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Trust those theatre people to turn what could be a boring legal requirement into an entertaining evening.
Driftwood Players held their annual general meeting Jan. 23 and accomplished the required business. In between the call to order and the adjournment, they heard from many youthful actors learning their skills at Driftwood Theatre School.
Some adults from the Driftwood Story Theatre also gave snippets from their shows. Actor JoAnne Bennison warmed up the crowd with a reprisal of her Scrooge's charlady role.
Dr. Dread and his amazing head in a box (played by Stephen Archibald and Adam Crane) entertained with a horror skit, while Maureen Shields reprised the story of "The Dog and His Bone" for the audience.
The Story Theatre is a travelling troupe that has been giving free shows in parks and malls. Producer Radhika Samwald told the audience that the Story Theatre staged 21 performances at 18 different venues last year, including Halloween and Christmas events. She invited the crowd to join, saying that they wanted more writers, actors and crew for their season that starts in April.
"It's satisfying volunteer work with a high level of community engagement," Samwald said.
The Driftwood Theatre School, a non-profit under the Driftwood umbrella, had a great year. Bennison, still in her Scrooge's charlady costume, pointed out that she had entered the school as an actor, continued as a writer and had gone on to learn how to direct.
"We've pushed ourselves, we're always moving forward," she said of the growing theatre school.
Instructor and director Ingrid Bilton was on hand to introduce the junior advanced class (10- to 13-year-old range), who stole the show. "I asked them if they wanted to work their tails off and learn new pieces for this show," Bilton said. "Eight of them put up their hands."
Trinnatey McAdam was so enthusiastic she gave two performances, first as the Cheshire cat from Alice in Wonderland and second as the new French instructor.
By his own choice, James Stinson tackled the seven stages of man from Shakespeare's As You Like It.
Hanna Short proved herself a natural while playing an angel and Jasmine Fitzsimons worked with props and a sense of wonder. McKenzie Thomas played a disgruntled Rose at boarding school, a difficult piece. Young Gabriel Ryan speculated delightfully on life as Calvin.
Taking theatre on the road was the Driftwood theme. President Sandi McGinnis told how last year's dinner theatre comedy No Ordinary Séance went to various restaurants from Gibsons to Garden Bay.
"The community and the restaurants really liked it," she said, and they hope to do more travelling this year.
Plans for forthcoming Driftwood productions are vague at this time, but discussions are underway with Lori Pepper, director of Peninsula Players' popular A Bed Full of Foreigners, to mount a June show. Driftwood has really reached out lately by organizing voice workshops, a crash course in becoming a director and play readings for fun.
Registration for the theatre school has already begun and the junior advanced drama meets on Mondays at St. Bart's in Gibsons. Sandi McGinnis is the registrar and can be reached at 604-886-0143. More about the school and about Story Theatre is at www.driftwoodplayers.ca/dts.htm.
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On Saturday morning, Emanuel Hall made the 30 minute drive from his Franklin, Tenn., home to Tootsie’s bar on Broadway in Nashville, to make an appearance on the NFL Network’s Good Morning Football.
He was introduced as one of the best remaining players in the NFL Draft, as it entered its final day, with respected opinions such as that of former NFL wideout and co-host Nate Burleson, who thought Hall would be a steal for a team in the fifth round, let alone the seventh.
Television appearances turned out to be the least of Hall’s problems on Saturday. Considered a second- or third-round pick by many, Hall had a free fall that made former teammate Drew Lock’s long wait look relatively minor.
While Lock fell out of the top 10 to the Denver Broncos at pick No. 42, Hall went undrafted. Hall later signed an undrafted free agent contract with the Chicago Bears.
“I think something happened in between (Friday and Saturday) that changed a lot of teams’ minds,” Hall said outside his home. “I’ve dealt with a ton. This is a part of it all. One thing I do know is, I know what type of player I am. If I wasn’t motivated before, you best believe I’m motivated now.
“This is a chip I’ll keep forever,” he added. “This is a feeling I hope a lot of guys don’t get.”
Hall first sensed trouble on Friday when his hometown Tennessee Titans drafted Mississippi wide receiver A.J. Brown, who led the Southeastern Conference in receiving yards, with the No. 51 pick. A Titans fan growing up, Hall was unable to work out for his hometown team before the draft because of a case of strep throat. Brown’s selection marked the first of 11 wideouts who were taken on the draft’s second day.
When the Pittsburgh Steelers took Toledo wideout Diontae Johnson in the third round, Hall shook his head.
“I’m a little pissed and that’s how it should be,” he said. “If you’re not pissed, you’re not a competitor, and you don’t want to play.”
Hall missed a large portion of MU’s season due to a lingering groin injury and the sudden death of his father, and his absence showed in the Tigers’ games without him. Lock didn’t have a reliable downfield target, and opposing defenses didn’t have to focus on one particular player.
Had Hall played the entire season, he figures he would have been a first-round pick and had over 1,600 yards receiving as a senior. Despite the groin injury lingering into the NFL Combine in late February, Hall still set the broad jump record for his position at 11 feet, 9 inches and ran the 40-yard dash in 4.39 seconds.
“My junior year I got 800 yards in essentially five or six games,” Hall said. “There’s a lot of time and effort that went into that. I could’ve redshirted last year. The games I missed, we lost. The games I played, we won. I’m not saying I’m the whole team, but I’m a very big part of that team.”
On Thursday, Mizzou coach Barry Odom said he expected a team to fall in love with Hall, given Hall’s speed and ability to take the top off a defense.
“He’s one of the fastest guys I’ve ever seen from the line of scrimmage to the next 15 to 20 yards,” Odom said. “I’ve never seen anyone faster than him.”
After not hearing his name in the second or third rounds, Hall went into Saturday optimistic that he’d be an early fourth round pick and the first wideout taken that day. Instead, Arizona Cardinals made Iowa State star receiver Hakeem Butler with the first pick of the day, and Hall’s free fall continued. Hall started Saturday on his couch but moved to the back of the kitchen after the Seahawks took West Virginia wideout Gary Jennings and Georgia’s Riley Ridley in the middle of the round. By the end of the fourth round, Hall had moved upstairs to watch the final three rounds in private.
As ESPN draft analyst Mel Kiper occasionally mentioned Hall as an attractive prospect still on the board, his living room full of relatives sat quietly. Prosper, his 18-month-old cousin, was the lone source of noise. The baby boy was playing with a balloon.
In the middle of the seventh round, after MU’s Terry Beckner went to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Hall had all but decided that he was going to go the free agent route.
“I work best under pressure,” Hall said. “I’m going to go to camp, I’m going to have to show out. I still consider myself one of the best products in this draft. There’s a lot of guys that get drafted late, and they play for 10, 12 years. I want to prove every single team wrong. Even the one that gets me. Because they didn’t get me.”
Hall said the reaction among his friends and family upstairs in his home was utter shock, more than anger or sympathy. After going through the injury and the passing of his father, he’d dealt with enough sympathy and was convinced it doesn’t help.
After what he’s been through the last few months, Hall said he figured the past few days would provide some needed good news after a rough stretch for him and his family.
Instead, he was met with another obstacle.
“I’m planning to play, not just make a roster,” Hall said. “At the end of the day, someone is going to believe in me.”

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Further guidance on identifying supply: Supplies of goods for no consideration: Business gifts: Series or succession
Prior to 1 October 2003, the following series and succession rules applied. Since 1 October 2003 there is no series and succession rule, simply the annual monetary limit.
To prevent the situation where a person could have a continuous supply of small value gifts tax free, UK law (paragraph 5(2)(a) of Schedule 4 of the VAT Act 1994) stated that gifts which form part of a “series or succession” of gifts from time to time are still included in the scope of the tax. The £50 relief did not apply in such circumstances and thus all gifts, including the first, forming part of a series or succession were subject to output tax irrespective of their individual or aggregate cost.
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- an annual gift (for example at Christmas)
- gifts distributed on a random basis, for example when a salesman gives small personal items to trade contacts
- the same employee wins a gift on more than one occasion under attendance or safety at work schemes
- advertising posters handed out for display at the premises of trade customer.

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Yassss! Another film festival is happening here in town, right this minute. This weekend the 27th Philadelphia Film Festival is drawing to a close, but there are still a number of amazing films to see before the curtain falls. Oct. 26 is the premiere of “Teddy Pendergrass: If You Don’t Know me,” a thoughtful and thorough tribute to Philadelphia’s own Teddy Pendergrass. I became involved with the film when the director, Olivia Lichtenstein, contacted me about a former Portrait, Tenika Watson. As a result, the lovely Ms. Watson is among those interviewed for the film.
There are a number of films with LGBT themes this weekend — check out Gary Kramer’s roundup in PGN for a full list. One of the films on the slate is “The Dare Project,” a followup on the groundbreaking 2005 short film “The Dare” (the most-watched LGBT short on YouTube, with almost 13-million views.).
We spoke to the creator of the film, another Philadelphia native, David Brind.
PGN: What part of Philly do you hail from?
DB: I grew up in Society Hill.
PGN: Tell me about life as a city child.
DB: I didn’t have any other experience to compare it to, but I really loved it. At that time, we had a lot of freedom to explore the area around us. By the time I was 10, my friends in the neighborhood and I were taking SEPTA to get to school. I went to high school in the suburbs, so I got a little taste of that too.
PGN: Tell me about the family. Parents? Siblings?
DB: Both of my parents’ families came from nothing. They grew up very poor in Philadelphia. My dad was a businessman. The family had a small business, really a garage and gas station, which my father grew into a very large truck-leasing company. He sold it when I was a kid and went into business for himself. My mother was trained as a speech therapist and she spent time teaching deaf children how to speak. Her biggest passion was working with my dad to create the Myrna Brind Center for Integrative Medicine at Jefferson. She was way ahead of her time in her beliefs about holistic and integrative medicine. As for siblings, I have a brother but he was in boarding school most of the time I was growing up, so at times it felt like I was an only child.
PGN: Where did you go to school?
DB: I went to Friends Central in Wynnewood. In fact, we filmed “Dare” there. It was fun to go back and film in the place where I’d had a lot of the kinds of interactions that were depicted in the film. It was a little bit of a mind fuck!
PGN: [Laughing] Sweet! So was the film based on your own experiences?
DB: I think most things are in some way, whether it’s the plot or emotion or actual characters. That’s just the way I write and how I teach my students to write. But the film came about when I was a student. It was my first year of grad school at Columbia and we had to write, direct and produce a short film, but the kicker was that we could not direct the script that we wrote. We all had to swap. This script came out of a class I had with an amazing professor. I wanted to tell a story that was similar to things I’d experienced but tightened up with some twists and turns — a little dangerous and a little sexy in tone. [Laughing] I didn’t realize how hard it was to do all of those things at once.
PGN: Where did you go for your undergrad?
DB: I went to Yale for theater and American studies. I never wanted or planned to be a writer. It kind of happened by default. I’ve always been a good writer and when I got to film school at Columbia you’re not allowed to declare a major until your second year. I’m good at directing actors, but I wasn’t very good at the technical side of things. After I wrote “Dare,” I got a lot of accolades for the script and started getting singled out for my writing. As a result, I stated moving into that arena. Sometimes the world tells you where your skillset lies — you don’t always have to listen, but I did and that’s how I became a writer and now a teacher at USC [University of Southern California].
PGN: When did you come out?
DB: Well, I knew at 4 that I was different, and later it was reflected back to me by others around me, mostly adults.
PGN: In a negative way? Like, “Don’t be a sissy” kind of thing?
DB: Yes. As in, “You should be out with the boys, why don’t you like sports, you spend too much time playing with girls, how come you can’t kick or throw a ball?” I still can’t throw a ball. It’s not who I was. I had wonderful, loving parents, but they were of a certain era, and they just didn’t understand who I was. They were very supportive of me and my acting pursuits — even when I played a gay character at 15, there was no issue. But when it came to my actual life, it was a different story. I don’t know why; I guess they were trying to “normalize” me in some way. There was a lot of time spent struggling against who I was and I think it’s reflected in my work.
PGN: Was your dad a macho truck guy?
DB: No, he was never athletic himself. He preferred watching movies with me to going outside. My mom used to yell at us for being indoors all the time. I think they just weren’t sure what to do with me and did some harm without meaning to. I remember one Hanukkah, my father gave me every sports ball imaginable. I just burst into tears. It was very hurtful at the time.
PGN: What prompted you to do “The Dare Project”?
DB: It was the fans. When “Dare” first came out, it was a phenomenon. I was in film school and had no clue what would become of the film. It played in about 50 film festivals. It was on the cover of “Boys Life 5” and in 2009 we turned it into a feature — also shot in Philly with a great cast including Emmy Rossum, Alan Cumming and Ana Gasteyer. It’s hard to believe how far the film has come. At one point, we found that there were a lot of poor-quality pirated copies of the original short on YouTube, so the director, Adam Salky, decided to release a clean HD copy for free. We didn’t even announce it, just quietly made it available. Fast-forward four years and we have 13-million views. We have received thousands of comments on all sorts of platforms; many of them asking for a sequel. So I started thinking about Ben and John and who they would be today — the characters from the original short, not the feature. I wrote a script and contacted Adam Fleming and Michael Cassidy, who played the two main characters, and they were very quick to sign on. And here we are at the Philadelphia Film Festival!
PGN: The guys look great. They’ve both held up really well.
DB: Oh yeah, they starved themselves and worked out before the shoot, and it shows. And the natural chemistry they have is palpable, even though they couldn’t be more different in real life. Michael is straight with a wife and kids and Adam is gay — kind of like me and Adam, our director, who is straight. But we all were family on the set, and it was the same feeling the second time around. It was like an OG gay/straight alliance.
PGN: What were some of the challenges?
DB: The first time I didn’t know what the hell I was doing, though in some ways that was good, because we didn’t know what we didn’t know. On the good side, coming home to Philly, I got a lot of free help, from my high school’s support to the friend who let us shoot at their home. We got free food, my hairdresser volunteered to do hair — everyone pitched in. But then our make-up person had to leave, so I had to create fake blood on the spot. I scrambled in the kitchen cabinets and mixed jam with Kool-Aid and some kind of syrup just minutes before we shot. This time it was different — [laughing] we’re adults now, so we had to pay for everything. We had a crew of 30, and everyone on the set was very professional. Michael has gone on to do a lot of TV and films including “The O.C.,” “Smallville” and “Batman vs. Superman” and Adam has been a Broadway boy. He was in the original cast of “Hairspray,” he was in “Wicked” for about 10 years and has been doing a lot of dancing and choreography. It’s a privilege to be in the Philadelphia Film Festival and I’m honored that it’s being shown outside gay festivals because it is a film about the world we’re all living in now and I’m excited for people to see film and how it’s evolved. I plan to talk to fans and answer questions, to see old friends and to make new ones, so I hope everyone comes out!
“The Dare Project” will be screened 12:15 p.m. Oc.t 27 at the Ritz East. The lead actor Adam Fleming (Ben) will be attending the screening along with Brind and will be available for a Q&A.

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Experience Box has created an exclusive teambuilding activity in Costa del Sol.
Our "Picasso Art-Jam Challenge" will test the creative skills of the group, making them to cooperate with each other, solving some puzzles and above all, create a piece of art of Picasso artist.
Before the beginning of the activity, we will give a small welcome briefing to explain all the rules of this experience as well as the step to follow during the activity, right after that we will divide the group in small team, that will have to compete againts the others.
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During the first part, the teams will have on their tables some games and puzzle that has to be solved in a specific period of time. Each game solved will provide certain material needed to create the painting, like for example, crayon, felt pen colors, cardboard, etc. The more cooperation a team has, the more possibilities will have to complete all the games and take some advantage againts the other teams.
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If one team manage to complete all the puzzles, one instructor will show them some paintings from Picasso. Each team will have to choose what masterpiece they are going to replicate. But beware here, because even the piece of art that could look the easiest one at first sight, might actually be the most difficult one...
Each Picasso painting will be divided in small pieces/parts, so now the team will have to choose wisely who is going to paint each piece (note that each team member can only copy one piece). In order to make this activity a bit more complicated, each participant will have to work separately from the other teammates, hence coordination is very important here.
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Just as we were touching down I managed a shot of the airport terminal with the North Warning site in the background. I spent many a night there during my tours waiting for the 737 to arrive.
Not hardly believe it! I hope you were warm...
It's great to be able to visit places such as this. Lucky you!
Hi minusca and RoadMode!!!! I was employed at these sites to work on the radar and even do weather reports. It too was a great job but very lonely. Tim
It looks like.... not a very warm place! Best regards, piero
You are so right PIETGAZZ!! It was almost minus 60 Celcius with the windchill that day and was I ever cold!! Have a great day. // Tim
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Rolling Stones set for new album
Keith Richards is meeting with Sir Mick Jagger next week to discuss a new Rolling Stones album.
The guitarist has revealed the band - also consisting of guitarist Ronnie Wood and drummer Charlie Watts - are on the verge of reconvening to record a new LP, as long as singer Mick gives it the green light.
Discussing the group's plans, Keith said: "I don't know, I'm going to hopefully find out soon, I'm going to be seeing Mick next week or something, so I'm going to try and screw some information out of him.
"You've got to have everybody want to do it, so I usually wait for a call from Mick saying, 'Let's make something, let's do something,' because without his actual 'want to do it', then there's not much point. But I'm always working, I've got ideas for stuff, but I haven't put them together yet with Mick."
Although the 66-year-old musician is desperate to head back into the studio with his bandmates, Keith doesn't think the group will be ready to tour again this year.
When asked if there were plans for them to hit the road, he told Absolute Radio DJ Ben Jones: "Yeah, but I don't think this year, not that I've heard. The suggestion is that there would be a record on instead."
Over the years, Keith accepts the Rolling Stones have become known for their "debauchery" and "drugs", but he insists they are things which have always taken a back seat in the studio.
He explained: "Things like debauchery and drugs were really peripheral, you know, when you're making a record. I mean, they're there, they're going around, but I can't honestly write songs and make a record and debauch at the same time, you know, not even me."Posted on 12 May 2010 10:00 to category : Band / Celebrity News
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NVIDIA has announced that leading computer manufacturers in Taiwan will release the first wave of systems powered by the NVIDIA Grace™ CPU Superchip and Grace Hopper Superchip technology for a wide range of workloads including digital twins, artificial intelligence, high-performance computing, cloud graphics, and gaming.
Dozens of server models from ASUS, Foxconn Industrial Internet, GIGABYTE, QCT, Supermicro and Wiwynn are expected in the first half of 2023. Grace-powered systems will join x86 and other Arm-based servers to provide customers with a variety of options to achieve high performance and efficiency in your data centers.
said Ian Buck, vice president of Hyperscale and HPC at NVIDIA. “Our partners’ new systems, powered by Grace Superchips technology, will bring the power of computational acceleration to new markets and industries around the world.”
The upcoming servers are based on four new system architectures featuring the Grace CPU Superchip and the Grace Hopper Superchip, which NVIDIA announced at its two most recent GTC conferences. 2U form factor designs provide server and board layouts to OEMs and OEMs to quickly bring systems to market for NVIDIA CGX™ cloud gaming, NVIDIA OVX digital platforms and platforms. AI and HPC NVIDIA HGX™.
Running modern workloads
Two NVIDIA Grace Superchip technologies enable a wide range of compute-intensive workloads across multiple system architectures:
- Grace CPU Superchip features two CPU chips, cohesively connected via an NVLink®-C2C link, with up to 144 high-performance Arm V9 cores with scalable vector extensions and a 1TB/sec memory subsystem. Innovative design delivers the highest performance, twice the memory bandwidth, and power efficiency of today’s leading server processors to handle the most demanding HPC, data analytics, digital twin, cloud gaming and high-bandwidth computing applications;
- The Grace Hopper Superchip combines the NVIDIA Hopper™ GPU and the NVIDIA Grace CPU via NVLink-C2C into an integrated unit designed to handle large-scale HPC and AI applications. Using NVLink-C2C interconnection, the Grace CPU transmits data to the Hopper GPU 15 times faster than conventional CPUs.
Grace wide server suite for AI, HPC, digital twins and cloud gaming
The Grace CPU Superchip and Grace Hopper Superchip server design suite includes systems available on single motherboards with single, dual, and four-way configurations available in four workload designs that can be customized by server manufacturers according to customer needs:
- NVIDIA HGX Grace Hopper AI Training and Heuristics and HPC Systems are available with Grace Hopper Superchip Modules and NVIDIA BlueField®-3 DPU;
- NVIDIA HGX Grace HPC and Supercomputing systems feature a CPU-only design with Grace CPU Superchip and BlueField-3;
- NVIDIA OVX systems for digital twins and collaborative workloads feature Grace CPU Superchip, BlueField-3, and NVIDIA GPUs;
- NVIDIA CGX Cloud Graphics and Gaming Systems Featuring Grace CPU Superchip, BlueField-3 and NVIDIA A16
NVIDIA is expanding its NVIDIA™ Certified Systems Program to include servers using the NVIDIA Grace CPU Superchip and Grace Hopper Superchip, as well as x86 CPUs. The first OEM server certifications are expected soon after the delivery of partner systems.
Grace’s family of servers is optimized for NVIDIA’s advanced computing software packages, including NVIDIA HPC, NVIDIA AI, Omniverse™, and NVIDIA RTX™.
To learn more about NVIDIA Grace, watch the presentation on Computex.

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But make no mistake about it: This is their last chance. Netanyahu would go on to study at MIT, serve in the Israeli army, and become Israel's longest-serving prime minister.
But in a late meeting Sunday, ultra-Orthodox factions told Netanyahu they would agree to support the budget if the military conscription bill passed the ministerial committee and an initial parliamentary reading, postponing a final vote until the summer session.
The leadership of Yisrael Beiteinu, a secular conservative party, announced that they would vote against the bill that was hashed out by their coalition partners of Likud (Netanyahu's party) and the religious United Torah Judaism (UTJ). But rival parties have threatened to bolt the coalition over the issue, raising the possibility of early elections.
The coalition is at loggerheads over legislation that would exempt young ultra-Orthodox men from military service, a dispute that has threatened to pull the government apart. "But we're not there yet", Netanyahu said later on Monday.
The crisis, which could spark early elections, came after ultra-Orthodox parties said they would not support the 2019 state budget unless the draft exemption legislation is approved.
During remarks at the beginning of the weekly cabinet meeting, Netanyahu said his discussions with United States President Donald Trump and other officials in Washington last week focused mainly on Iran.
Landver appealed the committee's decision, however, forcing the committee to hold a hearing on the matter at 6:00 p.m. Tuesday evening, just after the Knesset hears arguments on the four motions to dissolve itself.
In his speech, Netanyahu made no mention of the scandals, but said he had no fears of holding a new election.
Kerala on High Alert as Depression along the Coast Deepens
Kerala's chief secretary Paul Antony met different departmental heads Tuesday morning to review preparations. He asked all fishermen who ventured into the sea before the warning came into force to return immediately.
Lieberman has stuck to his position of opposing the conscription bill, but says he will not quit the government over it for now.
Polls suggest Netanyahu could remain prime minister in fresh elections despite the corruption allegations.
Lieberman later told lawmakers from his Yisrael Beitenu party that he would continue to oppose the legislation, but would remain in the government for now.
Their demand has run up against Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon's requirement that the budget is passed before the end of parliament's current term on March 18.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu opened up about spending part of his childhood in America during an in-depth interview with LevinTV host Mark Levin on his new Fox News program, "Life, Liberty & Levin".
The country's attorney general is now examining whether to indict Netanyahu in two separate cases.
Israeli police have recommended indicting Netanyahu for bribery, fraud and breach of trust in two separate cases and his close associates have been implicated in another case.


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Experience the transformative power of magical thinking at the official launch of the Digital Witchcraft project. WORM hosts a screening of DW, a short film on how sorcery can play a role in the development of advanced technologies, which can then emancipate communities at the margins.
Along with the screening we’ll be hosting a brief conversation with practitioners from Chile and the Netherlands and will finish with a collective session of cybernetic fortune-telling.
More info at https://digitalwitchcraft.works


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Ho Tzu Nyen: Night March of Hundred Monsters
|Author||H.T. Nyen; N. Yoko; Y. Jun|
Singaporean artist Ho Tzu Nyen’s exhibition at the Toyota Municipal Museum of Art is themed around yōkai from Japanese folklore. Parading through the night, these supernatural, often shapeshifting entities can be understood as an eruption of the unconscious into the space of everyday life. The artist uses cartoon-like illustrations to depict his taxonomy of monsters. Among the peculiar and sometimes humorous yōkai are also a number of historical Japanese persons involved in the occupation of the Malay Peninsula during World War II. This catalogue functions as an introduction to each of the yōkai and a guide to the various and complex elements hidden within the exhibition.
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Soursop or graviola (in Spanish, guanábana) and cherimoya or custard apple (chirimoya or chirimoyo also in Spanish), are two different tropical fruits that are often mistaken one for the other. They both belong to the same Family; Annonaceae and are physically similar, however they both have very important differences that set them as two different … Read more Difference between Soursop (guanábana) and Cherimoya (chirimoya)
There are many preferred types of peppers that are commonly used to add heat and flavor to cooking. In this article, we highlight the popular jalapeño pepper. General Overview The Jalapeño pepper is a type of chilli pepper that belongs to the species Capsicum annuum. It is a medium-sized pepper pod type cultivar with a … Read more What is a Jalapeño Pepper?
There are different types of peppers that are used to add heat and flavor to cuisine, and one of them is the serrano pepper. In this article, we will discuss what makes it different from other types of peppers and how it is applied in cooking. General Overview Like all types of chilli peppers, the … Read more What is a Serrano Pepper?
Chillies play a large role in cuisine, especially in Mexican food which incorporates the use of different varieties of chili peppers. California and guajillo chillies are among the many varieties of chilli popularly used in cooking. Here are the differences between california and guajillo chillies The california chilli is also known as the New Mexico chilli … Read more Difference Between California and Guajillo Chillies
Chilis and peppers tend to come up in recipes when we’re trying to make something with a bit of a kick. Sometimes, the term “chili peppers” also appears. How are chilis and peppers actually different from each other? Here, we will discuss the key points that segregate the two. Chili can be used to refer … Read more Difference Between Chilis and Peppers
One of the most popular Mexican peppers is the guajillo chile. This kind of dried chili comes in as the result of dehydrating miraflor chile. Guajillo chile is actually widely used in Mexican gastronomy; for example it is the main ingredient of several kinds of salsas, adobos and moles. California chili, also known as Anaheim … Read more Difference between Guajillo and California Peppers
Jalapeño and serrano peppers are very similar looking. There are some differences regarding flavor and use, however. Jalapeño is one of the most (probably the most) popular peppers in the world. They are great for those who love a mild spicy taste. Serrano is spicier than jalapeño. This pepper has been gaining popularity especially in … Read more Difference between Serrano and Jalapeño peppers

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Kim Kardashian is the one who appeared with a slicked-up ass on the cover of Paper magazine, but Nicki Minaj pulled off a spot on impersonation of the Keeping Up With the Kardashians star this past weekend on Saturday Night Live–quite possibly the best one yet.
Nicki Minaj (as Kim Kardashian) visited the ‘Weekend Update’ desk on SNL to ‘clear a few things up’ with host Colin Jost regarding her attempt to ‘break the internet’ with her nude Paper shoot. During her visit there, fans learned that Kim K. loves high school math, her yearly exams at the gynecologist, and potentially hazardous oil spills. All this translates into photos of Kim Kardashian with Nicki Minaj’s face imposed on to her body, as well as an interesting equation, Did you know that ‘x=full frontal?’
Check out Nicki Minaj as Kim Kardashian on SNL below.
How do you suppose Kim Kardashian might react to Nicki Minaj’s impersonation of her on Saturday Night Live? She likely won’t give it a second thought, as it appears like she might have bigger fish to fry. Kanye West was away for over three weeks, and didn’t even come home to spend Thanksgiving with his wife and daughter.
Kim Kardashian and Kanye West Spent Thanksgiving Apart. So, Uh… Divorce? http://t.co/wlJS84zE3r
— Gossip Cop (@GossipCop) December 2, 2014
Did you get to see Nicki Minaj portray Kim Kardashian on SNL this weekend? Do you agree it just might be one of the funniest ‘Weekend Update’ sketches of 2014?


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Jill Santopolo is the internationally best-selling author of Stars in an Italian Sky, Everything After, More Than Words and theThe Light We Lost, which was a Reese Witherspoon Book Club pick and has been optioned for film. Her books have been translated into more than 35 languages and have been named to the New York Times, USA Today, Wall Street Journal, Apple, and Indie Bound bestseller lists. She is also the author of the Alec Flint Mysteries, the Sparkle Spa series, and the Follow Your Heart books. Jill holds a BA in English Literature from Columbia University, an MFA in Writing for Children from the Vermont College of Fine Arts, and a certificate in Intellectual Property Law from NYU. She is the publisher of Philomel, an imprint of Penguin Young Readers Group, where she edits many critically-acclaimed, award-winning, and best-selling books including She Persisted by Chelsea Clinton and Alexandra Boiger, Girling Up by Mayim Bialik, Calling All Minds by Temple Grandin, Just Ask! Be Different, Be Brave, Be You by Justice Sonia Sotomayor and Rafael Lopez, and Superheroes Are Everywhere by Vice President-elect Kamala Harris and Mechal Roe. Jill has worked as a thesis advisor at The New School in their MFA program in Writing for Children and Young Adults and was on the faculty of the Columbia Publishing Course. She was also an adjunct professor at McDaniel College, where she helped develop the curriculum for their certificate program in Writing for Children. Jill has traveled all over the U.S.—and to Canada and Europe—to speak about writing and storytelling. She lives in Washington, DC and New York with her husband and daughter.
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I grew up near the beach in Hewlett, New York with my parents, two sisters, various fish, birds and dogs, and a large number of books. When I was three, I wrote my first story. It was about a magical cat named Stacey who turned people into mats. It was not particularly good, but I had a great time writing it—or so I’m told. I illustrated it, too. Looking at the pictures now, it’s kind of hard to tell the difference between the cats, the people, and the mats.
All through elementary school I stapled pieces of paper together into books and wrote stories on the pages. I often asked my friends to illustrate them. I wrote about aliens, my grandparents, historical figures—and I even penned a sequel to the movie Grease, because I wanted the main character, Sandy, to be friends with a girl named Cha-Cha DiGregorio at the end.
I loved reading just as much as I loved writing—especially mysteries about Nate the Great, the Boxcar Children, the Bobsey Twins, Cam Jansen, Encyclopedia Brown, Einstein Anderson, Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys. I also loved the There’s Something Queer books by Elizabeth Levy. So when I found out Elizabeth Levy was going to visit my school, I was so excited that I wrote a book for her (my friend drew the pictures)—it was called ‘There’s Something Queer in the Auditorium’. I’ve never been a very good speller, so I actually wrote ‘There’s Something Queer in the Ataroryum’, but Ms. Levy got the idea. I guess you could say that’s the first mystery I ever wrote.
Throughout middle school and high school, I kept writing. I wrote short stories, poems, plays, essays, and articles for the school newspaper. And when I wasn’t writing (or dancing or acting or singing or playing the flute or hanging out with my friends), I was reading. I fell in love with the A Tree Grows in Brooklyn and Harriet the Spy and Jacob Have I Loved and the Babysitters Club and The Sunset Island books. In fact, I loved reading so much that I majored in English literature when I went to Columbia University. While I was in college, I also started working for a publishing company.
Then, after graduation, I got a job editing children’s books. A few years later, I decided that I wanted to study writing some more, so I applied to Vermont College to get a masters degree in writing books for kids, and a little after that I applied to NYU because I wanted to learn about the laws governing intellectual property. At around the same time, Scholastic decided to publish the books I wrote about Alec Flint. Then I got a new job editing books at Penguin in their Young Readers Division and started thesis advising at The New School University and teaching at McDaniel College. Soon after that both Simon & Schuster and Puffin decided they wanted to publish my Sparkle Spa and Follow Your Heart books. So now my world is filled with the books I edit, the books I teach, and the books I write. Even though I live in a small apartment in New York City, I have seven big bookshelves. One of them is dedicated to books that I’ve written and edited. And the first book on that shelf? My faded, battered copy of ‘Stacey the Cat’.


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CHEMICALS AND DISEASE CONDITIONS - Beldeu Singh
For the environmentally aware, there is no need to describe the environmental problems we face today. Literally thousands of books, articles and films have been produced showing that the biosphere has been dramatically disturbed and chemically changed by human activities (Ecology 30). But the average individual may not know that in 1989 alone, more than 1,000,000,000 pounds of chemicals were released into the ground, contaminating our farmlands and drinking waters. Over 188,000,000 pounds of chemicals were also discharged into surface waters such as lakes and rivers. More than 2,400,000,000 pounds of chemicals were pumped into the air we breathe. A grand total of 5,705,670,380 pounds of chemical pollutants were released into the environment that we eat, breathe, and live in—all in just one year (cf: Nicole MR 2002, ISP, College of Lifelong Learning; Wayne State University). Since WWII, over 80,000 chemicals have been developed and used. Many are pesticides that degrade soils and contaminate water.
All of these chemicals are toxic to some degree and generate free radicals that can induce free radical damage in the body. Some of these chemicals are similar to biomolecules in the body and they are utilized in metabolic reactions resulting in disease conditions because their metabolism in the body produces toxic metabolites or simply because the body cannot differentiate between them. Their metabolism in the human cells can lead to excess hydrogen peroxide that must be converted into water and oxygen by the SOD-catalase-glutathione antioxidant system. When this process is slow, the excess hydrogen peroxide reacts with the oxygen free radicals (OFR) to yield the highly toxic secondary radical called the hydroxyl radical. The hydroxyl radical is highly reactive and can oxidatively damage cell membranes as well as the genetic molecules. Such damage to the genetic molecules impairs health and can cause developmental defects. A large percentage of pesticides sprayed in gardens, plantations and golf courses end up in the ecology and in ponds and lakes. This explains the significantly large number of frogs with deformities and developmental defects compared to forty-fifty years ago.
Free radicals are highly reactive species that can be damaging to the body at the cellular and molecular level, causing oxidative stress to cell membranes, damaging molecules including lipids, hormones, proteins and mitochondrialose reactive chemicals can damage the cell components and disrupt biochemical pathways by inactivating enzymes involved in the Kreb,s cycle and receptors for cellular molecules. Since 1985, there is overwhelming scientific work to show that free radicals actually contribute to or hasten heart disease, cancer, diabetes, arthritis and other age-related diseases.
Evidence was accumulating over the past three decades that most of the degenerative diseases that afflict humanity have their origin in deleterious free radical reactions. These diseases include atherosclerosis, cancer, inflammatory joint disease, asthma, diabetes, senile dementia and degenerative eye disease (Florence TM, Centre for Environmental and Health Science Pty Ltd, Sydney, NSW, Aust N Z J Ophthalmol 1995; 23(1) Feb: 3–7).
Since free radicals are involved in carcinogenesis and since some epidemiological studies have suggested that certain antioxidants may reduce cancer risk, some survivors and clinicians might conclude that antioxidants are effective in preventing cancer recurrence (Jean et al, Nutrition During and After Cancer Treatment: A Guide* for Informed Choices by Cancer Survivors, CA Cancer J Clin 2001; 51:153-181© 2001 American Cancer Society) while many oncologists believe that antioxidants interfere with chemo-drugs and radiotherapy. The interference is primarily on account of the fact that chemo-drugs and radiation generate large amounts of hydroxyl free radicals that kill cancer cells (as well as normal and healthy cells) and antioxidants scavenge these free radicals. So, while research has shown that free radicals and involved in carcinogenesis, oncologists attempt to treat cancer patients with free radical generating agents as in chemotherapy and radiotherapy.
In fact a study of the relevant literature on cancer risks, whether associated with alcohol, smoking, pollutants, chemicals, toxins or sun exposure (ultraviolet radiation) all point to free radicals produced by these agents and/or a poor diet that is low in antioxidants. Put together, it means poor free radical scavenging activity in the body as the primary initiating factor for the risk and the cause of the disease condition and its progress. One way to appreciate the harmful effects of chemicals when introduced into the human body indirectly through the ecology is to understand their effects when they are introduced directly into the human body.
Would medical science prescribe a cancer causing drug to cancer patients? Last March, the U.S. federal government issued an unusually detailed alert to the nation’s 5.5 million health care workers: The powerful drugs used in chemotherapy can themselves cause cancer and pose a risk to nurses, pharmacists and others who handle them (The Washington Post, Tuesday, February 15, 2005; Page HE01, Jim Morris). Chemotherapy drugs in human and animal studies have shown they have the potential to cause cancer or reproductive problems, said Thomas Connor, a research biologist with the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH).
Chemo-drugs, like radiation, generate huge amounts of the highly reactive hydroxyl radical that damages cell membranes and disrupts the electron transport system in cells as well as protein synthesis. Natural enzyme and micronutrient levels drop rapidly and that accelerates cell death. Such a new surge of free radicals is generated by chemo-drugs which are cytotoxic to cancer cells as well as normal cells. Thus many young normal cells die due to the treatment. Most of the known carcinogens, including benzene and at least 40 other toxic chemicals in cigarette smoke and pesticides generate free radicals that create oxidative stress in cells, impairing their aerobic respiration or damaging DNA and mitochondrial DNA, turning them into cancer cells. It is this very same toxicity that is common to carcinogens and chemotherapy-drugs. Hence the NOISH alert really comes as no surprise (see: Dangerous Philosophy of treatment in Medical Science).
Fortunately some of the regulatory bodies are recognizing the dangers of chemicals. The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) has issued its first recommendation for harmful chemicals that should undergo Europe’s new strict ‘authorisation’ process. The EU countries in the ECHA Member States Committee have adopted an opinion supporting the recommendation. ECHA recommend that seven substances of very high concern (SVHC) should be subject to use and market access only with explicit authorisation under the EU’s REACH law (ref: Chemicals Health Monitor, 5th June, 2009).
Over the last 100 years, sperm count in males is declining while breast cancers in females have been rising. This phenomenon coincides with the increasing use of chemicals in industry and in medical science. Interestingly, three of the seven chemicals proposed by ECHA are officially classified in Europe as toxic to reproduction. One is officially classified as carcinogenic and three are recognized as being persistent, bioaccumulative and toxic (PBT) or very persistent and very bioaccumulative (vPvB). The flame retardant HBCCD has also been identified as a persistent, bioaccumulative and toxic substance by an EU working group, with potential effects on the liver, brain, nervous and hormone system.
Three chemicals DEHP, DBP and BBP, phthalates or plastic softeners, are already banned in toys and childcare articles in the EU. Medical devices containing DEHP must also be labeled according to the revised European Medical Devices Directive. These phthalates (which become more powerful when present simultaneously), are examined in a recent report on male reproductive health disorders. The existing knowledge about the contribution of phthalates to human testicular disorders points to the need to reduce people’s exposure to phthalates, especially pregnant women (ref: Chemicals Health Monitor, 5th June, 2009) .
Polls show that the public is concerned that the environment may be playing a role, and many respondents consider that the EU is not doing enough to address this aspect in prevention, education and policy. The real concern is rooted in the fact that “over the last 50 years, the incidence of cancer has increased rapidly. The officially recognized risk factors for cancer, including age, genetics, smoking, lack of exercise and so on, are unable to account for the rise in incidence for other cancers” (see: Chemicals Health Monitor, 22nd June, 2009). This concern is well founded and can be better understood in the way chemicals create problems in the mammalian biological systems.
Wherever there are cells that are rapidly dividing as in the testicles for production of sperm and where there is fatty tissue the relative risk increases sufficiently to result in health concerns and higher risk to the development of disease states. Toxic chemicals tend to interfere with cell division while on the other hand they tend to bioaccumulate in fatty tissue. They can also generate free radicals that rob electrons from hormones leading to problems like diabetes in people with excess visceral fat and breast cancers in women as female breasts have fatty tissue.
Another reason is attributable to the fact that metabolism of chemicals leads to depletion of minerals in the body, especially iron, managanese, zinc and copper. The metabolism of these D-form substances yields a lot of hydrogen peroxide that must be converted into water and oxygen failing which its reaction with the oxygen free radicals (OFR), the secondary radical called the hydroxyl is formed that is highly reactive and very deleterious to health. These minerals, in the organic and bioavailable form, work in the body’s natural antioxidant system to catalytically enhance the role of the natural antioxidant system to convert hydrogen peroxide into water and oxygen.
It is therefore not surprising at all that a report, commissioned by Health and Environment Alliance’s (HEAL) partner organization CHEM Trust titled Male Reproductive Health Disorders and the Potential Role of Exposure to Environmental Chemicals. written by one of the world’s leading experts in reproductive biology, Professor Richard Sharpe of the Medical Research Council (MRC) in Edinburgh, UK, reveals that many everyday chemicals in the environment or in consumer products have the potential to block the action of testosterone, and a baby’s exposure to this mixture of chemicals may undermine this process and harm future male reproductive health. Birth defects in male genitals, low sperm counts and testicular cancer, collectively called Testicular Dysgenesis Syndrome (TDS), may all have their origins during development in the womb. The link is convincingly proven in the report as it highlights animal studies that have clearly established that certain hormone disrupting chemicals, in particular testosterone disrupting chemicals, can cause TDS-like disorders (see: Chemicals Health Monitor, 13th May, 2009).
Bisphenol A (BPA) is employed in the manufacture of a wide range of consumer products. It is an endocrine disruptor at amounts to which we are exposed, alters the reproductive organs of developing rodents has caused concern. At present, no information exists concerning the exposure of human pregnant women and their fetuses to BPA. The suggestion that BPA, at amounts to which we are exposed, alters the reproductive organs of developing rodents has caused concern, if not an alarm. At present, no information exists concerning the exposure of human pregnant women and their fetuses to BPA. There is broad human exposure to this chemical.
In a study, blood samples were obtained from healthy premenopausal women, women with early and full-term pregnancy, and umbilical cord at full-term delivery. Ovarian follicular fluids obtained during IVF procedures and amniotic fluids obtained at mid-term and full-term pregnancy were also subject to BPA measurements. The results showed that BPA was present in serum and follicular fluid at 1–2 ng/ml, as well as in fetal serum and full-term amniotic fluid, confirming passage through the placenta. These results suggest accumulation of BPA in early fetuses and significant exposure during the prenatal period, which must be considered in evaluating the potential for human exposure to endocrine-disrupting chemicals (Yumiko et al, Human Reproduction, Determination of bisphenol A concentrations in human biological fluids reveals significant early prenatal, Vol. 17, No. 11, 2839-2841, November 2002 ).
Regulation is now moving in the direction to ensure that chemicals which act in combination to disrupt hormones are regulated according to their total combined effects (cumulative risk assessment). European Council is likely to adopt the next critical step to establish a definition of ‘endocrine disrupting’ pesticides which will determine which pesticides will be banned.
This is important to properly move towards setting targets to reduce pesticides use and eliminating or restricting pesticides use in public places. Member State targets therefore can and should include significant reductions in the use of hormone disrupting pesticides; and eliminate their use in public places as soon as possible. However, the problem remains with regard to facilitating their biodegradation upon entering the eco-systems as they can still enter the human body through water and food chains and will come back to create health problems.
Many of the toxic chemicals are used in combination or as a mixture. In mixtures, toxic chemicals will produce cumulative and dose-additive effects.
Scientists have already conducted studies with mixtures to provide a framework for assessing the cumulative effects of "antiandrogenic" chemicals. Rats were dosed during pregnancy with antiandrogens singly or in pairs at dosage levels equivalent to about one half of the ED50 for hypospadias or epididymal agenesis. The pairs include: AR antagonists (vinclozolin plus procymidone), phthalate esters (DBP plus BBP and DEHP plus DBP), a phthalate ester plus an AR antagonist (DBP plus procymidone), and linuron plus BBP. This study proved the expected effects. All binary combinations produced cumulative, dose-additive effects on the androgen-dependent tissues. We also conducted a mixture study combining seven "antiandrogens" together. These chemicals elicit antiandrogenic effects at two different sites in the androgen signaling pathway (i.e., AR antagonist or inhibition of androgen synthesis). In this study, the complex mixture behaved in a dose-additive manner. The results indicate that compounds that act by disparate mechanisms of toxicity display cumulative, dose-additive effects when present in combination (Rider et al, Cumulative effects of in utero administration of mixtures of "antiandrogens" on male rat reproductive development, Toxicol Path, 2009;37(1):100-13. Epub 2009 Jan 15).
Chemicals used in pesticides also have antiandrogenic properties and endocrine toxicity. Antiandrogenic chemicals alter sexual differentiation by a variety of mechanisms, and as a consequence, they induce different profiles of effects. For example, in utero treatment with the androgen receptor (AR) antagonist, flutamide, produces ventral prostate agenesis and testicular nondescent, while in contrast, finasteride, an inhibitor of 5 alpha-dihydrotestosterone (DHT) synthesis, rarely, if ever, induces such malformations. In this regard, it was recently proposed that dibutyl phthalate (DBP) alters reproductive development by a different mechanism of action than flutamide or vinclozolin (V), which are AR antagonists, because the male offsprings display an unusually high incidence of testicular and epididymal alterations--effects rarely seen after in utero flutamide or V treatment. In one recent study, we present original data describing the reproductive effects of 10 known or suspected anti-androgens, including a Leydig cell toxicant ethane dimethane sulphonate (EDS, 50 mg kg-1 day-1), linuron (L, 100 mg kg-1 day-1), p,p'-DDE (100 mg kg-1 day-1), ketoconazole (12-50 mg kg-1 day-1), procymidone (P, 100 mg kg-1 day-1), chlozolinate (100 mg kg-1 day-1), iprodione (100 mg kg-1 day-1), DBP (500 mg kg-1 day-1), diethylhexyl phthalate (DEHP, 750 mg kg-1 day-1), and polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) congener no. 169 (single dose of 1.8 mg kg-1). Male offsprings display a higher incidence of epididymal and testicular lesions than generally seen with flutamide, P, or V even at high dosage levels. Overall these toxic chemicals display several mechanisms of endocrine toxicity. Ketoconazole did not demasculinize or feminize males but rather displayed anti-hormonal activities, apparently by inhibiting ovarian hormone synthesis, which resulted in delayed delivery and whole litter loss. This study shows the effects of chemicals in pesticides in developmental toxicity (Gray et al, Administration of potentially antiandrogenic pesticides (procymidone, linuron, iprodione, chlozolinate, p,p'-DDE, and ketoconazole) and toxic substances (dibutyl- and diethylhexyl phthalate, PCB 169, and ethane dimethane sulphonate) during sexual differentiation produces diverse profiles of reproductive malformations in the male rat, Toxicol Ind Health, 1999 Jan-Mar;15(1-2):94-118).
Bioaccumulation and severe or prolonged exposure to chemicals leads to health problems whose symptoms mimic disease conditions from other causes. When such exposure to chemicals is not understood and taken into account, its treatment is impossible and the patient keeps coming back for more drugs. Unfortunately, conventional allopathic treatments are not geared towards the break-up of chemicals in the body and to remove them with non-toxic approaches. Hence, headaches, backpains and symptoms related to or caused by chronic inflammations initiated by free radicals generated by chemicals in the body tend to persist. These health problems can be compounded when there are also populations of protozoa in the body as their allergens also cause chronic inflammation. These protozoa feed on vitamin 12 at night. Symptoms may therefore become more severe at night. In psoriasis patients, the itch increases at night. Such persons may also become deficient in B vitamins especially vitamin B12. Protozoal infections are more common that currently thought and that explains the relatively high incidence of 25% in the US for vitamin B deficiency. Such deficiency in people with protozoal infections can also lead to numbness in hands and neuropathies, chronic hypertension as well as borderline elevations in glucose and LDL levels. Vitamin B12 supplementation only results in a short-lived improvement and the problems can become more aggravated over time as the protozoa feed on the increased supply of vitamin B12 and multiply.
The exposure of people with protozoal infections to chemicals and toxic dust clouds is a problem that needs serious attention and funding for research. The dangers of exposing people and especially pregnant women to hormone disrupting chemicals in consumer products are now well documented and more members of the public know about it. The focus is on the risks these pose to baby boys and to healthy reproductive biology but compounding factors such as protozoal infections must be also considered. Chemicals can also cause problems in other tissues and organs such as in the dermis and the respiratory tract.
In recent years, cleaning has been identified as an occupational risk because of an increased incidence of reported respiratory effects, such as asthma and asthma-like symptoms among cleaning workers. Due to the lack of systematic occupational hygiene analyses and workplace exposure data, it is not clear which cleaning-related exposures induce or aggravate asthma and other respiratory effects. Currently, there is a need for systematic evaluation of cleaning products ingredients and their exposures in the workplace. Ingredients of concern in cleaning agents include quaternary ammonium compounds, 2-butoxyethanol, and ethanolamines. Cleaning workers are at risk of acute and chronic inhalation exposures to volatile organic compounds (VOC) vapors and aerosols generated from product spraying, and dermal exposures mostly through hands (Bello et al, Characterization of occupational exposures to cleaning products used for common cleaning tasks--a pilot study of hospital cleaners, Environ Health, 2009 Mar 27;8:11.). An often overlooked problem with regard to chemicals that affect respiratory health is their impact on the endothelium in the major arteries over time that can lead to disruption in the production of nitric oxide (NO) and the formation of the peroxynitrite oxidant that is also highly reactive specie that very often oxidatively damages cell membranes causing joint-pains. Such disruption in the NO yields also leads to hypertension and erectile dysfunction.
Other chemicals found in the environment and in our homes such as formaldehyde can also lead to health problems depending on exposure and period of exposure. Formaldehyde is an economically important chemical, to which more than 2 million U.S. workers are occupationally exposed. Substantially more people are exposed to formaldehyde environmentally, as it is generated by automobile engines, is a component of tobacco smoke and is released from household products, including furniture, particleboard, plywood, and carpeting. The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) recently classified formaldehyde as a human carcinogen that causes nasopharyngeal cancer and also concluded that there is "strong but not sufficient evidence for a causal association between leukemia and occupational exposure to formaldehyde." In a new meta-analysis of these studies, focusing on occupations known to have high formaldehyde exposure, we show that summary relative risks (RRs) were elevated in 15 studies of leukemia (RR=1.54; confidence interval (CI), 1.18-2.00) with the highest relative risks seen in the six studies of myeloid leukemia (RR=1.90; 95% CI, 1.31-2.76). The biological plausibility of this observed association lead the researchers to hypothesize that formaldehyde may act on bone marrow directly or, alternatively, may cause leukemia by damaging the hematopoietic stem or early progenitor cells that are located in the circulating blood or nasal passages, which then travel to the bone marrow and become leukemic stem cells (Zhang et al, Formaldehyde exposure and leukemia: a new meta-analysis and potential mechanisms, Mutat Res, 2009 Mar-Jun;681(2-3):150-68, Epub 2008 Jul 15). Unfortunately traces of formaldehyde are also found in haze from burning vegetative matter and forest fires.
Although risk assessments are typically conducted on a chemical-by-chemical basis, the 1996 Food Quality Protection Act (FQPA) required the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to consider cumulative risk of chemicals that act via a common mechanism of toxicity. The common underlying toxicity of chemicals lies in their ability to generate excess hydrogen peroxide in the body leading to the formation of secondary radicals such as the hydroxyl and the oxidant called the peroxynitrite.
The key issues being the role of chemicals in inducing and accelerating free radical damage and their bioaccumulation in human tissue, it is only proper that we note the interest in exposure assessment that has shifted from pollutant monitoring in air, soil, and water toward personal exposure measurements and biomonitoring. That process is important to assess the level of contamination together with the levels of natural antioxidants in the blood and to monitor both levels as against symptoms and health problems. Biochelation procedures and interventions will therefore become the more important and the more critical part of a modern healthcare system as a large variety of chemicals are already in our environment and more are entering the human body directly through “medications” and indirectly through the ecosystems and through wars that use chemicals to defoliate and weapons that use depleted uranium 235. The lingering health problems of chemical warfare will therefore be astounding if they are surmountable.
The cancer rate in the USA in 1900 was three out of one hundred. Today, one in three people will get cancer and one in four will die from it. This amounts to over one million people yearly, killing some 520,000 of us annually. That is one grave problem related to becoming industrialized wherein society is led to use more and more chemicals in industry and at home. One recent report commissioned by the California EPA done by University of Calif. researchers estimate that in 2004, 200,000 California workers suffered from chronic diseases linked to workplace exposure to industrial chemicals and 4,400 people died of these diseases including cancer, emphysema and Parkinson's disease. New research is beginning to show that low-level synthetic chemical exposure over time can disrupt the natural development of infants and children.
The Collaborative on Health and the Environment (CHE) database report shows links between chemical contaminants and 180 diseases or conditions in humans ranging from skin conditions to fertility to cancers. Chemicals that bioaccumulate in the brain can lead to Alzheimers and Parkinson’s disease as they cause chronic inflammations in brain cells. The World Health Organization (WHO) has released a report stating that one-quarter of the world's disease burden -- and one-third of the disease burden among children -- is due to environmental factors that could be modified. Today the human biological system among urban populations is contaminated and so is human breast milk. The chemical origin of diseases must be recognized and included in the medical school program. The problem is paradoxically aggravated by trying to treat symptoms caused by chemicals by other toxic chemicals called drugs that are prescribed as “medications.” There is now the need to go for non-toxic treatments and to apply non-toxic pesticides to modify the environment and our ecosystems in order to modify the world’s disease burden that is a drag on every economy. In many developed nations it has become a burden on the household.
Business interest sometimes seems to override health concerns. One of the criteria used to lobby in favor of businesses is that the sole basis of hazards based on the toxic properties of a chemical should not prompt its inclusion in Europe’s new strict ‘authorization’ process. But the paradox in medical science still stands which is the use of toxic chemicals to treat health problems. For instance the chemical called AZT which is “toxic by inhalation” and can cause the same symptoms as AIDS is used to treat AIDS patients. Quite naturally, six national representatives raised concerns about the inclusion of the flame retardant HBCDD, arguing inclusion on the list could harm small businesses. This goes against REACH which mandates that harmful chemicals be lined up for the authorization procedure solely on the basis of the hazards posed by their toxic properties.
Before toxic chemicals are banned, substance producers or users will have to show that the risks of a particular use can be adequately controlled, or for certain chemicals, that there are overwhelming socioeconomic benefits to the substance’s use (that outweigh the health and environment risks) and that no alternatives exist. The real problem is that most of the controls exist only at the production stage and there is little or no control once they are released into the markets and into the ecology.
Health science is beginning to recognize the significance of bioaccumulation of chemicals and chemicals used in pesticides as a cause of persistent pain and chronic disease conditions. Drugs are not a solution to this chemically induced problem that may be associated with heavy metal bioaccumulation in tissues. The most effective and fast way is to use alpha-lipoic acid and pectins obtained from edible substances in the nano-form to biochelate for safe removal from the human biological system through the urine.

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From building strong bones and being rich in calcium, it has been proven that dairy also helps in controlling your weight.
Calcium, in milk and dairy products plays an important role in the ability to maintain a healthy body weight and controls overweight and obesity.
Studies show that people who ate dairy products lost more weight than those who didn’t eat any.
Experts back up the role of calcium in weight loss with many possible explanations
- Dietary calcium helps in regulating metabolism
- Dairy sources of calcium accelerate fat loss
However, more research is still needed to highlight the mechanism behind it.
How much is recommended?
Three servings of dairy products are recommended per day, where a serving of dairy consists of:
- 1 cup of milk
- 1 cup of yogurt/laban
- 2 slices of cheese
- 2 tablespoons of Labneh
Good to know
An increase in calcium intake equivalent to 2 dairy servings per day reduces the risk of being overweight by almost 70%.
Now that Calcium in dairy is shown to help maintain a healthy weight, you should bear in mind that you should choose wisely from the range of dairy products.
What Dairy products are right for you?
Low-fat Dairy Products! Low-fat dairy keeps all its nutritional value even after the fat is removed. It contains all the essential nutrients of the full-fat dairy with the exception of saturated fats which are unhealthy for the heart and arteries.
Benefits of low-fat dairy products
- Fights high blood pressure: Choosing low-fat dairy products decreases hypertension (high blood pressure) risk by 54%
- Help reduces the risk of high cholesterol and cardiovascular diseases: Because they are lower in saturated fat, they help protect the heart and the vessels
- Prevents osteoporosis: Low-fat dairy products contain almost the same amount of calcium in the full-fat version, therefore it maintains bone density
- Helps control caloric intake and maintains a healthy body weight: Choosing low-fat alternatives of dairy products helps reduce the fat and calorie content of the consumed food item
Check the calcium and calorie contents of various dairy products:
|Dairy Products||Quantity||Calcium Content (mg)||Calorie Content|
|Whole milk||1 cup||290||150|
|Low-fat milk||1 cup||295||120|
|Skimmed milk||1 cup||300||83|
|Nestlé NESVITA® Pro-Bones Low Fat||1 glass||502 mg||120 Kcal|
|Nestlé NESVITA® Pro-Bones 0 Fat||1 glass||502 mg||88 Kcal|
|Yogurt, full fat||1 cup||274||140|
|Yogurt, low fat||1 cup||274||125|
|White cheese||30 g||130-150||70 - 80 Kcal|
|Yellow cheese||30 g||200-220||110 - 140 Kcal|

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And it is not just the girls. Figures show a 44% rise in jobless men who have had “man boobs” reduced.
But out of 34,000 cosmetic ops last year, 91% were carried out on women.
And experts say the treatments made patients feel more confident and gave them an extra edge in tough interviews.
A Transform Medical Group spokesman said: “We have seen a strong increase in breast enlargements and a 37% increase in non-surgical procedures.
“We’ve been in business for 30 years and have found that recessions are times when people still want to look and feel good, especially in a competitive work place.
“People want to look good and are willing to make cutbacks on going out, shopping and luxuries like holidays in order to look good every day of the year.”
Dr Brian Newman, of the British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons, noticed an increase in £300 facial vein removal treatments.
“Jobs are difficult to come by at the moment, and first appearances are important,” he said.
“If someone turns up to an interview with a red nose, it may be assumed that they drink substantially and harm their chances in securing a job.”
The treatment is very quick, between 10 and 15 minutes, and most blemishes will go. And the procedure is virtually painless.
Dr Newman added: “Many people are finding it gives them an extra boost of confidence at interview by ridding themselves of marks.”


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1979 PhD, University of Arhus (Danmark)
1979 – 1981 Postdoc, IBM T. J. Watson Research Center (USA) & Nordita Institute, Copenhagen
1987 – 1992 Research professor, Technical University of Denmark (DTU)
1992 – 2010 Professor for Theoretical Physics, Department of Physics, DTU
1993 – 2003 Director at the Center for Atomic-scale Materials Physics (CAMP), DTU
2010 – 2018 Leland T. Edwards Professur, School of Engineering, Stanford University
2010 – 2018 Director, SUNCAT Center for Interface Science and Catalysis, Stanford University & SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
2018 – today Villum Kann Rasmussen Professor at the DTU
2009 Alwin-Mittasch-Preis of the DECHEMA
His research interests include theoretical investigations of surfaces, catalysis, electronic structure of materials and nanostructures.
„Catalysis for sustainable production of fuels and chemicals”
The development of sustainable energy systems puts renewed focus on catalytic processes for energy conversion. We will need to find new catalysts for a number of processes if we are to successfully synthesize fuels and chemicals from solar or wind electricity. Insight into the way the catalysts work at the molecular level may prove essential to speed up the discovery process. The lecture will outline a theory of heterogeneous catalysis that allows a detailed understanding of elementary chemical processes at transition metal surfaces and singles out the most important parameters determining catalytic activity and selectivity. The insight can be used to define catalyst design rules and examples of their use will be given.


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All grain is sold based on weight. Brewers can buy as much or as little as they need, from 10 grams to 50 kilograms or more.
Please contact us for product availability and stock levels.
These flakes are mash ready and can impart head retention, body, a creamy mouthfeel and subtle grain flavors. Suitable for up to 40% of grist total. This is a pre-gelatinized flaked grain and does not require milling.
|Moisture % Max||13%|
|Extract FG Min||75%|

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On November 19th and 20th, two SkyStream 3.7 small wind turbines were installed at Central High School in Woodstock, Va., and Thomas Harrison Middle School in Harrisonburg, Va., respectively. These turbines were installed as part of the Virginia Wind for Schools Program and are intended to act as an educational tool to teach students about wind energy. Additionally, the turbines will expand awareness and hopefully acceptance of wind energy in their local communities.
The Department of Energy’s Wind Powering America program sponsors the Wind for Schools project to raise awareness in rural America about the benefits of wind energy while simultaneously developing a wind energy knowledge base in future leaders of our communities, states, and nation. Schools participating in the program not only get an amazing new technology as a teaching tool. but teachers are also trained on curricula to incorporate this technology and its data into the classroom.
The Virginia Center for Wind Energy (VCWE) at James Madison University (JMU) administers the Wind for Schools program for Virginia. In 2010, the first year the program was in place in Virginia, VCWE began working with Central High School and Thomas Harrison Middle School. Students and staff from JMU worked with each school closely to help them through the project development process, including assisting with seeking funding, permitting, siting and resource analysis. The schools ended up taking very different paths through the process based on the challenges they faced.
Central High School (CHS) contacted VCWE after two teachers attended a teacher workshop on wind energy where they heard about the Wind for Schools program at JMU. The first hurdle to overcome with the project is securing funding for the wind turbine–up to $20,000. After much brainstorming the school submitted a proposal for funding from a county education fund, the Moore Trust Foundation. Unfortunately, their first proposal was not funded due to a lack of permitting for the project. The students from the CHS Ecology class presented to the county school board to get approval to proceed with the project and then the town of Woodstock was contacted about gaining the proper permits. At that time, the town did not have a wind ordinance to guide them, so staff from the VCWE presented to the zoning committee some suggested regulations for a wind ordinance. Using that information, the zoning committee drafted a wind ordinance and held public comment periods, which the VCWE staff and CHS teachers and students attended. In the end, the school was able to gain the proper permits through the wind ordinance and a special use permit. With the permitting in progress, their second proposal to the Moore Trust Foundation was successful, and they received additional funding from the Dominion Foundation for a total of $24,550. With the permits and funds in hand, the school contracted with an experienced small wind turbine installer, Baker Renewable Energy, to install their wind turbine. The foundation was poured in October and the turbine was raised into place in November. The students at the school gained a solid understanding of the work it takes to get a project done at the school and a firm grasp on the project development process for a small wind turbine.
Thomas Harrison Middle School (THMS) in Harrisonburg also came into the Wind for Schools program in 2010. Again, the first hurdle to overcome was finding funding. However, this project was lucky to stumble upon a funding opportunity from a local source, the Merck Foundation. Fortunately, the foundation was looking to support a project focused on education and the environment in the local area and the THMS wind turbine project was chosen. The school was awarded $14,500, with an additional $1,000 donated by the local news station, WHSV, and LD&B Insurance and $1,000 from a school fundraiser. This figure could not cover the entire cost of the equipment and installation, so the VCWE staff and students encouraged the school to seek donations from the local community for equipment and services to get the wind turbine installed. The materials and services needed included an electrician, an excavator, and cement as well as an experienced small wind installer to manage all the donated services. The process of securing donations took much longer than expected. An article in the local paper started the process and the school was able to secure a couple of donations. However, as time progressed, some companies backed out, others did not have the time, and some even went out of business. In the end, Baker Renewable Energy was hired for a modest fee to manage all of the installation logistics for the project and all the necessary donations were obtained. Although this was a very difficult and logistically complicated way to get the installation completed, the school and the students learned a lot about the project development process. In addition to the funding issues, the THMS project also had some difficulty in siting their turbine. As with many schools, there is not always a lot of land on the campus that is open and not already being used for other purposes such as athletic fields. The turbine was initially sited on a small hill close to the road, but it was found that this site was also home to many underground utility lines including a high pressure gas line. In order to avoid the utilities the project was moved closer to the school and school board approval was needed to relocate the project. Students from the Ecology Club at THMS presented to the school board and approval was granted. The foundation was poured in October and the turbine installed in November.
On December 11, both schools held dedication ceremonies to commemorate their wind turbine projects and to excite the students about the opportunities it will provide. The dedication ceremonies featured a mosaic design contest, writing contests with readings by the winners, slideshows of project pictures, and speakers from the U.S. Department of Energy, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, and AWEA.
Now that the turbines are up and spinning, the students will have access to real-time wind energy generation data to use in the classroom. In addition, students in the CHS Ecology class plan to compare the use of solar panels to the data from the turbine to see if that is a viable next step for the school. The turbines will also be used to educate students and teachers in schools in nearby towns and counties through tours and through sharing of the data.
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Conference brings together small wind community, June 27, 2012
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Alaska village wind project to save 60,000 gallons of diesel fuel per year, May 29, 2012
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Turbine installation on Martha's Vineyard exceeds expectations, May 24, 2012
Birthplace of Wind for Schools, Colorado program honored with Wirth Chair Award, May 8, 2012
U.K. market for small turbines surpasses U.S., but U.S. manufacturers benefit, May 3, 2012
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