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To acquire the knowledge of new farming methods and grasping proven agricultural practices intended to increase water productivity, knowledge-sharing sessions are conducted by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations, in Urmia, in close collaboration with the government of Iran and the support from the government of Japan.
Eying to increase resilience in agriculture sector, the sessions include presenting successful international experiences in agriculture in similar climate conditions of the pilot site. These experiences could be used by farmers, assisting them to comprehend how to improve climate-resilient practices in agriculture.
Benefiting from the shared different experiences of other farmers, local farmers will be equipped with different scenarios for improving the cultivation system, irrigation, and value chain. Based in Balanej Dehestan in Urmia, the initiative provides on the ground and feasible alternatives for the current farming methods in the region.
“Since 2016, FAO has supported the Urmia Lake Restoration Program (ULRP) agency with technical advice and sharing of international best practices in water accounting, drought management, and socio-economic analyses.” Aziz Elbehri, senior economist at FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, and the project lead technical officer said.
Mentioning the focus of the project on farmer level technologies that leads to improve water productivity, increase yields, and sustain farmers income, Elbehri underscored that learning from different countries experiences will “enable Iran farmers to adapt these technologies to their local conditions, speed up their mastery, and facilitate acceptance”.
“Agricultural education and extension are the best way leading to empowering stakeholders. Benefiting from the agricultural extension, the farmers will be equipped with modern technologies and scientific methods,” Ms Bita Ahmadian, Coordination Manager of Agricultural Extension Management, said.
She believed that “the farmers who adopt and manage their farms based on the new findings, certainly will have higher performance rather than those who farm in demonstration site”.
“Sharing different experiences by leading farmers to improve other colleagues’ development skills is one of the focuses of the Ministry of Agriculture Jahad. Benefiting from the lessons learned from other farmers, this method becomes much more effective rather than a theoretical alternative,” Ahmadian highlighted.
FAO, as the lead UN agency dedicated to increasing the resilience of agricultural livelihoods and food systems, will continue to work closely with partners to build inclusive, resilient, and sustainable societies. FAO extends its support to member countries to adopt a system-wide approach to unlock the potential of innovation, linking network of actors together with supporting policies and institutions to harness new technologies in responding to the emerging needs and challenges.


Influence of these factors on the range of the EV?
The electric vehicle powertrain has a high efficiency (85 to 90 %) and the capacity to get back the kinetic energy (1 / 2mv ²) during an electric braking phase. From then on, in first approximation, during an acceleration then of return at no speed, the energy consumption should not be linked to the mass. Indeed, for example a vehicle 2X heavier would absorb twice more energy during a phase of acceleration, but would get back it twice more in the braking.
In reality, the frictions due to pneumatics are proportional in the mass. Moreover, a heavier vehicle will ask more power thus will dissipate more losses, the actual efficiency being lower than 100 %. The study aims to quantify the influence of these factors.
The simulations are based on a Renault ZOE in NECD speed cycle, having a 210 km range (mass =1472kg with driver). For every comparisons, 10 masses and 10 SCx (rep. RRC or efficiencies) are tested, that is 100 simulations, with the same model of vehicle.
According to this model and on this cycle, the gains of autonomy are of 8.3km, that is 4 % of autonomy / 100kg of lightening of mass.
1. Mass Vs Efficiency
On a basis of average efficiency of 86 %, the gain of range is 7.9 km (3.7%) by percentage of efficiency.
2. Mass Vs SCx
The gain of range is only 1km (0.47%) by point of SCx.
3. Mass Vs RRC
The gain of range raises up to 9 km by efficiency class index . For exemple, the gain is 30 km of range from a A class tyre (on Renault ZOE), and a classical E class tyre.
The range optimization which can be easily obtained consists in equipping a electric vehicle of energy-saving tires, what is the case of Renault ZOE. The second post of improvement is undoubtedly the mass, with a gain of 4 % of autonomy / 100 kg of lightening, with an improvement of the dynamic performances for a given power.


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Is information literacy important?
Information Literacy is important in today's information-driven/filled world because a person needs to be able to properly not only navigate accessing information but also disseminating information, knowing what information is quality information. Just because it's easy to find information on the internet does not necessarily mean that it is high-quality information, and that is where information literacy comes into play.
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What led to the decline of the ancient Roman empire?
The following are reasons for the fall of the ancient Roman Empire: Economic instability, invasions, the rise of the eastern empire, and military overspending, government corruption. All of these components are interconnected and led to the demise of the Ancient Roman Empire. If a government is corrupt, and overspending, and not properly feeding or compensating their military, of course, the empire would eventually fall.
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What economic impacts did Germany face after World War I?
World War I left Germany economically devastated due to signing The Treaty of Versailles which lead to Germany giving financial reparations to the allies. Germany than lost colonial power in foreign territories that provided financial benefits. Ultimately, all of these actions lead to the inflation of money in Germany, they entered a Great Depression.

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Consumer confidence hits 20-month low as fear of spending cuts grows
Consumer confidence fell to a 20-month low during November as people became increasingly pessimistic about the future of the economy, research showed today.
Nationwide said its expectations index, which measures people's optimism towards the economic situation in six months' time, dived by nine points during the month to 61, its lowest level since March 2009.
The fall was driven by a nine-point jump in the number of people who think the economy will be worse in six months' time than it is today.
Fears: Consumers believe there will be less jobs available in the future
There was also an 8 per cent fall in the proportion of people who think there will be many or some jobs available.
But consumers were also pessimistic about the current economic situation, with 69 per cent of people saying they thought it was bad, 5 per cent more than during October.
The number of people who thought there were not many jobs available also rose by 6 per cent to 64 per cent.
Meanwhile, the spending index dropped to its lowest level for two years, diving by 13 points to stand at 79, as people shied away from making big purchases.
Just 22 per cent of people think it is currently a good time to make a major purchase, such as a house or car.
The group said the Comprehensive Spending Review may have made people more cautious, as they thought about the impact government spending cuts would have.
Consumers were also likely to have found their spending power eroded as earnings growth failed to keep pace with inflation.
Goods: Shoppers continue to visit Oxford Street in London in their thousands, but many people think it is not a good time to make a major purchase
The overall Nationwide Consumer Confidence Index dropped for the third consecutive month to stand at only 45 points, just over half its long-run average of 82.
Martin Gahbauer, Nationwide's chief economist, said: 'Consumer confidence continued its downward trend during the month leaving the index close to the historic lows recorded at the beginning of 2009.
'The strong rally in sentiment that took place from the middle of 2009 into the first quarter of this year has now been almost completely reversed, even though the recovery has been stronger than most observers had expected.
'Just as the improvement in sentiment was driven by a renewed hope for the future, the fall in confidence can largely be attributed to consumers growing increasingly cautious over the outlook for the next six months.
'It seems that people still feel downbeat about their own situation.'
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Knicks slowly improving at season’s end
(Sports Network) – After losing 22 of 24 games, the Knicks have won two in
a row and four of six, including an improbable win over the Detroit
On Friday night, Jamal Crawford knocked down a jump shot with 2.2 seconds
remaining in the game to lift New York over the NBA’s top team, 105-103, at
Madison Square Garden.
Crawford ended with 18 points for the Knicks, who overcame a 16-point deficit
to win their second straight contest. Eddy Curry added 16 points and 11
rebounds for New York, which celebrated its biggest win of the season in green
uniforms that were donned in honor of St. Patrick’s Day.
The Knicks are 2-1 on their current five-game homestand and 13-19 at Madison
Square Garden this season. They will close out the stand versus Toronto on
Sunday’s matchup with the Miami Heat is the third and final meeting of the
season between the teams.
The Heat have won six in a row and seven of eight against New York, including
a 107-94 decision on November 28 and a 103-83 triumph on February 22 this
Miami has won four straight and six of its last eight trips to the Big Apple.
In other New York news, head coach Larry Brown and star guard Stephon Marbury
are still butting heads.
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Friday’s game during the waning moments of a big victory. Brown noted that
his point guard didn’t want to take the big shot and his defensive
effort is suspect at times.

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Chan AT, Manson JE, Feskanich D, Stampfer MJ, Colditz GA, Fuchs CS. Long-term Aspirin Use and Mortality in Women. Arch Intern Med. 2007;167(6):562–572. doi:10.1001/archinte.167.6.562
The influence of long-term use of aspirin on total mortality in women remains uncertain.
We conducted a prospective, nested, case-control study of 79 439 women enrolled in the Nurses' Health Study who had no history of cardiovascular disease or cancer. Women provided data on medication use biennially since 1980. We assessed relative risk (RR) of death according to aspirin use before diagnosis of incident cardiovascular disease or cancer and during the corresponding period for each control subject.
During 24 years, we documented 9477 deaths from all causes. In women who reported current aspirin use, the multivariate RR of death from all causes was 0.75 (95% confidence interval, 0.71-0.81) compared with women who never used aspirin regularly. The risk reduction was more apparent for death from cardiovascular disease (RR, 0.62; 95% confidence interval, 0.55-0.71) than for death from cancer (RR, 0.88; 95% confidence interval, 0.81-0.96). Use of aspirin for 1 to 5 years was associated with significant reductions in cardiovascular mortality (RR, 0.75; 95% confidence interval, 0.61-0.92). In contrast, a significant reduction in risk of cancer deaths was not observed until after 10 years of aspirin use (Plinear trend = .005). The benefit associated with aspirin was confined to low and moderate doses and was significantly greater in older participants (Pinteraction<.001) and those with more cardiac risk factors (Pinteraction = .02).
In women, low to moderate doses of aspirin are associated with significantly lower risk of all-cause mortality, particularly in older women and those with cardiac risk factors. A significant benefit is evident within 5 years for cardiovascular disease, whereas a modest benefit for cancer is not apparent until after 10 years of use.
Cardiovascular disease and cancer are the 2 leading causes of death in women in the United States.1 Randomized trials have demonstrated a benefit for aspirin therapy in reducing the incidence of cardiovascular events and neoplastic polyps2-6; however, it remains unclear whether, on balance, aspirin therapy significantly influences risk of death, particularly in women. Although considerable evidence suggests that aspirin therapy improves survival in men and women with established cardiovascular disease,7 data for women without cardiovascular disease are limited and conflicting. Recently, a randomized trial of almost 40 000 apparently healthy women did not find a significant benefit of low-dose aspirin therapy on mortality.8,9 Nevertheless, the study examined a single dose and included only 1251 total deaths.
We prospectively examined the influence of aspirin therapy on the risk of death from all causes, cardiovascular disease, and cancer in a large cohort of women enrolled in the Nurses' Health Study. During the last 24 years, participants provided detailed updated information on aspirin use and concurrent data on mortality risk factors. This prospective study permitted a more comprehensive examination of long-term aspirin use over a broader range of intake than would be feasible in a placebo-controlled trial. An earlier examination of aspirin use in this cohort did not find a strong relationship with mortality; however, that analysis was limited by the number of deaths (646) and short-term follow-up (6 years).10 In the present analysis, we offer results that encompass 24 years of follow-up and include 9477 deaths.
The Nurses' Health Study was established in 1976 when 121 701 married female registered nurses aged 30 to 55 years, residing in the United States, completed a mailed questionnaire. Follow-up questionnaires have been sent biennially since then to ascertain information on risk factors and to identify newly diagnosed cardiovascular events and cancers. In 1980, the questionnaire was expanded to include a validated assessment of diet and medication use.11 The institutional review board at Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Mass, approved this study; questionnaire completion was considered to imply informed consent. For the current analysis, we excluded women who did not return the medication assessment and those who reported cancer (except nonmelanoma skin) or cardiovascular disease (myocardial infarction, stroke, coronary artery bypass grafting or percutaneous coronary intervention, or angina) on or before the 1980 questionnaire.
We included deaths that occurred after the 1980 questionnaire and before June 1, 2004. Mortality follow-up using the National Death Index and next of kin was more than 98% complete.12,13 For all deaths, we determined cause using death certificates and medical records. We assigned the underlying cause of death according to the International Classification of Diseases, Eighth Revision (ICD-8). Our primary end point was death from any cause, but we also examined death from cardiovascular disease (ICD-8 codes 390-459 and 795), coronary heart disease (ICD-8 codes 410-414), stroke (ICD-8 codes 430-438), any cancer (ICD-8 codes 140-207), lung cancer (ICD-8 code 162), breast cancer (ICD-8 code 174), and colon or rectal cancer (ICD-8 codes 153-154). We documented 9477 deaths among eligible study participants. We established the initial date of diagnosis of these fatal conditions when we confirmed reports of myocardial infarction, stroke, or cancer on the biennial questionnaire using medical records. We have described our methods for confirmation of these end points in detail.10,14
Using previously described methods,15 for each case subject (women who died), we chose control subjects randomly beginning with the earliest deaths and proceeding systematically through the end of follow-up. We randomly chose 7 control subjects for each of 5854 case subjects and 8 control subjects for each of 3623 case subjects, thus including 100% of all eligible participants (79 439) after baseline exclusions.
Since 1980, we assessed intake of aspirin biennially except in 1986. We have previously described our aspirin use questionnaire in detail.10,16-18 In brief, in 1980, we asked women if they used aspirin “in most weeks,” the number of pills or capsules taken each week, and the number of years of use. In subsequent questionnaires, women were asked whether they regularly took aspirin and, if yes, the frequency and number of tablets per week (in categories). Early in the study, most women used standard-dose aspirin tablets; however, to reflect trends in consumption of low-dose aspirin, questionnaires after 1992 asked participants to convert intake of 4 “baby” aspirins to 1 adult tablet. In 2000 and 2002, we inquired specifically about low-dose aspirin. As previously described,16-18 we examined the duration of use by the number of years of use reported in 1980 with updating of this variable every 2 years.
In a subsample of 200 women who reported taking aspirin in 1990 (91% response rate), we conducted a study to determine indications for use. The major reasons among women taking 1 to 6 aspirins and 7 aspirins or more per week were headache (32% and 18%, respectively), arthritis or other musculoskeletal pain (30% and 50%, respectively), combined headache and musculoskeletal pain (16% and 15%, respectively), cardiovascular disease prevention (9% and 8%, respectively), and other reasons (13% and 9%, respectively).10 In a separate study of 4238 women who reported using aspirin more than 15 days per month in 1999, the major reasons for use were cardiovascular disease prevention (48%), musculoskeletal or back pain (32%), headache (12%), and other reasons (8%).19
The standard prospective analysis used for incident diseases in this cohort would have been inappropriate to use for mortality.18 Because of the need to establish aspirin use at time of diagnosis of fatal disease rather than at death, we would have truncated follow-up for case subjects but not for other subjects in a prospective analysis, thus potentially exaggerating any apparent benefit of aspirin therapy. In our nested case-control analysis, we could end follow-up simultaneously for each case subject and her matched control subjects. This analysis has been used previously in examining mortality in the Nurses' Health Study.15
For each death, we defined the woman's aspirin use and other covariates according to the most updated information before death or, where relevant, the initial diagnosis of the disease that led to death. In this way, we reduced potential bias caused by initiation or discontinuation of aspirin therapy between the diagnosis of a potentially fatal disease and subsequent death. For 65% of case subjects, we used the last questionnaire completed before death; for 11%, 2 periods before death; for 7%, 3 periods before death; and for the remaining 17%, more than 3 periods before death. In women who did not use aspirin before diagnosis, 28% began using aspirin after diagnosis. We subsequently matched control subjects to case subjects for the period in which exposure data were collected, thereby accounting for the increasing trend to prescribe aspirin during the course of the study and the greater likelihood that a participant would use aspirin with longer follow-up.
We used conditional logistic regression analysis to estimate relative risk (RR) of death associated with aspirin use and the corresponding 95% confidence interval (CI). We obtained similar results using unconditional logistic regression analysis adjusting for period. To increase statistical power, we used unconditional logistic regression analysis for secondary end points.20 Thus, all results presented are from unconditional logistic regression models, controlling for age, period, and mortality risk factors. Based on a previous analysis of this cohort,21 we used baseline data on body mass index (calculated as weight in kilograms divided by height in meters squared) to reduce the influence of underlying disease on weight.22 However, additional analyses using updated data on body mass index did not materially alter our results (data not shown). We used odds ratios from these models to approximate RR.23 We assessed linear trend of categories by assigning the median value of each category and including the term in multivariate models. In our model, we evaluated any curvilinear association by including both linear and quadratic terms (eg, number of aspirin tablets per week and that value squared).23,24 We used likelihood ratio tests comparing nested models with and without interaction variables to assess interaction. All P values were 2-sided. Significance was set at P<.05.
We documented 9477 deaths from any cause that occurred during the 24 years of follow-up; 1991 women died of cardiovascular disease and 4469 died of cancer. Of the deaths from cardiovascular disease, 889 were due to coronary heart disease, 502 to stroke and 600 to other forms of cardiovascular disease (eg, congestive heart failure and others [these were not analyzed separately]). Of the deaths from cancer, 979 were due to lung cancer, 864 to breast cancer, 433 to colorectal cancer, and 2193 to other types of cancer (eg, ovarian and others not analyzed separately). Among the 79 439 participants, women reporting low to moderate use of aspirin were generally similar to nonusers (Table 1).
We observed a significantly lower risk of death from all causes among women who reported current regular use of any aspirin compared with women who never used aspirin on a regular basis (multivariate RR, 0.75; 95% CI, 0.71-0.81), even after controlling for a range of risk factors for death (Table 2). The magnitude of risk reduction was greatest for death from cardiovascular disease (multivariate RR, 0.62; 95% CI, 0.55-0.71) including coronary heart disease and stroke. We observed only a modest association with death from all cancers (multivariate RR, 0.88; 95% CI, 0.81-0.96). The lower risk of cancer death among current aspirin users was statistically significant for death from colorectal cancer (multivariate RR, 0.72; 95% CI, 0.56-0.92).
We observed a significant linear relationship between increasing duration of aspirin use and decreasing mortality from all causes (P<.001; Table 3). However, for death from cardiovascular disease, much of the apparent benefit associated with aspirin was achieved within the first 5 years (Plinear trend = .18). In contrast, for all cancer-related mortality, a significant benefit was not evident until after at least 10 years of aspirin use (Plinear trend = .005). The strongest inverse association of prolonged aspirin use was observed with death from colorectal cancer (multivariate RR, 0.50; 95% CI, 0.33-0.76 for 11-20 years, and multivariate RR, 0.61; 95% CI, 0.41-0.90 for >20 years; Plinear trend = .02). Although current aspirin use did not seem to confer an overall significant benefit in death from breast or lung cancer, women who used aspirin for longer than 20 years seemed to have a modest reduction in the risk of death from breast cancer (multivariate RR, 0.68; 95% CI, 0.51-0.89) and lung cancer (multivariate RR, 0.74; 95% CI, 0.57-0.97).
Compared with women who never used aspirin on a regular basis, current users of low to moderate doses of aspirin had a substantially lower risk of death (multivariate RR, 0.70; 95% CI, 0.64-0.76 for 1-2 standard tablets per week, and RR, 0.67; 95% CI, 0.61-0.74 for 3-5 standard tablets per week; Table 4). Use of aspirin at the highest doses was not associated with risk reduction (multivariate RR, 1.10; 95% CI, 0.99-1.19 for >14 standard tablets per week). To assess this nonlinear relationship between aspirin dose and mortality, we performed analyses in which the median value for each category of aspirin tablets was entered into the multivariate model as both a linear and a quadratic term. A significant negative regression coefficient for the linear term (β = −8 × 10−2; P<.001) and a significant positive coefficient for the quadratic term (β = 5 × 10−3; P<.001) were derived, consistent with the observed U-shaped relationship.24 A similar significant U-shaped relationship between risk of death and aspirin dose was observed for death from cardiovascular disease and cancer. Consistent with findings of our previous analysis of aspirin use and incident colorectal cancer, we observed a strong linear relationship between increasing dose and lower risk of death from colorectal cancer when restricting the analysis to women who used aspirin for longer than 10 years (Plinear trend = .02).
Based on previous data that suggested a higher incidence of hemorrhagic stroke due to increasing aspirin dose, we also examined the effect of aspirin dose on risk of death from hemorrhagic stroke.14 Among women who used more than 14 tablets per week, we observed a nonstatistically significant increased risk of death from hemorrhagic stroke (RR,1.43; 95% CI, 0.82-2.49) compared with women who never used aspirin.
To evaluate the influence of amount of aspirin used with time, we estimated tablet-years of use by multiplying the number of aspirins used per week by the number of years of use (Table 5). We again observed a U-shaped relationship to death, with the greatest reduction in risk seen with a moderate number of tablet-years of use.
We further examined the relationship of aspirin use with mortality within strata defined a priori by risk factors examined in other studies (Table 6).8,9 The benefit associated with current aspirin use seemed greater with increasing age for total mortality (Pinteraction<.001), death from cardiovascular disease (Pinteraction = .01), and death from cancer (Pinteraction = .02). Smoking did not seem to modify the association of aspirin with death from all causes (Pinteraction = .07) or cardiovascular disease (Pinteraction = .78). In contrast, the influence of aspirin on cancer-related mortality seemed to be confined to never and past smokers (Pinteraction = .002). In addition, the reduction in all-cause mortality associated with current aspirin use seemed greater with an increasing number of cardiac risk factors (Pinteraction = .02).
During the 24 years of follow-up, aspirin was increasingly used for prevention of cardiac disease. Although we adjusted for time in our analyses, we considered the possibility that the changes in the indication for use with time still may have influenced our results. In 1992, we also began collecting more detailed data on medical follow-up and socioeconomic status.25 Thus, we conducted a secondary analysis in which 1992 was the baseline period and, in addition, controlled for physician visits and years of educational attainment of participants and their spouses. The multivariate risk of death associated with current aspirin use was not materially altered for deaths from all causes (RR, 0.70; 95% CI, 0.64-0.77), cardiovascular disease, (RR, 0.60; 95% CI, 0.49-0.73), and cancer (RR, 0.86; 95% CI, 0.75-0.99). We also found no significant relationship between use of multivitamins and death from all causes (multivariate RR, 1.03; 95% CI, 0.98-1.08), suggesting that our results for aspirin use were not simply related to general behaviors associated with regular use of a medication or supplement. We confirmed that aspirin use was not significantly associated with death from accidents (multivariate RR, 0.89; 95% CI, 0.67-1.18), for which aspirin does not likely have a biologically plausible role.
In this large prospective study, women who were currently using aspirin had a lower risk of death than did women who never used aspirin regularly, particularly for death from cardiovascular disease. A modest reduction in cancer-related mortality (principally, colorectal cancer) was also observed, although a significant inverse association was not apparent until after 10 years of aspirin use. Moreover, the apparent benefit associated with aspirin was largely confined to low to moderate doses of aspirin (1-14 standard tablets per week), whereas higher doses (>14 tablets) did not confer any benefit.
Our results seem to be biologically plausible. Aspirin therapy may influence cardiovascular disease and cancer through its effect on common pathogenic pathways such as inflammation,26,27 insulin resistance,28 oxidative stress,29 and cyclooxygenase (COX) enzyme activity.30 Specifically, aspirin inhibits the prothrombotic COX-1 isoenzyme in platelets and the tumorigenic COX-2 enzyme in epithelial cells.31,32 Because thrombosis and platelet aggregation are relatively acute events,29 it is not surprising that we observed a benefit of aspirin therapy on vascular disease within 5 years of use. Our finding of a modest benefit against death from cancer only after prolonged use is consistent with our understanding of the slower, stepwise progression of carcinogenesis. The observed U-shaped relationship between aspirin dose and all-cause mortality and death from cardiovascular disease is also consistent with our understanding of the mechanism of aspirin on thrombosis. Low to moderate doses of aspirin inhibit COX-1, which synthesizes the prothrombotic thromboxane A2. Because this effect of aspirin is cumulative, even very low doses seem to be effective if administered consistently over time.31 However, at higher doses, aspirin also inhibits COX-2, which synthesizes antithrombotic prostacyclins, potentially counterbalancing the effect on COX-1.30,31
Considerable data demonstrate a significant benefit of aspirin therapy on all-cause and cardiovascular mortality in men and women with established coronary heart disease,7,33-36 with a similar U-shaped dose relationship observed in a meta-analysis of aspirin trials.7 Moreover, a trial of high-dose aspirin therapy (1 g/d) in men and women with a previous myocardial infarction showed no benefit for total mortality.37 Similarly, in apparently healthy men, 500 mg/d of aspirin failed to reduce the risk of any cardiovascular end point in men enrolled in the British Doctors Trial,38 whereas low-dose aspirin therapy reduced the risk of nonfatal myocardial infarction in the Physicians' Health Study and the Thrombosis Prevention Trial.2,3 However, all of these trials failed to observe a statistically significant benefit of aspirin therapy on all-cause or cardiovascular mortality, likely because of a low event rate and short-term follow-up.2,3,38 A subsequent analysis in the Physicians' Health Study that extended follow-up demonstrated that self-selected aspirin use was associated with significantly lower total and cardiovascular mortality39; similarly, another large cohort study with 12 years of follow-up observed a significant reduction in all-cause mortality among male aspirin users.40
Previous data including women without a history of cardiovascular disease are limited and conflicting. A recent meta-analysis of 3 primary prevention trials that included women concluded that aspirin therapy had no significant effect on either cardiovascular or total mortality.41 However, the total analysis included only 364 cardiovascular deaths and 1515 total deaths. Moreover, differences in dosage, treatment duration, length of follow-up, and participant characteristics within each trial also limit the interpretation of these data. The Women's Health Study (WHS), a large, placebo-controlled trial of 100 mg of aspirin every other day, failed to detect a statistically significant reduction in the risk of death from cardiovascular causes.8 However, aspirin users in the WHS who were older than 65 years experienced significant benefit across all cardiovascular end points,8 consistent with our results demonstrating progressively greater reduction in mortality with increasing age. The Hypertension Optimal Treatment Study also did not find a statistically significant benefit in all-cause or cardiovascular mortality among men and women with hypertension who were randomized to receive 75 mg/d of aspirin. However, this trial, which was primarily designed to assess the effect of blood pressure lowering, was limited by its small size (589 deaths) and short-term follow-up (median, 3.8 years); among those randomized to receive aspirin, the 95% CI for RR of all-cause mortality encompasses our risk estimate for women who used aspirin for 1 to 5 years.42,43
Consistent with our results, men and women randomized to receive 100 mg/d of aspirin in the Primary Prevention Project experienced an RR of cardiovascular death of 0.56 (95% CI, 0.31-0.99); in women, the RR of cardiovascular death was 0.41 (95% CI, 0.16-1.05) and the RR of total mortality was 0.60 (95% CI, 0.34-1.04). In this trial, all participants had at least 1 cardiovascular risk factor or were older than 65 years.44 Similarly, we also found that the effect of aspirin use on mortality was strongest in women with the greatest number of risk factors.
In our study, the inverse association between current aspirin use and cancer-related death was most apparent with colorectal cancer. This is consistent with data on the role of COX-2 in human cancer, which are most compelling for colorectal neoplasia.45,46 Consistent with previous findings in our cohort demonstrating a strong inverse dose-response relationship for long-term aspirin use and incident colorectal cancer,18 we observed a significant reduction in deaths from colorectal cancer in the highest dose category in long-term users of aspirin. Similarly, an American Cancer Society study found a borderline statistically significant reduction in the risk of all fatal cancers in aspirin users, with the greatest reductions in the risk of fatal colorectal and digestive tract cancers, especially in those who reported aspirin use for longer than 10 years. Moreover, the study also observed a U-shaped relationship between aspirin dose and cancer death.47,48
The WHS did not find a benefit for death from all cancers. However, the trial found a risk reduction for death from lung cancer, consistent with results from the British Doctors Trial.9,38 Similarly, in women who used aspirin for more than 20 years, we also observed a significantly lower risk of death from lung cancer as well as breast cancer, consistent with findings from the Women's Health Initiative observational study.49
Although several of our findings are consistent with those of the WHS, the WHS did not find any overall benefit with aspirin use for death from all causes, cardiovascular disease, or cancers.8,9 However, the WHS had shorter follow-up, included fewer participants and end points, and examined only a single regimen of aspirin. Moreover, compared with the WHS, our study population, on average, seemed to have a higher prevalence of mortality risk factors, which is associated in both studies with a greater effect for aspirin use (Table 7).
Our study had several strengths. First, we were able to evaluate long-term use across a broader range of intake. Second, we obtained aspirin data prospectively, thus minimizing the influence of errors in recall and biases related to incomplete data collection from participants with fatal diagnoses. Also, to account for changes in participants' patterns of use, we updated aspirin data biennially. Third, we reviewed records to confirm the initial diagnosis of a fatal disease and determine cause of death. This enabled us to evaluate aspirin use before the diagnosis of a fatal disease rather than before death, thereby minimizing any bias related to discontinuation or initiation of use between diagnosis and subsequent death. Moreover, this reduced misclassification inherent in data based entirely on death certifications. Fourth, our control subjects were derived from the same well-defined population as our case subjects, thus reducing potential selection biases. Fifth, our cohort of nurses likely provides more accurate data on actual consumption of over-the-counter aspirin and potential confounding risk factors.
Several limitations of our study merit comment. The study was observational and aspirin use was self-selected. Thus, despite the strong biologic plausibility of our results, it is possible that our findings could be related to the reason for which participants used aspirin.39 However, we categorized participants according to their use of aspirin before diagnosis of subsequently fatal disease, minimizing potential bias related to changes in aspirin intake because of illness. Nevertheless, we cannot completely exclude residual confounding, and our findings cannot assign causality. Although intervention trials of aspirin therapy potentially would be more definitive, our data highlight the need to examine prolonged use of a wider range of doses. Such intervention trials may not be feasible given the need for a large number of participants and prolonged follow-up.
Because our study design matched cases of death with noncases, we were only able to assess the effect of aspirin on fatal outcomes. Specifically, we documented only 41 deaths related primarily to gastrointestinal tract bleeding and, therefore, could not reliably estimate the effect of aspirin use on this end point. However, in this cohort, we previously observed a dose-dependent increase in reported serious episodes of gastrointestinal tract bleeding.18 Moreover, the limited number of deaths related to this potential complication of aspirin use is of interest in itself.
In summary, our results suggest that, among women, aspirin use at low to moderate doses is associated with a reduced risk of all-cause mortality, largely due to death from cardiovascular disease. Although aspirin therapy seemed to have a benefit against death from cancer, the effect was relatively modest, requiring prolonged use. However, because our study was observational, these results should be interpreted cautiously and are insufficient evidence to alter current clinical recommendations. Nevertheless, these data support a need for continued investigation of the use of aspirin for chronic disease prevention.
Correspondence: Andrew T. Chan, MD, MPH, Gastrointestinal Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, 55 Fruit St, Gray-Jackson 728A, Boston, MA 02114.
Accepted for Publication: August 30, 2006.
Author Contributions: Dr Chan had full access to all the data in the study and takes responsibility for the integrity of the data and the accuracy of the data analysis. Study concept and design: Chan, Manson, Colditz, and Fuchs. Acquisition of data: Manson, Stampfer, and Fuchs. Analysis and interpretation of data: Chan, Manson, Feskanich, Stampfer, and Fuchs. Drafting of the manuscript: Chan and Fuchs. Critical revision of the manuscript for important intellectual content: Chan, Manson, Feskanich, Stampfer, and Fuchs. Statistical analysis: Chan, Feskanich, and Stampfer. Obtained funding: Chan, Manson, and Fuchs. Administrative, technical, and material support: Manson, Stampfer, Colditz, and Fuchs. Study supervision: Manson and Fuchs.
Financial Disclosure: None reported.
Funding/Support: This study was supported by grants CA 87969 and HL 34594 from the National Institutes of Health. Dr Chan is the recipient of career development award CA107412 from the National Cancer Institute, an American Gastroenterological Association/Foundation for Digestive Health and Nutrition Research Scholar Award, and a GlaxoSmithKline Institute for Digestive Health Research Award
Role of the Sponsor: The funders had no role in the design and conduct of the study; collection, management, analysis, and interpretation of the data; or preparation, review, or approval of the manuscript.
Acknowledgement: We thank the participants in the Nurses' Health Study for their continued dedication; Gideon Aweh, MS, and Karen Corsano, MA, for programming assistance; and Barbara Egan for obtaining medical records and death certificates.

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The Gyuto knife, often called the Japanese equivalent of the Western chef knife, is a hand-forged culinary tool crafted by master artisans in regions like Seki City.
Its name, "Gyuto," translates to "cow sword," indicating its primary use for beef cutting. However, its versatility extends far beyond, making it an effortless tool for various kitchen tasks. The Gyuto knife's design is a harmonious blend of aesthetics and functionality, making it a sought-after tool among chefs and culinary enthusiasts worldwide.
Its slender blade and sharp edge make it perfect for precision tasks, while its durable construction ensures longevity.
In This Article
- Historical Background of Gyuto Knife
- Traditional Craftsmanship Techniques
- Materials and Design of Gyuto Knife
- The Art of Sharpening and Maintenance
- Cultural Significance in Japanese Cuisine
- Frequently Asked Questions
- Further Reading
Historical Background of Gyuto Knife
Japanese knife-making is steeped in centuries of tradition. The Gyuto knife's history is intertwined with Japan's culinary evolution, where precision and quality have always been paramount.
The principles of balance, sharpness, and durability have remained consistent from the ancient samurai swords to modern kitchen knives.
The Gyuto, with its rich history, is a reflection of centuries of Japanese metallurgical expertise and cultural appreciation for fine craftsmanship.
The evolution of the Gyuto knife can be traced back to the influence of Western cuisine on Japanese culinary practices, leading to the creation of a knife that combined the best of both worlds.
Traditional Craftsmanship Techniques
The Gyuto knife is a work of art. Its blade, often made from high-quality materials like VG10 Damascus steel or 52100 carbon steel, showcases up to 45 layers of Damascus patterns. These layers add to the knife's aesthetic appeal and enhance its sharpness and durability.
The forging process involves multiple stages, from initial shaping to heat treatment, ensuring the blade's exceptional hardness.
Artisans often employ traditional hammering techniques, giving each Gyuto knife a unique texture and appearance. This meticulous process can take several days, with each knife undergoing rigorous quality checks.
Materials and Design of Gyuto Knife
The blade's core material provides high rigidity, toughness, and durability. The handle, traditionally made from materials like stabilized maple burl or ironwood, offers a comfortable grip.
Some Gyuto knives even incorporate the number eight in their handle design, considered lucky in Japan and reminiscent of the traditional Japanese Samurai sword's eight angles.
The choice of materials, from the blade to the handle, is a testament to the knife's quality and the artisan's dedication to preserving traditional craftsmanship. The balance between the blade and the handle is crucial, ensuring that the knife feels comfortable in hand and performs optimally.
The Art of Sharpening and Maintenance
Maintaining the Gyuto knife's edge is crucial for its longevity. Regular sharpening using traditional Japanese sharpening stones ensures that the blade remains razor-sharp.
Moreover, proper care, including cleaning and storing the knife in a dry place, will ensure it lasts for generations.
The sharpening process itself is an art requiring skill and patience. Maintaining the correct angle and using the right sharpening techniques ensures that the Gyuto knife remains a reliable tool in the kitchen for years to come.
Understanding the knife's steel type is essential, as different steels require different care and sharpening methods.
Cultural Significance in Japanese Cuisine
The Gyuto knife is not just a tool; it's a symbol of Japanese culinary tradition. Its craftsmanship reflects the meticulous attention to detail inherent in Japanese cuisine, from sushi to sashimi and beyond.
The knife's design and functionality are deeply rooted in Japanese culture, emphasizing harmony, balance, and precision. For many chefs in Japan, the Gyuto knife is more than just a kitchen tool; it's an extension of their culinary philosophy and passion.
The knife's significance extends beyond its utility, symbolizing Japanese culture's deep respect and reverence for its culinary traditions.
The Gyuto knife is more than just a culinary tool; it's a symbol of centuries-old traditions, meticulous craftsmanship, and the profound respect that Japanese culture holds for its culinary arts.
From its historical roots to the intricate techniques employed in its creation, every aspect of the Gyuto knife tells a story of dedication, passion, and mastery.
As we've explored the depths of its craftsmanship, materials, and cultural significance, it becomes evident that owning a Gyuto knife is not just about having a functional kitchen tool but about possessing a piece of art that carries the weight of history and the spirit of Japanese culinary excellence.
Frequently Asked Questions
What should I look for in a Gyuto?
Look for high-quality materials, both in the blade and the handle, and ensure that the knife has been hand-forged by reputable artisans.
What is a Gyuto knife good for?
While primarily designed for beef cutting, the Gyuto knife's versatility makes it suitable for various kitchen tasks, from slicing vegetables to filleting fish.
What not to do with a Gyuto?
It's best not to use a Gyuto on hard surfaces or for tasks like bone chopping, which can damage its delicate edge.
Can you rock cut with a Gyuto?
Yes, the Gyuto knife's design allows for both push cutting and rock cutting techniques.
- Sharpness & Flexibility: The Unique Balance of the Gyuto Blade: Dive deeper into the unparalleled design of the Gyuto blade that offers both precision and versatility.
- Techniques Mastery with Gyuto: A Comprehensive Guide to Cutting: Enhance your culinary skills by mastering the art of using the Gyuto knife for various cutting tasks.
- Stockland's article on How to Use Knives Safely is a must-read for anyone looking to enhance their kitchen safety skills.
- For those interested in exploring more, consider diving into the world of Gyuto knives in our article about the best Gyuto knives.

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The Laguna Village Shopping Center in San Luis Obispo will get a wider driveway and streamlined access, but no stoplight for now, the City Council decided Tuesday night.
The council voted 3-2 to approve the $85,000 plan, which was prompted by the center’s business owners lobbying for a stoplight that would create an intersection between the Laguna Village driveway on Madonna Road and Pereira Drive.
The decision followed nearly six months of discussion between city staff and representatives for the shopping center, who said a stoplight would alleviate traffic congestion and improve access.
Mayor Dave Romero and City Councilman Allen Settle voted against a phased plan that did not include the stoplight. They both said they would prefer to add the stoplight immediately.
Kristie Molina, owner of the shopping center, will pay for the improvements and future modifications, such as the stoplight.
“It is for our survival,” Molina said. “That is how important these improvements are.” City staff has strongly advised against a stoplight. They said it would create even more safety problems and traffic congestion at the intersection.
However, public works staff told the council Tuesday that additional traffic studies have indicated that a signal might improve access.
The council agreed to a phased approach to begin immediately that widens the shopping center’s driveways, removes some sycamore trees on Madonna Road to increase visibility and changes the traffic lane configuration on westbound Madonna Road to prevent traffic from backing up in front of the shopping center.
The traffic conditions will be monitored for one year following completion of those improvements. If additional improvement is needed, a stoplight will be added at Pereira Drive.
However, if the light causes traffic to back up in front of the fire station on the corner of Madonna and Los Osos Valley roads, the light will be removed and a partial signal to control traffic in and out of the center will replace the four-way signal.
The city restricted left turns from Madonna Road into the center in 2007 in response to a high rate of broadside and pedestrian accidents. The move irritated business owners, who say it has hurt their sales.
In September, Molina agreed to pay the fine of anyone who was ticketed for making an illegal left turn into the plaza.
Molina said it was unfair that customers were penalized for doing what they did for years before the city took away the ability to turn left legally off Madonna Road in 2007.
That left turn will be restored with the first phase of improvements.


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Striking though they may be bleached eyebrows are hardly a brand new beauty trend, but they have definitely seen a resurgence in popularity over the past few years thanks to celebrities like the Hadid and Kardashian-Jenner sisters.
The latest famous face to jump on the look is actress Julia Fox, who stepped out in Los Angeles with the dramatic look over the weekend.
"Major shout out to my mother queen @patmcgrathreal for these brows!!!” she captioned a series of Instagram snaps showcasing her look, tagging in legendary makeup artist Pat McGrath, who has been her go-to for public appearances recently.
Considering some of the edgy eyeliner creations the 32 year old has been seen wearing during her time in the spotlight, we don’t think this is all that dramatic for Julia – though she can certainly pull off this look. It’s not clear if her brows were actually bleached or if Pat simply used a good concealer to disguise her naturally dark arches, but either way, her fans were quick to praise the look in the comments section of the post.
“Yass the no brow thing super works for you!!!” one commented, as another fan enthused, “Obsessed with the brows. Probably the first time I like a ‘no’ brows look.”
"Best girls have bleached eyebrows," a third follower quipped, as a fourth added, "You’ve got to be KIDDING ME" alongside a string of emojis.
As we already touched on, celebrities bleaching their brows isn’t a completely new trend, as various models and screen stars have shocked us with the bold beauty move several times over the years – but Julia is the most recent in a real surge of celebrities sporting the editorial look.
Model sisters Bella and Gigi Hadid both bleached their brows during Milan Fashion Week, and though the look was primarily for the Versace show, the duo was spotted out and about in the city with lighter brows than usual, leaving us to think the makeover was legit.
Kendall Jenner also appeared to follow suit for the 2022 Met Gala, perfectly offsetting her dark hair and outfit with the bleached brow look, and lest we forget when her sister Kim Kardashian really reignited the trend and put it firmly back at the forefront of the public’s minds last year (although for this year’s Met Gala her look was all about bleached hair, rather than brows).
We wonder which celebrity will be next to step out with barely there bleached arches?
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Schering, state settle over pricing dispute
-- Schering-Plough Corp. will pay $21.3 million to resolve claims it inflated prices for Albuterol, causing California's Medi-Cal program to overpay millions in pharmacy reimbursements, according to state officials.
The accord is part of a $69 million settlement Merck & Co., which acquired Schering in November, reached with California, Florida and the federal government to resolve disputes over Medicaid payments for Schering brand drugs, Merck said Thursday in an e-mailed statement.
Hotel must pay
-- An Alameda County judge has ordered Woodfin Suites Hotel in Emeryville to pay $200,000 in back wages as part of a protracted legal battle over the city's living-wage ordinance.
On Monday, Superior Court Judge Steven Brick, upholding decisions made by the City Council, ruled that the hotel owed the money to current and former workers for shifts they worked in 2006. Dozens of workers at the hotel have complained that management violated a voter-approved measure intended to improve working conditions.
-- The Senate Banking Committee voted 16-7 to approve the nomination of Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke to run the nation's central bank for four more years. The vote sends his nomination to the full Senate for consideration.

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— -- Donald Trump's latest Twitter salvo was perhaps his most confusing to date.
"Despite the constant negative press covfefe," the president inexplicably wrote just after midnight.
And that was it for nearly six hours before the unfinished tweet was removed from the president's account. It was replaced in the morning with Trump’s own attempt to get in on the social media bewilderment over the word he coined.
"Who can figure out the true meaning of 'covfefe' ??? Enjoy!" he tweeted.
In the meantime, Twitter had been set alight with a slew of bemused reactions to what most presumed was a typo of "coverage," and the legend of "covfefe" was born.
Asked about the meaning behind the president's cryptic tweet at Wednesday's press briefing, press secretary Sean Spicer said, "The president and a small group of people know exactly what he meant."
Spicer's response was met with laughter from the White House press corps.
Overnight, #covfefe was trending on Twitter, and the original tweet has been retweeted more than 105,000 times and received more than 148,000 likes.
Memes were born anew.
The social media reaction even spawned a battle of newly formed fantasy characters, battling for the throne of #covfefe.
The Twitter reactions prompted secondary trending topics like Urban Dictionary, which was among the most-discussed topics on Twitter as users took to the crowdsourced internet dictionary to provide definitions for the new term.
Merriam-Webster, the dictionary publisher with a notably snarky Twitter feed, also got in on the action, albeit briefly.
In addition to the dictionary, some others who are known to troll Trump -- on social media, like former President Obama official photographer Pete Souza, and in court, like the American Civil Liberties Union -- also seized the opportunity to have another laugh.
Even Hillary Clinton, Trump's former Democratic presidential rival, got in on the usage of "covfefe."
Trump tweeted Wednesday night, "Crooked Hillary Clinton now blames everybody but herself, refuses to say she was a terrible candidate. Hits Facebook & even Dems & DNC."
Clinton's response? "People in covfefe houses shouldn't throw covfefe."


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I cannot believe it is Friday already - this week has just flown by in a whirlwind of activity! If you haven't been by already this week, I've been helping my daughter out by promoting her "150 in 5 - A Giveaway With A Cause" event to help fund the adoption of our 2 and 1/2 year old Chinese grandson, Nathanael. Nathanael, like our youngest granddaughter, is profoundly deaf.
OK - enough about that! Let's do some whoop-whooping!!
In Chinese culture, red, corresponding with fire,
symbolizes good fortune and joy.
A red envelope is a monetary gift
which is given in Chinese society
during holiday or special occasions.
The red color of the packet symbolizes good luck.
I am calling this quilt The Good Fortune Quilt. It will be Nathanael's first "Christmas" quilt after he finally comes home. (I make each of my grandchildren a new quilt each Christmas, usually something that symbolizes the things were special in their lives in the past year.) We don't know if he will be home this year for Christmas, but this quilt was ready to be made, so it's finished!
I made this quilt using the "off-cuts" from the blocks
I made for this quilt, a slightly enlarged version
Karrie's original was 40" square, but I sized it up to 60". Because of that, the triangles I would have been cutting off the corners of the blocks were pretty large, and I couldn't see just throwing that fabric away. So when I stitched from corner to corner on each block, I moved 3/8" out from that and stitched again. When I cut between the stitched lines, I had two blocks - one for Karrie's design, and one for a future quilt, yet to be designed.
This quilt was a true family effort. The polka dot fabric was originally given to me by my daughter, who had purchased it thinking she would make a quilt for the son they were trying to adopt from Ethiopia several years ago. When the timeline extended so dramatically on Ethiopian adoptions, their plans changed and they had their second daughter, Emmy. Nancy didn't foresee using the fabric, so she gave it to me.
While I was playing with the triangles left over from the first quilt, trying to come up with a design to use them, my sister and niece came for a visit. They helped me come up with a design very similar to the finished quilt. I was thinking the background would be the same bone color I used in the original blocks, but then my sister suggested using red to pick up the colors in the multicolored polka dot pieces. Little did she know that I had an enormous piece of Chinese red solid that I had purchased for another project that fell through!
|A little heart hand-stitched in the center of the quilt...|
And so this joyful quilt was born! Oh yes, there were some birth pains - using a bunch of different sized blocks really tested my math abilities, but I persevered and made it through!
(Should I write up a pattern for it, do you think?)
|I love the texture of the quilting!|
I quilted it by stitching in the ditch (or at least near it!) around the outside of all the HST block sets, then did a small random meander in Glide Bone in those block sets and in Chinese red in the red parts.
The back is red with an aqua polka dot from Joann's, with a strip of the multicolored polka dot from the front. The same multicolored polka dot is used for the binding.
So…. can I get a whoop whoop?
And one more thing - Sunday (hopefully) we will be announcing the winners of the giveaways associated with the Hands2Help Charity Quilt Challenge 2014. You can see all the beautiful quilts that are being linked up here - and participants, remember that you have until Saturday 6/7 at 6 pm to link up your quilts to be included in the giveaway drawings!
And now it's your turn!
What's making you dance the happy dance this week?
Share - we want to dance right along with you!
The linky party will remain open until Sunday midnight -
Hope to see you there!!
PS - here's a small sampling of the necklaces available in Nancy's shop…


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Milan comes in at third place of Lonely Planet’s top ten cities to visit in 2015. Between May and October, Italy’s second-largest city will transform over one million square metre fairgrounds into an ancient roman banquet packed with street performers, cookery demonstrations and wine tasting. It is anticipated that approximately 144 countries will join in. If you get the chance, do head to one of Milan’s many rustic taverns.
Facts about Italy:
Lonely Planet’s Best in Travel 2015.
UNESCO World Heritage Centre List: http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/?search=italy&searchSites=&search_by_country=®ion=&search_yearinscribed=&themes=&criteria_restrication=&type=&media=&order=country&description=


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It’s that time of year again for Schodack’s 2022 Winter Concerts! The four festive concerts are quickly approaching and will take place over the next two weeks. Hope to see families there to celebrate the season with our talented student musicians!
The 2022 Winter Concert Schedule is available below. All four concerts start at 7:00 PM and take place at Maple Hill Jr./Sr. High School.
High School (9-12) Winter Concert: Monday, December 5
6th Grade Winter Concert: Wednesday, December 7
Jr. High School (7-8) Winter Concert: Monday, December 12
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Most people only know one London; but what if there were several? Kell is one of the last Travelers magicians with a rare ability to travel between parallel Londons. There is Grey London, dirty and crowded and without magic, home to the mad king George III. There is Red London, where life and magic are revered. Then, White London, ruled by whoever has murdered their way to the throne. But once upon a time, there was Black London...
My review - This is the first book I have read by V.E. Schwab as I have heard so much praise about her books and Titan Books where lovely enough to send me an ecopy of it.
It did take me a few chapters to get into the story but then I was just hooked. I really loved her style of writing and how it just flowed perfectly throughout the story.
I can see why people love her books as there is just a great feel to them when reading.
I really did enjoy this story as I am a big fan of this Genre and it was really different and just fantastic.
Also the cover is amazing! I need to get this in hardback as I just adore the cover.
I really enjoyed the characters. Kell, who is the main focus, was a really interesting character and I really did enjoy everything about him. I think though I loved Lila more than anything she was so enjoyable and she is a pirate, what's not to love?!
I love the different Londons! I wish I could do jump from different Londons and have blood magic.
I enjoy magic a lot and I really did enjoy this story.
I am not going to say much beside from that I thought this story was brilliant as I don't do spoiler reviews and I want everyone to go and read this story!
I am defiantly going to buy more books from V.E. Schwab!

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Jordan Peele is eyeing his directorial follow-up to his Oscar-winning film, Get Out.
Peele announced his forthcoming movie entitled, Us, which will be “another original and provocative thriller.”
Oscar-winning actress, Lupita Nyong’o is in talks to star in the film alongside her Black Panther co-star Winston Duke and The Handmaid’s Tale star, Elisabeth Moss.
Jordan made the announcement via social media with a teaser poster. The one-sheet describes the film as “a new nightmare from the mind of” Peele. He also wrote the screenplay, and is producing alongside Ian Cooper, Sean McKittrick, and horror maverick Jason Blum.
— Jordan Peele (@JordanPeele) May 9, 2018


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The capital of the state of Madhya Pradesh, Bhopal is a well known city in India. The city is the administrative headquarters of the Bhopal District and the Bhopal Division. The city has a rich tradition and culture. In addition, the city is also known for its scenic beauty and is popularly known as the 'City of Lakes'.
The climate of Bhopal in Madhya Pradesh is mostly pleasant. The summer season is hot while the winter season is pleasant and dry. The ideal time for coming to Bhopal is between the months of October and March. The weather in this time of the year is pleasant and dry with little rainfall.
Ranking among the well known tourist destinations, Bhopal is home to well known historical, cultural and religious specimens. The city is a major stop in the itinerary of Bhopal travel. The scenic beauty of is also an added advantage. The city consists of plenty of historical, religious and cultural sites. Some of the popular tourist attractions in Bhopal are:
- Jama Masjid
- Gohar Mahal
- Sadar Manzil
Travelers can undertake tours to Bhopal can also find quality accommodation in the city. There are numerous hotels in Bhopal which offer comfortable and pleasant lodging facilities. The rates in these hotels are also moderate. Most hotels are located as an easy distance from the main city center and can be reached easily.
One can also easily and conveniently reach Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh. The city is served by the domestic airport which links the city with various places like Indore, Gwalior, Mumbai, Ahmadabad and Raipur and Hyderabad. Bhopal is also an important station and is well connected with other parts of the country. Road network is also well developed and major cities in Maharashtra, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh are well connected.

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Whether it’s type 1 or type 2, well-managed or uncontrolled – diabetes and the flu don’t mix well.
When people with diabetes get the flu they have a higher risk of complications like hospitalization and even death. Why is this? Diabetes can make the immune system less able to fight the influenza virus that causes the flu. In addition, sometimes people don’t feel like eating when they are sick. It may be difficult to maintain a regular diet or medication regimen, and this can cause blood sugar levels to rise or fall. Flu infection itself can also raise blood sugars. Even people whose diabetes is well controlled need to have a plan to manage their condition when they are sick.
Vaccination is the best protection against flu. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends that people with diabetes who are six months and older get a flu shot every year. (It’s important to note that the nasal spray flu vaccine should not be given to people with diabetes.) People with diabetes are also at increased risk of developing pneumonia from the flu, therefore a pneumonia (pneumococcal) vaccine is also recommended and should be part of a diabetes management plan.
We saw the impact of flu on people with diabetes during the 2009 H1N1 flu pandemic – one in four patients with diabetes who were hospitalized for flu required intensive care. While these data are alarming, it sends the message that people with diabetes need to protect themselves against the flu.
The best time to get vaccinated is before flu season starts (in other words, now) and before people around you start becoming sick or ill. The flu vaccine is safe and effective. In fact, it has been shown to reduce the number of hospitalizations and deaths in people with diabetes.
If you have questions about the flu or flu vaccine, visit www.mass.gov/flu or contact the Department of Public Health, Division of Epidemiology and Immunization at (617) 983-6800. To find out where you can get a flu shot, talk with your health care provider or visit http://flu.masspro.org to find a flu clinic near you.
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A Twilight Saga Fansite
Here it is the Green Day track from the movie interspersed with scenes.
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This song makes me remember all of the years I’ve spent with Twilight it brings tears to my eyes . I will never stop loving Twilight and I will never forget the joys its brought me and so many others. The movies may be coming to an end this November but it lives on forever with us , the fans .
I couldn’t have said it better than you. Twilight will always have a place in my heart and I will never stop loving it (:
As if I needed to be reminded that I love Green Day. Fantastic!
This song is amazing. I couldn’t stop crying. Two weeks never felt so long 🙂
this song feels more like its for the fandom and the over all experience than for the film. not that that’s a bad thing^-^
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Wow! That is why I’ve been a Green Day fan since I was in high school. They just keep getting better and better with their music and they couldn’t have picked a better band to headline the soundtrack. Love the song and how it fits in with the story. This was the best birthday present I recieved today and I have to say I did get some pretty cool gifts today.
I’m not sure what I think of it. I’ve been listening to Green Day since I was in highschool in the 90’s, so to hear them on a Twilight soundtrack just seems odd somehow. The song itself is okay, maybe after I see the film it will fit better for me…
YES Lisa! I feel the same way. I love Greenday, 90s Greenday. The song feels ‘forced’ somehow. like this is the song, that is supposed to sum up the whole saga? It’s too main stream too. Too main stream for what I’ve come to expect of the soundtracks and too main stream for real Greenday. Are they toop old to rock it? Are we too old and have to settle for easy listening sorta Greenday style? Someone else mentioned that the song feels like more of a wrap up of the whole saga, maybe a farewell song to the fans more so than a part of the movie music. Kinda lklike the Seinfeld wrap up song (which was so much better!!!)That makes more sense to me, but Greenday, 2010’s Greenday on a Twilight soundtrack, strange.
That was really good. I didn’t expected to be honestly. I was very pleasantly proven wrong.
Absolutely beautiful, Thank you Green Day!
That was an amazing song!!! Simply beautiful!! This song reminds me why I love Twilight!!! This song moved me to tears. Twilight will always have a special part in my heart. Twilight will live forever within the hearts of the fans!!! 🙂 <3
That’s an amazing song from Green Day. I’ve been a fan since high school and they amaze me every time. I think this song goes great with the saga, it represents the theme well and I agree that it does remind me why I love the saga and it gives me a reason to like Green Day even more. I can’t wait for the soundtrack so I can have this song on my iphone.
Amazing song and it’s perfect for the movie. It’s a nice way to finish this saga which brings tears to me, but i will always love the story that brings happiness to mylife when I desperately need it.
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The whole notion of intent is one that fascinates me almost to the point of obsession; when looking at or making artwork I always wonder, what is the artist's intent for this thing that they are making? What effect, exactly, is it supposed by the artist to have on others? What effect does making it have on the artist... and so on. This question of intentionality is strangely absent from most of what is considered critical thinking about Art. Probably the various art objects could even be meaningfully classified according to the various intentions and effects, but somehow this is never done.
It can be quite enlightening to try and arrive at a more specific sort of clarity about what our intentions for, and suppositions about, the specific things that we create actually are. Not in the sense of why do artists make art and what is the purpose of Art?, but rather what are my intentions for this specific thing that I have made, and what effect do I suppose that it will have on others?
My personal opinion is that ambiguity is an essential quality of all really great art.
I'm not taking the position that one should read words like "intent", "understanding", and "meaning" as if any visual piece of art shouldn't be just art for art's sake, but art for a reason. Speaking only for myself, and the intentionality vs. ambiguity question, my thesis is not contra ars gratia artis. Rather, I'm saying that, on close examination, artists actually do have purposes and goals for these things that they make (whether they're capable of articulating and/or admitting them or not), and these things that they make are worthy of being examined in terms of the artist's own intentions.
"An unexamined life is not worth living." - Socrates
Here's to plain speaking and clear understanding:
the state of a person's mind that directs his or her actions toward a specific object.
1.firmly or steadfastly fixed or directed. 2.having the attention sharply focused or fixed on something. 3.determined or resolved; having the mind or will fixed on some goal. 4.earnest; intense.
(A propos: P.D. Ouspensky, and others, would argue that most of us only imagine that we have intent.)
It strikes me that Art-making may be the only organized human activity in which a lack of purposes or goals is considered by anyone to be a virtue. Why is this important? Well, for example, try to imagine a major business, charitable, or government organization with no stated purpose or "core values". No such thing exists. There's a reason for that: an organization so completely rudderless wouldn't survive for 15 minutes in the real world.
Recently I have initiated some discussions on the topic of "The Question of Intentionality" in a few artists' forums on the Internet. The Surrealists, as a group, are the ones that get the most upset at the very notion that artists (like everyone else) have goal-directed behaviour. Here are some typical responses:
"Sorry, dont have time to think, I just paint becose I like it. Don't want to know the reasons, I prefer mystery, as an open space for imagination."
"...a drawing with the intention of creating images without having any intentions about what those images will be... the intention to create something unintentionally..."
Certainly one can do this, Surrealists, in particular, often do. Nothing wrong with that. However this only brings up other questions of intentionality, as if one were peeling an onion. First, one might ask, what was the artist's motive (intent) for wanting to "create something unintentionally" in the first place? What result, exactly, did the artist hope to achieve via this method?
"...to connect with deeper psychological and emotional levels."
And then, what is the purpose of that? Self-knowledge? If so, then why show it to anyone else? Because if one makes something with the intent to show it to other people, it seems that there is implied an intent on the part of the artist to produce some effect on the viewer. Artists working within the Abstract paradigm tended to have a different set of objections to the notion of art being intentional. Here's a particularly articulate example:
"...a reason for someone to dabble in the the arts has been called an addiction and the reason they do it (some artists) is to seek a particular state of being (mind) while in this process of mark making. This is the primary motive or intention of some artists and by using this method it may have been achieved, or not. The actual image, or images, created evolved as an accident. There was no intent to draw, let's say, eyeballs but when the artist steps back and takes a look all she sees are eyeballs staring back at her.
The artist can't decide whether to show anyone her art... Eventually... she decides to show it to her mom.
No matter what the artist does... her mom always says after looking at the daughter's marks, "That's nice dear, but why so many nipples."
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An artist/ painter, Carson Collins describes himself as a "gently ironic, world-weary, post punk misanthrope". He has been working on a project that he calls "The Ocean Series" for the past 30 years. A Remodernist response to the color-field paintings of Mark Rothko; it appeals to serious art lovers, those who meditate, and ocean lovers as well.
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Tonight: Mostly clear with near record cold temps. Low: 19°
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For a limited time RND is bundling the R10 10-slot 500 series rack chassis loaded with two 542 tape emulator and two 535 diode bridge compressor modules for the Rupert Neve Designs 500 Series Color XL Bundle Rig. Act now - offer ends March 31st, 2023!
With abundant power and unrivaled build quality, the R10 delivers peace of mind for engineers who demand a higher degree of confidence in their 500 series racks.
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The chassis is constructed from solid steel with bumpers to support the unit in both horizontal and vertical configurations and features a collapsible handle for portability. All connectors and fittings are of the highest quality to ensure that the R10 will hold up for many years of use.
The 542 500 Series Tape Emulator is the ultimate "color box." In addition to the 100% analog tape emulation circuitry – great for bringing out 3rd-order harmonics – the 542 incorporates a soft-clip circuit that tames the harshest sources and enhances 2nd-order harmonics, variable Silk Red & Blue for an infinite variety of transformer tones, and a blend control to dial in in the perfect amount of saturation.
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In addition to the tape circuit, the continuously variable Texture control with Silk Red and Silk Blue modes provides a whole other level of control over the harmonic density and tonality of your tracks & mixes. The Silk Red mode accentuates transformer saturation in the high and high-mid frequencies to amplify the vibrant midrange harmonics associated with Rupert’s vintage equipment, while Silk Blue accentuates saturation of the lows and low-mids to add thickness and weight to any source – especially useful for “thin-sounding” tracks or mixes. Unlike EQ, these Silk & Texture controls saturate the output transformers, and add highly musical harmonics to the source material according to the amount of Texture applied.
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Where the VCA compressor found in the Master Buss Processor provides unmatched clarity, the weighty, harmonically rich tonality of diode bridge compression can be essential in pushing key sources like vocals, electric guitars, bass and drums to the forefront of a mix.
By understanding the limitations of vintage units like the legendary 2254, painstaking effort was taken to reproduce the unique tone of these classics while improving the noise floor & accuracy, expanding inflexible time constants, adding full wave sidechain detection for improved dynamic response, and widening the range of threshold and ratio controls.
Delivering the powerful sound of these iconic designs with enhanced flexibility for the modern age, the 535 Diode Bridge Compressor is a dynamic tool equipped to make a bold statement on virtually any mix or track.
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I have an Imac (Retina 5K, 27-inch, 2019)
3,6 GHz Intel Core i9 8 core
32 GB 2667 MHz DDR4
Radeon Pro 575X 4 GB
which I bought to be able to edit 4K footage. I've been editing in Premiere pro a documentary with proxy files, cache has been clean, I have 700GB of space in the computer but since I've updated the software to BIG SUR Premiere Pro has been crashing when it goes in playback mode and the computer shuts down and restarts on its own. This is my full time job so this is a nightmare.
I've also reorganized the Premiere project and made it lighter but nothing seems to work. It might be a Big Sur issue?
Same issue here.
I'm on a Mac (2015) running Big Sur 11.2.3. It seems to be an issue with every single app, not just Premiere. The problem also happens at random - I can be working for a couple of hours and then the computer freezes - I experience a hard crash - and the computer has to reboot. At this point, I'm up to 5-10 hard crashes a day.
I've been on the phone with tech support for a full week now. I call numerous times a day and Customer Support informs me that my case has been escalated and that I need to be patient I should expect a call within the next couple of hours - it's been 3 days since my case was escalated and still no phone call. I believe it's time to switch back to FCP.
I even installed previous versions of Premiere and After Effects but I continue to experience hard crashes - so it appears to be an issue with the Big Sur OS.
Not sure what to do here. At the very least, I wish Adobe would uphold their promise and have an experienced technician look into the case and contact me instead of continuing to tell me to be patient and that the case has indeed been elevated and a technician will contact me in several hours - the "hours" are turning into weeks.
yes, I'm pretty sure it's a Big Sur problem because every app takes ages to launch and even the most basic tasks are way too slow. Considering I paid almost 5k for this computer it seems surreal.
I was able to clean up the premiere project I was working on (made it much lighter, deleted useless old sequences, matched all the clips' framerates, cleaned cache's files, took off all Fx from clips) and for now it hasn't crashed.
The only certain thing I know is that my next feature film will not be edited on Premiere. I had too many issues and waisted hours of work trying to figure out why it crashes and takes 15 minutes to save.
I hope the technician calls you, let me know!
There appears to be a Mac OS update. Let's hope it solves our problem!


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February 15th, 2018
The demand for apartment and multifamily housing is expected to continue to grow in Southeastern U.S., according to the National Association of Home Builders and Freddie Mac. Mostly due to the trends in demographics and preferences in lifestyle.
“Currently, median rents in Orlando average $1,030 for a one-bedroom apartment and $1,230 for a two-bedroom unit. Orlando’s year-over-year rent growth leads the state average of 3.7%, as well as the national average of 2.7%, Orlando Business Journal
There are a few things developers and builders of apartment housing need to remember during the construction phase.
Those who are making multifamily housing, home sweet home, are looking for an easier way of living.
Complete with appliances that can be remotely controlled, including smart outlets, locks, air conditioning and heat.
The newest trends integrate smart phones and devices with appliances, this way supplies can be replenished with just a couple of words.
Wood flooring and accents have gotten a new clean makeover. The unique coursed wood is very popular, creating rich texture and depth, making smaller spaces feel sleeker and larger. Tenants will also enjoy the sound control hardwood provides. The natural wood elements are a growing trend in floors, appliances, and accents.
Large and energy efficient windows with clean lines accentuate the open and airy spaces. While the energy efficiency saves them money on energy costs.
Warm tones and a few unexpected colors are trending, such as champagne, bronze, and matte black. For an unexpected surprise of color, gold and copper. Appliances and fixtures are also getting in on the fun with unique finishes, adding to the aesthetics in the kitchen.
Whether its new construction or renovations of Multi-Family housing in the Orlando and Atlanta areas, SWET Construction Group is a leader in the industry. From the roof to the foundation and everything in between, we give you the results you’re looking for. Keeping up with the current trends is vital to success, SWET Construction Group will meet and even exceed your expectations in a timely and professional manner.

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