The Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman, Bruce Billson, has welcomed last night’s Federal Budget as “a clear acknowledgement that small and family businesses are central to the nation’s economic recovery and future prosperity”.
The major announcements in the Budget impacting the small-business sector are:
- $129.8 million to encourage entrepreneurship through the New Enterprise Incentive Scheme (NEIS) and Entrepreneurship Facilitators Program
- $1.2 billion investment in the digital economy
- $10 billion guarantee of reinsurance pool to cover cyclone and flood damage across Northern Australia
- $506 million extension of federal government’s JobTrainer program
- $10 million over four years on small business deregulation agenda
- $11 million over three years for national recognition of occupation licences
- Tax system reform for small business
- $4.3 million to establish the Mandatory Franchise Disclosure Registry
- $2.6 million to improve access and awareness of Commonwealth procurement opportunities.
“Tonight’s budget represents a substantial financial and strategic commitment to making Australia the best place to start, grow and transform a business,” Billson said. “These measures will support small and family businesses as they help lead our national economic recovery and play a critical role in securing our future prosperity.”
Instant asset write-off and loss carry-back extension
The ASBFEO described the one year extension of the uncapped instant asset write-off as a “big win for small businesses”, saying that it gives them more time and certainty to plan and buy major equipment, significantly reduces the need for depreciation, and cuts red tape.
Trent Innes, Managing Director, Xero Australia and Asia, backed the extension of the write-off scheme, saying that the nation’s two million small businesses, in particular, were looking to the government for announcements that give them confidence to hire and invest.
“It was pleasing to see the extension of the expanded instant asset write-off scheme and loss carry-back provisions,” Innes said.
While welcoming the loss carry-back announcement, Mark Chapman – Director of Tax Communications at H&R Block – sounded a note of warning for small-business owners.
“Also welcome are the extension of full expensing and the loss carry back for a further year, to 30 June 2023, but not every business wants to write off its fixed asset purchases up front,” Chapman said. “For many small, unincorporated businesses there is simply nothing to celebrate here.
“For a start, the loss carry back scheme relates only to companies – sole traders, trusts and partnerships don’t count. And for those businesses that want to retain some taxable profits – perhaps because the owners want to take advantage of the tax-free threshold – the inability to exit the temporary full expensing scheme is a missed opportunity. Big business can opt out (the legislation was amended last December specifically to allow this) but small business can’t,” Chapman added.
A good budget for tradies
Denita Wawn, CEO of Master Builders Australia, said that builders and tradies will welcome the budget.
“It will boost the confidence of the industry that the recovery can continue to largely ride on the ute’s back,” Wawn said. “This is not an accountant’s Budget it is a nation-builders. It’s a Budget for people that believe in this country’s future like the people who work in the nation’s 400,000 building and construction businesses. Learning from history, the Treasurer has not been tempted to prematurely yank government support in fact he has doubled down on his first pandemic Budget. This will boost the confidence of builders and tradies that the economic recovery can be completed.”
MYOB, the provider of business-management tools, congratulated the Government for prioritising widespread digital adoption in the, saying that this will provide growth opportunities for small business.
“The Digital Economy Strategy will drive substantial economic gains for Australia, with solid investment in areas we know will make a difference for the digitalisation of SMEs,” MYOB’s Chief Employee Experience Officer, Helen Lea, said. “We particularly applaud the investment in e-invoicing as a tool that will yield great productivity returns and shorter payment times for small business.”
The Franchise Council of Australia (FCA) also welcomed the digital initiatives.
“The introduction of new technology in business is moving faster than anticipated and this Budget shows that the government recognises that technological growth and innovation by Australian small businesses,” the FCA’s CEO, Mary Aldred, said. “The pandemic has seen business adjust to more agile systems embracing a digital way of working. The FCA particularly commends the Government’s decision to promote electronic invoicing.”
And Trent Innes of Xero added, ”As a business that deploys artificial intelligence to make life easier for our small-business customers, we welcome the investment in AI capability and skills and will seek opportunities to engage with the government to accelerate the application of the technology.”


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19 July 2017What's Up with All the Milks?
After receiving local milk delivery for 20 years while raising our kids, now as empty nesters, my husband and I decided to get our weekly 1/2 gallon of 1% at the grocery store. We do miss the farm-fresh milk, especially my husband, who indulged in a glass of low-fat chocolate milk as his morning energy boost. So, I now find myself staring at the dairy case, amazed at the ever-expanding non-dairy options crowding out the cow's milk. According to data from the USDA, Americans are drinking about 37% less cow's milk today than they did in 1970. Yogurt and cheese sales are thriving so you can't really say it is all about people wanting to decrease animal food intake.
Why have non-dairy, plant-based milks become so popular? There are several reasons for the change in consumer demand. One reason is that cow's milk allergy is the #1 food allergy in children. According to experts, between 2-3% of children younger than 3 years are allergic to milk. By the way, people with cow's milk allergy are usually also allergic to sheep or goat's milk. Experts also report that food allergies are on the rise in the US. Lactose intolerance, the inability to digest lactose (cow's milk sugar) is another reason consumers are using cow's milk alternatives. Another reason is that health research showing the benefits of a plant-based diet is resulting in people choosing more plant-based milks, like soy or almond milk. And, of course, media coverage, celebrity endorsement, and fad diet books focusing on foods, like coconut, are another reason products like coconut milk are flying off the shelf. The dairy industry has tried marketing strategies such as the "Got Milk" ad campaign but has fallen behind the aggressive advertisement of almond, soy, coconut and other plant-based alternatives.
Keep in mind, not all milks are the same nutritionally. Here are some tips to optimize your choices:
- Cow's milk provides a number of important nutrients, including protein, calcium, phosphorus, potassium, vitamin D and vitamin B12. It is important to look at the food label of non-dairy milks to see if they have these nutrients. For example, calcium is listed as a percentage on labels. Add a zero to the % to get the amount of mg. One cup of cow's milk contains about 300 mg of calcium. Look for milks that are fortified with calcium as well as the above nutrients.
- Also, consider your overall diet to ensure you are getting alternative nutrient sources you may be missing when consuming the plant-based milks. Nutrition experts know that natural sources of nutrients are absorbed and used by the body better than fortified nutrients. Are you eating high calcium foods, like leafy greens, broccoli, seeds and quinoa? Are you including potassium sources like potatoes, bananas, tomatoes, and peppers? What about vitamin B12 sources like meat, salmon, eggs, and nutritional yeast?
- Look at the ingredient list of your milk choice. Is it more processed than you realized? Does it have extra sugar added? Select the unsweetened types and try to limit the added sugar at to less than 10 g per serving.
- Several brands of nut and grain milks are now offering added protein to boost the protein content.
- Filtered cow's milk is also new to the market. It is nutrient-rich with protein and calcium, and it is creamier and richer. It is labeled as "high protein" milk and may be a good choice if you need extra protein. Keep in mind that sodium is also higher in these milks.
Here are pros and cons of some of the plant-based milks on the market:
- Soy milk: Closest to cow's milk in protein content; has a nutty, bean flavor; useful to boost protein in shakes; works well in baking.
- Rice milk: Low in calories but also low in protein; has no saturated fat; sweet, nutty flavor; most hypoallergenic choice that is often used for multiple food allergies.
- Nut milks (almond, cashew): Plain types are lowest calorie plant-based milk option; very low carb so nice option with cereal for diabetes; nutty flavor.
- Pea milk: Another high protein choice; usually has added oil for creaminess; pea flavor that is slightly bitter.
- Coconut milk: High in saturated fat; zero protein; slightly tart coconut flavor. Oat milk: Has half the protein of cow's milk; adds fiber to diet; high calorie, high carbohydrate content; looks like eggnog; has sweet oat flavor.
Plant-based milks vary in, calories, fat content and the amount of sweetener added. Bottom line: Do a little homework to see what might fit your needs and don't just grab a plant-based milk simply because of slick advertising.
- Dairy Free Yogurt Alternatives
- Chevre, Fog and Feta: Goat Cheese and Goat Milk
- How Much Added Sugar is in Yogurt?
- Low Fat vs. Full Fat Foods?
- Calcium: Get Enough But Not Too Much!
- I love eggs
- Two Foods You Can Make at Home: Yogurt and (Healthy) Fruit Roll-ups
- Ditch the Sugar Bombs!
- Are You Lactose Intolerant?
- Is yogurt your sweet treat?
This article can be found at https://www.mynetdiary.com/what-s-up-with-all-the-milks.html

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The Lectra-ESCP Europe Chair, inaugurated in February 2014, aims to develop and convey knowledge based on innovations within the fashion and luxury sectors, thanks to cutting-edge technologies.
In the run up to the launch of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP 21), which will be held next month in Paris, Lectra and ESCP Europe sought to present some of the ongoing sustainable development changes in the fashion sector. The round table panelists included, Rémi Crinière, Head of Environmental and Social Responsibility H&M France; Dr. Helen Crowley, Head of sustainable sourcing innovation, Kering; Philippe Mangeard, European TK'Blue Agency President; Eva Zingoni, sustainable fashion designer as well as Laurence Jacquot, Director of Industrial Operations and Hardware R&D, Lectra.
The panelists agreed on a number of principles that allows the fashion industry to become environmentally sustainable more quickly and efficiently. These included, being one step ahead of consumers' behavior; the necessity of supply chain transparency; participating in cross-industry platforms in order to drive forward innovation; use technology that permits fashion brands to be more environmentally friendly as well as socially responsible, the release said.
“The fashion industry should be ahead of its time. Unfortunately, it has fallen behind as far as sustainable development is concerned,” Eva Zingoni pointed out. The clothing industry suffers from structural constraints, making it one of the least sustainable sectors. This impacts the entire supply chain, beginning with the production of raw materials to end-of-life product management via manufacturing conditions.
“A fashion company, such as Kering, has to manage worldwide and complex supply chains. We have already developed several actions and programmes to improve our understanding so as to better measure our impact and therefore reduce it step-by-step throughout the entire supply chain,” explained Helen Crowley. Kering, which is at the top of the Dow Jones Sustainability Index 2015 in the textile, clothing and luxury products sector for the second consecutive year, has decided to implement a more sustainable economic model that covers the entire span of its operations. To execute this strategy, the company uses an important tool, namely the environmental profit and loss account (E P&L), which is integrated into all of its brands.
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„Each man kills the thing he loves“
IIPM collaborates with LAIBACH
After the critically acclaimed 1st part of IIPM’s „Trilogy of Europe“ – THE CIVIL WARS – the production of the 2nd part THE DARK AGES is in full swing, featuring the actors Sanja Mitrović, Sudbin Musić, Vedrana Seksan, Valery Tscheplanowa & Manfred Zapatka. The score for THE DARK AGES will be composed by slovenian band Laibach.
The promotion trailer of the production is just released, shot on the Reichsparteitagsgelände in Nürnberg/Germany.
IIPM & BAVARIAN STATE THEATRE // THE DARK AGES
What happens to people when their beliefs and states fall to pieces? On what foundations is Europe built? From 1945 to 1995, from the collapse of the Third Reich to the siege of Sarajevo: In the second part of his Europa trilogy, entitled „The Dark Ages“, Milo Rau focusses on the dark history of a Europe in the process of unifying. Actors from Bosnia, Germany, Russia and Serbia tell their stories of displacement and homelessness, of departure and arrival, of dedication and despair. As in Rau’s previous acclaimed production, „The Civil Wars“, and accompanied by music composed for „The Dark Ages“ by Slovenian cult band Laibach, its biographical close-ups paint an intimate tableau of a continent which has been broken repeatedly – a political psychoanalysis of our time.

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"Hello my friend join the MELODIC REVOLUTION and the Return of the Era & music that made us who we are... Come join the LYNZEE NATION, or just be a friend!
ADD yourself to the LYNZEE BAND Group:
Welcome to the Revolution this site has much to offer so please browse the site make some new friends. Feel free to join some of groups or start your own group add events and so on. I am really enjoying your music you are very talented…"
Hello my name is Frank I am a solo composer and I have been pushing the envelope, in search of a new frontier in music. I have just released a new album titled "Sonic Revelation" under my band name "Meleniumx". I grew up in the 70's to appreciate progressive rock from bands like Genesis, Yes, King Krimson, etc... So as the decades changed so did the music but it could no longer capture my heart nor head as in those early years. Yes,there have been some great bands like U2 but they are the exception and not the norm. Genesis and Peter Gabriel albums recorded 30 yrs ago still capture my interest. I decided to begin a quest to create a new genre. One that could keep my mind and heart interested. I have recorded several albums in this pursuit in my home studio. My last was 10 yrs ago. But within the last yr. something broke and I began work on "Sonic Revelation". You can listen to some of the tracks on my page. I hope you enjoy what you hear and will come back again for more!
Welcome to the Revolution this site has much to offer so please browse the site make some new friends. Feel free to join some of groups or start your own group add events and so on. I am really enjoying your music you are very talented don't wait another 10 years to record new music. Please tell your friends and fans know about this site.
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Clinigen Group plc is a rapidly-growing global specialty pharmaceutical and services company with a unique combination of businesses focused on delivering the right medicine to the right patient at the right time to improve the quality of people’s lives around the world. The group consists of complementary businesses that focus on key areas of global medicine supply: clinical trial, unlicensed and licensed medicines. Our businesses can operate efficiently in a complex global regulatory environment and can ensure that precious medicines are delivered securely and effectively, wherever they are needed throughout the product lifecycle.
We are currently 1200+ people, headquartered in the UK, with sites in Burton-on-Trent, Weybridge and the North East and global offices in the US, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Hong Kong, South Africa, Singapore and Athens. Clinigen is a rapidly growing company that has a great future ahead. To sustain our growth, we’re always on the lookout for motivated, ambitious and committed individuals to join our highly successful team.
Reporting to the Divisional Finance Director, the Commercial Medicines Finance Director will have responsibility for the Financial and Commercial advice for the Commercial Medicines division. To provide support and challenge to MD and Exco through provision of finance and commercial acumen and experience
- Provide financial leadership and shape accounting strategy for Commercial Medicines, within boundaries of Group policy, with the aim to optimize the division’s financial and strategic position
- Contribute to the development of the division strategy across all areas of the business, challenging assumptions and decision making as appropriate
- Work in conjunction with Commercial Meds Exco to grow the business, formulating strategies and plans
- Lead and manage a small but diverse Finance team, across multiple sites, by establishing excellent ongoing working relationships with the team via recruitment, training and communication
- Ensure governance and budgetary control for Commercial Medicines division
- Co-ordinate weekly sales reporting and commentary for the SBU to the Senior Management of the Business
- Provide advice and challenge to all areas including Supply Chain activities, NPD assessment, budgets, forecasts and business plans
- Ultimate responsibility for Commercial Medicines cash flow requirements of sterling and foreign currency accounts in conjunction with group cash flow management
- Provide analytics for 3-5 year strategic plans
- Manage capital budgets including evaluation and preparation of submission of Capex proposals
- Statutory finance director and board member for Lamda Group of companies, managing a small independent finance function and ensuring that all statutory and regulatory requirements are met (annual accounts, quarterly TP declarations, annual tax returns, compliance with local companies act)
- Commercial involvement on Capital projects
- Manage production of ad hoc detailed analysis of performance (KPI’s)/dashboard management
The successful Commercial Medicines Finance Director will have the following:
- Ability to work autonomously
- Trustworthiness and discretion when dealing with confidential information
- Desire to professionally and commercially develop within a fast paced, growing business
- Pharmaceutical experience an advantage
- Full or part-qualified (ACCA, ACMA etc.)
- Experience in a similar position
- Experience of managing a senior budget holder
- Strong commercial awareness and analytical skills
- Ability to understand and communicate effectively to all Financial matters relating to the Business Units Experience of IFRS is preferred but not essential.
- Advanced excel skills, including pivot tables, Vlookups, graph creation.
- Experience of operating at a middle management level.
If this role is of interest to you, please email a recent copy of your CV and a covering letter to email@example.com and a member of the Talent Acquisition team will be in touch.

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We’re creating a more connected travel industry, underpinned by sustainability and long-term investor relations.
As part of Amadeus' recent report 'TheTravel Gold Rush 2020', we spoke to Paul Simmons, General Manager at easyJet, to discuss the future of the low-cost carrier and what we can expect from air travel in general as we move into the next decade and beyond.
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As well as explaining how and why low-cost travel has become the norm rather than the exception, Paul also shares his views on improving the total travel experience more generally; looking at why travel is still such a fragmented process and why it will continue to be for some time yet.
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The history of the “New World” of North America, from the arrivalof the Pilgrims to the establishment of what would become the United States, is already one full of intrigue. It is also one that is awash with strange sightings of flying objects long before anything mechanical should have been in the skies. Even more bizarre, some of these early accounts seem to tell of “interventions” that ensured the success of the “experiment” that was the United States.
It would appear that UFOs, and the intelligence behind them, have had an interest in North America since European settlers first set foot on its shores. And if the accounts of the Native American tribes are to be believed, said interest existed a long time before that. Here are ten otherworldly accounts from the early years of the United States.
10. The Aurora Alien
Aurora, Texas, 1897
According to the April 19, 1897, edition of the Dallas Morning News, a strange metallic craft screamed out of the skies over Aurora, Texas, early one evening, eventually crashing into a windmill on the land of a local judge, J.S. Proctor. Furthermore, an alien body was recovered from the craft, reportedly the pilot. It goes on to say: “Papers found on his person—evidently the records of his travels—are written in some unknown hieroglyphics and can not be deciphered.” The article concluded with, “The pilot’s funeral will take place at noon tomorrow.”
The funeral apparently did take place, and the alien body was buried in the local cemetery. The townsfolk would place an unmarked stone to mark the site, and the incident was largely forgotten. That was until the 1970s, when journalist Bill Case took an interest in the account.
Case would claim to have found the grave in the Aurora cemetery and even conducted basic tests which indicated a small coffin below. As he was in the process of applying for rights to exhume the grave, the stone marker mysteriously disappeared—as did the contents once hidden below it. Case believed this was the government removing the evidence of the alien body, an opinion he didn’t hold back on voicing.

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Scratchy throat and sniffles and body aches, oh my. Say it isn’t so. Yep, it’s that time of year. That festive time of year that starts with cute kiddos decked out for Halloween, moves right on to turkey and pies for Thanksgiving and manifests with the decorating, shopping, parties, baking, gift-wrapping and joy of Christmas, with a few college football parties sprinkled in. No wonder our bodies wear down and force a time out with cold, flu and the creepy crud.
This needn’t be my friends. Time to arm ourselves and invest a little TLC in our immune system before the creepy crud gets the best of us.
What is this thing called the immune system anyway, and why is it your neighbor Janet hasn’t been sick in three years while your sick days are maxed every year?
Our immune system is one of the magnificent phenomena’s of the human body. Each of us is equipped with a defense system that constantly fights disease-causing microorganisms when we don’t even know they’re attacking. The immune system resides in many parts of your body, including the tonsils, thymus gland, lymph nodes, appendix, spleen, small intestine, bone marrow and white blood cells.
There are a zillion ways our immune system breaks down, leading to not only cold and flu but also allergies, inflammation and ultimately disease. Today I’m going to look at how to keep our immune systems strong and healthy for the sake of fighting off cold and flu, but by practicing the right diet and lifestyle you’ll find that your body is strong enough to fight not only common illness, but also long-term disease.
Let’s look at them most common offenders.
Stress is a naturally occurring phenomena that our bodies are equipped to handle. When we’re in a state of stress the brain signals the adrenal glands to secrete endorphins to help temporarily handle the stress. Think fight or flight. We get sick when the body is constantly in a state of stress, working so hard to fight it that other bodily functions like the immune system become weakened. Stress levels tend to run particularly high during the winter months as we have less daylight, lowering serotonin levels in the brain, which has been linked to depression. On top of this we tend to work longer hours and overcommit during the holidays, all of which piles up as added stress. According to WebMD 75%-90% of all doc visits are stress related. Commit to not over-committing this winter, and when you’re feeling stress try these simple techniques to relax.
- Get outside for some fresh air and sunlight, even if just for ten minutes.
- Breathe! Breathe deeply from the diaphragm, in through your nose and out through your mouth. Bonus if you can try breathing exercises outside.
- Relaxing music
Lack of Sleep.
This one goes hand in hand with stress, as one inevitably leads to the other. Adults need seven to nine hours of sleep a night, period. This is when our bodies recover, rebuild and repair. Sleep is essential for almost all bodily processes to function properly. Surveys conducted by the National Sleep Foundation reveal that 60% of adults report having sleep problems a few nights a week or more. Lack of sleep not only impedes the immune system, but it also negatively impacts memory, metabolism and mood, all leading to more stress. Having trouble with sound sleep?
- Start to unwind as it gets dark outside. Our bodies are naturally programmed to wind down when it’s dark and refresh as the sun comes up. Save the housecleaning, working out or other strenuous activity for daytime.
- Maintain a consistent sleep routine, even on the weekends.
- Take naps if you need to.
- Lack of Vitamin D can be a factor in poor sleep. Try to get outside when the sun is shining and take a Vitamin D3 supplement if you don’t live in the southern part of the US.
- Magnesium may help in restful sleep as it aids in brain relaxation, helping to turn it from “on” to “off”. Get magnesium naturally through leafy greens and almonds, but for sounder sleep try a supplement.
Lack of movement.
I’m talking exercise, even though I try to avoid using the E word in fear of scaring my clients away. Stats show that people who work out regularly take half the number of sick days as people who don’t engage in regular physical activity. Exercise strengthens your heart, allowing for stronger blood circulation throughout your body. It also strengthens the lungs, allowing for greater oxygen distribution. No need to spend an hour at the gym every day if it’s not your thing. Getting out for a 30 minute walk four to five days a week will make a world of difference to your immune system.
I can’t possibly underestimate the importance of good nutrition when it comes to immune health. The old clichés are so true: we are what we eat, and an apple a day does keep the doctor away. Following are a few food based home remedies that can help to build a strong immune system and ease the symptoms of cold and flu when they do set in. Take that Janet.
Anise seed or fresh fennel clears congestion and helps ease a cough. Add 1 cup crushed anise seed to 1 cup hot water with garlic, cinnamon or honey. Raw fennel is delicious sliced and eaten on sandwiches or mixed into salads.
Apple Cider Vinegar is a powerful cleansing and healing elixir, a naturally occurring antibiotic and antiseptic that fights germs and bacteria. It also cures diarrhea, soothes a sore throat, aids in sinus drainage, and acts as a natural pick- me-up. Add 1-2 teaspoons to warm water and drink first thing in the morning or throughout the day.
Blueberries are antioxidant powerhouses, helping to protect cells from harm caused by free radicals, or molecules responsible for illness, aging and certain diseases.
Cacao, ounce for ounce contains more antioxidant power than green tea or berries, and it’s loaded with zinc. Add cacao nibs or powder to a morning smoothie, in yogurt or snack on cacao nibs on their own. You can find powder or nibs at your local health food store.
Celery is anti-inflammatory, anti-oxidant, fights viral and bacterial infection, supports the digestive tract, boosts your immune system, aids in hydration and as a bonus fights cancer and helps to lower blood pressure. Juice celery or eat it chopped in a salad or try sliced celery sticks with hummus.
Cinnamon has a healing effect on the body because of its warming property. Try making a tea with 1” slice fresh ginger, ¼ tsp cinnamon, ¼ lemon, 1 cup hot water. Or sprinkle cinnamon in your morning yogurt, over brown rice with honey or on roasted sweet potatoes.
Fluids are key when fighting a cold. Drink plenty of fluids to maintain a moist respiratory tract, helping to repel viral infection. Staying hydrated also improves the function of white blood cells. Stay away from concentrated sugars in soda pop and store bought juice, which can weaken the white blood cells ability to kill bacteria.
Garlic is a highly potent antioxidant offering anti-viral, anti-bacterial, anti-fungal and anti-yeast properties. Strive to eat two cloves a day. Garlic is most powerful eaten raw. Try a supplement if garlic isn’t appealing or make a habit to cook with it.
Ginger eases GI distress, treating nausea and promoting healthy digestion. It is highly anti-inflammatory and antioxidant. Ginger is known to be cleansing, warming and has been used to treat symptoms of cold, flu, PMS and arthritis pain. Try juicing fresh ginger root or make a tea with a 1” slice of ginger, ¼ fresh lemon and 1 cup hot water.
Green tea is full of catechins, powerful antioxidants that help rid the body of free radicals and are thought to help kill influenza viruses.
Honey. This age old flu fighter contains 22 amino acids, 27 minerals, a full-range of vitamins, and 5,000 live enzymes. Be sure to buy raw, local honey if possible. Try making a tea with ¼ lemon, 1 Tbsp raw honey and 1 cup hot water.
Leafy greens are some of the most nutrient dense foods on earth. The darker the green the higher the nutrient content. Leafy greens have a purifying affect, amp the immune system and promote lung health. Eat cooked or try raw in a salad or green smoothie.
Lean proteins: be sure to eat enough in the winter months to help build antibodies and fight infection. Protein also has a warming effect on the body.
Lemon is the most concentrated form of Vitamin C when juiced. Try lemon in warm water to soothe a cold. Lemon with sea salt in warm water soothes a sore throat.
Mushrooms are full of antioxidants and have major anti-inflammatory properties and cancer fighting power. Eat mushrooms in endless amounts raw in salads or sautéed with stews, soups or animal protein.
Omega-3 fatty acids help reduce inflammation, a side effect of colds. People that regularly take a fish oil supplement are also shown to suffer from less anxiety, which itself breaks down the immune system. Fatty fish like wild salmon, tuna, mackerel or anchovies are high in Omega-3’s, or add a high quality fish oil supplement to your diet.
Pineapple is effective in helping treat bronchial conditions as it contains the protein digesting enzyme bromelain, which helps to break down thick mucus and offers some mild antibiotic effects.
Probiotics are the healthy bacteria that live in our gut. This healthy gut flora makes up 70% of the immune system. It works to keep harmful bacteria from entering the bloodstream and helps the body absorb nutrients. Get your daily dose of probiotics by eating “live” food like cultured greek yogurt, fermented foods like sauerkraut or kim chi, through drinks like kombucha or kefir, or you can take a high quality, whole foods based probiotic supplement. Look for one that needs to be refrigerated, which means the cultures are live, not freeze-dried. Take an acidophilus supplement when on antibiotics to prevent the risk of yeast overgrowth.
Spirulina, a blue green algae has been called one of the most nutritious and concentrated food sources on the planet. It has 58 times more iron than raw spinach, 25 times more beta-carotene than carrots, 3 times more Vitamin E than Wheat Germ and is high in cancer-fighting selenium. Spirulina has antimicrobial properties, known to destroy a wide range of viral, bacterial and fungal infections while boosting the immune system. It aids in respiratory health, fighting asthma and the histamines that cause allergies. Spirulina is a complete protein with a very high protein efficiency ratio. It is anti-inflammatory. Add spirulina powder to your green smoothie or try a supplement. Both can be found at your local health food store.
*This content is for informational purposes only and should not be considered a substitute for consulting your physician regarding medical advice pertaining to your health.

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The long wait is over! Niantic has finally announced that the Mythical Pokemon Celebi is coming to Pokemon GO next week.
While the Celebi is already available to some Pokemon GO players who attended the Pokemon GO Fest 2018, the majority of the world still don’t have it. So, on August 20, players who weren’t able to attend the GO Fest 2018 will have their chance to catch Celebi when Niantic releases the special Research Task next week.
While there is still no details about the Research Task, Niantic planning to release a more challenging task as they mentioned that they need to test the skills of many players. It sounds like they will be giving unique tasks compared to the previously released task.
There is one pre-requisite requirement if a player wants to participate in the research task. They have to have finished the third set of challenges to collect Mew which was obtained exclusively from the Research challenges.

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The MBTA says it will add some trips to its scaled-back schedule, just a day after it announced service reductions based on lower ridership due to the coronavirus outbreak.
The T says the revisions are based on Tuesday's ridership and "reflect demand at specific times of day, on select rapid transit lines and bus routes."
It's adding service for the Green Line's E Branch, which goes to hospitals in the Longwood Medical Area, and certain bus routes. In the mornings, there will be more Blue Line trains. The T said the changes account for the needs of essential workers, including those who need to get to hospitals, government offices and food distributions centers.
The agency announced Monday that it was reducing service. Starting Tuesday, it said, most bus routes will move to a Saturday schedule and trains will arrive up to 14 minutes apart, depending on the line. Express bus routes will continue to operate on a regular weekday schedule. The T's door-to-door service for those with disabilities, The RIDE, will run at full service. Ferry service, however, has been canceled. (You can see the full schedule changes here.)
“The MBTA plays an important role in slowing the spread of the coronavirus while continuing to provide critical services to medical professionals and other employees in key industries that rely on public transit,” MBTA General Manager Steve Poftak said in a statement. “While some of these changes are inconvenient, they maintain a responsible balance between protecting the health and safety of the MBTA workforce and our customers, and our goal of continuing to run safe and reliable service without major disruptions.”
The changes are based on guidance from public health professionals — who recommend people avoid large gatherings — as well as a recent reduction in ridership amid the coronavirus outbreak, the MBTA said. In its announcement, the T said it will "operate at levels that support social distancing."
Service on the commuter rail will also be reduced. Keolis, the company that operates the commuter rail, said while there will be reduced service, it will provide off-peak travel options throughout the day.
“We’re working closely with the MBTA and monitoring closely guidance from state and federal public health officials to ensure we’re staying up-to-date during this very fluid situation," Keolis CEO David Scorey said in a statement. "While we are continuing to provide service at a reduced level, it is critical for people to follow recent state protocols, such as social distancing and very limited gatherings.”
The MBTA recently rolled out plans to clean and disinfect the system more frequently amid concerns about the coronavirus. The changes in service for the transit system will start the same day as the statewide closure of schools and a ban on eating at bars and restaurants, as ordered by Gov. Charlie Baker on Sunday night.
The changes to the MBTA and commuter rail also come after transit agencies in other regions have reduced service, including the Washington, D.C.-area Metro. Other public transit agencies are also considering service changes.
The MBTA says it may implement even more service adjustments moving forward — including increasing service — depending on ridership needs. The agency is especially focused on assessing the transportation needs of hospital workers and those trying to travel to Boston's food distributions centers, sites set up to ensure public school students can still access meals.
Boston Mayor Marty Walsh said he hopes people won't need to use the T to access the food distribution centers since they have been set up in various neighborhoods.
"In their neighborhoods, it will either be a community center or another venue that they’ll be able to go and pick up their meals," Walsh told WBUR's Radio Boston. "So for example, if you’re going to school in Mattapan and you live in Dorchester, you won’t have to go to Mattapan or to your school to get access to food, it will be in your neighborhood."
Walsh said the T is making the right call in cutting back service, even though it will affect businesses and those who still need to get around.
"If we can limit the amount of coronavirus spread here in Boston and Massachusetts, that’s key," Walsh said.
This article was originally published on March 16, 2020.


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Low fat and delicious! Found this recipe on an Alaska Seafood site. Really tasty served on a toasted bun with lettuce and tomato slices. Yummy.
- 1 (14 3/4 ounce) can salmon (or 2 cans, 7-1/2 oz.)
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice
- 1 1⁄2 tablespoons dijon-style mustard
- 3⁄4 cup dry breadcrumbs
- 1⁄2 cup sliced green onion
- 3 egg whites
- Drain and flake salmon.
- Combine lemon juice and mustard.
- Blend flaked salmon with breadcrumbs, green onions, and lemon juice-mustard mixture.
- Mix in egg whites until well blended.
- Form mixture into 4 patties and cook on a lightly oiled grill or sauté in skillet until golden brown on both sides.
- Serve each burger on a bun with lettuce, tomato slices.
I made these along with Dana's easy baked potato wedges last night. We really enjoyed the flavor and I will definately make them again. Served them on Onion rolls. Thanks
My mom sent this to me. I LOVED it. My whole family thought it was great. I will always use this when making the salmon. Thanks
This will be the only recipe I use from now on to make salmon burgers. It is excellent. I did get 6 large burgers out of this recipe. It is wonderful.


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Here is an important question: what is a 3D scanning probe? And further, why is it useful, and, in some applications, vital for the process? For an answer, one needs to go back in time. When the kinematic touch-trigger probe was invented by Renishaw’s founders nearly 50 years ago, no one knew the impact it would have on the manufacturing industry. As with all technology, probes have evolved. While touch-trigger probing meets the needs of users wanting to automate simple setup and precision inspection, scanning takes measurement to a whole new level by inspecting form, surface condition and detailed dimensions at an incredible speed.
In this context, the OSP60 probe can continuously measure up to 1000 points per second in XYZ simultaneously. So, depending on the resolution that you want, it can measure as fast as preferred – even at G0 speeds in some cases. SPRINT technology can give the machinist the necessary confidence that a work piece has been machined within tolerance extremely quickly and accurately. Like a coordinate measuring machine (CMM), it reads the encoder or linear scale values from the CNC and compensates for any potential errors. It can even scan rough surfaces like castings. Thanks to numerous innovations, it can achieve real-world repeatability better than ±1 μm.
Being able to check part geometry while a part is still fixed on the machine tool is priceless. Without on-machine scanning, the finished part is typically measured offline, and any problems would be identified after the machining process. If problems were detected, in most cases, by then the part would have been identified as scrap, and if not, it would need to be fixed on the machine for a second time. It is well-known how difficult it is to set up an already machined part. Another key advantage of SPRINT technology is the ability to check surface finish quality of a part. It can detect the waviness that has been either machined intentionally, or caused by tool wear, breakage, chattering, vibrations, and lack of coolant on the cutting tool or a combination of these.
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The association between vitamin D receptor polymorphisms and serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels with ulcerative colitis in Chinese Han population.
Clin Res Hepatol Gastroenterol. 2016 Oct 19. pii: S2210-7401(16)30131-0. doi: 10.1016/j.clinre.2016.09.001. [Epub ahead of print]
Zheng SZ1, Zhang DG1, Wu H1, Jiang LJ2, Jin J2, Lin XQ3, Ding R4, Jiang Y5.
- Ulcerative Colitis relapse 25 percent more likely if vitamin D level is lower than 35 ng – June 2016
- IBD (Collitis, Crohn’s) was active 6X more often if low vitamin D – June 2015
- Crohn's disease associated with 7.6X deactivation of Vitamin D receptor – July 2015
Vitamin D Receptor category has the following
Vitamin D tests cannot detect Vitamin D Receptor (VDR) problems
A poor VDR restricts Vitamin D from getting in the cells
It appears that 30% of the population have a poor VDR (40% of the Obese )
Several diseases protect themselves by deactivating the Vitamin D receptor.Example: Breast Cancer
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The Vitamin D Receptor is associated with many health problems
Some health problems, such as Breast Cancer and Diabetes, protect themselves by reducing VDR activation
Suspect that SAR-COV-2 also protects itself from Vitamin D
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A poor VDR is associated with the risk of 55 health problems click here for details
The risk of 44 diseases at least double with poor VDR as of Oct 2019 click here for details
Some health problem, such as Breast Cancer reduce the VDR
VDR at-home test $29 - results not easily understood in 2016
There are hints that you may have inherited a poor VDR
Compensate for poor VDR by increasing one or more:
|1) Vitamin D supplement|
Sun, Ultraviolet -B
| Vitamin D in the blood |
and thus in the cells
|2) Magnesium||Vitamin D in the blood |
AND in the cells
|3) Omega-3||Vitamin D in the cells|
|4) Resveratrol||Vitamin D Receptor|
|5) Intense exercise||Vitamin D Receptor|
|6) Get prescription for VDR activator|
|Vitamin D Receptor|
|7) Quercetin (flavonoid)||Vitamin D Receptor|
|8) Zinc is in the VDR||Vitamin D Receptor|
|9) Boron||Vitamin D Receptor ?, |
|10) Essential oils e.g. ginger, curcumin||Vitamin D Receptor|
|11) Progesterone||Vitamin D Receptor|
|12) Infrequent high concentration Vitamin D|
Increases the concentration gradient
|Vitamin D in the cells|
|13) Sulfroaphane and perhaps sulfur||Vitamin D Receptor|
Note: If you are not feeling enough benefit from Vitamin D, you might try increasing VDR activation. You might feel the benefit within days of adding one or more of the above
Far healthier and stronger at age 72 due to supplements Includes 6 supplements that help the VDR
An item from the table: If poor Vitamin D Receptor
|Risk increase||Health Problem|
1Department of Gastroenterology, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China.
2Department of Gastroenterology, the Wenzhou Central Hospital, Wenzhou, China.
3Department of Gastroenterology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China.
4Department of Gastroenterology, Wenzhou Renmin Hospital, Wenzhou, China.
5Department of Gastroenterology, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China. wzjiangyi at yeah.net.
There is now growing evidence suggesting that Vitamin D is playing a critical role in modulating the innate and adaptive immune responses. Several polymorphisms have been identified in the vitamin D receptor (VDR) gene but their association with ulcerative colitis (UC) susceptibility remained controversy. In the current study, we examined the association between VDR polymorphisms and serum level of 25-hydroxyvitamin D [25(OH)D] with UC in Chinese Han population. Polymorphisms of FokI (rs2228570)/BsmI (rs1544410)/ApaI (rs7975232)/TaqI (rs731236) in the VDR gene were assessed in a case-control study comprising 404 UC patients and 612 controls. Moreover, 25(OH)D levels were measured by electro-chemiluminescence immunoassay in 75 UC patients and 120 controls. Our results suggested that BsmI polymorphism frequency was significantly lower in UC patients (P=0.028), and the frequency of AAC haplotype formed by BsmI, ApaI and TaqI was also significantly lower in UC patients (P=0.012).
Moreover, FokI polymorphism was more frequently observed in patients with mild and moderate UC as compared to those with severe UC (P=0.001, P<0.001, respectively). Average 25(OH)D level was lower in UC patients than in controls (19.3±6.8 vs. 21.8±7.3ng/mL, P=0.017), and was significantly correlated with hemoglobin (β=0.49, P<0.001), C-reactive protein (β=-0.36, P<0.001), severity of UC (β=-0.21, P=0.025) and FokI polymorphism (β=-0.20, P=0.031) in UC patients.
Interestingly, there was a significant correlation between FokI polymorphism and vitamin D deficiency (<20ng/mL) in UC patients (P=0.006).
Together, these results supported that VDR polymorphisms and 25(OH)D level were significantly correlated with UC risk and severity in Chinese Han population.
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PMID: 27771345 DOI: 10.1016/j.clinre.2016.09.001
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A new type of vortical structures under breaking waves
As described in the previous sections, depending on the type of breaker, different types of structures are observed under the breaking waves.
Thanks to the initial condition of an unstable sine wave already used previously (Lubin et al., 2006), the generation of a filament vortex could be observed. It can be clearly deduced from Table 3 that the vortex filaments are found only beneath plunging breaking waves.
We have observed that the generation of vortex filaments is an extremely rapid process (Lubin and Glockner, 2013; Lubin and Glockner, 2015). When the water jet collides with the front of the wave, we witness the tumultuous impact of a body of water. At the moment of the impact of the jet, a line of craters is created upstream of the point of impact, from where the splash-up develops. Craters do not penetrate deeply, but are deformed under pressure increasing between the mass of water of the impacting jet and the front face of the wave. The impacting jet splits into two parts, as we have already described (Lubin et al., 2006), creating a line of discontinuity. The craters are then stretched along this line, and rotate.
The rotating structures are then clearly identified as soon as the jet enters the front face of the wave. Vortex filaments are located at the exact boundary between the impacting jet water and the water of the front face of the wave, along the discontinuity line. The structures at the beginning of the surf are disorganized, while during the development phase of the splash-up a more regular organization can be observed with coherent structures.
To identify and visualize the vortex filaments, we use the criterion Q (which is the second invariant of the gradient tensor) which will enable us to analyze the evolution of structures in space over time (Jeong and Hussain, 1995). It can be seen that aerobic vortex structures coincide with the coherent structures identified by the Q criterion. We can see that the vortices are regularly spaced and seem regularly organized. These fine structures look like
Table 3: Vortex filaments observed as a function of the breaker type. WP: weak plunging; PL: plunging breaker.
ribs, connecting the splash-up and the air tube formed during the overturning motion of the wave. The air entrainment coincides with the structures identified by the Q criterion, while it seems sucked into the vortex core. Figure 2 shows the spiral movement of the water, confirming the presence of these vortex filaments under the breaking waves. It can also be observed that the spiraling structures are areas of low pressure. Once the vortex is formed, the air is entrained and the pressure at the heart of the vortices is weaker than that of the surrounding water. The spiral motion of the filament shell is illustrated in Figure 2, the current lines wrapping around structures. Figure 2 confirms the observation that vortices do not have a preferential direction of rotation.
Discussion and future work
Previous works dedicated to the exact same configuration (Lubin et ah, 2006), where the vortex filaments have never been observed, used a sequential version of the numerical tool. The simulations were then limited in mesh grid resolution in order to have an affordable computation time. However, the computational time usually took more than several weeks. In order to discuss this point, a mesh grid sensitivity investigation was proposed, considering four mesh grid densities (Lubin and Glockner, 2015). This numerical study confirmed that the vortex filaments could not be simulated using a coarse mesh grid density. As it could be expected, much less detail could be seen for the air entrainment, and no vortex filaments were detected. Then, the finest mesh grid density allowed a better description of the aeration inside the vortex filaments. The structures could also be better identified and aeration could be observed to last longer in the core of the filaments, due to a more accurate ffee-surface description. One of the most interesting results was to conclude that the coarse grid was sufficient to describe the largest eddies in the flow and account for the correct decay rate of the total energy of the wave (Lubin and Glockner, 2015).
Callaghan et al., 2016 indicated that estimating individual breaking wave energy dissipation in the field remains a fundamental problem. At the same time, it remains a very challenging issue. Thus, laboratory experiments and numerical simulations are still mandatory to fill the gaps in our knowledge.
To date, there are a very limited number of studies on air entrainment induced by breaking waves. Recent studies on air entrainment induced by breaking waves detailed the
Figure 1: Sketch of the colliding jet with the flow separation: downstream the plunge point, the main tube of air is entrapped, while the splash-up is growing upstream. The arrows represent the opposing flows meeting and separating, creating a line of discontinuity. Taken from (Lubin and Glockner, 2015).
Figure 2: Evolution of the coherent vortical structures underneath the plunging breaking wave at t = 0.17 s (left column) and t = 0.24 s (right column), for H/L = 0.13 and d/L = 0.13 (Ll configuration). Taken from (Lubin and Glockner, 2015). The coherent vortex filaments are educed using the Q-criterion (Hunt et ah, 1988). The vortex envelopes are visualised with the positive Q = 1 isosurfaces (in green), (a): the free-surface is identified with the isocontour of the phase function (in blue), showing the air entrainment; (b): pressure isocontour (p = 0.7 N.m~2, with the reference p = 0 located at the free-surface) illustrating the low pressure inside the vortex filaments; (c): streamlines showing spiralling flow around and inside the fine elongated vortex filaments; (d): the colour scale on the isosurfaces of Q = 1 refers to the local value of the spanwise velocity. Regions associated with positive spanwise velocity are in red, negative in blue.
relation between underwater bubbles generation, turbulence production and energy dissipation. Plunging waves tend to carry large amounts of air at greater depths than other types of breaker type. The dynamics of a bubble under unsteady perturbations are affected by the balance between forces acting on the bubble; the residence time of the bubble in the turbulent flow field also needs to be taken into account (Chanson and Lee, 1997; Chanson et ah, 2002). A large number of bubbles are generated and broken in the shear zones, where velocity gradients play a great role in the breakup process. This aspect of the flow remains a technical challenge for both the numerical models and experimental techniques. Our current understanding indicates that some research effort needs to be done to elucidate the physics of the unsteady motion of a breaking roller (Lubin and Chanson, 2017). Practically, there is still a need to evaluate:
The Hinze scale is classically admitted to determine the size of the smallest bubbles affected by turbulence (Hinze, 1949; Hinze, 1955; Hinze, 1975). (Ho-.Toon et ah, 2007) and (Bvoungjoon et ah, 2016) studied experimentally the relation between air entrainment, vortical structures and energy dissipation, highlighting the difficulty to perform measurements in highly aerated areas. Using particle image velocimetry (PIV) and bubble image velocimetry (B1V) techniques, they carefully detailed the air entrainment at every stage of splash-ups and vortical structures generation during the breaking event. Void fraction has proved to be an important quantity to consider, as well as bubble size distribution (Callaghan et al., 2016). (Wang et ah, 2016) and (Deike et ah, 2016) numerically investigated 3D breaking waves and subsequent air entrainment. These works proved the great progress made by numerical tools, but also reported the great costs in terms of computational times required by such simulations. They also showed that a major parameter for accurate numerical simulations is the choice of the mesh size, which will determine the size of the smallest resolved structures of the flow. Usually, the experimental findings indicated the targeted length scales which are to be resolved.
Moreover, the bubble cloud physics has been shown to be also affected by other parameters like surfactant, temperature or salinity (Callaghan et ah, 2014; Callaghan et ah, 2017; Anguelova and Huq, 2018), which are out of reach for present Navier-Stokes numerical simulations. Consequently, more detailed numerical simulations and experiments are needed to investigate and understand the details of the flow. The metrology is clearly an issue to get accurate and reliable physical measurements in this rapidly-varied aerated turbulent flow. Moreover, in the breaking process even without wind, the role of air is crucial. Recent numerical studies showed that an important part of breaking dissipation and turbulence generation comes from the air entrainment and the presence of vortices above the free surface (Iafrati et ah, 2013).
It has been discussed that instabilities (Rayleigh-Taylor and Kelvin-Helmholtz) can be possibly observed at different stages of the wave breaking event (Lubin et ah, 2019): plunging jet ejection at the wave crest, plunging jet growth and disintegration in droplets, plunging jet impact and splash-up occurrence. This, in turn, leads to droplets and bubbles generation. Understanding which physical parameters control the instabilities will allow to understand and predict many aspects of wave breaking. Taking surface tension into account in future simulations is thus required to go further into the analysis of plausible instability mechanisms. The challenge is to deduce a physically based model as time advances during a single breaking event. (Deike et ah, 2017) indeed showed that modelling air entrainment induced by a single wave breaker (Deike et ah, 2016) was a necessary step towards an averaged estimation of the amount of air entrained by breaking waves in the open ocean.
The aim of this chapter was to present the first study of these coherent eddy structures. 3D wave breaking processes, including wind and current, are thus still poorly understood, yet essential in a number of open ocean and nearshore processes. Therefore, the understanding of the complete physical processes induced by breaking waves and the subsequent flow structure is still lacking in its finest details. (Zhou et al„ 2017) investigated the interaction between wave-breaking induced turbulent coherent structures and suspended sediment transport, indicating that the understanding of the whole 3D flow structures in the surf zone (including turbulent eddies, aeration, currents and turbulence near the bed) is clearly needed to be able to evaluate the erosion budget for beaches. But studying the characteristics of a propagating breaking roller is still a major challenge (Leug and Chanson, 2019).


text: Our history began in Mernico, a tiny village of 30 people just 3 kilometers from Dolegna del Collio where great-grandfather Daniele was born on March 9th 1898. He was the 2nd male of 11 children in a big farming family. Daniele was born and raised as an Austrian but on the February 6th 1930 he bought a small house and a hill in Dolegna del Collio. A few months later he became father of Adelchi, the only male of 3 children. After the war the property was a farm where vines and fruit trees were grown together biologically. The farm sustained the family's needs first and the excess was sold to restaurants in Udine and Cividale. For years Daniele and Adelchi worked together buying and working abandoned vineyards, experimenting to find the perfect combinations of vine and vineyard and creating a peculiar mosaic of microclimates surrounded by forest. Adelchi then had two sons, Gianni and Giorgio. They continued the viticultural philosophy of their parents and decided to maintain the same respectful approach. In the last three decades they developed ways to express in the cellar that peculiar sense of site that our wines are able to communicate but -the last sentence was cut off on the site.


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Dawn of a New Era: 70 Years of the NHS in the Lothians
About the Exhibition
Opening: 13th April 2018 | Where: Binks Trust Exhibition Wall, Main Library 6th Floor | Closing: 15th August 2018
The NHS was born on 5 July 1948. From Scotland’s pre-1948 experiments in state health care, to medical breakthroughs, public health challenges and patient power, this display highlights the past 70 years of our region’s medical history through the collections of Lothian Health Services Archive (LHSA).

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BY TC News Desk
Agartala, 4th October 2023 : Transport Minister Sushanta Chowdhury chaired a review meeting today regarding the launch of e-bus services and the installation of ‘Multimodal Intercharger’ services at various bus depots.
During the meeting, Minister Chowdhury announced that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ambitious project, the PM e-bus service, is set to be launched in several cities nationwide in the near future.
“To realize the Prime Minister’s vision, 10,000 e-buses will be introduced in different cities across the country. The Prime Minister’s goal is to simultaneously enhance the transportation system while reducing pollution. To achieve this, the central government is initiating the ‘PM E bus service.’ Besides Agartala, the government intends to introduce e-buses in other cities as well. It’s imperative to enhance the infrastructure of various bus depots to ensure seamless usage of e-buses,” he emphasized.
Minister Chowdhury also highlighted the need for additional buses in certain areas of Agartala, emphasizing that discussions on infrastructure deficiencies were thoroughly addressed during the meeting.
“If this e-bus transport service is extended to other cities, including the capital Agartala, residents will enjoy improved services. This will enhance the overall quality of life for the public. The launch of this e-bus service will lead to a reduction in noise and air pollution, with far-reaching benefits for future generations. Furthermore, our state’s economy will experience notable growth,” he stated.
He further emphasized that the implementation of this e-bus service would generate numerous employment opportunities for the populace.
“This project will be instrumental in expanding the electric transport system within our state. Additionally, it will enhance our state’s cities by offering an energy-efficient and environmentally friendly transport system,” he added.
The meeting was attended by various officials, including Tripura Government Finance Department Secretary Aporba Roy, Transport Department Secretary Uttam Kumar Chakma, Urban Development Department Director Rajat Panth, Transport Department Commissioner Subrata Chowdhury, Tripura Road Transport Corporation and Tripura Urban Transport Corporation Limited Managing Director Dhanbabu Reang. Also present were Agartala Municipal Corporation Deputy Municipal Commissioner Subrata Bhattacharya, Transport Department Deputy Secretary Maitri Debnath, Convergence Energy Services Limited (CESL) official Ajit Pratap Singh, and other officials.


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Child and Adult: Comparing Immune Systems
Immunity and Survival
Humans are social creatures, often eating for pleasure in group settings. While humans may love and appreciate the process and the feelings associated with eating food, there is little thought about the immune and survival advantages provided by the macronutrients and micronutrients that make up our food. We provide support for your family’s immune health. We have solutions for boosting adult immunity as well as children over four years of age. Contact us for details!
Children are no strangers to eating for pleasure; sweetness dominates the taste preferences of most. It is important to understand the biological processes that promote immune health in children versus adults. How do modern food choices affect a child’s immune biology?
A child’s basic immunology is imperfect up until approximately five years old. Until this point, a child’s immune system has not adequately developed to respond adaptively (via antibodies) to new invading pathogens. This leaves them at risk for overwhelming infectious disease.
History has proven this to be true with excessive death rates in the very young and the very old before the advent of vaccinations and sanitation. However, despite this, the best childhood health outcomes are based on providing the immune system with nutrients for optimal function. This includes breastmilk and diverse, whole food-based nourishment.
The Developing Immune System: Tolerance is Key
From the very beginning of life, a child’s body must learn to tolerate the outside environment through specific immune events. Antigen presenting cells differentiate between harmless and harmful particles that enter the body.
For example, a peanut protein versus a dust mite protein or a harmful pneumococcal bacterium. In the first two years of life, the immune system is repeatedly bombarded with foreign protein antigens until it has seen and responded to all in either a pathogenic form or a tolerant form. This process primes the immune system to function appropriately throughout their lives. Children explore with their mouths and that proclivity supports this process. Nutrients also promote tolerance, primarily vitamins A and D, zinc, and fiber. 1-4
Child vs. Adult Immune System
In comparison, the average adult immune system has fully developed tolerance. This allows it to respond appropriately to defend against pathogens at all times. When we get older, the function of T helper cells is and antigen presenting cells are reduced. This ‘weakens’ our immune system.
By two years of age, children develop fully functional innate immune pathogen sensing and killing systems. 5 The innate immune system is a sensing system that recognizes patterns of protein fragments that appear dangerous and rapidly mounts a local response to fight them off. This innate system deploys pattern recognition receptors all over the child’s body to recognize the abnormal pattern of a pathogen and locally kill it. These dead pathogens are then presented to the adaptive immune system. This process ultimately develops long lasting antibodies and memory to this pathogen, making subsequent encounters less problematic.
The process of innate pathogen killing is much more profound in a child versus an adult, as children have naïve adaptive immunobiology before initial exposure to a pathogen. Consuming the precursor macronutrients and micronutrients for effective innate immune activity is critical for a child’s health. Once a pathogen has been seen and thwarted, the child’s future pathogen-specific immune response mirrors that of the adult through memory B and T cell activity.
Pathogen memory is the key attribute of adaptive immunity that helps us survive infection from a pathogen. The systems that protect a child and young adult begin to fade in late adulthood. This immunological fade can occur in the younger cohort for many of the same reasons as the elderly other than cellular senility based purely on age:
Excessive chemical exposures
Dietary and pharmacologically induced intestinal and pulmonary microbiome damage
If we can reduce inflammation, we can mediate many of these effects.
A modern diet, which includes a large number of processed foods, is a major problem for immune health in both adults and children. Insulin resistance is a primary driver of hyperglycemia (high blood sugar), and hyperlipidemia (fat in the blood), and it is mediated by the chronic and excessive consumption of free fatty acids primarily coupled to a sugar gradient of glucose and/or fructose. A classic example would be a fast-food meal: a cheeseburger, French fries, and a 16-ounce soda. 7,8 The most important variables appear to be frequency and volume of fatty acids and sugars consumed, as chronic consumption may lead to the development of a positive calorie flux.
Over many years, diet-induced chronic metabolic changes usher in a period of immune dysregulation, notably decreasing effective pathogen killing and increasing metabolic disease risk. 9,10 Inflammation actually reinforces the dietary induced insulin resistance metabolic derangement pathway to repeat itself in a continuous cycle.
Micronutrient insufficiencies occur commonly in modern children and adults. As micronutrients are the cofactors for most cellular enzymatic reactions in the body, the consequences of insufficiency are slowed protein production, deranged immune cell function, and disrupted immune cell signaling pathways critical to immune regulation among others. Vitamins A, B, C, D, and E, zinc, iron, selenium, magnesium, and copper play the greatest roles. 11
Each of these micronutrients is involved in different and also cooperative events in the immune system. These micronutrients are utilized best when consumed as whole foods. The greatest difference between the adult and the child’s immune system is the time course by which lifestyle behaviors have affected our adult immune system.
We can provide solutions to support your immune system as well as your children’s immune system. We have products formulated to boost the adult immune system and an easy daily chewable supplement for children prone to upper respiratory infections. Contact us for details!
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Veldhoen, M., & Brucklacher-Waldert, V. (2012). Dietary influences on intestinal immunity. Nature reviews. Immunology, 12(10), 696–708. https://doi.org/10.1038/nri3299
Chinthrajah, R. S., Hernandez, J. D., Boyd, S. D., Galli, S. J., & Nadeau, K. C. (2016). Molecular and cellular mechanisms of food allergy and food tolerance. The Journal of allergy and clinical immunology, 137(4), 984–997. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaci.2016.02.004
Gombart, A. F., Pierre, A., & Maggini, S. (2020). A Review of Micronutrients and the Immune System-Working in Harmony to Reduce the Risk of Infection. Nutrients, 12(1), 236. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu12010236
Simon, A. K., Hollander, G. A., & McMichael, A. (2015). Evolution of the immune system in humans from infancy to old age. Proceedings. Biological sciences, 282(1821), 20143085. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2014.3085
Mokarizadeh, A., Faryabi, M. R., Rezvanfar, M. A., & Abdollahi, M. (2015). A comprehensive review of pesticides and the immune dysregulation: mechanisms, evidence and consequences. Toxicology mechanisms and methods, 25(4), 258–278. https://doi.org/10.3109/15376516.2015.1020182
Nowotny, B., Zahiragic, L., Krog, D., Nowotny, P. J., Herder, C., Carstensen, M., Yoshimura, T., Szendroedi, J., Phielix, E., Schadewaldt, P., Schloot, N. C., Shulman, G. I., & Roden, M. (2013). Mechanisms underlying the onset of oral lipid-induced skeletal muscle insulin resistance in humans. Diabetes, 62(7), 2240–2248. https://doi.org/10.2337/db12-1179
Reaven G. M. (1988). Banting lecture 1988. Role of insulin resistance in human disease. Diabetes, 37(12), 1595–1607. https://doi.org/10.2337/diab.37.12.1595
Villarreal-Calderón, J. R., Cuéllar, R. X., Ramos-González, M. R., Rubio-Infante, N., Castillo, E. C., Elizondo-Montemayor, L., & García-Rivas, G. (2019). Interplay between the Adaptive Immune System and Insulin Resistance in Weight Loss Induced by Bariatric Surgery. Oxidative medicine and cellular longevity, 2019, 3940739. https://doi.org/10.1155/2019/3940739
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- I-Mab and Junshi join forces on CD73/PD-1 combo development
I-Mab and Junshi join forces on CD73/PD-1 combo development
China-based biotechs I-Mab Biopharma (Shanghai) Co., Ltd, and Shanghai Junshi biosciences Co., Ltd, have agreed to work together on a clinical study for I-Mab’s CD73 antibody TJD5 and Junshi’s programmed death-1 (PD-1) inhibitor toripalimab as a combination therapy in China. The pairing is expected to produce synergistic effects that boost the efficacy of tumor immunotherapy.
TJD5 is an in-house developed CD73 antibody that is the subject of ongoing Phase I clinical trials in the US in advanced solid tumor patients. Meanwhile, toripalimab is the subject of 30 ongoing studies across 14 different cancer indications, and was the first domestic PD-1 mAb to be approved in China at the end of 2018. Previous studies have shown that CD73 blockade in combination with PD-1 or CTLA-4 antibodies can enhance the therapeutic effect of checkpoint inhibitors and produce synergistic effects.


One year on from the devastating impact of Storm Frank, Aberdeen City Council is still battling to repair the damage and fortify communities across the region ahead of future floods.
From the end of December 2015 to the second week of January, hundreds of homes and businesses across the north-east were swamped by rising floodwaters brought on by high rainfall.
During the storms, SEPA recorded the highest water levels in 40 years at many local river stations.
In Aberdeen, the River Dee was estimated to be at its highest in 87 years, and the Don was recorded at its highest levels in 45 years.
During the worst of the floods, Aberdeen City Council staff were constantly on call helping residents evacuate their homes, cleaning up roads, supporting the emergency services and assisting in the cleanup once the waters had subsided.
In the year since Storm Frank hit the north-east, the city council has put in place several changes around Aberdeen as part of efforts to minimise damage from future floods.
These include design studies for a flood prevention scheme at Peterculter, in the Millside and Paddock area, installation of a storm bypass at Leggart Terrace, installation of the wetlands area at Seaton Park, flooding prevention work at the Watson Street and Cornhill areas, and more.
Jenny Laing, leader of Aberdeen City Council, said: “Storm Frank and the January flooding were devastating for many parts of the north-east and for residents and communities in Aberdeen.
“Although they were both regarded as extremely unusual events, we cannot be complacent about flooding on this scale not happening again which is why the measures were taken afterwards and will continue over the next few years.
“We hope that nothing on this scale ever happens again as we know how terrible the impact is on people to have their houses or businesses affected by flooding.
“The response by our own staff working alongside emergency services at the time was amazing, and their hard work during what were challenging circumstances, and also for work which has been carried out and will continue on flood prevention schemes around the city.
“I’d also like to thank the community groups and individuals who played such a big part in cleaning up the debris afterwards as their efforts were tremendous.”


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Dr. Qadri to fly US for medical treatment tomorrow
A five-member doctors’ panel conducted his check-up today and termed his condition unsatisfactory.
According to the medical reports of Dr. Qadri, it is advised that the PAT head must undergo immediate heart treatment in the US.
Sources informed that doctors will also accompany Dr. Qadri to Houston.
PAT spokesperson said that a doctor had arrived in Lahore from United States on Monday night for medical checkup of the PAT chief.


The current BMW X3 has entered its 6th year and upgrading to the new generation is necessary to maintain its appeal against competing rivals.
The new generation of BMW X3 has entered the testing phase in preparation for commercial release in 2024. leaked images show that this SUV model will have incremental improvements instead of a revolutionary design change. The biggest change is in the headlights and taillights. In addition, the center grille has been revised and the door handles will be changed to hidden, instead of the current traditional design.
Inside, the 2024 BMW X3 is equipped with a large curved screen, consisting of a 12.3-inch digital instrument panel and a 14.9-inch center screen. The steering wheel is flat-bottomed and smaller than the current version. The new X3 also uses an electronic shifter instead of the traditional gear lever. The infotainment system in the car is likely to be updated to the latest iDrive version 9.
Regarding the performance, BMW has confirmed that the new generation X3 will have options for plug-in hybrid and mild-hybrid drivetrains. In addition, this SUV model will also have a pure electric version developed based on the Neue Klasse platform.
The new BMW X3 is expected to have a price range of $50,000 – $75,000, equivalent to 1.23 – 1.85 billion VND.
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Clearing all doubts, PCB awards tender for waste project
After clearing all doubts, the Pune Cantonment Board (PCB) has given the tender to the lowest bidder for the conversion of dry and wet garbage into RDF, compost etc at its trenching ground in Hadapsar.
Pune: After clearing all doubts, the Pune Cantonment Board (PCB) has given the tender to the lowest bidder for the conversion of dry and wet garbage into RDF, compost etc at its trenching ground in Hadapsar.
In a special board meeting held on Monday, PCB President Maj Gen Prithi Singh made it clear that the tender would be awarded to Bhumi Green Energy. He said that all doubts have been cleared after the committee’s report submission. The work will be monitored until its completion.
During the board meeting on October 9, it was decided that the online tenders received for the work at the processing plant, for the conversion of dry and wet garbage into RDF, would be scrutinised again before awarding the tender. However, board member Dilip Giramkar raised doubts over the selection of the company. Four online tenders were received by the PCB. Three outsourcing agencies quoted the cost of approximately Rs 500, while another outsourcing agency had quoted Rs 277.
The board decided to consider the online tenders, for which it asked the committee constituted on October 9 to file the report. Four firms had submitted their bids, which were scrutinised. Initially, the section concerned had doubts about the experience certificate submitted by M/s Bhumi Green Energy. It asked the bids to be forwarded to a charted accountant to verify them regarding their adherence to the prescribed eligibility criteria laid down in the tender documents, in particular to the aspect of the experience certificate of the bidder.
In the last board meeting held in August 2018, the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) notice to the PCB was discussed for not complying with the Solid Waste Management rules of 2016 and not setting up a processing plant, after which the Cantonment issued a tender for the same.
During the meeting, Giramkar again raised concerns over the company’s experience. The board president made it clear that the committee had submitted the report and there was no doubt over the experience of the company.
However, the president asked the company representative how much time they would take to complete the work. The representative said that they would complete the work within three months.
Send off speech
The board meeting held on Monday was the last meeting of President Maj Gen Prithi Singh. He will retire on October 31. The send off ceremony was held after the meeting. During his emotional speech, he said, “I was given the charge of the PCB president. In the due course of time, the Cantonment turned out to be a family.”
Praising the outgoing president’s work, CEO of PCB Dr DN Yadav said that the board witnessed his ability to make quick decisions in favour of citizens.


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My wife and I went with a couple of friends and as per our previous visits together, we were not disappointed.
Three of us went with the asparagus topped with a perfectly cooked egg, the fourth with the smoked duck. All of us commented on how flavoursome they were, though based on past experience, we were not surprised.
For the mains, the men went with the lamb course consisting of a confit and a super cut of lamb cooked to perfection while the ladies went for the pork confit, all the meals being served with vegetables.
Again, everyone said how much they enjoyed their meal.
A decent bottle of a well priced red wine helped proceedings along nicely.
To finish, we had a mix of coffees and 1 dessert which rounded the meal off nicely.
As usual, all the staff were as friendly and helpful as we have come to expect.
It was not our first visit and it will not be our last. Excellent again.
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Nike to exit golf equipment business — surprises industry
Were you surprised to hear that Nike was getting out of the golf equipment business? Last week Nike announced it was getting out of the golf club business, choosing instead to pursue sales of golf footwear and apparel.
Nike said in a news release that it no longer will make clubs, balls or golf bags. There was no mention of current inventory at retail.
“We’re committed to being the undisputed leader in golf footwear and apparel,” Trevor Edwards, president of Nike Brand, said in the statement released on Nike’s website. “We will achieve this by investing in performance innovation for athletes and delivering sustainable profitable growth for Nike Golf.”
According to GolfWeek, Nike began making golf shoes in the 1980s and signaled its move to hardgoods when it signed Woods in 1996. Nike Golf was established as a business unit in 1998, and Woods’ first foray into using the company’s equipment was with the Tour Accuracy TW ball in 2000. Nike’s first clubs reached the market in 2002.
Despite having top athletes representing the brand, Nike never claimed substantial market share or obtained market leads in any hardgoods category. In its 10-K annual report released May 31, Nike announced an 8-percent drop in its golf revenues from fiscal 2015 to fiscal 2016, from $769 million to $706 million. Revenue for the golf unit was $792 million in 2013.
GolfWeek also quoted, Daric Ashford, a specialist in softgoods and shoes, took over the Nike Golf division in 2014 after serving as general manager of the company’s Jordan brand for North America. He replaced Cindy Davis, who had been president of the golf division since 2008.
“Athletes like Tiger, Rory and Michelle drive tremendous energy for the game and inspire consumers worldwide,” Mr. Ashford said in the company’s release. “Over the past year the MM Fly Blade Polo, the Flyknit Chukka and Air Zoom 90 have all connected strongly with golfers. We’ll continue to ignite excitement with our athletes and deliver the best of Nike for the game.”

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Correlation between COVID-19 severity and immune responses after six months
Simon Collins, HIV i-Base
The strength and durability of immune responses after recovery from COVID-19 helps model the future public health risks and can also inform the timing of vaccination.
This study reports the duration of humoral and cellular immunity in 97 participants from three stages: asymptomatic (n=14), symptomatic/non-pneumonic (n=42), and pneumonic (n=41).
Six months after diagnosis, overall anti-SARS-CoV-2 IgG and neutralising antibody (NAb) titers were positive in 66.7% and 86.9%, in the combined non-pneumonic and pneumonic groups respectively.
respectively. Those with this sustained humoral immunity were more likely to be older, with longer viral shedding and pneumonia – and were also more likely to have a SARC-CoV-2 specific T-cell response.
Noh JY et al. Longitudinal assessment of anti-SARS-CoV-2 immune responses for six months based on the clinical severity of COVID-19. JID, jiab124, DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jiab124. (4 March 2021).
This report was first published on 17 May 2020.

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Facebook sues to curb data scraping, fake Instagram likes from outside developers
It's part of an effort to show Facebook can regulate itself.
Facebook sues to stop domain scammers from impersonating Instagram, WhatsApp sites
A range of U.S. tech firms now are using court orders to curb apparent scamers.
Facebook scrubbed accounts related to QAnon and a designated hate group in April
The takedowns were part of a broader effort that included not just QAnon, but also inauthentic behavior from Russia, Iran and elsewhere.
How China's government used social media against movements in Taiwan, Hong Kong
It's the latest evidence that governments’ use of social media for propaganda efforts have become an everyday reality for much of the world’s population.
Russian IRA troll farm outsourced new operation to Ghana, Nigeria
The Russian troll farm is working out of two African countries to spread division in the U.S.
U.S. must increase defenses against Iranian information operations, report says
Iranian bots and trolls are subtler than Russia's, according to researchers at the Atlantic Council.