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Gutted Joanna Mills out of Olympics
The Olympics start in three days — but Joanna Mills’ London 2012 dream appears to have fallen at the very final hurdle.
The unseemly row over the selection of the Irish women's relay team has reached a new level after the Olympic Council of Ireland tribunal sided in southern athlete Catriona Cuddihy’s favour.
It was decreed that Athletics Ireland, who had handled Joanna’s appeal against her initial omission and subsequently reinstated her, had gone beyond the scope of their remit.
The counter appeal from the Ulster girl’s rival Cuddihy — who had been dropped to facilitate Mills’ reinstatement — was based on the validity of the original appeal and not the athletic merits of the girls themselves.
Mills’ coach Ian Neely has vowed to take the fight to the Court of Arbitration for Sport, so the distasteful saga may not yet be over even though the Olympics start in three days. Throughout this whole sorry process there have been appeals, meetings about appeals and counter appeals, but now we know the sixth member of the team — and it’s a huge personal blow to Mills who always argued she deserved a place in the 4 x 400m squad.
The news that Cuddihy had won her appeal was hardly surprising, given the fact that her name remained on the squad list on the Olympic Council of Ireland’s official website www.olympicsport.ie yesterday. For Mills it's another frustrating hammer blow. Like most athletes, representing her country at the Olympics had always been a dream and, going on times, she had run fast enough to make that dream come true. Despite having the sixth fastest time in Ireland, the Ulster girl wasn't the original choice to join Joanne Cuddihy, Marian Heffernan, Claire Bergin, Michelle Carey and Jessie Barr on the team.
The sixth spot initially went to Cuddihy but after an appeal Mills got the nod.
Mills has a season's best of 54.41 and a personal best of 53.89, which she ran last year when finishing fourth in Tallinn at the European Junior Championships, while Cuddihy's season's best (54.59), which she ran a few weeks ago, is also her personal best.
Mills’ possible inclusion in the relay team was first mooted last September when she was asked to go to Daegu for the World Championships as a reserve. And although she was interested in being part of the team, the timing clashed with her training plans so she couldn't take up the offer.
A few months later an expression of interest contract was issued for those who wanted to be part of the 4x400m relay team. One of the terms of the contract was that the athlete had to be available to go to training camps and also attend the European Athletics Championships in Helsinki.
As Mills had qualified for the World Junior Championships in Barcelona and they were scheduled to take place the week after Helsinki, she couldn't commit fully to the contract so she decided not to sign it. She tried to set up a meeting with Athletics Ireland but the meeting never happened.
So Mills kept training and competing with her own event in mind, but also the relay. A few weeks later she received a call from the performance director of Athletics Ireland, Kevin Ankrom, who was in Portugal on a training camp with the other potential members of the relay team.
“He was very supportive of the fact that I'd the World Juniors and couldn't go to the camp but he told me if I wanted to compete at the Olympics there were lots of forms I had to fill in, so I did all that and thought maybe I have a chance to go here,” says Mills.
However, she was also told that the relay wasn't just about who runs the fastest, that how the team gel would be also be a factor in the final selection, and that she should go to Helsinki.
“I totally understood where Kevin was coming from, telling me I need to go to the Europeans,” said Mills. “I learned a lot about the girls while there.”
The plan was that the original four who competed in Helsinki would run the heat, try to get a good time and then Catriona Cuddihy along with Mills would replace two of the girls in the final.
“I went to the Europeans thinking that I've come here and I've the sixth fastest time so that should be enough to make the team,” she added.
But things didn't go to plan. The relay team were disqualified in their heat so Cuddihy and Mills didn't get a chance to run.
Mills left Helsinki not having raced and with a bad feeling about making the team.
It was Tuesday before she got the call from Ankrom informing her that she wasn't selected and that the reasons would be put in an email.
“I wasn't too upset when I got the email first because I'd prepared myself for the bad news but as I read down through the mail I became really upset,” she added. “There was a category about having potential to improve and that disappointed me. Whether I was going to be a member of the team or not, it's not nice for people to think you don't have potential.”
Soon after she got the bad news, her coach Neely called her about making an appeal. Initially she didn't want to but after seeing the email the young athlete changed her mind. She was due to head to Barcelona in a few days so
she left the appeal in the hands of her coach and went on with her training. The morning Mills was leaving for the World Juniors she got a call from John Foley, CEO of Athletics Ireland, telling her that the appeal was successful.
However, while she was gone the news of her selection hit the headlines and the expectation was that Cuddihy would appeal.
“The night before my heat I got emails and calls from a solicitor about the counter appeal,” she said. “Ian took the phone off me and told them not to contact me, I was running the World Juniors. I ran an SB of 54.1 in my heat but I got more calls, texts and emails from solicitors. I didn't even know who they were from, I just let Ian take care of it.” Mills failed to make the final in Barcelona but doesn't blame the outside factors. She returned home but things were said by other athletes and that hurt her.
“I knew after the appeal that it was never going to be happy and fun,” she added. “I just think if it's me going then I'll learn from the experience, how to perform and prepare, rather than making friends with people. As much as I'd try to, there are other people who I'd think would have an understandable stand-off element. I don't think it's anything personal. I got on well with the girls in Barcelona; it's just the way it's panned out.”
Now events have panned out in the way Mills feared — her Olympic dream lies in tatters.

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The Maggie Allesee Department of Theatre and Dance hosts the Complexions Contemporary Ballet's Detroit Summer Intensive for the fourth summer. The Intensive runs from June 28th - July 11th, beginning with the Complexions company's performance at the Music Hall Center for the Performing Arts on Saturday, June 28th, and culminating with a student and faculty performance on the same stage July 11th. The Intensive includes daily technique and repertory classes with Complexions company members, special sessions on dance injury prevention and becoming a professional dancer, and a Final Performance on the stage of Detroit's Music Hall Center for the Performing Arts on July 11th.
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Academy Students Recognized in Architecture at Zero 2012
Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E), in collaboration with the University of California, Merced, joined American Institute of Architects, San Francisco chapter (AIA SF) to announce student award winners of Architecture at Zero 2012 competition which included a team from Academy of Art University’s School of Architecture for the project "Mountain."
Winning designs thoughtfully incorporated elements of energy efficiency, renewable generation and a high-quality architectural design that emphasized sustainability principles. The Architecture at Zero competition supports an action plan of the California Public Utilities Commission that all new residential construction in California be zero net energy by 2020. The goal for new commercial construction is to achieve zero net energy by 2030. To see Academy of Art University’s student entry “Mountain” visit: http://architectureatzero.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/aau-mountain_yiwang.pdf
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EASTENDERS fans are convinced Mick Carter will be the character to meet his end during the boat disaster after eagle-eyed viewers spotted a clue that he drowns.
The latest spoiler trailer for the 35th anniversary episodes shows the landlord in his iconic green velvet jacket - which is coincidentally the same colour as the coat worn by the mystery person later receiving CPR on the BBC One soap.
When is the EastEnders 35th anniversary?
EastEnders will mark its 35th anniversary next week as Mick and Linda Carter host a boat party to celebrate winning the Pub of the Year contest.
The week’s episodes will focus on the 24 hours as the boat party gets underway.
Producer Jon Sen said: "We wanted to entertain the audience on the iconic river which has heralded the start of the show for 35 years."
Does Mick Carter drown in the 35th anniversary boat tragedy in EastEnders?
EastEnders have confirmed that one major character will drown on the hit BBC One soap after going overboard while cruising on the River Thames.
Official spoiler pics have already revealed that Mick ends in the water as the boat party gets underway.
Spoiler snaps from last month show Mick’s sister, Tina Carter, yelling out for her brother and jumping onto a lifeboat with Jack and Max Branning in an effort to save him.
EastEnders fans will know that Mick is terrified of water and isn't a strong swimmer.
The latest trailer for the explosive boat scenes left fans convinced that Mick will meet his death in the river after noticing he’s wearing a jacket the same colour as the person later receiving CPR.
Fans flocked to Twitter after watching the new trailer to express their certainty that Mick will die.
One fan said: "Mick is wearing this green jacket in the trailer and the person being given CPR is wearing green. Also, it would be such a good way to tie his first story about struggling to swim with his death and how he drowns saving his wife. IM SO CONVINCED #EastEnders.
Another added: "Dennis dies next week and it’s down to Ian my guess we all seen the green jacket pics earlier and people thinking it was mick but Dennis has a green jacket on also #eastenders."
It was also revealed by the show’s story editor Tom Courtney that Danny Dyer’s iconic green jacket had been sold in a recent BBC costume sale.
The jacket sale has further sparked viewers' concerns that Mick may perish in the river.
One fan tweeted: "If they’re selling off Mick’s costume, could this mean he’s the one to die in anniversary week?"
But fans will have to tune in to see whether the green jacket was a cleverly constructed distraction from the EastEnders team, or whether Mick really does meet his end in the river.
Does Linda Carter die in EastEnders?
Fans were originally convinced that a drunk Linda would be the one to topple overboard and drown during the explosive anniversary scenes.
But Kellie Bright - who plays the troubled landlady - has hinted that she won't die during the boat disaster.
While it looks like she will end up in the Thames after disaster strikes, she teased that she won't be the one who perishes.
Speaking on This Morning, Kellie said: "It's the most epic week I've been involved in on the show.
"I can tell you it centres around a party on a boat on the Thames, and I get wet."
When Phillip Schofield suggested that Linda won't die, Kellie smiled and half-heartedly said: "It might be."
Fans are certain that a drunken Linda is going to be behind Mick’s death. One fan tweeted: "This is too much first Mick falls overboard possibly cos Linda drunkenly pushes him in and Tina, Jack or Max might die trying to save him."
Another added: "Watch Mick will die for Linda."
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Is Danny Dyer leaving EastEnders?
Danny told the Daily Star this month that he could quit the show as early as 2020.
Speaking to the Daily Star Sunday, the actor said: “Ideally I’ll retire when I’m 55 and we’re going to travel the world. I’m 42 now, so another 10-year stretch and then I’ll take a back seat.”
He added: “I love EastEnders. I’m very grateful for that gig. It’s a lovely, lovely job. How long will I keep doing it? I’ll do it for at least a couple more years for sure.”
But EastEnders is yet to confirm any details of Danny Dyer’s early retirement from the show.

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The relationship between patient satisfaction and selected variables in ambulatory surgical patients
The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship of selected variables (i.e., collection of patient information by the nurse via computer; the patient's preoperative reported anxiety; postoperative pain; satisfaction with pain management; patient satisfaction following pre-admission; age; number of previous hospitalizations; and patient computer use) with patient satisfaction. This study attempted to determine whether (a) the ambulatory surgical patient's reported anxiety changes between the preoperative and postoperative period; (b) there is a difference between the reported anxiety scores of patients treated in computerized or non-computerized hospital settings; and (c) patients with less pain at the time of discharge have how ratings of satisfaction with their pain management.
A descriptive correlational study was conducted in two hospital settings with 130 ambulatory surgical patents. The study hospitals differed in that one was computerized (i.e., the nurse used a computer when collecting and recording patient information) and one was not. Data were collected at pre-admission and postoperatively using the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (Spielberger, 1982), Patient Data Form, Pain Questionnaire and Patient Satisfaction Instrument (PSI) (Risser, 1975). The PSI was modified for this study. The nurses (N = 16) in the outpatient surgery departments completed the Nurse Demographic Data Form.
The patient sample (N = 130) differed in age and computer use between the two hospitals. The nurse sample differed in the number with computers in their home and satisfaction with nursing. A Spearman rank-order correlation indicated that those patients who reported higher postoperative pain also indicated higher patient satisfaction (rs = .22, p = .01). A point biserial correlation indicated a significant correlation between patient satisfaction and the computerized hospital (r pb = .22, p = .01). The sample in the computerized setting showed a higher mean patient satisfaction. Reported patient anxiety was not significantly different from pre-admission to postoperative period or between the study hospital samples. A Spearman rank-order correlation test suggested that if patients have more postoperative pain, they will rate their satisfaction with pain management lower (rs = −.49, p ≤ .00).

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Clueless ditzes cutting everyone off on the road without a hint of remorse or even any appreciation of what it is they've done - all while driving down the road putting on makeup and texting while they're driving. Idiots arguing with you over trivial points of view that would even make sense to a 6-year old. And my most common retort has always been, "Just because your Mommy told you how smart you were doesn't mean it's true!" (And my all-time favorite: "Just because your Daddy called you Son doesn't mean you're bright!")
Unfortunately, it's not a joke. (One of my favorite comedies of recent times is Idiocracy. My girlfriend hates it but I love the prophetic message.)
A lot of parents today seem to have been brought up praised to death and enabled to believe they can do anything they want. Anything. All without any thought of how it might affect anyone else or even what the consequences might be. And now these people have children. OMFG! Heaven help us!
We've watered our society down to new lows after decades of praising slow kids at the expense of smart kids and now we're seeing the results of those actions. In some ways, the old Soviet Socialist way of testing kids early in school to determine their place in life made some sense. "Young Comrade - your tests tell us you're best suited to be a garbage collector. So that's how we're going to educate you." Let's face it - not every kid can grow up to be a rocket scientist. While we sure don't want to lose that one little Einstein coming up through the system, imagine a kid with an average IQ constantly being groomed as the smartest kid in the world. And of course, his teachers in the school system won't tell him either because they don't want to look bad. But then the kid grows up with low self-esteem and goes postal one day and no one knows why... So we've built a system with little praise for real smarts and advancement while dumbing it all down for the lowest common denominator just to make sure little Johnny never feels stupid. Small wonder a lot of our kids can't read or spell or even make change at McDonalds!
That said, in many ways, some things haven't changed much over the years. It wasn't cool to be smart when I went to school either. You couldn't be too smart or you couldn't hang out with the cool kids. It was a whole, new world when the tech revolution finally happened in the 80's!
Anyway, you get my point. With that, here's an aptly titled 4-minute video from the good folks at JuiceBoxJungle:

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Egypt international Omar Gaber played 70 minutes as Basel claimed a 2-2...
- Gaber starts in thrilling 2-2 draw against Vaduz
- Ramadan Sobhi’s Stoke fall 2-0 to Swansea City
- 10-man Hull City cruise past Watford with ease
- Wadi Degla women crowned Egypt Cup champions
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- Ryan Giggs: Mohamed Salah is an exciting player
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Mohamed Salah scores in season opener against Udinese
Perroti, Dzeko and Salah secured their team’s first three points in an easy victory over Udinese.
The visitors’ defense held firm in the first interval; Dzeko, El-Shaarawy and Salah were denied opening goals before the half-time whistle sounded.
The second half was full of action, and saw the referee award Salah’s team two successive penalties, both of which were successfully converted by substitute Diego Perotti.
Salah’s pace earned the Giallorossi the second of their two spot kicks; Badu could only stop the Egyptian by bringing him down inside the area, prompting the referee to point to the spot.
Dzeko and Salah doubled their team’s lead in the last ten minutes of the game; the former made good use of Nainggolan’s pass to find the back of the net, while the latter scored the fourth goal from close range.
Spalletti’s team will take on FC Porto in the second leg of UEFA Champions League play-offs, a week after their 1-1 draw in Portugal.
Afterwards, the Giallorossi will travel to face Cagliari in their second Serie A game.


Former Tory council leader Bob Bibby, 69, is accused of accepting £10,000 in connection with a planning application for 200 homes and a warehouse at Bury Road and York Street in Radcliffe.
Cllr Bibby and his partner Cllr Jim Taylor were questioned after police raided their home in Bacup, Lancashire on Tuesday morning.
Cllr Bibby strenuously denies sending a text message that he says police allege shows he would accept a £10,000 payment for help with the application.
But Cllr Bibby told the MEN: "The police are insisting that I was bribed to get a planning application through. But anybody who understands the way the planning system works will know that no one person can influence a planning committee.
The 'inteligence-led' investigation launched in June 2011 resulted in police seizing computers and documents from Bury Town Hall and A business in Moston.
My comment: I for one don't accept Cllr Bibby's suggestion that no one person can influence a planning committee. They may not be able to guarantee the outcome but they can certainly influence the decision. Especially if they are a leader/former leader of the council.
Read the full story from the source Mancunian Matters


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The Met Office has issued the highest level of alert, stating there could be a “danger to life” as a result of extremely strong winds.
The red weather warning, meaning a high impact is very likely, covers the coastline of Devon, Cornwall and Somerset as well as the south coast of Wales and will be in effect from 7am until 12pm on Friday.
A spokesman for the prince said: “Following official guidance, the Prince of Wales’s visit to Newport and Swansea on Friday February 18 will not go ahead due to the dangers posed by Storm Eunice.
“In the interests of public safety, these engagements will be postponed with a view to rescheduling at a future date.”
The heir to the throne is facing his own storm after the Metropolitan Police launched an investigation on Wednesday into a cash-for-honours scandal involving Charles’s charitable foundation.
Charles was due to travel to Newport, Swansea and Ammanford – his second public appearance since catching Covid for a second time.
Police have launched an official investigation into the alleged cash-for-honours scandal linked to the Prince’s Foundation.
Charles and his former most trusted aide Michael Fawcett were reported to officers over the claims.
The trust, which is based at Dumfries House in Ayrshire, is not run by Charles, who is not a trustee.


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Chronicle Books' "This Book is a Planetarium" is a lot of things. In fact, six different things, all wrapped up into one pop up book for children and design-loving adults to enjoy and interact with.
The author, Kelli Anderson, notes that all six demonstrations, carefully crafted of paper, show the work of science, with "Why it Works" sidebars discussing the background of each. The simplest is a two-sided insert with a decoder ring and a perpetual calendar sharing one pop up.
Sounds are the focus of two pop ups, including a "speaker" that amplifies a cellphone's music, and a five string musical instrument. Clever demonstrations and designs, although I'll note that the tension on the strings is a bit too loose to provide a good enough sound to completely pull off the concept. The cone does, in fact, amplify the sound, but it's probably a stretch to call it a "speaker" in any technical sense.
I was excited to see the inclusion of the spiralgraph, a paper version of the Spirograph toy many of us loved as kids. Sadly, I found it very difficult to keep the gears in the proper positions while drawing.
The title piece, the planetarium, is the highlight of the book, and works surprisingly well, using the light of a cellphone's "flashlight" app. Impressive design and concept, pulled off. A lot of fun.
"This Book is a Planetarium"
by Kelli Anderson
Amazon Link (I am an Amazon affiliate, and would receive a small amount from a purchase using this link.)
• Excellent concept and construction
• Attractively designed
• Planetarium is well crafted and fun
• Decoder and Calendar are a bit more simplistic than the other items
• Questionable use of "speaker" for the one pop up
• Spiralgraph is challenging to use
• Somewhat lacking a sense of cohesiveness of popups included

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Despite its infamy for dramatic reality housewives (hey Teresa Giudice…), we must admit: Bravo gets it right when it comes to food.
Lights… Camera… Action…. Chop, Chop.
As a former contestant on Top Chef, Andrew D’Ambrosi made it into the top six of season 4 before packing for home and returning to New York. But the Brooklyn-born culinary creative clearly didn’t stop working his magic after a stint on the small screen.
Having already been a sous chef at Asia de Cuba and China Grill in, working in Miami, London and NYC, Andrew made his way from Michelin starred Le Cirque, to Norwood, to Cienfuegos; a Latin infused cocktail bar and restaurant in NYC, where he still serves as Executive Chef.
Aside from Cienfuegos, the other 24-seat restaurant on his resume, Bergen Hill Seafood, in Carroll Gardens, is where we met up with Andrew. He taught us how to fry a blowfish, in a Kentucky-like fashion.
He had our attention at ‘Fried’ and our unwavering love at ‘Blowfish.’
Andrew, who grew up in Florida, says his techniques and presentation are French influenced while his plates – crudos, carpaccios, tarrtarres – are locally and responsibly sourced.
We’re not just impressed, but putting our money where our mouths are. You’ll find us jumping on the subway to Brooklyn to visit for another fish dish, and dish-specific cocktail pairings, ASAP. And join us in the summer – we’ll be seated outdoors.
1. Combine all ingredients and place blowfish tails inside to marinate for at least 3 hours.
1. All spices should be whole before toasting all together in an oven at 375f for 6-7 minutes.
2. Allow to cool and transfer into a spice blender and grind to a powder. Reserve.
1. Combine flour and spices and mix thoroughly.
2. Reserve until needed.
1. Remove the corn kernels and reserve.
2. In a medium pot combine the cobs and water and simmer for at least 45 minutes.
3. Strain the liquid into another pot and add kernels for about 8 minutes.
4. Separate the kernels from the liquid.
5. Puree the kernels in a blender till smooth then push through a chinois to remove skins.
6. Chill and reserve.
1. Shave fennel thinly on mandoline and reserve in water with the juice of 1 lemon.
3. Combine the vinegar and honey in a bowl and stir till honey dissolves.
4. Season with salt and pepper and transfer to container.
5. Take fennel out of the water and shake off any extra water before placing in bowl.
6. Add the tomatoes and some mint leaves.
7. Now add the honey/vinegar for dressing(not too much!)
8. Season with salt as needed.
1. Remove blowfish tails from their brine and place in the seasoned flour.
2. Lightly squeeze blowfish till they’re caked and shake any excess flour off before carefully laying them one at a time into the hot frying oil (make sure you have a kitchen spider and a plate with layered napkins to place the blowfish on).
3. Allow to fry for about 3-5 minutes depending on size.
4. Do not put too many in at one time as it will lower the oil’s temperature (they won’t be crispy!).
5. Season the blowfish with salt immediately.
1. Place 2 tablespoons of corn puree in the center of a plate and tap from the bottom of the plate to flatten into a circle.
2. Now begin to lay the salad across the corn puree in a line along the plate.
3. Carefully lay pieces of blowfish (tail-side up) on the salad allowing them to stand up.
4. Serve and eat before they’re cold!
1. Combine olive oil and sliced garlic in a deep pot.
2. Turn on heat and continuously stir till garlic is golden brown.
3. Immediately add the tomatoes and cook on high heat stirring to avoid scorching.
4. You will need to stir constantly towards the end until the sauce is dry.
5. Meaning, there isn’t any excess liquid, it should be tight.
6. If you are unable to withstand the molten tomato eruptions at the end, you can transfer the sauce to a tray or casserole dish and bake in the oven at 375f for 10 minutes to finish evaporating the sauce.
7. Once out, allow to cool before seasoning with salt and pepper. At this time you can also add chopped basil, capers, or any other garnishes you want. Reserve until needed.
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With November being National Diabetes Awareness Month, endocrinologist Maria Subang at Kaiser Permanente’s Parkside Medical ministry shared pertinent information about types, prevention, symptoms and therapy.
“Type 1 is essentially autoimmune-mediated diabetes mellitus and also autoimmune-mediated,” explained Subang. “We frequently see identification in young people, which is why it was known as juvenile diabetes however I have diagnosed individuals as old as 75.” With type 1, as it is an autoimmune process that destroys the beta cells within the pancreas that produce insulin, so patients have no insulin in any way. While genetics play a part, specialists don’t know the exact cause as to why the human body stops producing insulin in type 1 patients.
Type 2 is the more common form of diabetes, which occurs when the body can’t use insulin the ideal way. “It’s a procedure for insulin-resistance,” explained Subang. “With kind 2, particularly in this society, a great deal of it has to do with diet and lifestyle.” Without insulin, the body’s cells can’t use sugar as energy, and also the glucose instead stays in the blood. Maintaining blood sugar under control is the key when it comes to diabetes.
For type 2 diabetes, though it may be an issue of genetic predisposition, there are several techniques to prevent or delay beginning. An essential step is a nutritious diet. It’s advised to eat less trans fats and hydrogenated oils; packaged and highly processed foods; white breads, sugary cereals and refined pasted; and red or processed meats. Instead it is a fantastic idea to eat high-fiber, slow release, whole grain, complex carbohydrates; healthy fats from nuts, seeds and avocados; whole fruits and vegetables; and high quality protein such as organic chicken and turkey, eggs and legumes.
Exercise also plays a central role in prevention and therapy. “A goal of 150 minutes per week of exercise — about half an hour, five days a week — may definitely help,” said Subang. “With the outbreak of obesity, the weight variable is significant; as as a individual packs more fat, they possess the higher risk or prevalence of insulin resistance” Regular exercise, including walking, helps control blood glucose, blood pressure, weight and stress, and increase energy levels and mood.
Some common signs of type 2 diabetes include fatigue, appetite, frequent urination, blurred vision and appetite. Some long term health risks of uncontrolled blood glucose levels include kidney failure, blindness, frequent infections, heart disease, stroke, neuropathy, foot problems and amputations, and gum and tooth problems. Even though it may start slow, the results of untreated diabetes may significantly damage one’s wellbeing.
“If a patient comes in to see, I do not expect magical,” explained Subang. “I always ask my patients exactly what they’re willing to do to their diabetes. It needs to be a small goal they know is achievable. If you give big goals it likely won’t work for them” She clarified it’s not enough to get a patient to merely see a physician for 20 or 30 minutes every 3 months, there has to be an attempt on their part to deal with the condition. “It needs to be multidisciplinary, successful treatment is 50 per cent or less medicine — the rest is lifestyle”
In Kaiser Permanente, diabetes patients work closely with their primary care provider, an endocrinologist, registered nurse (who’s also a certified diabetes educator), and just a nutritionist. “This is a huge piece,” explained Subang. “Lots of patients do not understand carbs and diet in order that they work with our nutritionist directly here in Southern Colorado.” Consistent engagement with the team of healthcare professionals functions very well and encourages individuals to take care of themselves.
Subang was with Kaiser Permanente since 2015. “I love the way the massive goal at Kaiser Permanente is prevention,” explained Subang. “I also like their integrated system — with all specialty and primary care under one roof. I think that’s better for patient care persistence and better healthcare delivery all around.”
Maria Subang, M.D. is currently accepting new patients.
– Maria Subang, MD, is with the state’s largest doctor group–the Colorado Permanente Medical Group–which serves the 680,000 members of Kaiser Permanente in Colorado. To find out more about how Kaiser Permanente can help your family thrive, see kp.org or telephone 1-888-681-7878.
Diabetes is a fast growing health problem that significantly impacts the lives of countless Americans. According to a July 2017 report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 100 million people in the United States have diabetes or pre-diabetes. With nearly a third of the country’s population impacted, it is important to check out the modes of treatment and prevention.

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Six Nigerian men were apprehended at Guarulhos International Airport in São Paulo, Brazil, just as they were about to board a flight to Ethiopia. They are now facing international drug trafficking charges as they were arrested on Tuesday during routine checks by Federal Police agent
One suspect drew attention through suspicious behavior, prompting an inspection that led to the discovery of his contact with cocaine. According to the Federal Police chief Dennis Cali, “It’s a very detailed analysis of the passenger’s profile, ticket purchase profile. There are many analyses to be done until we [detect] the suspicious person.”
The subsequent tests and searches revealed that each of the six men had swallowed dozens of capsules containing cocaine. X-ray images displayed between 100 to 150 capsules concealed in their abdomens. The suspects were swiftly transported to a local medical facility for procedures to expel the drugs.
Cali highlighted the challenges faced by authorities, stating, “We don’t have the body scan system here at the airport. So it’s a very detailed analysis of the passenger’s profile.” Despite these difficulties, since 2019, Guarulhos International Airport has apprehended 43 individuals carrying cocaine in capsules, amounting to a total seizure of 15,464 kilos of the illicit substance.
The suspects, listed on the National Migrant Registry, had previously entered Brazil. Three had even sought asylum, and one was apprehended at Guarulhos International Airport in 2017 on an arrest warrant. This incident adds to the complexity of border control efforts.
Upon arrival in Ethiopia, three of the suspects had connecting flights to the northern Nigerian city of Kano. They are now expected to appear before a federal court judge, underscoring the international ramifications of their alleged involvement in drug trafficking.
Cali emphasized the urgency of rushing the suspects to the hospital, expressing concerns that one of the capsules could have broken, potentially leading to a fatal overdose. He stated, “There are many analyses to be done until we [detect] the suspicious person.”
This arrest sheds light on the persistent issue of drug smuggling through the use of capsules, emphasizing the ongoing efforts to strengthen airport security measures and combat transnational narcotics trafficking.

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By Joseph M. Peters
Substantially rewritten to target inquiry educating and studying as espoused within the nationwide technology schooling criteria, the hot variation of Science in undemanding schooling: equipment, strategies, and Inquiries will arrange pre-service academics to devise, facilitate, adapt, and determine inquiry stories in keeping with today’s technological know-how classroom. It accomplishes this via enforcing the 6E version of inquiry educating, addressing the making plans and desires of inquiry instructing study rooms, and describing the fabrics academics have to wake up and running.
This useful textual content comprises over 350 educating assistance all through and Twelve Inquiry devices that version constructivist purposes, construct conceptual wisdom, and supply a financial institution of classroom-tested classes to take advantage of in technological know-how classrooms.
By Daniel J. Brahier
Teaching Secondary and center college Mathematics is designed for pre-service or in-service teachers. It combines up to date know-how and learn with a colourful writing kind to aid lecturers grab curriculum, instructing, and overview concerns as they relate to secondary and center institution mathematics. The fourth version deals a stability of conception and perform, together with a wealth of examples and outlines of scholar paintings, lecture room occasions, and know-how utilization to aid any instructor in visualizing top of the range arithmetic guideline within the center and secondary school room.
This booklet introduces readers to the advance of Lesson examine (LS) within the united kingdom, making ancient connections to the expansion of Lesson examine in Japan, East Asia, the united states and Europe. It explains how you can behavior LS in colleges and academic associations, delivering examples of compelling, externally evaluated influence results for either fundamental newbies and instructor rookies, and bright exemplars of LS in motion throughout age levels and curricular contexts.
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Altering demographics and a brand new emphasis on financial improvement, internationalization, and expertise, are altering the ways that collage school behavior their paintings. collage and school directors must be ready to recruit, lease, and maintain new college for this new international, and this publication is designed to aid. as well as offering a wealth of information in regards to the college of the long run, it deals functional suggestion from the authors, and from a few professional individuals, on recruiting and maintaining new college whereas delivering a supportive setting for senior college in the course of a interval of development in greater schooling. The long bibliography directs directors to informative assets on specific themes which are very important to their roles in operating with educational group of workers. The statements of the individuals aid the knowledge and conclusions of the authors, and, while, mirror the altering attitudes and expectancies approximately college careers. The authors additionally talk about the problems pertaining to non-tenure-track college. a wide and valuable bibliography directs directors to big assets on specific issues which are vital to their roles in operating with educational team of workers.
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This complete consultant empowers library media experts to accomplish complete educational collaboration, supplying curriculum-coordinated lesson plans for grades 3–5, instructing content material whereas absolutely integrating info literacy and expertise skills.
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Expanded and revised, this reader on key concerns in social justice and college management is written by means of best gurus in management and social justice. The available and sensible textual content is full of present info from the sector, real-life situations and controversies, and scholar actions — all whereas hard leaders, educators and researchers to be potent advocates for social justice. Demonstrating how the present realities in academic management education and in class practices should be sophisticated or reconstructed to higher meet scholars’ wishes, the publication presents an array of how of knowing the consequences of exclusionary practices in addition to important workouts and fabrics in the event you will lead scholars and staffs to create equitable practices.
Recognizing that readers study via a number of intelligences, Leadership for Social Justice intersperses poetry, prices, editorial cartoons, evocative writing, and hands-on instruments with examine, conception, and proposals for perform. The publication is split into three particular components: Re-defining management for Social Justice, getting ready Social Justice Leaders, and subsequent Steps.
The revised variation of Leadership for Social Justice is broadly up-to-date and contains new chapters: one targeting specified schooling scholars and one concentrating on teenagers in poverty. the hot moment variation additionally comprises info on attainable subsequent steps for college leaders at the moment in training.
What tales will we inform of ourselves and others and why may still they be of curiosity to others?
Exploring studying, id and tool via lifestyles historical past and Narrative Research responds to those questions with examples from various academic and social contexts. The e-book brings jointly a suite of writing through assorted authors who use a narrative/life background method of discover the reports of a variety of humans, together with academics, nurses, teens and adults, reflecting on studying and schooling at major moments of their lives. furthermore, each one bankruptcy offers an account through the writer of the method of making study narratives, and the second one bankruptcy of the ebook focuses particularly on moral concerns in existence historical past and narrative research.
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With contributions from a couple of overseas specialists, this booklet addresses key problems with social justice and gear performed out inside of varied contexts, and likewise discusses the ethics of narrative learn without delay. The publication makes a well timed contribution to the turning out to be curiosity within the use of narrative and lifestyles heritage examine. With the expanding value of constant specialist improvement for plenty of operating in schooling, overall healthiness and social provider contexts, the booklet should be of curiosity to either scholars and researchers, because it presents transparent examples of ways getting to know execs can use narrative learn to enquire a specific niche.
This publication is set how lecturers can use school room arithmetic projects to help pupil studying, and provides facts at the ways that lecturers used these projects in a selected examine undertaking. it's the made of examine findings targeting instructor perform, instructor studying and information, and scholar studying. It demonstrates how lecturers can use arithmetic projects to advertise potent pupil learning.
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Tale Vines and Readers Theatre exhibits you "the what" and "the how" of utilizing either tale vines and Readers Theatre on your lecture room. those studying instruments interact scholars in significant analyzing, writing, listening, conversing, viewing and representing, and cooperation. every one is a useful device for educating all learners―from the main educated to the struggling―the abilities and techniques they'll have to achieve language arts.
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Health Minister Wants Violence Against Women Addressed
Health Minister Dr. Wilhelmina Jallah has disclosed that Liberian women and girls are vulnerable to sexual and gender-based violence, stressing the need to address the menace.
Dr. Jallah said Liberian women and girls are part of the vulnerable population and as such, addressing the unwholesome act of abuse against them is a positive step that should be embraced by all well-meaning Liberians.
Speaking at the official launch of the “National Project to Enhance the Protection Women and Girls against Sexual and Gender-Based Violence” at a local hotel in Monrovia on Tuesday, she noted that many girls ignore the risk involved with sexual and gender-based violence and as such, they should be protected at all levels of the society.
She pointed out that there is a need for the government and partners to empower women and girls not only financially but also to give them knowledge to understand sexual reproductive health.
Dr. Jallah stressed that the Ministry of Health will work along with ActionAid and other local and international organizations in helping to reduce any form of sexual and gender-based violence across Liberia.


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Pittsburgh Steelers at Cincinnati Bengals, 8:30p.m. EST
These teams met three times in the 2015 season and could be gearing up to do so again in 2016. This is their final regular season matchup this season and it’s bound to be a good one. These teams positively despise each other and it makes for some incredible football. The hits are harder, every down means more and neither team wants to give up an inch.
Keys to the Game
The Steelers main concern should be getting pressure on Andy Dalton. Their defense has fallen off in the last few years and likely won’t be able to keep up with all the weapons Cincinnati boasts. If they can knock Andy Dalton down and get him thinking about the rush, it’s going to help Pittsburgh keep the ball out of A.J. Green’s hands. It’s either that or they get ready for a shootout, which is much more of a gamble.
Cincy and Dalton in particular needs to protect the football. Dalton has gotten a reputation for throwing interceptions at inopportune times and this is one of those prime time games the Bengals have become known for losing. Cincinnati can buck that reputation by protecting the football and beating PIttsburgh. They have more overall talent, they need to live up to it now.


China office of Tui resumes selling domestic package holidays as the firm urges the EU to lift coronavirus travel restrictions
- Resumption of business is focused on short breaks to the mountains and beach
- Tui chief executive says there is a ‘significant backlog of demand for holidays’
- Tourism industry is watching trends in China for clues to future travel patterns
- Here’s how to help people impacted by Covid-19
The Chinese unit of Germany’s Tui, the world’s biggest tourism group, said it has resumed offering holiday packages in China and the group has urged the European Union to lift travel restrictions in place to curb the coronavirus.
The resumption of business in China, three months after Tui’s activities there were halted, is focused on short breaks in the mountains and beach resorts.
Other packages include trips in the vicinity of big cities.
Tui has resumed offering holiday packages in China and urged the European Union to lift travel restrictions in place to curb the coronavirus
Tui chief executive Fritz Joussen said in a statement: ‘Our offices in Peking and Shanghai were open during the crisis but were not allowed to sell holiday packages.
‘We now see a significant backlog of demand for holidays.
‘Tui China will in the coming weeks broaden its offers step by step.’
The global tourism industry is closely watching trends in China for clues to travel patterns in other major markets once the virus, which has infected 3.44million people and killed 243,00 worldwide, is under control and curbs on movement ease.
Since April, there have been signs of a recovery in China’s tourism market, and aviation experts expect domestic travel in most markets will recover before international travel.
Travel within China is also complicated by movement curbs retained in some regions, such as Beijing, the capital, to guard against a second wave of infections from aboard.
Joussen urged the EU to put in place a concept that allows for the resumption of holiday travel within the bloc, where border restrictions have been in place since March.
‘The EU and its member states should develop a timetable for resuming travel within Europe and make holidays possible in 2020,’ he said, citing Greece, Cyprus, Spanish islands, Austria and Bulgaria, which have made progress toward reopening resorts.
German Interior Minister Horst Seehofer ruled out reopening Germany’s border with Austria to holidaymakers in an interview with mass-selling Bild newspaper, citing the risk of a second coronavirus outbreak.
The Ischgl ski resort has been linked to hundreds of coronavirus cases in Germany and Scandinavian countries.
Heathrow Airport pictured last month. The chief executive of the airport has warned that social distancing would require kilometre-long queues for each jumbo jet
Meanwhile, the chief executive of London’s Heathrow Airport has warned that implementing social distancing at airports would require kilometre-long queues for each jumbo jet.
John Holland-Kaye says that the UK’s major international airports do not have enough space for social distancing to be a solution for safe travel post-lockdown.
Writing in The Daily Telegraph, he said: ‘Forget social distancing – it won’t work in aviation or any other form of public transport, and the problem is not the plane, it is the lack of space in the airport.
‘Just one jumbo jet would require a queue a kilometre long.’
Mr Holland-Kaye called on Prime Minister Boris Johnson to quickly find a ‘common international standard’ of alternative solutions that could be installed in time for summer.
Mandatory health checks for passengers, increased levels of hygiene and compulsory facemasks are among the options floated by Mr Holland-Kaye in order to open the nation’s airports as soon as possible and avoid ‘massive job losses in our sector… (and) many other sectors that depend on us’.
He added that social distancing on planes would reduce capacities by more than 50 per cent and mean ‘prices would shoot up’.
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Braves Rage is a roguelite game with a unique card-based combat system and the ability to use slow time, find the best moments to attack and use powerful combos. Gather your best team, make up a balanced deck, defeat enemies and save the princess. This game is very different from others like it. Here you don’t just lay down your cards and watch the moment play out. You can activate bullet mode at any time and choose the best time to use your card. In some moments, it is enough to use the block correctly once to completely turn the tide of events.
Daydream Forgotten Sorrow — is an adventure with puzzle-solving elements and multi-hero control. You have to play as a child and his faithful friend a teddy bear. They got into an unusual fantasy world and now they must find a way out. To do this alone is almost impossible, so they have to interact with each other and solve a large number of different puzzles. An important advantage of your adventure will be that you can easily enjoy not only a pleasant environment, but also many interesting tasks.
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Surviving the Abyss — our planet, 1976. The Cold War is on and you are building a unique deep-sea research facility. Who will then work on the development of a special weapon capable of creating clones. Try to survive in this unforgiving environment, do not forget about the production of oxygen, energy, food and much more. After all, you are responsible for all team members. Therefore, rather, look for and collect resources, as well as build a lot of objects. At the same time, gradually expand your own environment and advance in research. Enjoy the rich variety of underwater flora and fauna, but fear the horrors that lurk in the depths.
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Sailing Era — every voyage is a journey under sail and beyond. Manage your fleet and sail for fun do business arrange romantic meetings in a tavern capture pirates in intense combat explore the hinterland in search of treasures. Get to know a foreign culture, make new discoveries and set sail. The story takes place during the era of great geographical discoveries in the 15th-17th centuries. The world is connected by sea routes, leading to a surge in ocean exploration. Every young navigator of this era dreams of owning a ship to sail freely on the ocean. Some seek to change their fate, others hope to go down in history. Real-scale map and highly detailed recreation of the ocean, land, monsoon currents and weather changes create a vast marine world. Face sudden weather changes, unpredictable winds, sunken treasures, pirate attacks and alluring dangers. Experience an exciting journey across the ocean.
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The Witcher 3 Wild Hunt Complete Edition — is a role-playing action game in the setting of a fantasy open world filled with monsters, monsters, cities, ordinary people, intrigue and mysteries. You will have to play as the legendary Geralt of Rivia, the Witcher, who was entrusted with a very important and dangerous mission. He must at all costs find the Child of purpose. But it will be very difficult to do this, because, firstly, the local world is too huge and it is simply impossible to find someone in it without prompts, and secondly, on the journey you will encounter so many dangers that it will eventually drag on for long, long days.
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Lost Eidolons — is a colorful game universe that immerses gamers in the fantasy world of Artemesia. The plot unfolds around a remote piece of land Benerio. Once upon a time there was a strong and rich kingdom. It fell under the onslaught of enemy warriors, led by the iron invader Ludivictus. Now it is a backward region, in which few people remember its former glory. The young and charismatic leader of the mercenaries named Eden and his allies set out to restore greatness to these lands and protect them from the advancing troops of the Empire. You have to recruit and train in your squad consisting of 20 different characters. Each of them represents one of 10 available classes, differing in abilities and characteristics.
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The fairy tale story of Love n War Hero by Chance 2 picks up where the previous series left off. In the western part of the world, the forces of the Drogakan Empire still rage. The brave protagonist with a group of other beautiful warriors will have to fight the whole legions of this state. The player will have to lead strong-willed young ladies to victory, paying attention to their abilities, resources, desires. Since none other than them can stifle Drogakad’s ambition and wrath, he will have to use everything that is enough for imagination. The main characters of Love n War Hero by Chance II captivate users not only with their appearance, but also with their well-written character.
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At the center of Rhythm Sprout Sick Beats and Bad Sweets is a miniature onion, ready for a desperate journey through a world populated by cartoon vegetables. The hero will get to know the locals and fulfill their requests, protect the settlements from bloodthirsty enemies and wizards in order to protect the future of his native land and gain authority, respect and popularity among his fellow villagers.

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Disneyland is one place where every child and adult wishes to go at least once in a lifetime. Many people go there for fun and amusement, they explore the whole place and enjoy there. But not everyone knows everything about the castle. We didn’t either until we found out some of the very exciting secrets of Disneyland.
Find out what those secrets are, and whether you knew about them already.
#1 There is a secret old phone
There is an old phone in the New Century Notions shop, whoever picks up the phone gets an exciting surprise. The handset that is placed next to the Candy Palace door, plays conversations from the past.
#2 There is just one Mickey Mouse in the park
If you were wondering that why the iconic Mickey Mouse is seen rarely. This is because there is just one Mickey Mouse in the entire park. That is to make children believe that he is the one, the unique Micky Mouse.
#3 Hidden Mickey Mouse
Mickey Mouse’s references can be found everywhere in the park. There are hundreds of mickey’s characters across the park and finding them all has become a quest.
#4 Cinderella’s Castle appears bigger
There is an optical illusion called forced perspective that makes the castle appear bigger than its size.
#5 Dress code
Disneyland marks it in their terms and condition that visitors require wearing appropriate attire.
#6 Hidden scent pumps
The Park has hidden aroma pumps all over it, to elaborate the aura. Like sea waft in the air across the Pirates of the Caribbean ride.
#7 No chewing gums are sold there
They don’t sell chewing gums in the park, that’s may be because they want visitors to stick them on the places.
#8 There is a secret menu
In the Be Our Guest restaurant if only you ask for The Grey Stuff- a Beauty and the Best reference, they will serve you a delicious chocolate mousse dish which is nowhere on the menu.
#9 Listen for the distinctive sounds at the main street
If you walk down the main street you might hear some distinctive sound passing by the ice cream shop. This is the sound of s student practicing his piano lessons.

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Swiss director Jean-Louis Roy’s long-lost mid-1960s Cold War super-spy thriller is a marvelous and surreal hall of mirrors, part-DR. STRANGELOVE, part-ALPHAVILLE, with sly nods to British TV shows like “THE AVENGERS” and “DOCTOR WHO.” The film stars a Who’s Who of great Sixties character actors starting with the unforgettable Daniel Emilfork (THE CITY OF LOST CHILDREN, THE DEVIL’S NIGHTMARE) as crazed scientist Herbert Von Krantz, who’s invented a device to sterilize all nuclear weapons. A mad herd of rival spies are desperate to get their hands on the device, including legendary French singer Serge Gainsbourg as the leader of a sect of bald, turtleneck-wearing assassins, and Jess Franco vet Howard Vernon (THE AWFUL DR. ORLOF). Gainsbourg’s deranged jazz-lounge song, “Bye Bye Mr. Spy” – performed by him on a funeral parlor organ, no less – is arguably the film’s high point. “An accomplished spy is at the same time psychologist, artist, funambulist, conjurer,” to quote one of the characters – and the same could be said of Roy’s exotic camera obscura of B&W Cold War paranoia. With Marie-France Boyer (Agnes Varda’s LE BONHEUR).
directed by: Jean-Louis Roy
starring: Marie-France Boyer, Ben Carruthers, Jacques Dufilho, Daniel Emilfork, Serge Gainsbourg
1967 / 90 min / 1.66:1 / French Mono
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• New 4K Restoration from the original 35mm picture and sound elements by Cinémathèque suisse with additional digital restoration by Craig Rogers of Deaf Crocodile
• New Commentary by film journalist Samm Deighan (Diabolique magazine, Daughters of Darkness podcast)
• New Booklet essay by filmmaker, punk musician and poet, and genre expert Chris D. (The Flesh Eaters; author of Outlaw Masters of Japanese Film)
• New interview with Francoise Roy, wife of director Jean-Louis Roy, and Michel Schopfer, first assistant director on THE UNKNOWN MAN OF SHANDIGOR (17 min., in Swiss French with English subtitles)
• Ultra-rare 1967 "making of" documentary from Swiss TV's "Cinema VIF" show, featuring interviews with director Jean-Louis Roy, cast members Daniel Emilfork, Jacques Dufilho, and Marie-France Boyer, and behind-the-scenes footage (28 min., in Swiss French with English subtitles)
• Restored original trailer (4 min., in French with English subtitles)
• Inside cover artwork
• English SDH subtitles
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BW: This week a team of data security experts unveiled a new mobile app called Wickr. The app offers what its developers describe as “military-grade” encryption for data, but it also does something else: It allows users to make text messages, photos, and videos self-destruct. Messages sent through Wickr totally and irretrievably disappear from their recipients’ phones after a set period of time. Senders can customize the self-destruct deadline to be anything from six days down to a second
As the election approaches,Meta plans to activate an Elections Operations Center to identify potential threats and put mitigations in place in real time.
Leaked images from tipster Steve H. McFly (@OnLeaks) offer an early look at the Google Pixel 9 and Pixel 9 Pro, generating excitement for the upcoming flagship devices.


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There are some things in life that come back at a later stage, like a memory or a habit and tend to give your life a new lease. It might be a hobby or a lifestyle quirk or a forgotten custom. After I’ve spent more than half of my lifespan, one of my hobbies made a huge resurgence – embroidery.
I think for most of us growing up in India, embroidery has been equivalent to mandatory craft classes in school that were invariably boring. I felt so, too. My mother and paternal aunts are amateur seamstresses and I used to resort to them for sewing assignments in school. I tried a few but they weren’t too satisfactory. As long as the school assignments were being made by mother/aunt, I was happy. After my high school board exams, there was a lull of three months waiting for admission into college. Something struck me, probably boredom, and I picked up a plain cotton saree, drew some motifs and began stitching. If you have any idea about sarees from Bengal, there is a novel craft called Kantha stitch and the products are amazing. It began seamlessly, although an oxymoron for a stitching habit. Once I got the hang of it, with a little tutorial from mother, I did another saree in entirety. Then came table cloths and cross stitch. I guess I fell in love for the first time in my life with cross stitch and the saga still continues.
Life has obviously been busy since high school and I have abandoned embroidery quite a few times. But the best thing about it is, the skill hasn’t left me even after these years. I’ve been doing pieces intermittently, small ones and large table clothes, name boards for couples, and once a gift for a friend’s newborn too.
Cross stitch has been the ultimate stress-buster for me for over twenty years. I have rediscovered patterns; the ones in Indian books are mostly flowery and small scenes. But my recent love are bookish patterns. Not only cross stitch, I’ve done bookish quotes with other stitches too. Trust me, they look so good and are bound to cheer up bookworms.
Embroidery is mostly relegated back to a primitive hobby, as I hear in India these days. Teens or young adults definitely don’t indulge in this tedious craft as they perceive it as boring. When I visited Calcutta a few months ago and went to a local store to buy threads/floss, I realised the slow death of amateur embroidery from the store owner. He was perplexed to know that I was buying threads worth Rs 300 (which is a lot as they’re really inexpensive) to bring back to Belgium. He almost shrieked, Why are you buying so much? Who does embroidery these days? I knew he was right as I could see the fading colours and rotting cardboard boxes of ochre, turquoise, teal, vermillion, Prussian. I had to reassure him that my supply would run out within the year till my next visit home in February 2020. Just to reassure myself and any fellow embroidery lover, I’ve already run out of the stash of black thread.
Thankfully, Instagram has connected me to quite a few enthusiastic people all over the world who are still going ga-ga over cross stitch, chain stitch and French knots. It feels so gratifying to complete a piece and see how it brightens up my house and Instagram wall.
Oh, and the most important thing, I stitch in Bangla too; although I’m still struggling and trying to perfect the alphabets, it is working. I might take orders later in my life if I’m able to keep up the work in Bangla.
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I remember in school we were taught and how boring it seemed then. But your blog makes me wana go back to this. I really admired your designs especially the my weekend is all booked one. Its so cute.
Thanks Nazish, this is a great craft, especially a stress buster. ‘My weekend is all booked’ is not my design though, I just bought the pattern online and tried it to practice.
Wow you created so beautiful cross stitch patterns . I especially liked ‘My weekend is all booked’ . I remember when I was unmarried I embroidered a full bedsheet with cross-stitch.
Thanks Monica, that design is not mine originally though, I just tried to practice it. Do you wish to pick up cross stitch back sometime?
Wow! I thought the art of cross stitching has been lost because last I saw my grandmother do this. But thanks to your post I’m able to witness such beautiful designs of cross stitching. It’s like you’ve revived the dead art. Thanks for sharing. #MyFriendAlexa #CloudandSunshineReads
Thanks for dropping by! I’m creating my own designs in Bangla as I don’t see them on the internet. It should be developed and circulated.


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If nothing else, Trump’s helping lawyers
It turns out that the man who was involved in well over 3,500 lawsuits during his bizarre business career has become even more interesting for lawyers of all stripes since entering the White House.
The rest of us may not have a clue on the whereabouts of those million well-paying jobs Donald Trump claims to have created, but he is hiring lawyers, his aides are hiring counsel, the special counsel investigating Russiagate is hiring left and right, and pretty much every interest group and nongovernmental agency is on the way to court.
Even law students are being affected.
And you thought the Trump administration was just a full-employment opportunity for journalists, who are getting to dust off adjectives — “bizarre,” “unprecedented,” “unhinged” — that had been more or less forbidden in newsrooms until Trump.
After Trump’s meltdown over the angst of trying, pretending and refusing to condemn neo-Nazis, racists, the Ku Klux Klan, anti-Semites and other vermin of the alt-right, we have no choice but to admit that our beloved country has entered a modern Dark Ages. We will just have to gird our loins and wait for sanity. (Yes, the eclipse is sort of a short-term symbol.)
Trump is such a self-absorbed narcissist, he will soon start saying we have to thank him for making us think about such questions as:
Can the president of the United States be sued?
Can the president of the United States be indicted?
Can the president of the United States pardon himself?
What constitutes obstruction of justice?
Can the president accept payments from foreign governments under the emoluments clause of the Constitution?
If you’re president, do nepotism rules apply?
Why don’t conflict-of-interest rules apply to the president?
If a presidential candidate calls for a ban on all Muslims entering the country, is that evidence of bias if he becomes president?
What happens if the president keeps firing people investigating him and Republicans in Congress refuse to consider impeachment? Is there any recourse?
Is the Republican Party paralyzed? Comatose? Pointless? Dead? And why are Republican leaders so loath to turn their back on a racist president (propagator of the birther lie) who has lost his moral authority? (If he ever had any).
Does anyone in politics today have moral authority?
Thanks to Adam Liptak of The New York Times, we have learned that law schools all over the country are revamping their constitutional law courses to explore how Trump has opened up huge fissures in our thinking of what the Constitution has meant for 200 years. He says law courses are being revamped almost daily to take into consideration issues Trump’s behavior has raised.
We are learning, to our consternation, that our Constitution was built on assumptions that can be overturned in the blink of an eye by powerful or corrupt or misled leaders.
And we’re learning that taking a job in this White House means hiring a lawyer before you’ve even cashed your first paycheck.
Special prosecutor Robert Mueller, who is looking into the ramifications of the Russian interference in the 2016 election and whether the Trump campaign worked with the Russians, has hired at least 16 of the best lawyers in the country. One wonders why these Republican and Democratic lawyers, many partners in firms and all making good money, would quit good jobs for short-term government salaries if they didn’t believe there’s fire behind all that smoke.
There is a multitude of lawsuits from consumer groups and from environmental groups trying to block how the administration is gutting dozens of regulations meant to protect the environment and consumers. Yes, some were turgid, pointlessly bureaucratic and outmoded. But dozens of others are vital for health, safety and the future.
With the president’s once-vaunted business advisory groups disbanded because so many business leaders were dismayed by Trump’s tin-ear and hard heart after the alt-right-led violence in Charlottesville, Va., business is looking to be more courageous than GOP leaders such as House Speaker Paul Ryan and Vice President Mike Pence, who keep defending the president.
Because of Trump, we are reaching a tipping point where we have to make up our own minds about what is right, what is immoral, what it means to be a profile in courage and where each of us stands. Let’s hope it doesn’t come to each of us having to hire a lawyer.
Ann McFeatters is an op-ed columnist for Tribune News Service. Readers may send her email at firstname.lastname@example.org.


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Toyota is looking at a motorsport hydrogen powered carDecember 10, 2022
The automaker has a concept H2 internal combustion engine model.
Toyota recently announced its latest hydrogen powered car concept vehicles in the form of a Hilux with a fuel cell and a Corolla Cross with an H2 internal combustion engine (ICE) using an H2-burning version of the 3-cylinder engine in a GR Corolla.
The automaker has announced that it is working on an H2 prototype very different from its Mirai.
Toyota is working on the Corolla Cross H2 Concept hydrogen powered car not as a typical passenger vehicle for road use like the Mirai. Instead, it is an H2 ICE vehicle being developed for motorsport use for a full season of the Japanese Super Taikyu endurance races.
The automaker has already identified a long list of reasons it has been placing its main decarbonization focus on the use of H2 instead of electric vehicles (EVs). As a result, it doesn’t come as much of a surprise that it has been unveiling concepts and prototypes of vehicles such as the Hilux pickup truck and the H2 combustion engine in the Corolla Cross for motorsports.
Neither of these vehicles have started production as they still require further development and testing. According to the company, they are still precursors to vehicles that will be released at a later date and that could one day be sold along with its existing H2 and upcoming EV offerings.
The company is aiming to use its hydrogen powered car options as one of many zero-emission vehicles.
“We must do what is best for the environment, which is to extract the most carbon reduction from each battery cell produced, replacing as many non-electrified vehicles as possible with electrified ones, guided by the simple principle that carbon is the enemy, not a particular powertrain,” said Dr. Gill Pratt, Chief Scientist at Toyota.
That being said, the automaker is far from assuming that its zero carbon emission vehicle future will not include H2. Instead, it believes that there is room for multiple options in the future, and that H2 and EVs are among them. Still, the EV, fuel cell and ICE hydrogen powered car options remain in early days of development and are all expected to evolve in coming years.
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For parts of southern Ontario, the winter of 2008 brought the second-highest snowfalls on record, causing burnout to road and highway crews. And, paradoxically, it may just be another product of global warming
by HENRY HENGEVELD
When I tell my grandchildren about the bad snow years of the 1950s – the years when they needed bulldozers to push the snow banks into the fields because the plows couldn’t get through anymore – they sort of smile at me. They think I’m pulling their leg.


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MR DIY Group (M) Bhd remains on pace for growth in 2021. This growth will likely stem from its business strategy. MR DIY’s strategy prioritizes the driving of growth, the delivery of value, and the achievement of operational efficiencies.
According to the group’s chief executive officer Adrian Ong, MR DIY’s share of Malaysia’s home improvement market grew to 36.4% in 2020. This figure represents an increase of 5.5% compared to its share in 2019.
Commenting on this increase in market share, Ong said in a statement made yesterday, “This growth was mainly driven by same-store growth, which increased by 4.4% in 2020, (as well as) the growth in basket size as customers were much more purposeful in their trips during the pandemic with fewer trips to the store but more purchases during each visit.”
Ong also said that in 2020, the company processed more than 95 million transactions. This figure is equivalent to almost thrice the entire population of Malaysia.
“We are putting more focus on the use of data, analytics, and technology and will use the information to map our inventory to meet customer demand,” he said.
Ong added that the group intends to add 175 new stores across its three brands. Of these stores, 100 will be new MR DIY stores. A total of 50 new stores will be MR DOLLAR stores while the remaining 25 will be new MR TOY stores.
In the portion of the statement specifying MR DIY’s role in combating the Covid-19 pandemic, Ong said, “We will continue to support the nation’s fight against the pandemic whilst ensuring all our retail stores carry sufficient supplies of affordable Covid-19 essentials for the people.”
MR DIY released the statement from which the preceding quotes came in conjunction with the group’s first annual general meeting (AGM). Due to restrictions related to the Covid-19 pandemic, MR DIY held its AGM virtually. All ordinary resolutions received approval from shareholders. Everyone who cast votes did so online.
MR DIY opened its first store on Jalan Tuanku Abdul Rahman in 2005. Today, it ranks as the largest home improvement retailer in the region. There are now more than 700 MR DIY stores across Malaysia.
The average area of a MR DIY store is around 930 square metres. The company serves around 80 million customers across Malaysia and Brunei every year. It also operates an online store.
MR DIY works with large retailers and mall owners for management purposes. For this reason, some MR DIY stores serve as mini anchor tenants in hypermarkets such as Tesco, AEON, AEON BiG, and Giant.
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Baku. 12 July. REPORT.AZ/ "Groupe Renault" celebrates the production of the millionth vehicle at the Renault-Nissan plant in Tangier.
Report informs, a five-seat blue Dacia Lodgy powered by a diesel engine was sold to a customer in Turkey. In all, 474,840 Sanderos, 320,078 Dokkers and 193,181 Lodgys have been manufactured in Tangier since the plant’s inauguration in 2012. In addition to covering the Moroccan market, the models built at the factory are exported to more than 73 destinations.
The inauguration of the Tangier plant’s first production line in February 2012, in the presence of the King of Morocco Mohammed VI and CEO of "Groupe Renault" Carlos Ghosn. The launch of a second line in 2013 marked a turning point in Morocco’s automotive sector.
Today, 10% of total cars sold by Renault in the globe are made in Morocco, where 73% of production is exported to 73 countries, notably in Europe and the MENA region.

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Xavier Cal Custom: Robot Spirits - Pacific Rim Uprising: Guardian Bravo
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Created from a normal Robot Spirit Pacific Rim: Uprising Guardian Bravo, I fully gave him a make over to look less toy like and more like the massive robot it is. A fully shading effect with lots of hand painted detailing of the mechanics of this machine with scratches/ paint chipping in scale for a robot the size of a skyscraper. The whips been repainted and painted lightening effects to make them pop.


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Norwegian title: Djevelhogget
Hello guys and happy weekend!
I hope you are enjoying yourself and have plenty of time to read! I, on the other hand, is anxiously waiting for May 15th to arrive. That’s when I’ll hand in my bachelor-thesis and be done with my degree!
Ada works as a librarian. That’s what her life has reduced itself to after she broke it off with her boyfriend. She works, sleep, eats fast food and then the cycle repeats itself while she’s all alone. She’s tried and bored with her life, and she’s trapped inside her own head. One day a strange looking specimen stumbles into her library and it’s the beginning of Ada’s greatest adventure. Now she has to pick herself up and get out of her own head.
The Devils Cut is an interesting book in many aspects. Firstly, there are several ways to read this book. It is interesting to read it as a psychology student because I started to look for aspects that I know from psychology and there are quite a few hidden in between the lines. A lot of good mental techniques with the help from a friend is to be found in this book and it was fun searching for and discovering them! I know the author studied the same as me so that might also be a reason for it. Another way to read it is from an outdoorsy perspective. There is a lot of hiking and camping in this book and I believe that if you are into the outdoors you’ll like it very much. There is a lot of detail which I think an outdoorsy person will like (as you probably understand, I’m not one of them haha). Then the third way to read it is just straight forward. This way might not provide you with the same kind of story as for the other two. The Devils Cut doesn’t have a lot of action in it, but it builds steadily up to a climax and then BOM! It’s the way it’s built up that will excite the reader, no matter which way you read it.
Ada, our main character, is so much like me when it comes to the outdoors! I really enjoy being outside and stuff, when it happens on my premises like Ada…..and of course nature doesn’t always comply with that. She, like me, enjoy the outdoors most of the time and I really enjoyed tagging along with her on her mental journey towards an achievement. My reaction is very much the same as Ada’s when things don’t go our way and that made her a very relatable character for me. I always enjoy finding those characters! They give you a new perspective on things and give you the change to, maybe, see yourself through someone else’s eyes. That might be attractive or it may not, but worst case scenario you can laugh at it.
The book is an easy read and flows well. I would love to have a bit more action some times, but the lack of it doesn’t ruin my reading experience of this book. The sentences are short and simple. There are not any complicated words and that makes for a pleasant Sunday read when your brain is tired from the week and you need a good story to entertain you. I feel like I’ve said this a lot lately and I assume that its because I’m so stressed out and tired from my bachelor-thesis that I need relaxing and easy reads right now.
The Devils Cut is a very good debutant novel! Its strongest feature is that it can be read from different perspectives and give the reader a different experience depending on which one. I really liked it and if you enjoy adventure books with a psychological twist then I say you should go for this one!
Theme: Personal development, mental health, friends
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Today it was announced that Peyton Manning will be signing with the Denver Broncos as their new Quarterback. This has raised quite the buzz on all social media outlets. I even posted an update to my personal Facebook Profile about the news. The interesting thing about it though, is that the buzz isn't so much about Peyton Manning or even the Denver Broncos really, it's mostly about Tim Tebow. The quarterback that took social media by storm this past season has done it again.