCENROE.
Lakeith Stanfield is featured as Edwin Neeham. Very little is known about Neeham at this stage, other than the fact that he’s a security expert from the NSA. In that position, he’s charged with tracking Lisbeth. Stanfield made his acting debut in SHORT TERM 12, and has gone on to appear in big films including GET OUT, SELMA, and STRAIGHT OUTTA COMPTON. His best role has been on television, however. Since 2016 he has played Darius Epps on the FX series ATLANTA.
Dutch actress Sylvia Hoeks features inTHE GIRL IN THE SPIDER’S WEB as Camilla Salander. As you can guess from her name, Camilla is related to Lisbeth. In fact, she’s her twin sister. Camilla is estranged from Lisbeth, however, and is also a suspect in multiple crimes. No doubt that’s going to be a problem for the justice-obsessed Lisbeth.
Before she was an actress, Hoeks was a model. Her breakthrough performance was in Dutch film DUSKA. Hoeks’s highest-profile role came in BLADE RUNNER 2049, in which she portrayed Luv. She will star in the upcoming Apple TV series SEE.
British actor Stephen merchant plays Frans Balder. In addition to being known as a performer, Merchant is well-known for his work behind the camera. He co-created the original UK version of THE OFFICE, as well as EXTRAS and HELLO LADIES. He also appeared in all three series.
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Which Crops Do Best In Hydro?
All right! So you’ve decided to try the exciting world of hydroponic gardening; I know you will love it. It really is quite a thrill to have a thriving indoor vegetable garden in your spare bedroom.
This page provides a little more detail on the proper crops to choose for your new garden.
for thought: Most of the root crops (potatoes, beets, carrots) can be
bought cheaply in the store, and offer little advantage for hydro
Save your space for the faves: Green leafy crops like
lettuces, cabbage, chard, & spinach; and the fruits: eggplant,
pepper, tomatoes, beans and peas. Make the most of your indoor vegetable garden.
Indoor Vegetable Garden Varieties
Try to find "greenhouse varieties" of
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pollination (see our Pollination Page for tips on that).
Below are some strains of veggies that are suitable for
hydro, and a few growing tips for good measure.
I have grown the most beautiful broccoli heads in my hydro gardens.
Granted, you won't get a huge crop, but steamed and topped with melted
butter, it makes for a delightful taste treat. One plant per pot, as the
leaves spread out pretty far. Broccoli prefers well-aerated growing
medium and likes it cool, in the 60s. We look for Heirloom DiCicco Broccoli.
One per pot, too, they get pretty big. You can let it head or harvest
the outer leaves as it grows, like you would with lettuce. Try Early Jersey Wakefield Heirloom Cabbage or the new mini cabbage (picture below) that should do very well in Hydro. It is offered by Burpee and is named Caraflex Mini Cabbage Hybrid. We've never tried that one, so let us know if you do:
Chinese Cabbage/ Pak Choi Hybrid: Easy to grow, excellent for authentic stirfry
Have you ever tasted home grown carrots? Well then, you're in for a
treat! Hydro carrots are sweet and tender. Grow the short varieties
only, in vermiculite or perlite (light and well aerated); plant seeds on top of pot
and keep moist; thin to about 1-1/2 inches apart. Carrots cannot be
grown in LECA balls, for obvious reasons.
Try these varieties: Gourmet Short 'N Sweets, Thumbelina, Little Finger, Caracas (pic below):
One per pot. Cauliflower apparently can be tricky, as it is sensitive
to temp changes and prefers it cool. I have never tried to grow it, as I
don't care for the taste of cauliflower. Good luck, let me know if you grow them successfully in your indoor vegetable garden.
Attribute Hybrid Cauliflower is good for container gardening.
Chard: Harvest like lettuce; keep it cool. Great cooked like spinach. Why not try this colorful variety; Bright Lights Swiss Chard.
A great choice for hydro, I have had very good luck with cukes! They
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Prune the vine to one
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Green Beans: Are
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need to be trained up a string, and can be planted close together (6"
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Seeds for your indoor vegetable garden:
This fascinating website offers a great selection of heirloom seeds, well packaged to last for years:
Herbs: see Herb Page
Lettuce: see Growing Hydroponic Lettuce
Onions: Spring onions; green bunching; sow heavily and thin to an inch apart. One pot sprouts dozens of onions.
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Peppers (bell & hot):
Peppers are a great choice for hydroponics! Pick from green bells,
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Try White Globe, Cherry Belle
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Squash & Zucchini: Squash takes a lot of space; train yellow squash up. Zucchini is a huge space hog, hardly worth it, but is a prolific producer.
Try Hybrid Pic-N-Pic Yellow crookneck squash or Fordhook Bush Zucchini.
You might want to visit our Heirloom Veggies page too.
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Chief Medical Officer (CMO), Dr. Sharon Belmar George, has advised members of the public to celebrate the long Easter weekend responsibly by, among other things, avoiding excessive alcohol consumption and not driving under the influence.
She also encouraged people to manage conflict safely, noting increases in violent crime over the last few days.
“If accessing the beach, do so with caution and monitor young children closely,” Belmar-George said.
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During this year’s Flash Memory Summit, Phison, a company known for SSD controllers and now flash drives, demonstrated a system running AMD Ryzen 7000 series processors based on Zen 4 architecture. What is interesting about the shown specification is that the system was running an engineering sample of an upcoming Zen 4-based CPU with the latest storage technologies at impressive speeds. Using a Phison PS5026-E26 SSD controller, also called E26, the PCIe 5.0 SSD is powered by Micron’s latest 232-layer TLC NAND flash. This new NAND technology will also bring greater densities to the market by promising higher endurance, higher read/write speeds, and better efficiency.
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Female officer accuses male officer of sexual assault
A Santa Fe police officer has accused another Santa Fe police officer of raping her.
A criminal investigation is underway, according to New Mexico State Police. No information is being released at this time.
State police and the district attorney will decide of the officer will be charged with raping a 31-year-old fellow officer.
The police chief has decided the accused officer cannot come back to work at this time, as the alleged victim is working.
In addition to the criminal investigation, Santa Fe police are conducting an internal affairs investigation.
“I will do my best to ensure that both officers are treated equally and appropriately through this process,” said SFPD Chief Ray Rael.
The alleged victim’s attorney, John Day, said the two officers were friends. He said the male officer raped the female officer while both were off-duty. He said his client is traumatized.
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On July 22 in Washington, D.C, addressing hundreds of low-wage workers who have gone on strike for a living wage, Sen. Bernie Sanders said legislation he introduced that day would raise the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour.
“It is a national disgrace that millions of full-time workers are living in poverty and millions more are forced to work two or three jobs just to pay their bills,” Sanders said at the outdoor rally near the U.S. Capitol. “In the year 2015, a job must lift workers out of poverty, not keep them in it. The current federal minimum wage of $7.25 an hour is a starvation wage and must be raised to a living wage.”
Sanders said he was proud to stand with Good Jobs Nation and the Fight for 15 organizations, groups which have put a spotlight on the need to raise the minimum wage and helped make the push for better pay a cause that most Americans support.
Reps. Keith Ellison (D-Minn.), Raul Grijalva (D-Ariz.), Sheila Jackson-Lee (D-Texas) and other members of the Congressional Progressive Caucus sponsored a companion version of the bill in the House to phase in increases in the minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2020. Sen. Edward Markey (D-Mass.) co-sponsored the Senate bill to more than double the $7.25 an hour required under current law and close a loophole that has let employers pay tipped workers just $2.13 an hour.
Sanders also renewed his call for an executive order by President Barack Obama to increase the minimum wage for federal contract workers to $15 an hour and make it easier for them to join a union. In April, Sanders co-signed a letter with Sen. Richard Durbin (D-Ill.) calling on the Senate to require Senate contractors to provide a living wage, affordable health care and other benefits to all workers.
The federal minimum wage has not been raised since 2009. Increasing the minimum wage would directly benefit 62 million workers who currently make less than $15 an hour, including over half of African-American workers and close to 60 percent of Latino workers. If the minimum wage had kept up with productivity and inflation since 1968, it would be more than $26 an hour today.
Despite resistance by the Republican-run House and Senate, most Americans favor raising the minimum wage. A Hart Research Associates survey in January found that 63 percent of the American people support increasing the minimum wage to $15 an hour.
State and cities are acting on their own. New York’s Wage Board is expected to approve a new $15 minimum hourly pay for the state’s 200,000 fast food workers. Washington, D.C., and Kansas City, Missouri, are also considering raising the wage. Los Angeles, Seattle, and San Francisco already passed ordinances raising their minimum wage to $15 an hour. Twenty-six states already enacted minimum wage increases. Vermont’s minimum wage is currently $9.15.
Ahead of the rally, more than 200 economists and labor experts released a letter endorsing Sanders’ legislation. The letter was signed by former Labor Secretary Robert Reich; Robert Pollin of the University of Massachusetts; James Galbraith of the University of Texas; Howard Stein of the University of Michigan and others.


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Look up the next time you walk up to Southern homes, especially those along the Atlantic Coast in South Carolina and Georgia. On the exterior undersides and interiors, you will likely find the unique color of “Haint Blue” on those structures.
The long-forgotten history of haint — another word for evil spirits — began 300+ years ago. That is when Atlantic coastline Gullah Geechees who represented free or runaway African American slaves, painted their porch ceilings with the faint blue-green dye. It was intended to stave off evil spirits, ghosts and any potential hauntings. It was believed that if the spirits saw the haint blue painting on the underside of porches, they would not dare cross the thresholds that resembled the ocean waters.
According to Gullah folk traditions, blue ceilings and blue doors can keep unwanted specters, phantoms, spooks, and apparitions from strolling in through the front door. It fools them into thinking that the door is part of the sky, that the porch is surrounded by water, that the house is protected by something sublime, more powerful and permanent than a coat of paint. It’s trickery though design, and trickery is something the Gullah people knew well.https://www.theawl.com/2018/01/haint-blue-the-ghost-tricking-color-of-southern-homes-and-gullah-folktales/
Besides the interior ceilings of porches, the haint blue paint shows up mostly on Southern homes’ front doors, shutters and other key locations.

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Alan Ladd was a american actor and producer, known for Citizen Kane (1941), Los Angeles Plays Itself (2003) and Alan Ladd: The True Quiet Man (1999). He died January 29, 1964. He became 50 years old.
- Name: Alan Ladd
- Age: 50 years
- Height: 168 cm
- Birth Date: September 3, 1913
- Birth Name: Alan Walbridge Ladd
- Birth Region: Hot Springs, Arkansas, USA
- Death Date: January 29, 1964
- Death Region: Palm Springs, California, USA
- Nationality: American
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I have a timer that processes jobs every 5 seconds.
There is a timer event that fires every 5 seconds.
When a new job is added to the queue of jobs, the timer may just be about ready to fire.
This is fine if the job added is not the only job in the queue.
but if it is the only job in the queue then it may be processed almost instantaneously.
I need to ensure that a job is in the queue for at least 5 seconds before it is processed.
How can I ‘restart’ the timer when a new job is added to the queue?
(it’s ok if the next job has to wait 10 seconds or more while jobs are being added.)
http://documentation.xojo.com/index.php/Timer.Reset ? Or
.Mode = Timer.ModeOff
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If it had been any plainer it would have bitten me…
The doc doesn’t say if you should reset the period and mode…
I think you’re saying that If I shut it off and turn it back on again that has the same effect.
I only gave the alternative because it is what I had been doing a while before I discovered .Reset myself
.Reset I think would have been better named Restart, as it does not “reset” anything about the timer other than the amount of time it has been running (or the amount of time left until it fires). So, if you have a timer set to 10 seconds and to fire multiple times, and the timer has been running for 9 seconds when you reset it, nothing changes (period and mode are left alone) except the counter is back to 0 seconds… thus another 10 seconds until the timer fires.
Timer.Reset wil work, or Timer.Enabled = False/True, or turning it off and then back on. None of these things affect the Period.


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The city’s energy distributor is planning to give Muscovites a choice between traditional sources of energy and eco-friendly ones.
The new project, dubbed “Green Energy,” will focus on bringing electricity generated from renewable sources right into residents’ homes.
This “green” power will come from small hydroelectric power stations and incineration plants, which will sign personal contracts with ecologically-conscious Muscovites. The option will also be available for residents of the Moscow region, as well as for small businesses.
The scheme may turn out to be a viable alternative to a state stimulus package that has been on offer since 2007. The energy provider argues that the new approach to the promotion of green energy will be much more effective that the vague parameters of the stimulus plan.
As evidence, the company cites examples from the European Union and the US: despite steeper bills, many households have shifted to “green electricity.”
How much eco-friendly power will cost in Russia is still unknown. In Holland, the difference in cost between traditional energy and eco-friendly power is 10 to 20 percent. Representatives of the Moscow energy distribution company say that it is unlikely that the extra charge will be too high.
Environmentalists, however, have raised doubts about how green the scheme really is.
“Incineration plants have nothing to do with green energy,” Vladimir Chuprov, head of the Energy Department at Greenpeace Russia, told RT. “Green energy must have a negative carbon balance. It can’t generate greenhouse gases. This kind of PR is misleading.”
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2.0 powered (active) bookshelf-style speaker system
150W peak power total (50W RMS / 75W peak per channel), AES
3.5mm stereo mini-jack, RCA L/R
RCA variable line-out, USB (power/charge)
115/240V, 50/60Hz manually switchable
Dual Class AB monolithic
5" Kevlar woofers, 3/4" silk dome tweeters
>95dB (typical A-weighted)
<0.05% at all power settings
10K ohms unbalanced
Output current limiting, thermal over-temperature, power on/off transient protection, replaceable external main fuse
Dimensions (each speaker HWD)
Left - 10.75" (27cm) x 7" (18cm) x 9" (23cm)
Right - 10.75" (27cm) x 7" (18cm) x 7.75" (20cm)
Weight (LEFT speaker)
15.4 lbs (7 kg)
Weight (RIGHT speaker)
9.6 lbs (4.4 kg)
31 lbs (14 kg)
Shipping box dims
15" (38cm) x 22" (56cm) x 11.5" (29cm)
Solid Carbonized Bamboo
Operating temperature: 32° to 95° F
Non-operating temperature: -4° to 113° F
Relative humidity: 5% to 95% non-condensing
Materials and Construction
1/2” (13mm) thick MDF cabinets
5” (130mm) Kevlar woofers with advanced voice coils
3/4” (20mm) silk dome tweeters with neodymium magnets
Torroidal power transformer
(1) Remote control
(1) Speaker wire (16AWG), 3.75 meters (~12.3ft)
(1) Detachable power cord
(1) Mini-jack audio cable, 2 meters (~6.5ft)
(1) RCA to RCA audio cable, 2 meters (~6.5ft)
(2) Cloth speaker bag
(1) Cloth cable bag
(1) Setup Guide
(1) Product line brochure
Audioengine designs and manufactures our own tweeters, woofers, and other critical components. In other words, these are not "box built" speakers with off-the-shelf parts but custom-designed to our specifications. What we do not fabricate directly in our factory we have made to our designs (parts such as transformers, magnets, and wiring harnesses, for example). The cabinets, drivers, bass port designs, amplifiers, and crossovers are all painstakingly tuned together for each Audioengine model. This, in turn, makes for a much more efficient system that requires much less power than passive speakers and a separate integrated amplifier or similar A/V components.
Audioengine uses audiophile-quality, ferro fluid cooled silk dome tweeters with neodymium magnets. Silk tweeters hold up well under high power and the edge-driven design gives very smooth response. The woofers are Kevlar woven glass aramid composite with rubber surrounds. Kevlar is obviously very strong, which means that the woofer retains its shape when being driven at high levels. The speaker materials and construction are robust enough to stand up to some serious thrashing, so speaker grills aren't needed and they will sound and look great after many years of use.
The amplifiers in Audioengine speakers are located in the left speaker and are a conservatively rated analog design. All components are tuned together for each model, which provides a much more efficient system requiring less power than passive speakers and separate amplifiers. Circuit boards for the power and preamp sections are mounted for maximum mechanical shock protection.
Power transformers are a large contributor to the overall audio performance, especially in the low end. Again, no off-the-shelf parts. Audioengine uses gapless core toroidal transformers which have a tighter radiated magnetic field, directly translating to lower noise. They are lighter than standard, lower-cost "EI" transformers and also generate less heat.
Both drivers are directly video shielded and allow the user to place the speakers within a few inches of a video monitor. This shielding also offers protection for hard-drive digital music players.
The Audioengine 5+ includes a 5V, 500mA USB power supply that powers later generation iPod, iPhone, and most other USB "bus-powered" devices. The USB port is for power and charging, not for data transfer or music syncing.


Australia is unusual in that the vast majority of the residential dwelling stock is owned by households – more than 95% of it, in fact.
That's unlike some other countries, where government or corporate ownership of rentals is more common, such as with build-to-rent developments.
What do Australian property investors typically look like? If you imagine some ultra-rich mogul with dozens of properties, you might be surprised.
Investment property ownership isn’t that common
First things first, despite Australia's insatiable obsession with real estate, most households don’t own an investment property.
Four-in-five households don't invest in property at all, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics' Survey of Income and Housings.
It shows that the overwhelming majority of people are either renters who don’t own any property, or are owner-occupiers who own their home, but no other dwellings.
Put another way, of the roughly 10 million households in Australia, about two million of them invest in property.
Most landlords in Australia are what experts dub 'mum and dad investors' who own one property. Picture: Getty
Of the fifth of households that do invest, almost all of them own a property that they rent out.
A small share of households, just 6%, own residential property that they don’t live in but also don’t rent out. This would include holiday homes, but could also include households that are temporarily living elsewhere but have opted not to sell or rent their primary home.
While most households don’t invest in property, the share that does has increased quite a lot in the past four decades.
Data from tax returns provide insight into the share of people declaring rental income. For technical reasons we’ll discuss in the footnote, this data isn't directly comparable to the ABS household data and so provides a lower estimate of the prevalence of investors.
In the 1978/79 financial year, just 4.2% of tax filers reported rental income on their tax return.
By 2018/19, the most recent year for which data is available, that share had increased more than threefold to 15.1%. That share has been largely stable since 2012/13, and the current share is down only marginally from the peak seen in the 2013/14 financial year.
Households with mortgages are most likely to own investment properties
Homeowners with a mortgage are more likely to own rentals than other types of households, be it renters or those who own a home outright.
More than a fifth of mortgagor owner-occupiers households also own a rent-earning investment property. An additional 6% own a second home that they don't rent out.
This means that just shy of three-in-10 mortgagor households own a second home – either a rental or a non-rental, such as a holiday home.
In contrast, households that own their home outright are much less likely to own a rent-earning investment property, though no less likely to own a non-rent-earning second property.
Unsurprisingly, this latter group tends to be older – given it takes time to pay off a mortgage – and as we’ll see below, older households are less likely to own second homes.
'Rentvesting' describes a household that owns a property but rents the home they live in. It isn’t all that common. Only about 7.5% of renter households own residential property that earns rental income.
A small share of renter households, just 5.6%, own a home but do not earn rental income from it. While we can’t know their circumstances, some could be households temporarily located in another state or city, who are renting there, but own a home elsewhere they intend to move back.
Investors tend to be of working age, but on the older side, and are getting older
Seven-in-10 households that own an investment property are aged between 35 and 64.
That’s much higher than the overall population. Some 51% of those that don’t own investment properties are in these ages groups, and 56% of households overall are.
Young households – those aged 24 and younger – are extremely unlikely to own investment properties (just 0.5% do). That's not surprising. Households of this age are unlikely to own any property at all, let alone investment property.
Owners of investment properties have gotten older over the past two decades.
Australian Taxation Office data shows that since 2000, the share of tax filers aged 30 to 49 with an interest in a rental property has fallen, while the share aged 60 and older has increased.
Older households, particularly those 75 and older, are underrepresented in investment property ownership.
There is probably a constellation of factors driving this.
Among them, the fact that many households will sell or draw down on assets in retirement, the difficulty in getting a mortgage when retired, the implications that investment property ownership might have for pension eligibility, and the tax implications of investment properties that mean they become less attractive in retirement as rental losses can’t be offset against now non-existent employee income.
Most investors own a single property, but a small share own many
About 70% of investors own a single investment property, and that’s true whether we look at tax filers or households.
But there’s a small share, approximately 4% of investors, that own more than four properties, and around 1% that own more than six.
Similarly, the value of most investors’ portfolios is worth less than $1 million – about three-quarters of all investor households.
To be clear, this is just the value of the property – it does not subtract what they owe on any mortgages on those properties.
Higher income earners are more likely to be property investors
More than a third of tax filers that earn more than $250,000 are property investors.
That’s more than double the average across all income brackets, though, of course, there are very few people that earn these high incomes. Just 1.5% of tax filers report a taxable income of more than $250,000.
By comparison, lower income earners are much less likely to have rental income.
That’s unsurprising. Many investors take out a mortgage for their investment property, which is harder to do if you’re a lower-income earner.
Even so, while lower-income earners are less likely to be investors, there are still a lot of lower-income investors.
In fact, a little less than 40% of all property investors earn less than $50,000. Many of these lower-income investors are likely retired, which would explain their lower taxable income. Nearly half of investors with taxable incomes under $50,000 are 55 or older.
Negative gearing is common
Negative gearing describes a scenario where someone makes a net loss on a rental property because the costs of owning it, be it interest payments or maintenance, exceeds the rental income.
It's quite common.
In 2018/19, a little less than 60% of tax filers that reported earning rental income also reported an overall rental loss on their tax return – that is, six-in-10 property investors are negatively geared.
This share differs a little across the income distribution. Those earning more than $500,000 are a little less likely to report rental losses than others, but this is a tiny share of the population – just 0.4%.
Negative gearing is extremely common, meaning most investment properties run at a loss. Picture: Getty
Lower-income investors, those earning less than $50,000, are also less likely to claim negative gearing. Given these investors are lower income, and thus have lower marginal tax rates, negative gearing provides less in the way of tax offsets. That makes owning loss-making properties less attractive.
As we saw before, these lower income investors are much more likely to be in retirement ages, and we see that here as well. Older investors are much less likely to be negatively geared.
What’s next for investors?
Through 2020 and the first half of 2021, we saw many investors sell out of their rental properties. That was accompanied by the share of new lending going to investors falling to less than a quarter – the smallest share in at least two decades.
Given that, we’ll likely see that the share of investors fell in 2020 and 2021 when newer data is released by the ATO and ABS.
But that’s starting to change.
Rental markets are tight around the country, and rents are growing quickly. Rental yields are starting to recover, after falling for the past couple of years.
In that environment, we are starting to see investors return. The investor share of new lending is now more than a third – a significant and sharp increase compared to 2020.
That will start to bring more rental stock into the market and ease how competitive conditions are. But it will take some time.
 In particular, the tax return data measure tax filers rather than households, and so are counting a different unit than the household-level data. There are more tax filers than households, so not every member of a rent-earning household will earn and report rental income as a tax filer – eg another member of their household might report that income. Throughout, measures based on ATO data are for all people filing tax returns – ie it includes those that are non-taxable but still lodge a tax return (eg because they fall under tax-free thresholds).
 For ATO tax data, it is 71.4% of investors that have one property; for ABS household data, it’s 67.6% of investor households that have one property.


Aurora Lake features, well, Aurora Lake surrounded by a northern wet forest. The lake is known for its wild rice population. Access is via a boat launch at the end of Aurora Lake Road.
This visit was a rather abbreviated one for a couple of reasons. One: no kayak with which to explore the lake. Two: the overcast skies turned into a steady drizzle, which is not particulary great for taking photographs. I really would like to return to this site soon to take the kayak out for a spin and explore the floating bog mat on the north side of the lake. Additionally, when I was here in mid-2010, the site was 250 acres. Since that time, the natural area has more than tripled in area to 831 acres. As such, there is definitely a lot more area to explore than there was before. The area now contains Franklin Lake to the northwest as well as some associated wetlands in between, certainly tempting for new adventures.
More of my photos (and full-res) from Aurora Lake can be viewed here.
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First of all......SAENGIL CHUKKA HAMNIDHA Hyun Joong ah!
He is such an amazing person and its hard not to love him! and its his birthday!!!!!
He is an all in one person, i wanna wish every face of him----->
The performer(includin dancing, singing, acting, musical instuments)
The professional Athlete
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Supergirl’s first season wrapped up this week, and I find myself sad at the prospect of waiting until October to see a continuation of the story. Over the past twenty episodes, Kara Danvers has become everything that I ever could have wanted in a superhero. While she has super powers like her cousin, her character’s strengths come from her ability to inspire hope in people, and that’s really what makes her a superhero. Supergirl is a show filled with feminist themes, awesome and intriguing characters, and some really good messages.
Today I want to tell you about a book called The Devil’s Intern by Donna Hosie. It’s the first book in The Devil’s series. Everything I heard about it was positive and my friends loved it. The premise sounds really cool too—a teen boy who died a tragic random death and went to Hell decides to travel back in time and prevent it. Don’t let the apparent morbidity of this fool you, though; it’s actually a very humorous book. With everything sounding so great, I started this book expecting to love it. But while the premise delivers and the dark humor works well, it’s so full of casual misogynistic tropes and so lacking in diversity that I couldn’t really enjoy it.
Spoilers after the jump!
It’s been ten or so days since the trailer for Rogue One first dropped, which means I’ve had time to cycle through a full circuit of emotions.
Through dangers untold and hardships unnumbered, I have fought my way here to the castles beyond this trite, melodramatic plot to take back the characters you have stolen, for my will is as strong as yours, and my headcanons as great.
All of this is to say that I have finally finished my tour through the trilogy of Fire Emblem Fates, and am now prepared to pass judgment on it. I’ve talked about some aspects of the game before, both prior to release and post-release. While I argued with myself for a good while before purchasing—especially before buying Revelation—what eventually won out was not the possibility of a long storyline delving into the grey morality of man during times of war, but my love for trashy dating sims. Make no mistake, though Fates arguably does have a story, it may as well be secondary to the relationship aspect of the game as the games don’t even try to include even half of the around 68 character cast (around 40 if you’re looking at Birthright or Conquest) in the main plot. And who can blame them: it would essentially be impossible. But, I’m getting ahead of myself. Let’s start at the beginning.
My to-read pile of YA gets higher and higher every day, but I recently realized I was a little annoyed with it: not because the books themselves are poorly written or uninteresting, but because (perhaps with the success of the Hunger Games and Twilight) they all seem to be about a strong-willed girl who gets into a love triangle (with two guys, of course) and somewhere along the way they save the world and there’s kissing. “Isn’t there anything else being published these days?” I complained to Saika.
“Have you tried Shadowshaper?” she said.
I had not.
To my very great joy, although Shadowshaper still had the saving the world and the kissing, there was no love triangle in sight. Instead, the multiracial cast of Shadowshaper has to deal with things like gentrification, racism, and appropriation on top of a really suspenseful mystery about whoever or whatever is behind the murders of several prominent members of their community.
Spoilers after the jump.
Trickster gods may seem like a strange thing to some people. After all, why would you believe in a deity who would mess with you for laughs? Pagan trickster gods may occasionally seem malevolent, but they actually serve an important role. In pop culture, trickster gods are often used to critique the powers that be and question the status quo.
When Deadpool came out in theaters not long ago, we all held our collective breaths hoping that he would actually be portrayed as pansexual. Despite the character’s pansexuality in the comics, it seemed doubtful that the movie would take this route. While there was some queer coding and some hinting in the movie, Deadpool was not shown to be pansexual, though the movie left us with some hope that his sexuality would be explored more in the next film.
Now, however, I am in a similar situation when it comes to the Suicide Squad movie and Harley Quinn.


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Not because he was determined to find out who was under Fawn, Phoenix and Rhino’s disguises, but because he was apparently sick of speculation that he was secretly competing on the show.
“Fuck me I can’t wait till everybody stops blowing my phone up every Saturday thinking I’m on telly singing dressed as a rhino,” he tweeted over the weekend.
When Rhino was eventually crowned the winner of The Masked Singer, and Busted star Charlie Simpson was revealed to be under the mask, the Impossible singer continued: “Charlie Simpson, I’d know that voice anywhere. One of the best out there… now everyone piss off and leave me alone.”
He quickly added: “Honoured to be compared to Charlie Simpson by the way. It’s about time he got the recognition he deserves.”
James isn’t the only star who found it a little tiresome to be at the centre of Masked Singer speculation.
Back during the ITV show’s very first run in 2020, many fans speculated that Kym Marsh was under Fox’s shiny costume.
“I cannot wait for this to be over!!” she tweeted at the time. “It’s NOT me!!!”
Charlie became the first male celebrity to win a series of The Masked Singer UK over the weekend, following on from previous champions Nicola Roberts, Joss Stone and Natalie Imbruglia.
He was joined in the final by Kaiser Chiefs frontman Ricky Wilson and All Saints singer Natalie Appleton, who competed as Phoenix and Fawn, respectively.


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I think I have mentioned on this blog -- certainly in my Autobiography -- that I have written two books about my family [neither of which has been published, of course.] The first book deals with my father's mother and father, my grandparents Barney and Ella Wolff, who lived in New York from the 1880's until their deaths. Barney was a major figure in the New York Socialist Party, running for various public offices on the Socialist ticket and once, in 1917, actually winning election to the New York Board of Aldermen. The second book deals with my parents, Walter and Lottie, starting with their courtship as teenagers in a group of young Socialists called Circle One, and continuing until their deaths in 1975 and 1981. Both books are reconstructed principally from an enormous cache of family letters that I inherited at my father's death, although for the first book I did a good deal of archival research on the New York Socialist Party and my grandfather's role in it.
It would be hopelessly and insanely narcissistic for me to post these books seriatum on this blog, but the section of the first book dealing with the New York Socialist Party actually has some legitimate historical interest, so I am going to clean it up and put it on box.net, where anyone who is interested can take a look at it.
The letters are, in their way, quite marvelous. They conjure a milieu that is now long past and mostly forgotten, a world centering on family life as well as on political commitments that today seem to come from another world. Long before I read the letters, indeed long before I knew anything systematic about Marx and socialist theory, I knew that my grandfather had been an important Socialist, and that simple fact served as a guiding beacon for me, drawing me eventually into a deep study of the writings of Karl Marx that resulted in two books and a number of articles. I remember my grandfather only as a genial old man who ran something called The Workman's Circle Sanitarium in Liberty, New York. Through the letters, I discovered him as a romantic young man, a deeply committed Socialist, and something of a self-taught literary stylist as well.


And the winner of Miss World 2013 is Miss Philippines!
Megan Young is crowned Miss World 2013 on Saturday night in Bali Nusa Dua Convention Center in Bali, Indonesia; making history as the first-ever Filipino to win the title as Philippines first joined the pageant in 1966.
The 23-year-old actress bested 126 other international candidates to become the successor of China’s Wenxia Yu.
“I promise to be the best Miss World ever,” Young, said after winning the 63rd annual event, as a large number of Filipino fans who traveled with her celebrated by jumping and waving the country’s flag.
First Princes is Marine Lorphelin of France, while Ghana’s Carranzar Shooter is proclaimed Miss World 2nd Princess.
Completing the Top 6 were Spain’s Elena Ibarbia, Brazil’s Sancler Frantz, and Gibraltar’s Jessica Baldachino (People’s Choice).
Young’s win was bolstered by her strong showing in various pre-pageant challenges, including the Top Model competition, which she won; the Beach Fashion tilt, where she ranked fifth; and the Multimedia Contest, where she placed fourth.
Before the final announce of the winners, the 5 Finalist had to answer the question “Why should you be Miss World?’.
“I treasure a core value of humanity and that guides people why they act the way they do. I will use this to show other people how they can understand each other. As one, we can help society,” she answered.
This year’s 10 semifinalists, included contestants from Brazil, Australia, France, Nepal, England, Indonesia, Spain, Jamaica, and Ghana.
Here’s the video of the announcement of the Miss World 2013 winners:


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'Shorgul' makers axe song penned by Tanmay Bhat
Owing to Tanmay Bhat's recent controversy over video spoof on Lata Mangeshkar and Sachin Tendulkar, producers of an upcoming film 'Shorgul' remove a song penned by the stand-up comic
Looks like Tanmay Bhat's woes are far from abating. After receiving severe backlash for insulting Lata Mangeshkar and Sachin Tendulkar in a Snapchat video recently, a song that he had penned for the upcoming film, 'Shorgul', has also been dropped. The political drama stars Jimmy Sheirgill and Ashutosh Rana.
Says a source, "Tanmay had ghost written a song called 'Pehle Aap', sung by Daler Mehndi for the film. But after his recent controversy, producers want to end their association with the comedian and have dropped the song from the film."
Lata Mangeshkar and Sachin Tendulkar
A source close to the project adds, "The producers do not want any trouble as far as the film is concerned. Also, they do feel that what Tanmay did was uncalled for and things like these shouldn't be encouraged."
Co-producer Aman Singh confirms the news and says, "'Shorgul' intends to present a humanitarian perspective to communal riots that affect the common man the most, irrespective of his caste, creed or religion. However, in light of recent happenings and the prevailing sentiment amongst people, we decided to let go off Tamnay's song."
Tanmay did not respond to our text message.