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Unani (Greco-Arabian-Indian) system of medicine (USM) is one of the ancient but effective mode of treatments, still prevails in major part of the world with different names. In recent era it is mainly practiced in Indian sub-continent with different names like, Unani medicine, Eastern medicine, Arabic medicine, Prophetic medicine etc. Its roots dated back to Greek era and it was flourish well in the hand of Arabian philosopher. It reached its apex in the middle Ages. Unani medicine is known for its unique concept and rational approach for exploring the unsolved and difficult problems of health and diseases. The word Falij or Falij-e-Nisfi is analogue with “Hemiplegia.” which means paralysis in entire longitudinal half of the body from head to foot. The first medical study of the disease palsy is attributed to Ibn Sina/ Avicenna (979-1037 A.D.). In this article authors describe about the concept, risk factors, causes, pathophysiology and classification of Hemiplegia in USM.
In Unani literature description of Istirkha (paralysis) is same as that of word Falij or Falij-e- Nisfi (Hemiplegia). Falij is described as a disease causing loss of movement and sensation in longitudinal half of the body because the penetration of Roohe Hassas and Muharrik (active Pneuma) into the organs may either be arrested or the Rooh (Pneuma) may penetrate but the organs may not respond due to Sue Mizaj (intemperament) [1, 2]. It is a well-known disease since Greco-Arabic period and was first described by Hippocrates, the father of Medicine. After Hippocrates other Unani physicians like Jalinoos/Galen (129-200AD), Rabban Tabri (770/780-850AD), Sabit Ibn Qurrah (836-903AD), Ali Ibn Abbas Majusi (930-994AD) and Ibn Sina described it in detail and mentioned the aetiology, pathophysiology, clinical features, and the treatment of the disease in their treatises. Tabri proposed that Falij is caused by an obstruction in any part of the brain.
Falij is an Arabic word meaning “to halve.” In specific meaning, Falij indicates Istirkha of longitudinal half of the body either starting from the neck sparing head and face or the entire longitudinal half of the body from head to foot . Since Falij affects one half of the body and leaves the other half unaffected (healthy), it has been named so because of the virtue of dividing the body into two halves; one healthy and the other diseased .
Falij is caused by an obstruction in any part of the brain. In Falij, the nerves after absorbing the
moisture descending from the brain become paralyzed leading to loss of voluntary movements in that part . This description draws analogy with hemiplegia occurring due to cerebrovascular accidents or stroke. A stroke (cerebrovascular accident) is a rapidly developing episode of focal, and at times global (applied to patients in deep coma and to those with subarachnoid haemorrhage), loss of cerebral function with symptoms lasting more than 24hours or leading to death, with no apparent cause other than that of vascular origin . In Unaniliterature causes of Falij have been grouped into two principal categories .
Cause leading to obstruction in the path of Roohe hassas and muharrik preventing their penetration into the organs. This obstruction, in turn, may be due to any obstruction in nerves or organs or due to breach in continuity of nerves.
Causes making the organs non-responsive to Roohe hassas and muharrik. In absence of any obstruction and with normal penetration of Roohe hassas and muharrik, the organs sometimes may not respond to it due to intemperament; leading to loss of sensation and movement in them. This intemperament may be due to abnormally excessive heat, cold, dryness or moist. But this heat and dryness seldom affects movements and sensation except in extreme conditions. But, if the intemperament is due to superfluous cold and moist, it often causes loss of movement and sensation.
Ismail Jurjani has mentioned 5 causes of Sudda leading to Falij.
- (i) External causes
If any part of the body is tied by means of a tight ligature, it would lead to obstruction or obstruction in the pores of the nerves serving as passages for Roohe hassas and muharrik causing temporary loss of movement and sensation.
- (ii) Thick and Viscous fluid
Any thick and viscous fluid gains entry and gets collected in nerve cells and obstructs the routes or passages of Roohe hassas and muharrik. Mostly this fluid is phlegmatic in nature, which descends from the ventricle of brain into the nerves, their origins or their branches.
- (iii) Inflammation
If there is inflammation in any organ, the inflammatory materials may obstruct the passages of Roohe hassas and muharrik.
- (iv) Injury and Bruises
Compression and contusion of nerves as a result of fall or blow over their roots can also obstruct or block the passages of Rooh(pneuma).
- (v) Inclination or deviation of vertebrae
Inclination or deviation of any vertebrae towards right or left side may lead to contusion or compression of the nerves emerging from the spinal cord, blocking the routes of the Rooh.
In addition Hakeem Akbar Arzani has added two more causes of obstruction.
- Constriction (freezing) of nerves due to severe cold or due to thickening of nerve cells.
- Dislocation of joints of any organ due to external or internal cause compressing nerves and blocking the passages of Rooh.
Breach in continuity of nerves
Any breach in continuity of nerves due to any cut in the nerves may be one of the causes of Falij. Cut is in the length of the nerves, will not affect the movement and sensation of the part it supplies; but if there is a transverse cut in a nerve, there would be loss of sensation and movement in the part supplied by the affected nerves as a result of a breach in the route of Roohe hassas and muharrik .
Falij may be caused by the buhran of acute diseases like apoplexy, Epilepsy, abdominal colic, Hysteria, acute fever, due to secretion of morbid matter towards nerves. Such buhran occurs when tabiyat has no enough power due to old age or weakness to evacuate the morbid matter completely. Hence tabiyat gets rid of this morbid matter by Dafae naqis (Buhrane naqis) and some part of this matter may remain in the brain and ultimately moves towards nerves to cause Falij.
Hippocrates said that “people who often have common cold and coryza are at a risk of developing Falij”. Galen’s view is that “people having superfluous cold humours in their brain, when exposed suddenly to excessive heat or cold, develops Falij”.
Ibn Sina has revealed that Falij is more common in severe cold of winter season and in spring. In spring it is due to haemorrhage and haijane akhlat (qualitative intemperament in humours). He also added that Falij is more common in people living in southern countries, who attained 50 years of age or somewhat near it, due to excessive secretion from their heads because that climate fills the head . Azam khan added in this context that this disease is common in people with cold temperament especially in weak and old people and those people having excessive phlegm in their body. He also described exposure to cold air and drinking enough cold water as predisposing factors for Falij. He further said people with apoplexy; epilepsy and hysteria are more susceptible to develop Falij.
In Unani system of medicine Falij is described as a disease causing loss of sensation and movement in longitudinal half of the body. Loss of sensation and movement occurs in Falij because the penetration of Roohe hassas and muharrik into the organs may either be arrested or the Rooh may penetrate but the organs may not respond to it due to intemperament. This intemperament may be due to excessive heat, cold, dryness or moist. But this heat and dryness seldom affects movements and sensation except in extreme conditions as evident in patients of tuberculosis, these patients despite having excessive heat in their Aazae aslia (vital organs) don’t suffer any loss in movement and sensation. But if the intemperament is due to surperfluous cold and moist, it often causes loss of movement and sensation. Cold is antagonist to temperament of Roohe hassas and muharrik and causes numbness in Roohe hassas and muharrik. The excessive fluid makes the part prepared for laziness. Such excess of cold and moist do not affect the whole or half of the body and leave the other half unaffected but it would affect a particular (single) organ. This loss of movement and sensation caused by surplus solely coldness and moistness without involvement of matter/humour can be corrected by implication of heat alone.
Usually Falij is caused due to Ihtibase rooh (arrest of pneuma) either due to blockade or distortion of pores and passages through which it normally reaches the organs. This blockade may in turn be due to constriction of pores or due to obstruction caused by a barricading humour. Both these factors can come into play simultaneously as happens in the inflammation. So the basic pathology behind the loss of movement and sensation in Falij is obstruction in supply and penetration of Rooh into the organs either due to constriction of pores or due to accumulation of morbid matter in these pores or inflammation. If this arrest of Rooh is due to some tight ligature applied externally, loss of movement and sensation in this case is only temporary and would soon revert after the untying of the ligature without need of some other treatment.
Sometimes the loss of sensation may be due to severe compression as occurs in case of a blow or fall or deviation of vertebrae towards one side or facture of vertebrae from either side compressing the nerves emerging from the involved vertebrae.
When a humour causes obstruction in the penetration of Rooh, its cause is a moist and less viscid matter which otherwise in normal conditions is beneficial to the organ but unfortunately if this matter enters and stays in the origins of the nerves or compartments of the nerves blocking the routes, through which Rooh is supplied to the organs leading to loss of movement and sensation. Same thing happens in case of inflammation of compartments of nerves, obstructing the pores in the involved part.
Ancient Unani Scholars used words Istirkha and Falij synonymously to indicate paralysis irrespective of the part involved, but contemporaries use word Falij specifically for paralysis of longitudinal half of the body sparing head and face. If whole longitudinal half of the body including head and face is paralyzed then it is named as Falij ma’a Laqwa (Hemiplegia with facial palsy). When there is paralysis of whole body except face, the condition is called as Abu Bilqisya. When the whole body including head and face is involved then this condition is called Sakta.
Hakeem Azam Khan has classified Falij according to its causes into following 5 types :
- (a) Falije Balghami Ratubi (due to excess of phlegm)
This type of Falij is caused by ‘excess of phlegm.’ Phlegm descends from the brain to the nerves and obstructs the routes or passages of Roohe Hassas and Muharrik leading to loss of movement and sensation. This type of Falij is characterized by sudden onset and presence of symptoms of excess of phlegm.
- (b) Falije Damwi (due to quantitative imbalance in blood)
This type of Falij is caused by ‘excess of blood.’ It is also sudden in onset and the symptoms of excess of blood are present.
- (c) Falije Intiqale Buhrani
This type of Falij is caused as a result of buhran in diseases like meningitis, apoplexy, epilepsy, colic, Hysteria and acute fever. It is also sudden in onset.
- (d) Falije Warami (due to inflammation)
The underlying cause of this type of Falij is inflammation; hot, cold, gaseous or hard inflammation; and is characterized by gradual onset and accompanying symptoms like fever and pain or palpable swelling in the nerves.
- (e) Falije Wabayi
This type of Falij affects many people in the same season at the same place and is believed to be caused by ‘infected air’ and often involves left side of body and is characterized by symptoms like redness in eyes, halitosis, vomiting, unconsciousness followed by delirium, incontinence of urine and faeces and sudden death within days.
Falij is a leading cause of disability and morbidity in present era. Its increasing incidence in adults became a great matter of concern; this shift from 6th decade to 3rd decade of life is exerting extra strains on nation’s wealth as well as health delivery system. Because each year apart from mortality millions of stroke survivors have to adopt a life with restriction in daily activities as well as their professional loss as a consequence of Falij. As far as Unani medicine is concerned, it is very well versed with understanding and management of Falij. In the world’s first organised medical book “Al Canon” Avicenna quoted as “If the disease that produces paralysis comes from the middle of the brain, half of the body is paralyzed. If the disease is not in the brain but in the nerve, only that depending on this nerve is paralyzed.” For treatment he prescribed various medicinal plants in different doses form. In some cases he recommended cauterization and massage. As to prognosis, he stated that “no recovery should be expected from any paralysis that lasts more than six months”. So time has come to follow the concept, understanding and ways the Unani medicine handle this disease because this is the need of hour to save the suffering and at least minimize the loss caused by Falij.


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Citron's Attack on Nvidia at PT $200 is Uncalled For
Citron’s Andrew Left is at it again. The analyst questioned the valuation of Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA), sending the stock lower by around 3% that day. Still, Nvidia’s firing on all cylinders and is very likely to hold its highs.
Andrew Left tweeted that Nvidia is a great company but a dangerous stock. He thought the stock rose too fast in 2018, adding $30 billion in market cap. The last time Citron commented on the stock, it called for a $130 share price when Nvidia traded at $200. Since the last call was wrong, chances are just the same that this one is, too.
Nvidia has multiple catalysts driving revenue. ESports is growing, creating demand for computing solutions offered from Nvidia. Data centers are shifting from CPUs to GPUs, while autonomous driving will also demand Nvidia’s powerful technology power. Cryptocurrencies may be crashing but the technology behind it will not just disappear.
If crypto mining activities do pull back and normalize GPU pricing, Nvidia will be fine. PC gamers are waiting for graphic card prices to fall back to MSRP. So, even a drop in prices in high-end will have, potentially, a positive impact on demand.


Colorado Won't Halt Drilling As It Refocuses Rules On SafetyColorado officials said Tuesday that they had no plans to stop energy companies from drilling for oil and gas while regulators overhaul state rules to make health, safety and the environment their top priority.
Drilling Application Under Standley Lake Withdrawn By CompanyThe company that had filed for a drilling permit under Standley Lake in Westminster has withdrawn its application.
Prop. 112 Opponents, Supporters Pack Colorado Oil & Gas Conservation Commission MeetingThe Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission is set to review dozens of new drilling permit applications this week, ahead of a ballot measure that could severely limit oil and gas operations in the state.
Drilling Decision Delayed Near Sand Dunes ParkThe U.S. government is delaying a decision on a contentious proposal to allow oil and gas drilling near Great Sand Dunes National Park in southern Colorado.
Colorado Raising Taxes On Oil, Gas Drillers By $4.8 MillionColorado oil and gas regulators are raising taxes on energy developers to help pay for the environmental impacts of drilling.
Strange-Looking Trucks Used To Look Underneath Town Of WindsorThere’s an interesting scene in one small community in Northern Colorado -- an odd-looking truck is shaking things up.
Drilling Impact On Wildlife, People Under ReviewWhile a state commission reviews maps to minimize the impact of the oil and gas industry on wildlife, residents in northern Colorado want to know more about the effect on humans.
Natural Gas Production In Colorado Could Ramp Up Even MoreNatural gas production in Colorado could increase dramatically over the next few years after the Department of Energy cleared the way for more gas to be exported.
Boulder County Won't Extend Drilling MoratoriumSome northern Colorado communities are looking to strictly regulate oil and gas drilling rather than stopping it all together.
Local Drilling Fees Clear Colorado HouseOil and gas drillers could be charged new fees to help local governments under a bill that passed the state House Friday.
Drilling Fine Hike Approved In ColoradoOil and gas drilling fines in Colorado are closer to going up dramatically. The state House gave final approval Monday to hiking the fines dramatically, from a maximum of $1,000 a day to a maximum of $15,000 a day.
Sides Weigh In On Drilling Options On Roan PlateauEnvironmentalists and energy companies are offering different opinions as the Bureau of Land Management re-examines its plan for oil and gas development on the Roan Plateau.
Colorado Governor Plans Lawsuit Over Drilling BansEnvironments are concerned after Gov. John Hickenlooper said Colorado has an obligation to sue Fort Collins over banning oil and gas development within its city limits.
Hickenlooper Promotes Gas Drilling, Tells Senators He Drank Fracking FluidColorado Gov. John Hickenlooper says natural gas drilling is helping the economic recovery and reducing pollution but requires strong regulation now that wells are coming closer to populated areas.
Environmentalists & Drilling Companies Upset Over New Distance RuleThe Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission has made a decision that has upset both environmentalists and drilling companies.


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Nice coverage from the 40m vertical with only 3 radials LOL
In ancient China, the Emperor Nasi Goreng build the great wall to keep the rabbits out, there were to many rabbits in China. And here were I live, I am doing the same, except its to keep the hares out of my garden and way from our fruit trees. There are to many hares in Blackbutt and so i am building a rabbit proof fence.
100th anniversary of the founding of Radio Club Argentino
Antenna is a little bit long, but not much i can do to shorten it now, its a helically wound wire up a 10m pole. There are currently 3 radials under the antenna. 3 is obviously not enough, 8 would be minimum and 36 would be adequate, but after the following tests, I am pretty much settled now on building a 40m vertical out of aluminium tube and putting down 36 plus radials.
+7 in the Canary Islands, I doubt i have ever been that strong before and I know that the spots from the USA are all higher than I would typically expect with my low power operation.
The real clincher was the RBN spots. I have never had so many spots from a couple of calls.
Needed an antenna back up for 40m since i broke the portable dipole and cannot find the parts in my moving boxes to fix it. 40m vertical it is then, 3 radials for sub par performance and a can do attitude to make it happen. Ok, its windy, not just any old wind, its Ecca wind from the west so strong it would blow your panties off as you can see by the bend in the sotabeams mast looking more like a fishing pole with a 100kg tuna than a 40m vertical.
I was able to leave it up long enough to run some tests and see that it works, that the noise floor here is so low that a vertical is useable and that a 40m vertical made out of aluminium and a heap of radials might just be the answer to my antenna problems. More to come on that.
I was actually the first F-Call to ever win the DXer of the year award from the WIA. I did it before the changes that allowed F-Calls to use digital mode. The WIA website used to show on its leaderboard that I had achieved this award in 2016 and would have also won it in 2014 and 2015. But not anymore. I have been canceled by the WIA and every trace of what I achieved as an F-Call has been removed from the website entirely. Not sure whose cornflakes i pissed on, but here we are rewriting history to suit their agenda. I got the trophy, i wonder if they are coming next to take that back also HAHAHA.
Jesus, ham radio politicians are so thin skinned and pissweak individuals and then they wonder why no one wants to join their club of fuckwittery.

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Zwane, E. and van der Heijden, P.G.M.
Capture-recapture studies with incomplete mixed categorical and continous covariates
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Registrations in epidemiological studies suffer from incompleteness, thus a general consensus is to use capture-recapture models. Inclusion of covariates which relate to the capture probabilities has been shown to improve the estimate of population size. The covariates used have to be measured by all the registrations. In this article, we show how multiple imputation can be used in the capture-recapture problem when some lists do not measure some of the covariates or alternatively if some covariates are unobserved for some individuals. The approach is then applied to data on neural tube defects from the Netherlands.
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We are pleased to announce our very first PGY1 in University of Utah Orthopaedics with 4 women residents
RORY BYRNE - Georgetown University
KYLIE CALLAN - UC Irvine
JULIET FINK - Emory University
SIERRA LEVENE - University of Washington
Benchmark years when women matched to the University of Utah Orthopaedic residency program
- 1985 = 1 woman in PGY1 (4 spots total)
- 2005 = 2 women in PGY1 (5 spots total)
- 2020 = 3 women in PGY1 (6 spots total)
- 2024 = 4 women in PGY1 (6 spots total)
Women in orthopaedics are mobilizing around the globe
Orthopaedic surgery is one of the fastest growing surgical specialties and provides physicians with the opportunity to decrease pain and improve function in patients of all ages. Currently, women make up less than 14 percent of residents in orthopaedic surgery—the lowest ratio of any residency program. Further, among practicing Orthopaedic surgeons, only five percent of are women.
The University of Utah School of Medicine’s Department of Orthopaedics is leading the charge to attract women candidates to orthopaedic surgery. At all levels of training and practice, women orthopaedists improve quality and strengthen patient care. We realize that by missing out on half of the medical student pool, our specialty is losing out on hundreds of extremely qualified and competent surgeons that could lead our field for years to come. Our surgeons should be as diverse as the patients we serve.
Good News - Growing Opportunities for Women in Orthopaedics
The good news is that the number of women entering orthopaedics is on the rise. Our orthopaedic residency program offers an ideal training environment for all medical students entering residency—men and women.
Orthopaedic surgeons provide care for a wide array of musculoskeletal conditions in both adults and children. By correcting long standing deformities and acute injuries, orthopaedic surgeons are able to enjoy the satisfaction of providing rapid improvements in patients quality of life.
Also, U of U med students matched into:
- 89 residency programs
- 24 specialities
- 37 primary care specialties
The 2024 class will be spread out into 34 different states to complete their residencies.
Watch a recap of the event on our YouTube channel here

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Open-File Report 2011–1087
Information about the composition and relative abundance of fish species was collected by a rotary screw trap and backpack electrofishing in the lower White Salmon River, Washington. The information was collected downstream of Condit Dam, which is at river kilometer (rkm) 5.2, and is proposed for removal in October 2011. A rotary screw trap was installed in the White Salmon River at rkm 1.5 and operated from March through June during 2006–09. All captured fish were identified to species and enumerated. Daily subsets of fish were weighed, measured, and fin clipped for a genetic analysis by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
Trap efficiency estimates varied widely (range, 0–10 percent) by species, fish size, and time of year. However, if we use only the estimates from efficiency tests where more than 300 wild age-0 Chinook salmon were released, there was a mean trapping efficiency of 1.4 percent (n=4, median, 1.3 percent, range, 0.3–2.4 percent) during the tule out-migration period, and a mean trapping efficiency of 0.8 percent (n=2, range, 0.3–1.2 percent) during the upriver bright fall Chinook salmon out-migration period.
When water levels in the White Salmon River declined in late summer, we electrofished the river margins in 2006–09 along three sites at rkm 1.5, 2.3, and 4.2. Age-0 steelhead were the most abundant fish captured (n=565, 62 percent), followed by age-0 coho salmon (n=222, 24 percent). In autumn, age-0 Chinook salmon were collected while electrofishing (n=40, 4 percent). This suggests that there may be a migration in the autumn as age-0 Chinook salmon or in the spring as age-1 Chinook salmon, since the Chinook salmon that migrate as age-0 fish in the spring departed several months earlier (the typical life history for fall Chinook salmon). The only age-1 salmonids captured while electrofishing were steelhead (n=84, 9 percent). Fish distribution and abundance will likely change when Condit Dam is removed and anadromous fish gain access to their historical spawning and rearing areas in the White Salmon River. These findings should provide a baseline with which to compare juvenile fish species composition and relative abundance after Condit Dam is removed.
First posted July 11, 2011
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Allen, M.B., and Connolly, P.J., 2011, Composition and relative abundance of fish species in the Lower White Salmon River, Washington, prior to the removal of Condit Dam: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2011-1087, 32 p.


text: Children with Down syndrome have an increased incidence of transient abnormal myelopoiesis (TAM) and acute megakaryoblastic leukemia. The majority of these cases harbor somatic mutations in the GATA1 gene, which results in the loss of full-length GATA1. Only a truncated isoform of GATA1 that lacks the N-terminal 83 amino acids (GATA1-S) remains. We found through genetic studies of 106 patients with TAM that internally deleted GATA1 proteins (GATA1-IDs) lacking amino acid residues 77-119 or 74-88 (created by splicing mutations) contributed to the genesis of TAM in 6 patients. Analyses of GATA1-deficient embryonic megakaryocytic progenitors revealed that the GATA1 function in growth restriction was disrupted in GATA1-IDs. In contrast, GATA1-S promoted megakaryocyte proliferation more profoundly than that induced by GATA1 deficiency. These results indicate that the internally deleted regions play important roles in megakaryocyte proliferation and that perturbation of this mechanism is involved in the pathogenesis of TAM.


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Is repeated exposure the holy grail for increasing children’s vegetable intake? Lessons learned from a Dutch childcare intervention using various vegetable preparations.
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Children's failure to eat enough vegetables highlights the need for effective interventions encouraging this behaviour. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of repeated exposure to three a priori unfamiliar vegetables, each prepared in two ways, on children's vegetable acceptance in a childcare setting. Two hundred fifty children (mean age 25 months; 57% boys) participated in a pre-test and a post-test, where they were offered pumpkin, courgette, and white radish. The intervention group (N = 125) participated in a 5-month exposure period, where they were exposed repeatedly (∼12x) to the vegetables: pumpkin blanched and as a cracker spread; courgette blanched and as soup; white radish raw and as a cracker spread. The control group (N = 125) maintained their normal routine. Mixed model analyses were used to analyse intake data and Chi-square analyses for willingness to taste. At pre-test, children ate about 20 g of pumpkin and courgette, whereas white radish intake was approximately 10 g. There was a significant positive effect of the intervention for pumpkin (+15 g; p < 0.001) and white radish (+16 g; p = 0.01). Results for willingness to taste were in the same direction. There was no repeated exposure effect for courgette (p = 0.54); this may have been due to its less distinct taste profile or familiarity with boiled courgette. From our findings, we conclude that repeated exposure to multiple unfamiliar vegetable tastes within the daily routine of a childcare setting is effective in improving children's willingness to taste and intake of some of these vegetables. However, repeated exposure may not be sufficient for more familiar or blander tasting vegetables. This implies that one size does not fit all and that additional strategies are needed to increase children's intake of these vegetables.


Dissecting the FOMC Statement
At the FED meeting today, the FOMC voted to end its bond purchase program known as quantitative easing, which was first implemented nearly six years ago in response to the financial crisis of 2008. The decision did not really come as a surprise, as the Fed has been scaling back its purchases for the last several months.
There has been continued speculation over how long the Fed will continue to maintain its exceptionally low federal funds rate. And even with bond purchases being ended, the FOMC maintained its language that the target range would remain at 0 to ¼ percent “for a considerable time.”
What Does the FOMC Statement Mean for You?
Some experts speculate that the move to end quantitative easing may cause mortgage rates to increase slightly. However, since today’s announcement in the FOMC meeting today was widely expected, our mortgage bankers don’t think there is any cause for alarm for future homebuyers. Pricing changed slightly today as a knee-jerk reaction, but we don’t anticipate any drastic upward movement in the immediate future.
So if you’re in the market to buy a new home or refinance your current one, it’s not too late to lock in a historically low interest rate. Even if you currently have a fixed-rate mortgage, it’s always a smart move to keep up with what the Fed is doing. The next major announcement from Fed Chair Janet Yellen should come after their meeting on December 17, where she will hold a press conference and explain any potential policy changes. We’ll keep you posted on any impact on rates that might come about from her commentary.
To read the FOMC statement released in the FOMC meeting today in its entirety, click here.
Want to learn more about the Fed? Check out their website.
The Fed kisses QE goodbye.
All photos courtesy of the Federal Reserve Flickr page.
How long do you think the Fed should stimulate the economy through low interest rates? Let us know in the comments section.


Elecrtical and Computer Enginnering, Isfahan University of Technology
Methods which can be used to assess the chloride permeability of various types of concrete in a relatively short time are described. An electrical potential from 60-80 volt DC is applied either between a chloride solution ponded on a slab surface and the top of rebar mat, or between two faces at a core taken from a structure. The amount of chloride and sum of the electrical current which passes through the specimen during the test period are used to predict the permeability of the concrete. Results compare favorably with values determined in long-term ponding on similar concretes.


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The Cartoon Forum played an essential role in the structuring of the European market, by creating a true network of transborder cooperation.
Cartoon has announced that UK animation will be making a return to Cartoon Forum this year in a special initiative ‘Animated UK Meets Europe’, spearheaded by Animation UK in partnership with the BBC, Disney, Warner Bros. Discovery and SKY and supported by agencies across the UK including Northern Ireland Screen, Screen Scotland, Creative Wales and Film London.
As the UK is globally renowned for our expertise in animation with a world-class talent pool of highly skilled and trained creatives, it is important to continue to include our animation industry within the European industry, and therefore within Cartoon Forum. We have a long track record in working with colleagues in Europe, which should continue to be supported.
A total of five new projects in development from UK creative voices will be pitched together with a UK broadcast partner in a 90-minute session. Each new project, selected by the UK broadcast partner, will be actively looking for collaboration with a European co production partner. This session will be in addition to the official European project-pitching sessions program.
We are delighted that the UK animation industry is being provided the opportunity to profile our highly regarded sector known for its creative excellence, innovation, storytelling, iconic characters and humour. We look forward to showcasing new projects supported by our partners and we are actively looking for European co-production partners for all of our animated projects which will range from preschool to family and adult.Kate O’Connor, Executive Chair of Animation UK
Registration for Cartoon Forum has already opened, earlier than usual. We recommend to register as soon as possible, and to reserve your travel and accommodation in a timely manner. Register to Cartoon Forum here.


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The State Health Facilities Council voted in a remote meeting Tuesday to approve the University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics (UIHC) proposal that would build a new, $230 million hospital in North Liberty.
Having rejected the proposal 3-2 in February, the facilities council approved the reapplication of a certificate of need 4-1 for a proposed four-story complex at the intersection of Forevergreen Road and Highway 965 in North Liberty.
“We are thankful for the patients, city leaders, referring hospitals, business owners, and other community members who provided nearly 70 letters of support and testimonials,” said Suresh Gunasekaran, CEO of UI Hospitals & Clinics, in a statement after the long day of testimonies. “Your support of our application helped illustrate our unique, state-wide impact and our significant need for more capacity. We look forward to continuing to care for all Iowans and partnering
The proposal, very similar to its February counterpart with the major differences being the August plan has 12 more beds, a revamped emphasis on tertiary care, and more than 60,000 extra square feet, was ultimately deemed an acceptable and needed investment by UIHC.
Competing hospitals expressed concern a hospital expansion would cut too deeply into primary care services already offered in the area, and does not have as much emphasis on tertiary medical needs. These hospitals argued UIHC expansion would put their long-term survival at risk. They also stated the University’s marketing efforts are targeting individuals seeking primary care, not individuals seeking specialized care.
“This new hospital will compete for primary care because that’s what they do today in the current hospital,” said Eric Briesemeister, CEO of Jones Regional Medical Center. “And that is what they will do tomorrow.”
UIHC argued a new hospital was essential in offering the best care to Iowa residents. Although acknowledging other hospitals in the region offer excellent primary care as well, the tertiary care UIHC provides is unique and could be expanded with a new hospital, UIHC officials said.
Referring patients from local hospitals to UIHC can often be needlessly complicated and problematic, often due to scheduling limitations, says Dr. Bob Shreck, who added local hospitals are not equipped for some tertiary needs, which leads to limited space and resources in UIHC facilities when so many patients are transferred.
In addition, UIHC advocates stated that the University is a great avenue for training and funneling medical employees to local hospitals around the state.
Despite having gone over budget when constructing the UI Stead Family Children’s Hospital, UIHC does not expect this to occur again. The children’s hospital was built on-campus, whereas the construction site in North Liberty should be much more straightforward, says Mr. Gunasekaran.
Unless otherwise appealed, the hospital is expected to be constructed and ready by 2025.


The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) alerts of moves by certain agents of the Muhammadu Buhari Presidency to bribe Senators of the All Progressives Congress (APC) extraction to protect embattled President Buhari from imminent parliamentary sanctions for constitutional breaches and gross misconduct.
Intelligence available to the PDP shows that this is the reason the jittery Presidency had summoned all APC senators to the Presidential Villa to a clandestine meeting on Monday night, ahead of the Senate’s resumption on Tuesday.
The PDP have been informed of how the Buhari Presidency has been unsettled following national and international outcry over his constitutional breaches, particularly the assault on the judiciary in his attempt to forcefully remove the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Walter Onnoghen and impose a pliable CJN to do his bidding.
President Buhari is not only apprehensive that the Senate might sanction him for violating the constitution and usurping its statutory duties regarding the handling of issues related to a CJN, the parliament might also open an inquest into how President Buhari, who parades as Mr. Integrity, allegedly procured an Order from the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) upon which he announced the illegal suspension of the CJN.
There are reports that the said order is suspicious and subject to investigation, being not argued or issued in the open court; following which a distressed Buhari Presidency now seeks to corrupt and undermine the Senate.
The PDP has been made aware of how money has been moved from the coffers of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) to bribe the APC senators, as well as how each APC senator has been offered huge sums of money in foreign currency to engage in heckling during the session, particularly when the matter is raised. Igbo Amaka youths endorse Ezeno for Aguata 1 Constituency in Anambra However, the PDP wants the APC senators to note that the issue at hand is not partisan; it is not even about Justice Walter Onnoghen, but about nationhood, as well as the protection of our democracy and constitution from despotism. The Buhari Presidency is bent on corrupting our democratic institutions but Nigerians are watching the action of our lawmakers at this critical time.


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We have just entered the month of August and this means that there is little left for the release of Bessatsu Shonen Magazine number 9. This magazine will bring with it the chapter 131 of The Attack of the Giants, officially released on August 7, 2020. But waiting of the next release, a fan has decided to devote his time to chapter 130.
In chapter 130 of The Attack on Titan we have seen Eren Jaeger advance in his skeletal form as he leads an endless host of colossal giants. After the flashback of the protagonist who occupied the first half of the chapter, we observe the submarine advance of these monsters more than fifty meters high.
As enemy ships flock to the bay off Marley's shores, giants emerge and completely disrupt boats. It seems that there is no longer any chance of salvation for the population living outside of Paradise, while the earth begins to tremble again under the weight of the feet of this myriad of giants.
The scene of Eren's arrival in Marley was filmed by a fan who used the cartoons of Hajime Isayama's manga, along with some effects, to make a sort of anime. The two and a half minute video is available at the top and focuses on this last phase of the chapter of The Attack of the Giants. Apart from the use of some missiles that unfortunately ruin the atmosphere in certain situations, the animations presented are not bad at all and manage to make Eren's threatening aura even more tangible. Now all that remains is to wait for the beginning of 2021 to observe this scene in Attack on Titan 4.


Historic preservation in Rome has generated a lot of interest and controversy over the years. The Historic Preservation Commission has been the focus of considerable criticism from people who argue the panel has too much power over someone else’s property and what they can and can’t do with that property.
“It’s not some external factor that’s causing the problem, it’s us,” said Rome City Commissioner Craig McDaniel. He points to the new library, the Forum, the joint law enforcement center and the Third Avenue parking deck along the river. “The comment I’ve heard, and I share this, government is allowed to have one set of rules, but private owners have to adhere to another set of rules.”
McDaniel said the city’s new Business Development Committee has asked HPC Chairman Harry Wise to look into what the panel can do to maintain some level of consistency moving forward.
It’s hard not to make note of the fact that Rome’s historic downtown has been a major economic driver for the city since making a nearly 100 percent recovery from urban sprawl and the flight from downtown districts to suburban strip and mall shopping centers that started a half-century ago.
Kristi Kent, director of communications and marketing for the Greater Rome Convention and Visitors Bureau, last month went to the Georgia Welcome Center on I-75 near Fort Oglethorpe armed with a series of phrases to see which ones have greater impact on potential visitors than others. The travelers who participated in her survey reacted in largest numbers to Rome having the largest intact Victorian-era downtown district in the state.
McDaniel also said the Business Development panel has asked the HPC to look at the boundaries of the districts with emphasis on fringe areas such as the areas that have been redeveloped, almost exclusively by government, along the Oostanaula River. “I want the integrity of what we have downtown — the historical value of what we have downtown — to continue, but these outlying, these fringe areas where we give the appearance of not being consistent, we have to deal with those (better).”
“Maintaining the feel for what brought us here, the architecture is all part of what attracts people to an area,” said David Prusakowski, an insurance agent with offices on Third Avenue and a member of the Downtown…


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Badge authentication streamlines the network user authentication process.
With built-in NFC, eliminate the need for expensive external card readers, and integrate card authentication into a secure workflow.
NFC Badge Authentication paired with Secure Function Lock can be used to control access to the device without the need for third-party software or servers.
Environments requiring user authentication and managed print policies.
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Liberal Arts – General Ed
BA, English Education, Kyunghee University, Seoul, Korea
MA, English, Kyunghee University, Seoul, Korea
PhD, English, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Soyoung Park is an assistant professor of Liberal Arts at MCA. She specializes in American literature and feminist theory. Her research reflects her interests in a cluster of fields: trauma studies, sexuality studies and ethnic minority literature. Her dissertation analyzes the jarring concurrence of female erotic desire and sexual trauma at the intersections of race, class, ethnicity and nation in contemporary American fictions. Her current research interests lie in the trope of “home” and transnational sexuality in ethnic minority women’s narratives. She published “‘Survival is the Least of My Desires’: Testimony, Shame, and Desire in Dorothy Allison’s Bastard Out of Carolina” in the Fall 2010 issue of Feminist Studies in English Literature.
At MCA, she teaches Literature Survey, African American Literature, Contemporary Novel, Asian American Literature, Race, Class, Gender and Sexuality, and Introduction to Women’s Studies. She also teaches a graduate seminar on the representation of trauma.
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High Wind Warning
04/16/2018 1:09 PM through 04/16/2018 10:00 PM
Update to NWS-IDP-PROD-2773791-2586816
High Wind Warning issued April 16 at 1:09PM PDT expiring April 17 at 5:00AM PDT by NWS San Diego CAAlert
* Winds...Areas of west to northwest winds 20 to 30 mph with
gusts to 45 mph.
* Timing...The strongest and most widespread winds are expected
this afternoon and evening. The winds will weaken late tonight
and early Tuesday.
* Location...Strongest winds north and east of Interstate 10.
* Visibility...Reduced at times in blowing sand and blowing dust.
* Impacts...The winds will make driving difficult...especially for
motorists with high profile vehicles. There will also be areas
of blowing dust and sand which will reduce visibility at times.
Watch for broken tree limbs and other debris.
* Outlook...Another round of strong northwest winds is expected
for Wednesday night into Thursday night.
A High Wind Warning means a hazardous high wind event is expected
or occurring. Sustained wind speeds of at least 40 mph or gusts
of 58 mph or more can lead to property damage.
Sender: NWS San Diego CA
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Pope condemns possession of nuclear weapons [News Analysis]
November 25, 2019
"The use of atomic energy for purposes of war is immoral," Pope Francis told a crowd in Hiroshima on November 24. He added: "As is the possession of atomic weapons."
Previous Pontiffs have called for the abolition of nuclear weaponry, and decried expenditures on the arms race. But Pope Francis went beyond previous expressions of Church teaching when he said that the possession of nuclear weapons is immoral.
The Catholic Church has long taught that the use of nuclear weapons (or any other weapons of mass destruction) to destroy civilian centers is inherently immoral. However, official Church teaching has grudgingly left open the possibility that the possession of nuclear arms, for the purpose of deterrence, might be justifiable, at least as a temporary measure, until the goal of disarmament can be achieved.
The Catechism of the Catholic Church expresses the Church’s abhorrence of nuclear warfare, desire for nuclear disarmament, and contempt for the nuclear arms race— while acknowledging the belief that nuclear deterrence might prevent war:
(2314) Every act of war directed to the indiscriminate destruction of whole cities or vast areas with their inhabitants is a crime against God and man, which merits firm and unequivocal condemnation. A danger of modern warfare is that it provides the opportunity to those who possess modern scientific weapons— especially atomic, biological, or chemical weapons— to commit such crimes. (2315) The accumulation of arms strikes many as a paradoxically suitable way of deterring potential adversaries from war. They see it as the most effective means of ensuring peace among nations. This method of deterrence gives rise to strong moral reservations. The arms race does not ensure peace. Far from eliminating the causes of war, it risks aggravating them. Spending enormous sums to produce ever new types of weapons impedes efforts to aid needy populations; it thwarts the development of peoples. Over-armament multiplies reasons for conflict and increases the danger of escalation.
Two years ago, in an address to an international symposium on disarmament, Pope Francis appeared to dismiss any justification for nuclear deterrence when he said, regarding nuclear weapons, that “the threat of their use, as well as their very possession, is to be firmly condemned.” With his Sunday speech at Hiroshima, he made that rejection of nuclear deterrence unmistakably clear.
It is possible (although admittedly not easy) to imagine a scenario in which nuclear weapons could be used in warfare without causing mass human casualties. And since World War II, as the world has lived uneasily with the existence of nuclear weapons, world leaders have argued that they hold these weapons for purely defensive purposes: to deter a potential enemy from using their own weapons of mass destruction. The November 24 statement by Pope Francis would appear to slam the door on any such justification for a nuclear arsenal.
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Maybe PF should try convincing the Ayatollah of this FIRST.
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Nov. 25, 2019 11:39 PM ET USA
Pope is running his own agenda without regard to useful information on defense purposes. Easy to say possession is immoral when his own moral actions are called into question. St Michael protect us.
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Nov. 25, 2019 9:42 PM ET USA
Modernists in the Church continue to search for and adjust systems like international disarmament to combat evil acts. But the Church isn’t here to invent or tweak worldly systems, but to bring hearts and intellects into line with Christ’s. As the Marechal de Saxe wrote over 200 years ago, “The human heart is the starting point in all matters relating to war.”
Posted by: Randal Mandock -
Nov. 25, 2019 3:39 PM ET USA
How many mass exterminations (e.g., Chinese, Soviet, German, etc.) have likely been prevented since the advent of defensive nuclear weapons systems? These weapons, like cars, trucks, airplanes, knives, and even guns, are only as dangerous as the one driving, stabbing, or pulling the trigger. If modern advances in the penal system have purportedly made capital punishment obsolete, then why do advances in defensive weapons systems not make world wars and mass exterminations likewise obsolete?
Posted by: john.aerts6220 -
Nov. 25, 2019 12:01 PM ET USA
come, slaughter us....that is moral and cannot be defended against? I am not following... Jesus Christ certainly does not Teach that one another, or a nation or nations, has to NOT defend themselves against horrific evil, but rather must defend against unjust aggressors and their evils....what is Jesus Christ missing...or what we missing of Jesus Christ???


The US economy got a couple of pieces of good news — as long as one doesn’t look too closely at the details. First, the weekly jobless claims level dropped to 353,000, the second time in three weeks the series has seen a significant decline:
In the week ending July 21, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 353,000, a decrease of 35,000 from the previous week’s revised figure of 388,000. The 4-week moving average was 367,250, a decrease of 8,750 from the previous week’s revised average of 376,000.
The advance seasonally adjusted insured unemployment rate was 2.6 percent for the week ending July 14, unchanged from the prior week’s unrevised rate.
The advance number for seasonally adjusted insured unemployment during the week ending July 14 was 3,287,000, a decrease of 30,000 from the preceding week’s revised level of 3,317,000. The 4-week moving average was 3,309,000, a decrease of 3,750 from the preceding week’s revised average of 3,312,750.
That would be good news, but the recent volatility in the series leads one towards a little skepticism, especially since each week provides a new upward revision to the last report. Two weeks ago, the obvious issue was the Independence Day holiday, which always plays hob with this measure. There were no holidays last week, so presumably this is more solid. We’ll see soon enough.
According to Steve Eggleston, CNBC’s anchors were skeptical of the number, too:
Second, we have the durable goods report, which shows a 1.6% increase in June, which will definitely add some pop to Q2’s GDP rating, due out tomorrow. However, there is a huge caveat in the report:
New orders for manufactured durable goods in June increased $3.4 billion or 1.6 percent to $221.6 billion, the U.S. Census Bureau announced today. This increase, up two consecutive months, followed a 1.6 percent May increase. Excluding transportation, new orders decreased 1.1 percent. Excluding defense, new orders decreased 0.7 percent. Transportation equipment, up four of the last five months, had the largest increase, $5.1 billion or 8.0 percent to $68.8 billion.
Without transportation, the measure actually dropped 1.1%, and without defense — federal spending — it dropped 0.7%. Defense aircraft and parts orders rose 23.9%, which looks suspiciously like an intervention in what otherwise would have been a very bad month. On the other hand, non-defense aircraft and parts rose 14.3%, too.
That dodge didn’t fool Reuters:
The Commerce Department said on Thursday durable good orders excluding transportation dropped 1.1 percent, the biggest decline since January, after rising 0.8 percent in May. Economists had forecast this category being flat last month.
Overall orders increased 1.6 percent as demand for aircraft surged, after an upwardly revised 1.6 percent increase the prior month. …
Details of the report were generally weak, with declines in new orders for computers, fabricated metal products, electrical equipment and appliances and machinery.
Despite the big burst in transportation spending, auto orders dropped by the largest percentage since September, a decline of 0.6%.
The AP cautions against too much confidence in the jobless claims figures:
Applications surged two weeks ago, reversing a big drop the previous week. But economists caution that the government struggles every July to account for temporary summer shutdowns in the auto industry. The adjustments have been unusually difficult this year because some automakers skipped their shutdowns in the face of stronger sales, resulting in fewer temporary layoffs.
And retail sales fell again in June:
Retail sales fell in June for the third straight month, bad news for a country that gets two-thirds of its economic output from consumer spending. Manufacturing activity shrank in June for the first time in three years, according to a closely watched survey from the Institute of Supply Management.
The perhaps-specious drop in the jobless claims number might put the Fed off from initiating a new round of quantitative easing, though. CNBC warned earlier in the morning that a bad report might leave the Fed no choice:
As traders try to game the Federal Reserve, Thursday’s weekly jobless claims will be a key piece of data ahead of next week’s FOMC meeting.
“Europe will drive the bus, but if we get a nasty surprise in initial claims that could have a big effect. Then you’ll really hear everybody saying … this is bad enough. The Fed will have to act,” said Art Cashin, director of floor operations at UBS.
Claims data will be released at 8:30 a.m. ET and are expected to show 380,000 claims, down from 386,000 last week. There is also a durable goods report at 8:30 am and one for pending home sales at 10 a.m. The Treasury auctions $29 billion 7-year notes at 1 p.m.
The rest of the news might be bad enough to push the Fed into action, but that jobless claims report may force them to stay on the sidelines to avoid being accused of acting politically rather than responsibly.


Upcoming Community Education Session to Focus on Student Wellness Topics
Students are often challenged by social pressures to experiment with drugs and other substances. The response to these challenges can have life-altering impact and frequently test young people’s abilities to understand long-term consequences.
High School District 211’s next Community Education Session is on May 19 from 7:00-8:30 p.m. at Conant High School, 700 E. Cougar Trail in Hoffman Estates, and will focus on student wellness, drug use and abuse, and the impact personal decisions can have for students.
“Not unlike most communities throughout our nation, our students’ access to and use of illicit and prescription drugs are an unfortunate and increasing reality. Many of our students are confronted with challenging social decisions that can have lasting and impactful implications,” said Matthew Hildebrand, director of Administrative Services at District 211. “District 211 is committed to working with local agencies to bring awareness to this issue, help students make healthy choices, and support all of our students and families. We are pleased to provide this opportunity to provide information to our community and engage in a dialogue about this important topic.”
Representatives from Kenneth Young Center and Schaumburg Police Department will discuss and review current trends concerning students’ access to, use, and abuse of narcotics and prescription medications. Chelsea Laliberte, executive director of Live4Lali, an organization founded in her brother’s memory and dedicated to the prevention of drug-related deaths, will join this discussion as a guest speaker. The session is designed to help parents and caregivers have greater awareness of warning signs so that connections to early intervention can be established.
For more information, please visit the District’s website here.


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The Prints and Drawings Study Room houses our fine collection of prints, drawings and watercolours, comprising more than 1,000 works and six centuries of the draughtsman’s and printmaker’s arts.
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The Battle of the Beaux and the Belles London, about 1896 Pen and black ink 25.7 x 17.6 cm This drawing was published in the 1896 edition of Alexander Pope’s The Rape of the Lock (1714). Beardsley’s drawing illustrates the moment the heroine Belinda attacks the Baron (opposite) with her fan after discovering he has … Read more
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