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Once again Dr. Carolyn Dean is right on time with a special handbook designed to provide you with safe, natural alternatives to manage your health and the health of your family during cold and flu season.
We’re going to talk about these resources in great detail on tonight’s weekly radio show. I hope you can join us.
Every year the flu vaccine turns out to be less and less effective. If you google “2017-2018 flu season” you are hit with scary headlines that tell you to be very afraid of the flu, to get vaccinated, and to take antiviral medications. The fear instilled by the media who think they are “warning the public” is enough to make you sick because they have no real solutions!
Yet, when you google “2017-2018 flu vaccine” the headlines claim that this season’s flu shots are less effective than usual. And that’s saying something because Dr. Dean wrote a detailed blog that in general flu vaccines don’t work and their effectiveness is somewhere between 4-6%!
In natural medicine, we think of colds and flu as the body’s way of eliminating mucus. In Total Biology, colds and flu are evidence of resolution of conflict. The mucus builds up due to excessive eating or poor eating habits, lack of rest, overwork, temperature changes, conflict, worry or climate changes as in the fall and spring. To remedy this, eat wholesome foods and get enough rest. At the onset of seasonal weather changes, take hot and cold showers to acclimatize the skin. Short thirty-second blasts of cold will do.
If a cold or flu begins, don’t fight it and don’t get mad. Take some time off, rest and heal. If you go to work, you bring your germs for others to share. If you take medications, you just put more toxins into your system and the drugs won’t really help because viruses, which are not killed by antibiotics, cause 90% of colds and flu. If anything, drugs suppress the condition and drive it deeper into your system, so it potentially can come back later in a more virulent form. Antibiotics also encourage the overgrowth of yeast, which causes more problems.
First aid, supplements, homeopathy and good old common sense all factor into the treatment and prevention of colds and flu and tonight on our internet based radio show, we’ll be talking with Dr. Carolyn Dean about how to Prepare for Cold and Flu Season along with a wide range of health topics and safe solutions. You will love hearing the beneficial interactions with our callers and hosts alike including the body/mind connection, identifying the ‘conflict’ in the ‘conflict basis’ of disease and much more!!

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South Korea's central bank has raised its key interest rate, citing a recovering economy and rising prices. The hike is the first since August.
At a policy meeting on Thursday, the Bank of Korea set the base rate at a quarter of a percentage point higher to 1 percent. It's the first time in 20 months for the rate to exceed that level.
Consumer prices rose 3.2 percent last month from a year earlier, a level not seen in nine years.
Surging property prices are driving up household debt to record-high levels. The central bank expects the inflation rate will stay above its target of 2 percent for the time being.
Governor Lee Ju-yeol said the BOK policy is still in accommodative territory, judging by a recent spike in prices.
He also indicated the possibility of another hike in the first quarter of next year.
Central banks in other countries are also tightening in a bid to contain inflation. They are tapering their bond purchases or targeting higher interest rates.

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Our concert programme tonight includes works from the great masters of choral music. Haydn Harmoniemesse, and Mozart Requiem in D minor K626.
The evening will be conducted by Jonathan Rathbone. As ever, we are grateful to Sue Catmur for arranging the orchestra.
Please click on the Buy Ticket button above to order your tickets for this performance. Tickets for this concert will be £15, discounted to £13 if bought and paid for in advance (by Wednesday 10th April). Tickets for children and students aged 5 – 17 will be £5. Sponsor Patrons of Havering Singers will receive their usual discount.

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Birdie Bird Toy Climb & Forage
The Birdie Natural bird toy range are the perfect playtime companions for your feathered friends! Crafted with care and designed to delight, these toys are thoughtfully created with the well-being of your birds in mind. Say goodbye to plastic, dyes, cotton and glues, as these eco-friendly toys are free from potentially harmful elements, ensuring a safe and natural play experience.
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It's official: Dedham Town Administrator Bill Keegan is preparing to wrap up a career of more than a decade in town.
Keegan, who received an offer in February to serve as Foxborough's new Town Manager, accepted the offer this week, signing a three-year contract with the town's Board of Selectmen Tuesday night, The Sun Chronicle reported. Keegan confirmed the move to Dedham Patch Wednesday morning.
"The negotiations went very well," Keegan said. "It took longer than expected; it was strictly a time limitation. There were a number of board members that were traveling over the last couple of weeks. When we finally sat down, it lasted a couple of hours at the most."
Keegan was named among three finalists for the role in January, alongside Norfolk Town Administrator Jack Hathaway and former Wayland Town Administrator Frederic Turkington.
The Dedham Board of Selectmen will now decide who will serve in Keegan's place until a replacement is found, a matter Keegan said will most likely be discussed at this week's Board of Selectmen meeting, which is set for 6:30 p.m. Thursday. He also expects the board to iron how the details of his last day in Dedham.
"I want to make sure I can plan accordingly," he said.
Keegan is Dedham's second Town Administrator, having taken on the role 12 years ago after Bill Griffin, who served for about six years, Keegan said. A Seekonk resident, Keegan previously served as that community's Town Administrator prior to coming to Dedham.
"Obviously my experience in Dedham has been terrific," he said. "We've done a lot of great things together, and the community has been very supportive; the board has been very supportive."
He added, "My transition into Foxborough is going to be initially one of just getting to know folks and understand what their vision is for the community, and then we can shape our actions for the future. I'm looking forward to a new day and a new start, and as soon as I can get the primary thing up, I think I'll try to hit the ground running."
Keegan's contract in Foxborough will be effective through June 30, 2017; he will earn a first-year salary of $172,380, according to The Sun Chronicle.


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Which Starbucks store is the biggest?
The Chicago roastery
The Chicago roastery, which opened November 15, 2019, is the largest Starbucks location in the world and latest roastery to be built. The building at 646 North Michigan Avenue on the Magnificent Mile has five stories at 35,000 square feet (3,300 m2). It was formerly a flagship store for Crate & Barrel.
Can anyone go to Starbucks Reserve?
over a year ago. It’s free to just walk in. You will need some hours to take in the fabulous set up of the Roastery and Tasting Room, and then enjoy a Coffee or Tea selection of your choice.
What is so special about Starbucks Reserve?
WHAT IS STARBUCKS RESERVE? Starbucks Reserve is a selection of the rarest, most extraordinary coffees Starbucks has to offer. Starbucks Reserve is our commitment to push even further, scouring the world for its most exceptional beans while evolving the coffeehouse experience to something surprising and multi-sensory.
What are the fancy Starbucks called?
Starbucks Reserve Roastery
The new Starbucks Reserve Roastery is the fourth of its kind in the world and is completely unlike a typical Starbucks. The Roasteries are meant to be upscale, and they feature cocktail bars, bakeries, and unique elements.
What is the busiest Starbucks in the world?
That is amazing! New York Times Square Starbucks and 1912 Pike Place Starbucks are often #1 and #2 for sales volume in the entire Starbucks corporation, with six million in annual AUV and five and a half million, respectively, as per Troy Alstead during an investor event (more info below).
Is Starbucks Reserve expensive?
It’s expensive. Along with classic espresso drinks, the Roastery offers specialty drinks, tasting flights, and a variety of coffee-brewing methods that aren’t on offer at typical Starbucks locations. Accordingly, the prices are higher.
What does R mean in Starbucks?
The new store will roast and serve only the highest quality beans from selected farms sold under the brand name “Starbucks Reserve”. “It’s a star and an ‘R,’ which represents the rarest of coffees that we’re roasting in this facility.”
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Will the “bipartisan consensus” in Washington blame the coronavirus for the coming economic downturn? Why does the US media seem so uninterested in Julian Assange’s extradition hearing today? Today’s Liberty Report is all about the chaos exploding all around us… Watch today’s Liberty Report:
Executive Director of the Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity and co-Producer/co-Host, Ron Paul Liberty Report. Daniel served as the foreign affairs, civil liberties, and defense/intel policy advisor to U.S. Congressman Ron Paul, MD (R-Texas) from 2001 until Dr. Paul’s retirement at the end of 2012. From 1993-1999 he worked as a journalist based in Budapest, Hungary, and traveled through the former communist bloc as a human rights monitor and election observer.


Tommy Has An In Depth Chat With Nothing More Singer Jonny Hawkins
Nothing More has a new album coming out, plus they are coming to Grand Rapids at the Upheaval Festival. Tommy has a conversation with Jonny Hawkins about both.
Nothing More is a band from San Antonio, Texas. Singer Jonny Hawkins was actually the drummer in the band when they formed in 2003 with guitarist Mark Vollelunga. Hawkins and Vollelunga have been friends since 7th grade.
Most people know of Nothing More when their self-titled album came out in 2014 with the first single "This Is the Time (Ballast)."
Nothing More went on to release Mr. MTV, Jenny, and Here's to the Heartache from their self-titled album.
Nothing More then released their album "The Stories We Tell Ourselves." The first single from the album was "Go To War" as seen in the video above. The band released two more singles, "Do You Really Want It" and "Just Say When" from the album.
Nothing More was nominated for three Grammy Awards. The Grammy Award nominations were for Best Rock Album for "The Stories We Tell Ourselves" and Best Song and Best Rock Performance for "Go To War".
Nothing More New Album 2022
Nothing More will release a new album sometime in late 2022. You can the album name and next single info in the interview that is further down in the article.
Nothing More released a fan track called "Turn It Up Like" which is the video above. The video provides a good look at the band live but also gives you an idea of what the new album will sound like.
"Tired of Winning" is the new single from Nothing More. As you can see and hear for yourself this is another great song from the band.
When is Nothing More Coming to Michigan?
Nothing More will be coming to Belknap Park in Grand Rapids for the Upheaval Festival on the second day of the festival July 16.
Nothing More has an incredible stage show that features the "Bassinator" as seen above and the "Drumtron" as seen below during a live version of "Turn It Up Like".
Tommy Carroll Chats With Nothing More Singer Jonny Hawkins
In the interview, Jonny talks about what happened that led to Asking Alexandria having to pull out from the current tour. The two talk about the internet, the live show, new music, the name of the new album, and when you can expect it to come out, plus Jonny's days of drumming before singing for Nothing More. Jonny shares a heartfelt story about his mom and a certain song the band will never play live.
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I planned to purchase a 1.5 gallon glass tank and put it on my wrought Iron plant stand - I forgot that water actually is quite heavy and now I'm not so sure that would be safe...so then I thought I'd upgrade to a 3 or 5 gallon tank and get a stand for it (as there is no free surface to put it on) but when I tried to find stands on-line the smallest I've come across was for 10 gallons.
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As compared to the white-glove treatment most Easter eggs receive, the fate that awaits eggs at bars such as Green Street in Cambridge, Massachusetts, is much more harrowing. Last Easter, bar manager Misty Kalkofen marked the holiday by serving a menu full of cocktails that had eggs, in whole or in part, vigorously shaken into them. No word on if she plans to repeat the event this year, but here's a drink created by Misty that certainly belongs in the Easter canon.
Mixed with applejack, Benedictine and maple syrup, the Fort Washington Flip retains hints of the winter just past; given the early Easter this year, don't be surprised if the weather suits up to match the drink.
Fort Washington Flip Recipe
- 1 1/2 ounces applejack
- 3/4 ounce Benedictine
- 1/2 ounce maple syrup
- 1 fresh egg
Pour ingredients into a cocktail shaker; add the egg, fill with ice and shake very vigorously for at least 10 seconds. Strain into chilled cocktail glass; garnish with a grating of fresh nutmeg.
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Pressured by Senate Democrats, White House says it's open to fix on FAA furloughs
Reid: Senate Democrats to ease sequester cuts with war savings
Flight delays pile up as air controllers are forced to take days off because of budget cuts
A week after the bombings in Boston and the catastrophic explosion in Texas, key federal agencies have unveiled or are refining their plans to furlough tens of thousands of workers, including those who protect the country and those who collect the money to pay the bills, Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says. And this makes sense because...
The White House tells "a majority" of career staff not to come to work. It's the first of 10 furlough days over the next six months. Labor, FAA and EPA also have or are furloughing employees.
Air traffic controllers furloughed as government cuts kick in; some flight delays show up
Politicians first said it couldn't happen, then that it shouldn't happen and, finally, we were assured it would never happen. One problem, it -- sequestration-triggered furloughs -- did happen. Not as quickly as some predicted. But they are with us, as federal agencies juggle their finances, Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says.
Two airline trade associations and the Air Line Pilots Association said they have filed a lawsuit asking the U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington to stop the furloughs.
The agency has identified five furlough days where it will, essentially, shut down entirely. A memo sent Friday to IRS staff from Acting Commissioner Steven Miller said the furlough days will start in May and continue through August.
FAA: Expect long delays at major airports as air traffic controller furloughs kick in Sunday
Homeland Security, Defense and USDA are asking the Office of Management and Budget for the ability to reprogram agency funds to soften the blow of sequestration. DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano said the agency must cut $3 billion by Sept. 30 and every mission, contract and person will be impacted in some way. She said the Coast Guard already is feeling the impact of the cuts in mission areas.
Senior TSA official says no furloughs or increased wait times because of automatic budget cuts
Furloughs are still on the radar, Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says. But are they getting any closer? What are your odds of working four-day weeks this summer?
Smithsonian to close galleries due to budget cuts from Congress; park police face furloughs
Employees at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration will be furloughed four days starting in July, acting Administrator Kathryn Sullivan wrote in an email to staff Monday.
Elected and appointed officials are exempt from sequestration-related furloughs. But now that President Barack Obama has voluntarily taken a 5 percent pay cut, odds are many of the people he appointed to their jobs will also follow suit. So what do rank-and-file federal employees think? Check out Senior Correspondent Mike Causey's column for more.
James Clapper, the director of National Intelligence, said the 17-agency community is trying not to repeat lessons of past cuts that hampered analytical capabilities. Clapper also issued a new IC-wide code of ethics and made a key change to the security clearance form.
Assistant chef Sam Kass, who cooks dinner for President Barack Obama several nights a week, said Tuesday that he will be furloughed as part of across-the-board budget cuts that went into effect in March.
Craig E. Hooks, assistant administrator at EPA's Office of Administration and Resources, sent an email to all agency employees describing the agency's furlough plans. Full-time employees will be furloughed for 32 hours during the first phase of EPA's furlough process.
When it comes to the perils of sequestration, it appears that federal workers are all over the place, Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says. Some say it's just another political fire drill, while others say this time for sure. Been-there-done-that workers say this too shall pass. But paycheck to paycheck people say furloughs could wreck their financial lives. So, where are you in all this?


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The city’s legal office requested a $250,000 appropriation from the Budgetary Fund Balance for the Solicitor’s Litigation/Professional Services account at Monday night’s council meeting.
The request was sent to the council’s Ways and Means Committee for discussion.
What exactly the money is for was not enumerated in the request for the appropriation. However, a message from the solicitor read to the council by the city clerk indicated that the city is up to date with its legal bills.
Several public speakers and Council President Mike Marchese indicated they believed this might be an appropriation needed to pay for further legal costs with regard to the ongoing Federal probe into racism and discrimination now being conducted by the US Attorney’s office.
That probe has already cost the city $500,000.Continue reading “$250,000 appropriation for the city’s litigation account sought by solicitor”

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Come in and warm your feet in front of the open fire or enjoy the sun on our large outdoor veranda. Don't be surprised if you end up staying there all afternoon on a sunny spring day.
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How to Add a Person to a Photo Without Photoshop
Have you ever taken a cool picture only to notice that one of your friends wasn't in the shot? Or perhaps you lost a loved one just before a big event, but still want them to be in your photos? Whichever it is, you probably went googling "how to add someone to a picture" only to learn that it is a painstaking process.
But don't give up just yet! There is a way to photoshop someone into a picture without much effort. Do it with PhotoWorks, an AI-powered photo editor! Just a couple of brush strokes and mouse clicks and - boom! - that person you need is in the picture!
Add your relative or friend to a special photo
Looks impressive, doesn't it? With PhotoWorks, you'll be able to achieve a similar result in mere minutes. Edit yourself into a celebrity crowd, photomontage your friend into a ridiculous scene to troll them - anything goes. But it doesn't have to be all about the fun either. You can even add a deceased person to a picture if someone you loved passed away before an important moment in your life. So let's learn how to add a person to a photo in a few simple steps.
Step 1. Install and Run PhotoWorks
Download the free trial of this smart photo editor and follow the wizard instructions to install it to your PC.
Full support for Windows 11, 10, 8, 7
Step 2. Pick the Change Background Tool
Open the picture of the person you want to cut out. Switch to the Tools tab and choose the Change Background tool. Use the green brush to mark the person and the red brush to paint over the background. The app will automatically remove the backdrop.
Remove the background of the picture to cut out the person
Step 3. Fine-Tune Your Selection
Use the red brush to erase any chunks of the background left or the green brush to restore parts of the person that are missing. Adjust the background opacity to see any missteps better.
Correct the border between the person and the background
Step 4. Add the Person to Your Photo
Click Select New Background Image and choose the picture you want to add the person to. Resize the layer and move it around to find the perfect spot. Adapt the layer colors to the rest of the picture for a better blend.
Put the person onto the picture and adjust the size and the color palette of the layer
Step 5. Save Your Finished Picture
Save the layer you added as an image with a transparent background in case you want to use it later. Then save your improved picture in a suitable graphic format.
Save your improved picture as JPEG, PNG, or TIFF
You see, it only took 5 steps to add someone into a picture. No tedious manual selection or fiddling with complicated tools were required. PhotoWorks did everything automatically thanks to its content-aware AI.
Check out our detailed video tutorial on incorporating your loved one into photos:
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Sometimes even professionals struggle to take perfect pictures. There are many factors that are out of our control, so oftentimes minor flaws make their way into our shots, almost ruining them. But as long as you have a powerful photo editor like PhotoWorks at hand, every less-than-perfect picture can be saved.
Fix Tilted Horizon in a Flash
We don't have a level tool installed into our bodies, so sometimes we end up with a picture with a slanted horizon, unless we use a tripod. PhotoWorks has a solution. Straighten a photo with the Geometry tool. Just drag a slider and watch as the skewed horizon is getting fixed. You can also use this nifty tool to correct any perspective flaws and barrel or pincushion distortions.
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Phyto-complexes are fluid extracts obtained through ultrasound extraction, an innovative technology that consists of a mechanical extraction. This technique allows to extract the active compounds from plants and medicinal plants producing high quality phyto-extracts. Ultrasound is low frequency and high power sound that transforms electrical energy into mechanical vibrations. The efficiency of extraction is increased by the sonication and producing a purer product in a shorter time.
This technology is considered BIO because eliminates the use of non-natural solvents.


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What You’ll Do
- Tour the heart of France in a classic car
- See the impressive volcanic landscapes of the Chaîne des Puys
- Enjoy a guided sightseeing tour of historic Clermont-Ferrand
- Visit 12th-century Château de Murol
- Admire the striking beauty of Saint-Saturnin
- Discover charming French villages
- Dine on locally-produced delicacies
What to Expect
Located in the heart of France, the Auvergne is fantastic driving country with rolling, sparsely-traveled roads passing through vineyards, picturesque countryside, and unspoilt villages. Warm and welcoming, yet retaining the rustic character of its spectacular mountains and valleys, the Auvergne is teeming with heritage and history.
The volcanoes of the Auvergne are what make the region so unusual and distinct, with the Chaîne des Puys stretching over 35 kilometers in a ribbon of 80 dormant volcanoes. The surrounding landscape is dotted with ancient villages, medieval churches, and small farms.
With the Puys Mountains providing a breathtaking backdrop, your 3-day getaway begins in Clermont-Ferrand, with a sightseeing tour of the town’s quiet streets, Renaissance houses, medieval churches, and its magnificent Gothic cathedral built of black volcanic rock.
Everything is organized for you throughout the trip, including a detailed itinerary, road book, roadside assistance, guided visits to places of interest, 3-star accommodation, and first-class cuisine.
Day 1: Clermont-Ferrand (Meals: D)
Arrive in the early afternoon at Clermont-Ferrand. Once settled in at your accommodation, enjoy a sightseeing tour of the town, followed by dinner in a local restaurant.
Day 2: Clermont-Ferrand – Mont-Dore (Meals: B, D)
After breakfast, take possession of your classic rental car. Enjoy the drive to the Chaîne des Puys volcanoes, where you will have free time for lunch. The afternoon will consist of taking a drive to the Mont-Dore, famous for its hot baths and thermal springs. Dinner will include a wine-tasting session at a local restaurant.
Day 3: Mont-Dore – Romagnat (Meals: B)
Depart in the morning for Château de Murol, a 12th-century castle. After lunch, cross through Saint-Saturnin, one of the most beautiful towns in France. The tour finishes with a great drive to Romagnat.
- 2-day car rental
- Meals (as indicated in the itinerary)
- 2 nights of 3-star accommodation
- Road book and map of the region
- Car insurance
- Roadside assistance
What’s Not Included
- Rental car deposit
- Personal expenses
- Additional meals
- Optional activity costs
22 rue de Pérignat 63540 Romagnat (near the town of Clermont-Ferrand)

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Both in Public and Private Sectors have been MUKAT’s customers for long. In Public Sector-some of our reputed customers are – Indian Oil Corporation Ltd., Gas Authority of India Ltd., Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd., Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd., Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd., Nuclear Power Corporation Ltd., NTPC Ltd., Gujarat State Fertilizer & Chemical Ltd., Punjab Water Supply and Sewerage Board, State Electricity Boards and Public Health Departments, Delhi Jal Board.
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ST. TERESA, Fla. (WTXL)--20 middle school girls from Leon and Gadsden counties got the chance to become scientists today as part of Florida State University's "Girls Investigating Science Day."
In partnership with Florida State's Coastal and Marine Laboratory, the girls had the chance to travel to St. Teresa to work side by side with marine scientists.
One participant said the girl's only event helps boost their confidence in working in a typically male dominated field.
"For any girls who are interested in Science, they should really come out here. It's really fun. It's an all girls atmosphere so you can share a lot of things. I think it shows them that girls can have a big impact on the way that the environment is and it's science. So girls can also do the same things boys can do," said Emily Perez.
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Interest within the therapeutic use of nonintoxicating cannabinoids and different hemp-derived substances—notably cannabidiol (CBD), cannabigerol (CBG), and their carboxylic analogs—has reached fever pitch lately as CBD-containing merchandise seem in every single place, from on-line retailers to grocery shops and fuel stations1.
The widespread availability of CBD merchandise is a cumulative impact derived from substantial development within the scientific analysis over the previous 30 years as the various energetic elements of hemp strains have been remoted and main discoveries have been made relating to the endocannabinoid system (ECS)2. In the United States, CBD obtained additional validation when the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the proprietary drug Epidiolex as adjunctive remedy (not a monotherapy) for pediatric sufferers with drug-resistant epilepsy. CBD is an energetic pharmaceutical ingredient in Epidiolex.
Although the worldwide medical neighborhood grew to become extra open to recognizing the tentative performance of the ECS in sustaining the physique’s homeostasis and immune responses3, the printed papers on the direct quantitative correlation between CBD mobile pharmacology and therapeutic efficacies point out that the popularization of many CBD-fortified or CBD-labeled well being merchandise, and related well being claims, lack a rigorous scientific basis and integrity1,2. As a matter of reality, the formal monograph for Epidiolex clearly signifies that the exact mechanisms by which Epidiolex exerts its anticonvulsant impact in people are unknown. Clinicians and pharmacologists concluded that Epidiolex doesn’t seem to exert its anticonvulsant results via interplay with cannabinoid receptors4.
Consequently, the popularity of CBD or different phytocannabinoids as a common “cure-all” places these necessary and promising substances in the identical class as different “natural” panaceas the place anecdotal circumstances and overwhelmingly biased testimonials supersede the correct medical analysis of already marketed CBD formulations and completed merchandise.
The broad-ranging therapeutic utility of CBD has been attributed to its reported pharmacological exercise at various goal receptors, comparable to cannabinoid receptor sort 1 and a couple of (CB1 and CB2), transient receptor potential (TRP) channels, and G-protein-coupled receptor (GPR55), to call just a few2,5. From a cautious inspection of the unique publications the place these bioactivities are reported, it’s potential they’re irrelevant to many non-prescription merchandise given the comparatively small dose of CBD that many such merchandise include and the low systemic publicity of CBD in human topics.
Oral bioavailability and publicity, along with systemic clearance (metabolic and unchanged substance excretion), Cmax (most blood focus), quantity of distribution, and terminal half-life (t1/2) are the principal pharmacokinetic properties of bioactive compounds. Poor oral bioavailability and an inferior systemic publicity are two of the main causes of failures in medical trials and/or therapeutic evaluations of initially promising potent compounds. This results in hindering the estimation of what dose can be wanted to help the remedy of sure medical situations2,5. Also, a particularly low bioavailability of CBD oil results in extremely variable exposures between people—research present round a 20-fold distinction—which isn’t acceptable if we would like to have the ability to use CBD in an accurate therapeutic method5,6.
Absolute oral bioavailability refers back to the fraction of the drug out there to the physique or system. This is measured as a ratio between the blood concentration-time-curves (normally as space underneath the curve, or AUC) after oral (per os) and intravenous (IV) administration. Absolute bioavailability can’t exceed 100% since it’s assumed that 100% of the drug is accessible to the physique after IV administration. AUC and publicity are two phrases used interchangeably.
According to the rules of pharmacokinetics, as quickly because the substance molecule enters the blood circulation after both intravenous or oral administration, it’s subjected to tissue distribution and hepatic/bile/renal clearance. For the substances which are extensively metabolized and cleared (as research present CBD is), the blood AUC values after IV or PO administration are low as nicely. Therefore, CBD oral bioavailability (%F), estimated by the AUC(PO) / AUC(IV) ratio, might look acceptable for sure formulations (comparable to lipid nanoparticle, polymers-based, and so forth.), however typically it results in the inaccurate and deceptive interpretation regarding the therapeutically significant oral publicity of CBD that may truly present excessive sufficient blood concentrations of CBD to interact and inhibit/activate particular receptors and enzymes which are key to reaching therapeutic, wellness-associated efficacies6.
For occasion, following a every day administration of 10 mg/kg (~800 mg/day) of CBD in 15 neuroleptic-free sufferers for six weeks, the imply CBD plasma degree ranged from 11-36 ng/ml (lower than 100 nM). However, CBD solely displaced the agonist from the bulk goal receptors on the focus of 16-32 µM. In different phrases, the in vivo plasma ranges have to be greater than 100-200-fold increased to inhibit and modulate these receptors6,7.
Why It Matters
Based on the out there industrial literature, CBD is being touted as a treatment for habit, getting older, anxiousness, arthritis, concussion, despair, nausea, weight problems, ache, Parkinson’s illness, post-traumatic stress dysfunction, and psychiatric issues, amongst others. However, no proof of double-blinded, placebo-controlled medical trials that supported these claims might be positioned by the writer, and anecdotal claims of CBD therapeutic utility typically come up from what are literally inconclusive research6-8.
Nevertheless, many CBD corporations purportedly ignore this reality in an try to rationalize the industrial utility of phytocannabinoids and exploit the “natural” label, with none R&D efforts to characterize their marketed merchandise structurally, pharmacokinetically, and, finally, therapeutically, which might in any other case set up a sure degree of evidence-based credibility for the aforementioned marketed merchandise1,2.
Although CBD and different hemp-derived phytocannabinoids stay a formally unproven therapeutic possibility, with little identified about their mechanism of motion, physicians and holistic well being/wellness practitioners nonetheless stay open to the potential future position these merchandise might play within the area of other administration and prophylaxis of various well being situations, comparable to persistent irritation and ache1,2.
In order to suggest a selected phytocannabinoid-based product to sufferers and wellness-oriented end-users, these practitioners have to adequately analyze particular info past of the certificates of study, comparable to an experimentally assessed systemic bioavailability and in vivo focused efficacy of a given product. A really transient survey of the printed scientific and industrial papers or convention displays signifies that many corporations within the CBD market don’t possess such info to distinguish and promote their merchandise primarily based on at the least preclinical and/or exploratory medical examine experiences2,3,6.
On the opposite hand, this specific establishment that’s postulated by the deficiencies in pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic correlations, and substantiation of cannabinoid-containing nutraceutical merchandise, represents the limitless alternatives for R&D-driven nutraceutical and normal wellness-oriented corporations in an everchanging cannabinoid market panorama. Physicians and holistic well being/wellness practitioners are on the lookout for extra superior, analysis proof–primarily based cannabinoid merchandise with excessive, unparalleled, and, before everything, unbiased expectations of achievable well being advantages.
Can Lipid Deliveries Help?
Hemp-derived CBD is a extremely lipophilic, small-molecule-size pure substance that’s intrinsically insoluble in water. (See Figure 1.)
For lipophilic compounds, intestinal lymphatic transport could also be extremely environment friendly and the predominant route of transport to the systemic blood circulation following oral supply. For these substances, lymphatic entry happens by way of affiliation with lipid absorption and lipoprotein meeting pathways throughout diffusion throughout intestinal absorptive cells (enterocytes). Upon exocytosis from enterocytes, drug-lipoprotein complexes are transported throughout the basement membrane and are trafficked from the intestinal lamina propria by way of the lymphatics9. It was demonstrated that the physicochemical properties required to advertise drug affiliation with intestinal lipoproteins—and subsequently to advertise lymphatic transport—have been a logP worth of >5 and substantial solubility in long-chain triglyceride (LCT)7,9.
A analysis group from the University of Nottingham within the UK reported that oral administration of CBD with LCT lipids can considerably enhance the intestinal lymphatic transport in disease-specific animals. The focus of CBD recovered in mesenteric lymph nodes was profoundly increased than that noticed after administration with non-LCT formulation and as a lot as 250-fold increased than the focus in plasma6. This is principally attributed to the truth that compound delivered to the intestinal lymph avoids first-pass metabolism as lymph drains straight into the systemic circulation by way of the thoracic lymph. That ends in the lymphatic concentrations of hydrophobic compounds orders of magnitude being increased than that attained in systemic blood6.
In addition, CBD confirmed potent immunomodulatory results at ~15 μM by suppressing the intracellular profile and expression of proinflammatory cytokines comparable to TNF-α, IFN-γ, IL-2, and IL-17A in animal and human T cells (residing within the mesenteric lymph nodes)6,7. Although the suppressive efficiency of CBD to attenuate pathogenic cytokine launched by T cells was solely noticed at micromolar concentrations, this focus is achievable within the intestinal lymphatic system, however not in blood circulation6,7.
The intestinal lymphatic system is the key host of immune cells. Therefore, super-high ranges (>300 μM) of CBD within the lymph can result in distinguished immunomodulatory results comparable to inhibiting lymphocytes proliferation and the expression of inflammatory cytokines from T cells. These two are key pathogenic cells current in a variety of autoimmune ailments, together with a number of sclerosis, rheumatoid arthritis, allergic bronchial asthma, and inflammatory bowel illness2, 5-7.
R&D Focus and Product Development Strategy
Biomedical discoveries concerning the ECS up to now clearly point out that it is a vital goal for the event of nutraceutical merchandise addressing a wide range of well being situations. However, there are substantial challenges in figuring out the appropriate steadiness of cannabinoid elements with a purpose to set up an outlined product with which to maneuver ahead in constant and efficacious product growth. Referred to because the “entourage effect,” distinctive therapeutic results of heterogeneous extracts from hemp are hypothesized to be achieved via a fancy synergy between cannabinoids and the various different secondary constituents of the plant1,5,6. The limitations of the entourage impact are that, at the moment, it isn’t clear which compounds drive the impact, which pharmacodynamic results of cannabinoids are impacted, or whether or not this may be standardized for improved and constant cannabinoid therapeutics1-3.
Investigating particular person cannabinoids, terpenoids, and their mixtures has advantage over investigating heterogenous full- and broad-spectrum hemp extracts primarily as a result of this pathway is in line with how most different pharmaceutical medicines are presently developed. Therefore, for science-based corporations, there are clear standards for the invention, analysis, growth, and high quality management of constantly efficacious nutraceutical merchandise and cures based on the established pharma-industry requirements.
Discovery and growth of extremely constant and efficacious cannabinoid-based merchandise is a world job that’s primarily based on multidisciplinary approaches, collaborations, and partnerships. Therefore, technology-driven corporations have to become involved in constructing their collaborative platform with educational establishments and contract analysis organizations to make the most of nicely established ECS-target biochemical screening fashions and develop personalized wellness merchandise addressing ECS deficiencies. The corporations and their R&D group have to develop modern nutraceutical merchandise and types by reconstituting an entourage impact via the synergistic efficacy research of particular person cannabinoids. This might be outlined as follows:
- Which main/minor cannabinoids, terpenoids, flavonoids, and so forth., are essentially the most potent hits to interact with the immune illness–particular targets to attain lowest half maximal inhibitory focus (IC50)?
- When preliminary “biochemical” IC50 are established, there’s a have to examine whether or not these chosen phytocannabinoids and terpenoids are usually not hitting badly some housekeeping genes and enzymes with a purpose to keep away from some apparent off-target poisonous and undesirable unwanted effects.
- Later, optimum “biochemical” composition needs to be examined in vitro or ex vivo using particular cell or tissue cultures to make sure that particular person “potent” elements can permeate cell membranes and attain intracellular ECS receptors at concentrations decided within the preliminary biochemical IC50 assays.
- In the case of constructive outcomes, the correctly adjusted composition (formulation) must be examined pharmacokinetically (PK) in disease-model animals to make sure that the exact same formulation elements can attain lymphatic and/or systemic circulation after oral (or pulmonary) administration.
- Very typically, very potent substances stay as “potent substances” and by no means turn into therapeutic cures due to poor PK profiles. Thus, sure formulation changes (qualitative and quantitative) are wanted to attain the optimum systemic exposures of gear of curiosity.
- When a positive PK profile is established, one wants to check the exact same formulation in disease-specific animals to make sure that the specified therapeutic impact is achievable in people.
- And lastly: when all of the above is efficiently examined, correctly designed medical analysis and substantiation in human topics needs to be carried out.
In abstract, whereas there seems to be great therapeutic potential for cannabinoid health- and wellness-associated merchandise, there’s a want for the event of outlined, constant, and focused merchandise with established requirements for high quality, security, and efficacy earlier than being beneficial to be used. The final objective is to develop and promote scientific proof–primarily based ECS-modulating cannabinoid merchandise that can be trusted by medical communities, physicians, holistic well being practitioners, and wellness-oriented finish customers.
Levan Darjania, PhD, is chief scientific officer at Green Hygienics Holdings Inc. (Poway, CA), with greater than 26 years of R&D expertise in biotechnology and pharmaceutical drug growth.
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- Nelson KM et al. “The essential medicinal chemistry of cannabidiol (CBD).” Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, vol. 63, no. 21 (November 12, 2020): 12137-12155
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- Bih CI et al. “Molecular targets of cannabidiol in neurological disorders.” Neurotherapeutics, vol. 12, no. 4 (October 2015): 699–730
- ZgairA et al. “Oral administration of cannabis with lipids leads to high levels of cannabinoids in the intestinal lymphatic system and prominent immunomodulation.” Nature Scientific Reports, vol. 7, no. 1 (November 6, 2017):14542
- Gershkovich P et al. “Different impacts of intestinal lymphatic transport on the oral bioavailability of structurally similar synthetic lipophilic cannabinoids: dexanabinol and PRS-211,220.” European Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, vol. 31, no. 5 (August 2007): 298-305
- Leehey MAet al. “Safety and tolerability of cannabidiol in Parkinson disease: an open label, dose-escalation study.” Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research, vol. 5, no. 4 (December 15, 2020): 326–336
- Trevaskis NLet al. “From sewer to saviour — targeting the lymphatic system to promote drug exposure and activity.” Nature Reviews. Drug Discovery, vol. 14, no. 11 (November 2015): 781-803

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The Midtown Park Apartments, on the corner of Geary and Divisadero, were built in 1967 for displaced African American residents following San Francisco’s ill-conceived redevelopment program, which tore down many blocks of our neighborhood’s houses, churches and Black-owned businesses.
Midtown was built and developed as a model housing community, and it has been for decades, despite many obstacles. Our tenants’ association (and previously, the Midtown Park Corporation) has been guiding our community for over 50 years.
Six years ago, The City ruled that Midtown was no longer subject to the rent control law that had protected us from displacement for years. Rent control is what stabilized our community and allowed us to live in our homes without fear of displacement.
Now, Supervisor Dean Preston is introducing legislation that will return to Midtown its historic rent control protections. The legislation has already passed the Government Oversight and Accountability (GOA) Committee, acquiring a number of supervisorial co-sponsors. It is now headed to the full Board of Supervisors on Tuesday, October 6th.
“Fundamentally, this is an issue of fairness” says Supervisor Dean Preston. “Why should Midtown be subjected to unfair rent increases? Midtown should be able to benefit from the protections of rent control like anyone else.
We, the long-time residents of the Midtown community, ask you to support our goal of rent stabilization by urging each member of the Board to emphatically and unanimously vote YES on Midtown’s rent control legislation.
This legislation is a matter of equity for the African American community of San Francisco. The past six years have taught us the importance of affirming that Black Lives Matter. Now, we must invest in policy solutions that affirm that Black homes matter. The City’s African American community deserves abundant, affordable and stable housing in San Francisco, and the time to invest in that is now.
The Midtown Tenants’ Association

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This delicious Southern Style Braised Cabbage with Bacon recipe is inspired from a trip I took to Georgia a few years ago. We visited a BBQ house and I enjoyed their southern style cabbage more then I enjoyed the BBQ (how that’s possible, my husband can’t figure it out). Ever since that trip, I make this dish a few times a year.
It’s southern style, comforting vegetable dish. Save this recipe for a quick weeknight side dish or serve it up for St. Patrick’s Day!
I used NJ bacon and cabbage for this recipe. I am totally obsessed with local bacon! Every fall, a few smaller farms by my house send their pigs to slaughter and I always make sure I grab some beautiful pieces of pig produced meat. There’s really nothing like – nitrate free, locally and organically grown and from pigs that enjoyed their lives. So delicious. So sustainable. So perfect.
While I was at the farm stand I also picked up a little locally grown cabbage for dinner. Bacon and cabbage are seriously meant to be together. Wait until you try this recipe! Enjoy!
Southern Style Braised Cabbage with Bacon
- 5 slices bacon, cut into bite sized pieces
- Olive oil, only if needed
- 3-5 cloves garlic, diced small
- 1 medium green cabbage, cut through the core and sliced into pieces
- 1 cup low-sodium chicken broth
- 1 fresh bay leaf
- 1 1/2 tsp. sea salt
- 1 1/2 tbs. apple cider vinegar
- Sea salt and pepper to taste
- Heat a large fry pan or Dutch oven on medium-high heat.
- Add the bacon and cook, stirring occasionally, until crispy and most of the fat is rendered, about 8 to 10 minutes.
- Remove with a slotted spoon to a paper towel-lined plate.
- Turn the heat off of the and let cool a few minutes. If you don’t have much bacon grease in the pot, add olive oil to make up the difference.
- Place the pot back over medium-high heat and add the garlic and stir.
- Place the cabbage slices into the pot (they will not sit in one layer).
- Cook undisturbed until the cabbage pieces on the bottom begin to slightly brown, about 4 to 5 minutes.
- Using a wooden spoon, bring up the cabbage sitting on the bottom to rotate the pieces on the top to the bottom of the pot. Continue cooking until the cabbage slightly wilts and more pieces brown on the edges, about 8 to 10 minutes.


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Roger Daltrey, owner of one of the greatest voices in rock history, played the O2 Academy Bournemouth on 19 March 2011 ahead of a triumphant re-imagining of The Who’s classic rock opera Tommy at the Royal Albert Hall five days later. He brought with him the band of crack American session musicians he toured the States with the year before opening for Eric Clapton – and Who partner Pete Townshend’s younger brother Simon – to warm up for his latest show in aid of the Teenage Cancer Trust, the charity for which he has been organising shows that have raised some £10 million over the last decade.
Hi Roger, are you ready to tackle the whole of Tommy?
Probably yeah, I think we’re well enough rehearsed to give it a go, yeah. And lots of little treats, some stuff I like, some stuff of my own and just have fun really, great music. The Who stuff we do play outside of Tommy is songs that The Who haven’t played for years, some of which we’ve never ever played live.
Are you going to draw songs from right across the catalogue?
Mostly from the early days, with all the harmonies, because I’ve got an incredible band of musicians with great voices and it’s great to revisit that early sound. That’s what interests me.
The mid-60s albums were very ambitious, they pushed the boundaries of what was possible in a studio – A Quick One… was arguably the first rock opera and The Who Sell Out was one of a defining pop-art rock statement. It should be some show.
Yeah, we do things like Pictures of Lily and Tattoo and it’s just great to hear the real sound of what they used to sound like. They were very unique songs. And they stand up today – I mean everyone’s got a Tattoo today haven’t they?!
And as for Pictures of Lily, what better song for an adolescent boy?
Can you still relate to that adolescent boy?
Yeah, of course. I’ll never give that up!
So, how’s the eyesight?
Oh, we don’t talk about that!
It must have been difficult to realise those songs on stage at the time, can you add something now that you didn’t have back then?
I think so, but it can’t be The Who without Pete for sure; and we can’t be what we were 40 years ago, but the point is that underneath all that circus and all that youthful testosterone and all that stuff that was flying around then, there was actually some incredible music and that’s what interests me now.
I’ve seen what’s out there with a lot of these young bands and I think some of this music stands up better.
Ultimately that’s all we ever were interested in. We were musicians. We made it a circus to sell it, but I think people ultimately, if they go to any kind of show they want to hear first and foremost great music. You can stick the circus on top.
That’s not say we’re dead on our feet onstage, the day that happens to me, I dunno, I’ll give up.
The band – Pete’s brother Simon Townshend has played with The Who for a while now – but who else?
The band is a bunch of American musicians. Frank Simes is my music director and lead guitarist who does loads of work with Glenn Frey from The Eagles; my bass player has done loads of touring with Sheryl Crow, John Button; I’ve got a fabulous young drummer – Scotty, Scott Devours; and a keyboard player called Loren Gold.
So it’s quite stripped down in that way. We’ve got rid of all the brass and all that, all the bells, baubles and bangles which I never really liked anyway to be honest. It works in certain songs in Quadrophenia but that’s about it and I think every time we put it in Tommy it just killed it. The beauty in Tommy is in the subtlety
Is it difficult for musicians to step into a body of work like The Who’s, and an album like Tommy in particular, which is so well known?
It’s tricky for musicians, definitely, because Pete used very strange voices and chords, but these guys have got it down, they’ve been really amazing. I’m very proud of them, very proud. I mean, they’ve schlepped all the way over here for a charity gig for one thing.
Actually, the reason we’re doing Bournemouth is because we were going to do another charity gig to warm up for the Albert Hall but that fell through and the guys were coming over anyway so I thought we’d better do a gig which is why it came in at such short notice.
Does it feel different going out there to do a Roger Daltrey solo show as opposed to a Who show?
Well, yes, I suppose it does in the preparation and the getting there and all that, but once you’re out there playing it’s the same – it’s coming from the same place. I’ve never actually done a UK solo show like this, but we toured the States with Eric Clapton last year and it got some fantastic reviews.
Do you know The Who warmed up for Isle of Wight Festival in 1969 in Bournemouth?
Did we really, not at the same place? No, it wasn’t, it was the Pavilion wasn’t it? There I remembered it. I do remember that, we had some good times in Bournemouth.
And Keith married a girl (Kim Kerrigan) from Bournemouth?
You also did a residency at Le Disque a Go Go in the Lansdowne about six months before My Generation came out.
Yeah, that was a little basement club.
I’ve spoken to some old guys over the years who said they remember hanging out with you in the Gander before and after Le Disque gigs, having a drink because the club was dry. A few of then have told me they couldn’t possibly have spoken to you because it wouldn’t have been cool. It was a Mod thing.
Well, there you go!
So, will this set at the Academy feature Tommy as a whole, followed by some other treats, or are you going to dip in and out of Tommy?
We’ll probably play Tommy as a whole when we do it, we’ll probably play a few warm ups and let’s just see where we go. I like spontaneity. I even play a bit of Johnny Cash sometimes, I like to play my influences sometimes and if I’m in the mood. It’s just no-one plays Johnny Cash and he was one of my idols back in the day.
And I tell stories about things, things that happened, what things were like back then.
This is the tenth year of Teenage Cancer Trust gigs, you must be proud?
It’s something I’m passionate about getting done in this country because we lead the world in this. The Teenage Cancer Trust, I’m so passionate about this. I think how these teenagers deserve it. It’s the only way we’re going to actually change our society – from the ground up.
You start treating them properly when they’re teenagers they will be good adults, it’s not exactly a difficult equation to make and yet… We wouldn’t say our politicians are very good at forward thinking, would we? They’re driven by ego.
Young people do see it though and they put it across very idealistically and nobody really listens to them, so maybe we need the wisdom of age that gives you a platform to talk from where you’re still interacting with young people?
Well, I try.
What is it that keeps you going, keeps driving you to carry on, because I’m sure you don’t really need to work?
Well, I was given a gift. I was given a gift of a good voice. I was given a gift of finding a great bunch of musicians who are unique, then on top of that I was given the gift that one of those people happens to be, I think, one of the most important composers of the last part of the 20th century, so that gift deserves to be used and I think we owe it to the music to take it to the day we die.
We played the soundtrack to people’s lives, we owe it to them to play it all the way down the pipe. Now we need to play the soundtrack to their deaths as well. There’s nothing wrong with that, that’s what is so great about music, it’s elevating.
We’re into territory now that nobody had a map for – the rock stars of the 50s had fans who are now into their 60s, 70s and 80s.
Nobody thought any of this would last of course. One of the things I’m hugely involved in is trying to get the copyright for musicians extended on records.
You know, that’s our art form and the stupid politicians when they made the law of 50 years on a record, well now of course, most people that were recording that music 50 years ago now, they’re not big names, they’re session men who probably rely on a thousand pounds a year from their royalties to boost their pensions and all they’re going to do by not extending the copyright is to take that money away from those people.
The politicians seem to have this idea that the records are going to become cheaper – ha ha ha – not a chance. We’re already being robbed blind by the internet, but my art form should be the same as a photographer’s, it should be the same as a painter’s and it should be the same as a writer and that should be so many years after your death. The issue goes much deeper than that because intellectual property rights is going to be one of the major issues we have to overcome in the international business world in the next 25 years because if no one can protect intellectual property rights we’re all fucked!
The internet does many things, but it doesn’t always help you get paid?
No, and that’s the issue. These stupid politicians think the musicians don’t deserve it – well, why don’t they deserve it? Every bit of expression that was put on that record in the first place is a unique moment. You can copy it, but you can’t go back and recreate it. It’s a nonsense and they’re completely flawed in their thinking.
It was never viewed as art in the first place though.
Well, they didn’t understand the industry and, like you say, it was just a racket!
I guess it still is.
No, I don’t mean racket in that sense, I meant it was just a noise to them. Well, that was a racket always on the part of the record companies, certainly.
Are you still writing and recording?
I’m always looking for material, but I haven’t found anything that inspires me lately. There’s a couple of songs I do in my show which are kind of in the direction that I’d like to go in, but I’m very fussy about what the songs have to mean to me to sing them properly. And it takes me years to find a collection of songs – and that’s getting longer as I get older.
I did a few things with The Chieftains back in the 90s and I’ve always loved that kind of traditional music. So I do a couple of songs, but they’re more like The Band, that kind of style, so I love that kind of music, something different. I hate to go and see bands where within 20 minutes you think: ‘Haven’t they played this one before?’
You know, they’re all in the same key, they all sound the same, they just become incredibly tedious after an hour and a half, so I like to get dynamic.
What s the state of The Who these days?
As it’s always been – legless!
No, Pete’s got a problem with his ear so we’re not working, but we’re very much not saying we’re not going to be here. We did a gig six weeks ago, for charity. You just never know. Pete’s a bit concerned about losing his hearing for good, as a composer I don’t blame him, but when we get on stage it’s as vibrant as ever. It’s still lively, don’t worry.
Any acting on the horizon?
No, I haven’t done any acting for a long time now. The last thing I did was CSI so I just haven’t really seen anything good come through actually. And when you look at TV these days, apart from a few great American shows and a very few great English shows there’s not much out there. The older you get the less parts there are. I don’t need to be encroaching on great actors’ parts. Really, I don’t really have to work anyway, I do it because it’s fun.
You’ve been involved in [newspaper publisher] Richard Desmond’s charity band the RD Crusaders with Steve Smith from Room With A View studio at St Leonards, is that on-going?
It does raise an awful lot of money, some incredible work they do. It’s on-going, but it’s the kind of thing that’s been on the back burner during the recession because nobody’s got any money to donate, that’s the problem.
Have the Teenage Cancer Trust shows suffered in a similar way?
Those gigs are getting harder and harder though because musicians are getting robbed so much on their royalties from records their live performance is worth so much more to them, but I’m working on next year already and that’s looking very promising at the moment.
I’m not giving up, but I’d like to find someone else to do the press for it because sadly the press get bored with the same person telling the same story, but if Noel Gallagher or someone goes out and tells the same story it’ll be a news story, you know what it’s like. It’s a fact.
I won’t be going away from it, from the back room, I just need someone to do the press. I need a new front man!
The Who set, Poole Arts Centre, 16.3.81:
Substitute, I Can’t Explain, Baba O’Riley, The Quiet One, Don’t Let Go The Coat, Sister Disco, Dreaming From The Waist, You Better You Bet, Drowned, Another Tricky Day, Behind Blue Eyes, Pinball Wizard, The Punk And The Godfather, Who Are You, 5.15, My Generation, Won’t Get Fooled Again, Summertime Blues, Twist And Shout, See Me Feel Me
The Who set, Poole College SU Rag Ball, Bournemouth Pavilion Ballroom, 29.8.69:
Heaven And Hell, I Can’t Explain, It’s A Boy, 1921, Amazing Journey, Sparks, The Hawker, Christmas, The Acid Queen, Pinball Wizard, Do You Think It’s Alright, Fiddle About, There’s A Doctor, Go To The Mirror, Smash The Mirror, I’m Free, Tommy’s Holiday Camp, We’re Not Gonna Take It, Summertime Blues, Shakin’ All Over, My Generation
• Photos by Steve Cook


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By 7:42 a.m. Tuesday, they were at 62.83 percent.
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CanSat challenges school students to fit the key components of a satellite in the volume of a soda can.
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CanSat is a European Space Agency competition for 2nd Level Students (Transition Year and upwards) run by ESERO Ireland in association with CIT Blackrock Castle Observatory and third level colleges.
What is CanSat
A CanSat is a simulation of a real satellite, built inside a empty soft drink can
Teams of school students compete to design, build and test a mini-satellite or CanSat. The competition gives students a feeling of excitement and technological achievement by launching their own satellite and gives them their first practical experience of a real space project.
Your Mission … should you choose to accept it….
Entry is open to 4/6 second level students per team (Transition Year, Fifth Year and Sixth Year).
Support for participating teams
The partner college will support participating schools by providing access to state-of the-art labs, technical support, and college/industry mentors for the competing teams. Each team and their teacher will be provided with a kit, an introductory course, and on-going technical support from a dedicated technical mentor.
And now for the Science part
Each team develops a CanSat – Arduino based electronic circuitry housed in a drinks can which takes measurements and transmits back to a computer. The team is responsible for all aspects of the design, selecting the missions, integrating the components, testing, preparing for launch, and then analysing the data. The team are brought to a launch site and the CanSat is launched and released from a height. The CanSat must take measurements and transmit the data on its journey back down.
CanSat Primary Mission
After release and during descent, the CanSat shall measure the following parameters and transmit the data to the “ground station” (A laptop):
CanSat Secondary Mission
The student must develop any secondary mission of their choice; these are just some examples
A CanSat feature on RTE’s programme, INSIDERS.


High-bandwidth memory is standardized stacked memory technology that provides very wide channels for data, both within the stack and between the memory and logic.
An HBM stack can contain up to eight DRAM modules, which are connected by two channels per module. Current implementations include up to four chips, which is roughly the equivalent of 40 DDR cores in a fraction of the space.
What makes this technology attractive is bandwidth between the DRAM chips, between the module and logic (interposer technology), and the small form factor when compared to DRAM DIMMs.
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Cryptocurrencies are pulling away from their best levels after a strong rally on Wednesday. Bitcoin rose 13.39% yesterday hitting a high of 8,988.00 and now has pulled back to around 8,600 in this.
15/06/2017 · According to data from CoinDesk, the current market cap of bitcoin is slightly above $40 billion, with the price swinging around $2,400, while ethereum’s market cap is over $29 billion, with a price of around $315 per coin. Some experts say ethereum is definitely set to overtake its rival.
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I's currently the second largest in the world in market cap, behind Bitcoin. There are.
Let's take a look at a simple example.
Many experts believe Ethereum has a lot of potential and could overtake Bitcoin as the largest.
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cryptocurrencies to surpass bitcoin's market cap are Ethereum and/or.
Look no further than the tremendous surge in interest for privacy coins of late.
Ethereum — the second-largest cryptocurrency by market cap — now claims more unique and active addresses than Bitcoin. Effectively doubling in size since December 2017, the Ethereum network now hosts 35 million unique addresses — 100,000 new.
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With the highest market share and price, Bitcoin remains the most popular cryptocurrency today.
He even speculates that the market cap of Ethereum will surpass that of Bitcoin before the end.
A New Challenger Appears.
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to overtake Bitcoin, in particular when the bull market resumes. Look at the top 5 currencies by market capitalization. Ethereum has a network.
Bitcoin Ques Que C’est Une Avalanche 4 janv. 2020. Avalanche est une nouvelle famille de consensus pour les réseaux distribués reposant sur l"utilisation de DAG. En nous renseignant sur le fonctionnement de Bitcoin, nous arrivons. Un DAG : Qu'est-ce que c'est ? Le bitcoin est conçu en open source, c’est-à-dire que n’importe qui peut, à tout moment, en proposer une modification.
Insiders are referring to ethereum’s potential market cap overtaking that of bitcoin as “The Flippening.” The implications of the shift aren’t yet clear, but the crypto world is certainly.
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Back in March when the value of bitcoin blew past gold, mainstream investors around the world.
In March, a unit of Ethereum hit a record high of $40, with a market cap of $3.6 billion. This week, it looks set to overtake bitcoin.


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Paschal Donohoe’s rendezvous with fate is not as trivial as it might first appear. The last two elections are not just about “about a giant for posters”.
It’s about our still flawed efforts to control the role of money and the input of business in our politics, to show the people that the system that runs our affairs is open and properly monitored.
In a rather tense hour of the Dáil exchange, the Public Expenditure Minister conceded to Aontú leader Peadar Tóibín that Ireland has a recent “dark history” of businessmen falsely buying political influence for their own selfish ends.
“I am aware of this ‘dark history’. I know what that has done to our politics – and I don’t play a part in that,” said the embattled Fine Gael minister.
Far from being a political newcomer, the Dublin Central TD made his debut as a candidate for the general election in May 2007 and was part of the government team for a decade.
It hasn’t escaped anyone that he was Finance Minister, and his current job as Public Expenditure Minister ironically puts him in charge of the Commission on Standards in Public Offices (Sipo), which most observers agree has woefully little authority to oversee the effectively monitor public life.
The most recent briefing session was number three in a series on donations in kind by businessman Michael Stone and his engineering firm to the 2016 and 2020 general elections.
Mr Donohoe had called a highly unusual press conference on Sunday 15 January, made a special but incomplete Dáil statement last Wednesday and finally was back yesterday to make another statement.
For such an experienced politician, this is quite a deplorable situation. Add to that the fact that back in 2017 and again last November he brushed aside questions about the 2016 campaign donations and you have reason to believe that Mr Donohoe brought much of that suffering on himself.
But before we go any further, it’s also worth noting that Mr. Donohoe comes across as genuine, direct, polite, and personable to most people who meet him. He has a good track record as a hard-working and competent minister and his retention as President of the Eurogroup of Finance Ministers, despite a sideways move to Ireland’s Department of Public Expenditure, speaks to the general standing held for him.
The opposition still has reasons to say that important issues remain unanswered
Of most politicians in Leinster House, he is one of the least likely suppliers of dodgy work. And yesterday he largely played “pardon a fool” and insisted he would never be a “scoundrel” but admitted he should have exercised more caution.
Despite the acknowledgment of that reality, and despite a belated improvement in explanations – largely relieved by Mr Stone, who earlier took much of the blame – the opposition still has reasons to say important issues remain. Mr Stone said he was very belated about telling Mr Donohoe of his paying workers to put up the posters, a move that turned volunteer work into a donation in kind under election finance rules.
For Sinn Féin’s Pearse Doherty, the amounts Mr Donohoe is attributing to labor and vehicles used to put up posters in the 2016 and 2020 elections are not realistically priced. He accuses the minister of “reverse engineering” to keep the amounts comfortably below the permitted limits.
Social Democrat leader Róisín Shortall addressed Mr Donohoe’s confidence that he was unaware of these realities of campaign finance
So, is this the end of all this then? Well, that’s what the opposition will have to decide when they move to the surrender or stand period. It remains unclear whether they will opt for a full-scale motion of no confidence. That could increase the political stakes again.
https://www.independent.ie/opinion/analysis/paschal-donohoes-late-mea-culpa-will-not-encourage-the-opposition-to-leave-this-huge-self-inflicted-harm-rest-easy-42311863.html Paschal Donohoe’s late mea culpa will not encourage the opposition to simply let this enormous self-inflicted damage rest


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Eye Drops Recall: Contaminated Products Linked to Blindness and Death
Eye drops are a common and important part of many people's daily routines, providing relief for dry eyes, allergies, and other conditions. However, recent news reports have highlighted the potential dangers of using contaminated eye drops, with several cases of blindness and even death being linked to these products.
One such case involved a man from the United States who broke down in tears after using a recalled brand of eye drops that left him with severe pain, blurred vision, and ultimately, blindness. The man had unknowingly used contaminated eye drops that had been recalled due to the presence of a deadly bacteria, which had caused infections and other serious health issues in other users.
The incident is just one of many recent examples of the dangers posed by contaminated eye drops, with reports of other users suffering from severe side effects, including vision loss and even death.Also Read:
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Fire Captain Adam Disarro is one such victim, who recently shared his story of losing his vision in one eye after using a contaminated brand of eye drops. Disarro, who had used the product to treat dry eyes, said that he noticed a change in his vision shortly after starting to use the drops. He sought medical attention but was ultimately diagnosed with permanent vision loss in one eye, which he believes was caused by the contaminated eye drops.
The dangers of contaminated eye drops were further highlighted by a recent recall of several brands of artificial tears and ointments, which were found to be contaminated with a deadly bacteria. The recall was prompted by reports of three deaths and 68 cases of blindness linked to the use of these products, which had been distributed in several countries.
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