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The earliest recipe for lasagne was recorded as far back as the 14th century in Liber de Coquina (The Book of Cookery/Cooking), reported to be one of the oldest medieval cookbooks; perhaps it was the Hairy Biker’s British Classics of that era. In the seven centuries since the medieval best seller, the Italian dish has been presented with a wide variety of variations and fillings. So I don’t think I’m denigrating a beloved ethnic cuisine.
What I’m offering on Foodie Friday is a vegetarian dish, not vegan. Undoubtedly you can find lasagne recipes for most all dietary needs. For example, there is a raw vegan lasagne, if that floats your boat. It looks wholesome and nutritious. I’ll give it a shot between now and my best before date and review it on a Foodie Friday.
There have been gazillions of tweaked lasagne recipes since the 14th century, when the Black Death swept across Europe, unlike, ahem, ‘happier’ times today. So what’s the original? Who knows, who cares! My first recipe was from a cookbook long forgotten. In the quest to perfect a meal harmonious to the family’s taste, I added or removed spices, chucked walnuts and almonds, fooled around with celery and courgettes, and dabbled with mushrooms and tomatoes.
I also frequently changed the preparation process.
In the late 1980s, my wife and I came out of the cupboard and told everyone we were vegetarian. We didn’t label ourselves at first, we just said we did not eat fish, fowl or meat and the by-products of same. It was a different era for herbivores 35 years ago in beautiful downtown North America. Hunting for good food, intently reading ingredients on labels and trying strange new recipes was a pretty steep learning curve. Although our biggest challenge was stultus populus.
Out of the hunt for new meal variations emerged Lasagne Vegetariana. Sure, it’s Italian for vegetarian lasagne but I thought I’d dress up the name to honour the origin of the dish.
How does one create this scrumptious meal that I lovingly prepare and present to my family at least twice every three months? As with any meal, time is the biggest contribution.
How long will it take from preparation to serving?
For the gathering, chopping, measuring of ingredients, putting it all together in a dish and making it ready to cook you’re looking at 90 minutes. Add an hour for actually cooking my beloved masterpiece, then 5-10 minutes of rest so everything can set. So plan for 2 hours and 40 minutes, 3 hours tops, from preparation to serving.
Speaking of serving, using the size of the serving dish noted below, this recipe makes a full serving for six, or more in smaller portions if served with a salad or other accompaniment, such as Sue Dymond’s Red Cabbage Slaw.
You’re going to need these items and ingredients
- Pot for tomato sauce mixture, large
- Bowl for cheese sauce mixture, large
- Bowl for mixture, large – it’ll make sense as we go along, trust me.
- Frying pan, large
- Serving dish, large. For this recipe I use a dish measuring 34.29cm (13.5in) long x 23.5cm (9.25in) wide x 6.35cm (2.5in) deep. It is one of my wife’s favourite serving dishes that has travelled with us across oceans and continents. I am aware that if I drop it I must open the front door and keeping running.
- Measuring cup with increments to 500ml
- Whisk and stirring spoons
- Microwave (optional)
- Oven and hob (not optional)
- 500 – 525ml Bolognese pasta sauce. If you make your own Bolognese sauce, bonus! If you don’t, hop on down to your shopping mart and pick up a 500g jar of Bolognese sauce. Only the Bolognese purists will know, and if they discover your shortcut just say, “Not my problem.”
- Veggie cubes, 2
- Vegetarian mince, 454g, thawed
- Onions, 2 medium, quartered and sliced. You can speed up the tendering process by putting the slices in a bowl, covering with cling film and microwaving them for three minutes.
- Spice and herb combination of 3 tbsp oregano, 2 tbsp basil, 1 tbsp chilli powder, then thoroughly mix together in a bowl.
- Garlic, one bulb (8 to 10 cloves) chopped. If you use garlic in a jar, not a problem, at least with me. Your product jar, if you can read the very fine print print without resorting to the James Webb Telescope, should tell you how many teaspoons or tablespoons there are to a clove. Do the maths.
- Cooking oil, approximately 100ml
- Eggs, 4, whisked until golden
- Mozzarella cheese, 500g, grated
- Parmesan, 200g, grated; buy a chunk of Parmesan that you have to grate which is better than the packaged ready-grated product.
- Cottage cheese, 600g
- Lasagne sheets, 16 to 18, preferably whole-wheat. I purchase sheets that don’t need to be pre-cooked. I half-arsed do it anyway. We’ll explain how in the next section.
Preparing the lasagne dish and mince
- Pour about 100ml of the Bolognese sauce into the serving dish, just enough to cover the bottom.
- Dissolve the veggie cube in 500 ml (2 cups) of hot water to make veggie cube stock.
- Pour half of the remaining veggie cube stock and about 100ml cooking oil into a large frying pan and heat to simmer. Do not boil.
- Put the mince in a large enough bowl and pour over the remainder of the veggie cube stock.
- Mix the mince well with the veggie cube stock, ensuring the mince absorbs the liquid, then drain thoroughly.
- Add a third of the spice combination to the mince and mix well.
- Set aside.
Preparing the tomato sauce
- If you haven’t cooked the sliced onions in the microwave, per the instructions under ingredients, do so now. If you’re going commando (letting it tenderise in the cooking process) then wait for step three (below).
- On the hob, on medium heat, pour half of the remaining Bolognese sauce into a large pot. When stock is just starting to get warm add the onions and cook until tender.
- Add garlic; mix in and stir for a minute or two.
- Add half the remaining spice combination.
- Add the mince and the rest of the Bolognese sauce.
- Give everything a good stir and add the remainder of the spice combination.
- Stir constantly – lightly – until mixture starts to bubble.
- Simmer for 20 minutes, stirring occasionally, then remove from the heat.
- Turn the oven on to 180˚C.
Time to prepare the cheese sauce
- Grate the Parmesan (if you haven’t done so beforehand).
- Whisk all eggs until well combined and golden.
Add the following to bowl #1, stirring in each ingredient one at a time until thoroughly combined.
- Half of the cottage cheese
- Half of the mozzarella cheese
- A third of the Parmesan (note, no more than a third)
- Remainder of the cottage cheese
- Remainder of the mozzarella cheese
Add the following to bowl #2
- Scoop a third of the of the cheese sauce from bowl #1 into bowl #2.
- Add a third of the tomato sauce from the pot into bowl #2 and mix the two sauces together.
Putting it all together
- Make sure you covered the bottom of the dish with Bolognese sauce per item #1 under Preparing the lasagne dish and mince.
- Put six Lasagne sheets into the frying pan and simmer on a low heat. Place in a star pattern and wait for about three minutes so the Lasagne sheets soften just slightly.
- Take the Lasagne sheets out of the frying pan and place them into the serving dish as a layer; a wee bit of overlap is expected and OK. If there are gaps along the edges of the serving dish cook a spare Lasagne sheet and cut to size.
- Add six more Lasagne sheets to the frying pan.
- Cover the Lasagne sheets in the serving dish with the cheese sauce from bowl #1.
- Add another Lasagne sheet layer and put seven more Lasagne sheets into the frying pan.
- Cover the Lasagne sheet layer in the serving dish with the combined tomato sauce and cheese sauce from bowl #2.
- Sprinkle no more than half of the remaining Parmesan evenly over the bowl #2 mixture.
- Add the final Lasagne sheet layer.
- Cover the final Lasagne sheet layer with the remaining tomato sauce from the pot.
- Sprinkle the remaining Parmesan evenly over the tomato sauce mixture.
- Cover the serving dish with foil.
Deliver your creation to the oven
- Cook for one hour at 180˚C
- After 45 minutes, remove the foil.
- Leave in the oven for another 15 minutes.
- After one hour, remove from the oven and let stand, uncovered, for at least 10 minutes before serving.
Leftovers can be frozen for up to three months. For re-use, thaw, then microwave on high for two or three minutes.
Foodie Friday is published weekly. If you have a favourite recipe you’d like to share with Bylines Scotland’s readership then please email your contributions to [email protected] and be sure to type Foodie Friday in the subject field. Thank you for sharing.


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Nobody is sure what the target audience of Dip and Hale's Treecottage is. It was once a fun place with a ball pit full of snakes, but Disney lawyers had it eliminated to reduce their paperwork load.
- Because it is so harmonious, those in the know avoid this train second to last thing before breakfast.
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HALAL MEAT INDUSTRY|
Al Safa and ISNA Break Ties
Al Safa Halal is seeking a new Halal Certifier after a fallout with the Islamic Society of North America-Canada (ISNA-Canada).
Al Safa Halal is the non-Muslim owned Kitchener, Ontario-based meat company that used to get its beef and chicken products certified as Halal by ISNA-Canada.
On August 20 1999, ISNA-Canada announced Al Safa, along with its parent company, MGI Packers were no longer certified by ISNA-Canada due to concerns that Al-Safa and MGI Packers have not been able to meet the standards required for ISNA-Canada's certification.
The announcement also said the withdrawal of Halal certification was effective August 20 but did not give details as to what ISNA-Canada considered a breach of its standards.
Three days later, Al Safa Halal responded with its own announcement.
Unfortunately, it sounds from the ISNA Canada announcement that something has changed in the Zabiha at MGI, it reads. The Zabiha at MGI has not changed. MGI continues to be, as it has been since 1991, an entirely Zabiha plant, with slaughter performed correctly by Muslims.
According to Al Safa's announcement, differences between Al Safa Halal and ISNA-Canada began with a disagreement over how the slaughter of chicken is conducted.
ISNA-Canada certifies as Halal chicken that is slaughtered using machines.
But Al Safa Halal's consumers did not agree with this position.
Virtually every consumer either by phone or by e-mail expressed their shock and disappointment that the chicken was machine-slaughtered because they felt it was not Halal, says David Muller, one of Al Safa's owners, in an interview with Sound Vision.We would not have gotten the support that we have received if we used machine slaughtered [meat], he added.
Al Safa's August 23 announcement says after consumers demanded a stop to using ISNA-endorsed machine-slaughtered chicken, the company immediately suspended manufacture of the chicken products and began searching for a hand-slaughtered chicken Zabiha
They selected Madina Wholesale, which is based in the Toronto, Canada area. After this, Muller says, Al Safa resumed its production of chicken products. But this led to further problems with ISNA-Canada.
Unfortunately, ISNA Canada refused to certify the hand-slaughtered poultry by Madina Wholesale, says Al Safa's August 23 announcement.
We had a choice to make. We felt that the hand-slaughter was so important to our customers that we had to go with hand-slaughtered chicken. As a result of ISNA Canada's refusal to certify the hand-slaughtered Zabiha, we had no choice but to terminate ISNA Canada's certification of Al Safa products, and we sent ISNA Canada a letter to that effect on July 8, 1999. We would like to highlight the point that Al Safa terminated ISNA Canada's [sic] services, not the other way around.
Ashraf, however, tells a very different story.
ISNA has never refused to certify any hand slaughtered Zabiha, he says. We were willing to certify, but they [Al Safa Halal] put the condition that they would pay a low salary to the Muslim slaughtermen.
This is also why ISNA-Canada decided to no longer certify MGI.
If we lose confidence, as we did in Al Safa, then how could you keep the same confidence in its parent company which is MGI? asks Ashraf.
Al Safa seeks Certification from IFANCA
Currently, Al Safa is seeking Halal certification from the Islamic Food and Nutrition Council of America (IFANCA). The Illinois-based nonprofit organization certifies as Halal, products in the U.S. as well as foodstuffs for shipment to Malaysia.
Muller says the deal is almost done. Al Safa's August 23 announcement goes so far as saying, we are currently in the final stages of discussions with IFANCA (Islamic Food and Nutrition Council of America) to perform certification services for both MGI Packers and Al Safa Halal.
But this is news to Mohammad Mazhar Hussaini, IFANCA's executive director.
Al Safa's request has come to IFANCA and its Halal slaughter committee is discussing it he says, surprised that any notion of a final deal was mentioned in the August 23 announcement.
IFANCA president Muhammad Munir Chaudry, says, our board of directors have to make that final decision, to certify or not certify Al Safa Halal, and adds, we want to make sure we have complete information from whatever sources we can.
Some of these, he says, include MGI, Al Safa, ISNA, Al Safa's distributors, as well as some of the Imams and influential community leaders who have visited Al Safa and MGI.
Chaudry says a final decision on certifying Al Safa Halal should be made by the beginning of October.
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Even as INS Sumedha evacuated the first batch of 278 Indian citizens from violence-hit Sudan on Tuesday, another Indian Navy warship INS Teg has also joined Operation 'Kaveri'.
External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Arindam Bagchi tweeted that INS Teg has reached Port Sudan with relief material for Indians who are still stuck in Khartoum.
"INS Teg joins #OperationKaveri. Arrives at Port Sudan with additional officials and essential relief supplies for stranded Indians. Will boost ongoing evacuation efforts by Embassy Camp Office at Port Sudan," he posted.
Meanwhile, Minister of State for External Affairs, V. Muraleedharan also reached Saudi Arabia's Jeddah to oversee the preparations and receive the first batch of Indian citizens, who, earlier in the day, left Sudan on board INS Sumedha.
"Upon arrival in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia to join Team #OperationKaveri, visited the control room set up to facilitate evacuation of Indians from Sudan. Necessary infrastructure is in place in both Port Sudan and Jeddah. Team is in full readiness on the ground," Muraleedharan tweeted.
The first batch of 278 Indian citizens on Tuesday boarded INS Sumedha from Port Sudan and will be ferried to Jeddah.
The evacuation process named Operation Kaveri, started on April 23, as apart from INS Sumedha, two Indian Air Force aircraft were sent to bring back Indian citizens stuck in the Sudanese capital, where civil war broke out on April 15 after its army and paramilitary forces clashed with each other, leading to large scale violence, which has led to the death of hundreds of people, including an Indian citizen.
Last week, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had undertaken a review meeting with top officials on the situation prevailing in Sudan. He had asked for the preparation of a contingency plan to evacuate Indians stuck in that country.
There are around 3,000 Indians in Sudan.


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“Everything changes as you move through three stages of awareness:
first, that beliefs are the result of conditions;
second, that beliefs are the cause of conditions;
and third, that beliefs are themselves conditions.”
There´s no need to agree with texts like the following. Even if they´re food of thoughts it will be enough.
Seeing what is.
Is it not what I am doing all the time? Right now, I see the computer screen, the desk, the cup of tea, the window and the tree out there. This is the normal way, seeing the world as a compilation of objects. But lets try again, right now, as I am reading these words – actually – seeing black signs displayed on a white plane, and these signs become words, words which have meaning – how does meaning come about? – and as I am looking and wondering, the activity of my mind slows down, a sensorial space opens up, in it the body appears, breathing, sounds, light – and this acute sense of space in which all this is happening. In this unfocused, open seeing the body and its feelings are surprisingly present, as if seeing is also breathing, as if seeing is sensed and sensing is seen, a movement that is aliveness and presence itself. The objects, so dominating at first, take second place as the activity of thought slows down. The “tree” out there is a living something of intricate shapes, colors, light and depth felt right here.
Without the superimposition of words and knowledge…
– what is it that is seen? What is it that takes existence and form in the process of seeing? And what is seeing itself, what is its source? Forms and feelings unfolding in a field pervaded by a subtle sense of “this exists”. It feels as if one touches that fine line where the world comes into being. And this being is one spacious continuum, the meaning of inside and outside has faded away, no separations to be found anywhere – one pervasive space of seeing filled with this, constantly touching the subtle line where the known dissolves into the unknown, and where from the depths of the unknown recognizable forms and shapes appear. This unfolding continues as long as there is no need for understanding or assurance. When that need becomes dominant then there is the fascinating re-appearance of the world (and the me) in the form of thoughts and things. “Thinking what is” creates the inner and outer world of one thousand things. “Seeing what is” dissolves the what and the seer into living stillness.
In life both these modes are needed. Both of these modes exist, often overlapping one another in varying degrees. In western culture the mode of knowledge and self, probably because it is such a powerful way of managing everyday life, has been so emphasized that it stands for reality itself. But it is a reductionist, falsely objectified and fragmented “reality”. It misses essential dimensions. Seeing is needed to re-establish the balance.
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I wonder if Donald Trump has some kind of imaginary time machine that makes him believe he can intertwine the past with the present in a cataclysmic storm that makes things sound much worse then they were, um, are, um, werare.
From the man who invited Russian hackers to hack into the DNC (which he probably already knew had been done through his own sources but wanted to use his announcement as ground zero for such a hack that had already occurred, for one to occur, once again, his imaginary time machine at work), Donald Trump is demanding an investigation into the possibility that as an un vetted private citizen who may have paid for his entire presidential campaign with Income Tax Evasion Money, or who may have had a secure server hooked up to Russia, or who may have bribed IRS officials, and who probably violated FCC rules when he falsely and repeatedly called Hillary Clinton a criminal for personal and political gain, that he was targeted!
DailyPUMA started a Change Dot Org Petition requesting Donald Trump be "Reaudited" BEFORE he took office. Of course Donald Trump needed to be vetted, and if took wiretapping his phones to make sure he did not have a secret server hooked up to Russia, or possibly bribed IRS officials with escorts and other amenities such as staying at Trump Hotels for free or next to nothing, or was accepting Russian Intel to discredit the DNC and Hillary Clinton, or funded his entire presidential campaign with income tax evasion money, or was fraudulent using the airwaves to call Hillary Clinton a criminal when she has never been convicted of a crime, then of course the FBI / CIA and the Department of Justice had the right to wiretap private citizen Trump.
Trump has somehow created the fantastical Jesus Persecution fantasy that as president, Trump was wiretapped by a prior president while he was still pre-president. The mind snaps not only at the level of such incredulously mind numbing interplanetary time warped string theory imagination, but that conservatives are somehow taking seriously the man who repeatedly called Hillary Clinton a criminal and demanded the fourth person in line for the presidency be put in jail for maybe, maybe declassifying intel that was within her right to declassify.
The correct answer from the FBI and CIA and the Department of Justice should not have been to deny wire tapping accusations, but to simply state that "anyone who may be breaking the law is subject to investigation, if Mr. Trump feels he broke the law while he was running for the presidency, than it is possible he was wiretapped. If Mr. Trump wishes to elaborate any illegal activity he may have been involved in while running for president or before he ran for president, the FBI / CIA or Department of Justice can conduct a search to see if he was wiretapped regarding illegal activities Mr. Trump may have participated in".
The idea that the same entities who overly and improperly vetted Hillary Clinton, costing her the 2016 presidential election, may have also wire tapped private citizen Trump for illegal activities, yeah, that's outrageous in Trump's mind, and that does concern DailyPUMA.
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New Delhi: The awards show that 'honours' the worst in cinema have revealed the nominations for the 39th annual Razzie Awards. This year's nominees for worst picture, include 'Gotti', 'The Happytime Murders', 'Robin Hood', 'Winchester' and the "comedy whose own ads admit it 'doesn't have a clue'," the Razzies said in its announcement, 'Holmes & Watson', wrote The Hollywood Reporter.
The nominees for worst acting include John Travolta for 'Gotto', Melissa McCarthy for 'The Happytime Murders'and 'Life of the Party', Bruce Willis for 'Death Wish' and Jennifer Garner for 'Peppermint.' Donald Trump is also nominated for his appearances through archival footage in the documentaries 'Death of a Nation' and 'Fahrenheit 11/9'.
While the 2019 Razzie Awards nominations were announced on the Razzies Awards YouTube channel, the actual awards will take place on February 23, the night before the 91st Academy Awards.


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Ask Kirstin: Dark vs Milk Chocolate; Using Buttermilk
- January 02, 2014 |
- by Kirstin Uhrenholdt
I prefer milk chocolate but so many recipes call for dark or semisweet chocolate. Can I replace it? — Karen F.
If you are just making something simple, like cookies, brownies or chocolate cake, by all means use your favorite kind of chocolate. In these cases the quality (the amount and flavor of cocoa butter in your chocolate) of chocolate matters more than whether it is dark or light. There are times though, when you are making something where chocolate is a main ingredient, like a mousse or a flourless chocolate cake, you might want to stick with the recipe’s suggestion, so as not to upset the sugar/dairy ratio in the recipe.
My kids and I do a lot of impromptu cookie baking, but we never have unsalted butter in my fridge. Can we use salted instead? — Nancy J.
Hi Nancy! I actually love a tiny bit of salt in my desserts, especially if they have chocolate in them, so usually I have no problem using salted butter instead of unsalted. However, there are times when is is best to control the amount of salt in a recipe, and you can only do that with unsalted butter (butter creams are a good example). If you want to compensate for the salt in the butter you are using, omit ¼ teaspoon salt per stick of butter you are using.
What is buttermilk? It sounds so fattening, is it? And if I don’t have it, is there a substitute? — Michelle
I love buttermilk! In Denmark we make a dessert soup called “kold skald.” We add lemon rind, vanilla and sugar to ice cold buttermilk, then float a few “kammerjunker” (butter cookies) on top to eat during hot summer days while sitting in the grass under the plum trees.
Buttermilk is very low in fat, only 1-2%. Once upon a time when butter was churned from cream, the remaining “milk” was called buttermilk. Now days the process is a little different, but the end result is the same, a low fat dairy product, with all the tangy goodness of sour cream or yoghurt. In “The Family Dinner” book we add it to our mashed potatoes recipe, as a low fat alternative to butter or sour cream. Often breads, biscuits and cakes have buttermilk in the recipe. To make a quick substitution, add a tablespoon of lemon juice or white vinegar to a cup of milk and let it stand for 5 to 10 minutes.

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The 3rd Annual Asheville Food Truck & Craft Beer Festival
800 Brevard Rd, Asheville, NC 28806, USA
Food Truck Festivals of America is heading to The Land of the Sky for the 3rd Annual Asheville Food Truck & Craft Beer Festival in Asheville, NC. Featuring some of the area's most popular food trucks, dishing out fan favorites. Along with dozens of regional and national craft breweries, FTFA will be bringing the ultimate food truck experience to The Asheville Outlets.
*subject to change*Brain Freeze LLCHit the Pit BBQSize Matters BBQ & SeafoodSnoBar SoutheastAmelia's KitchenBradys Coffee CompanyThe Lunch Bus LLCPrime Time Eats & CateringMacarollinThe Rice WagonQueso MonsterMy Sausage Buddy...more TBA
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Providing a progress report, Masdar City‘s 10 megawatt plant is already a net exporter of energy, saving 24,000 tons of CO2 emissions, an equivalent of taking 3,300 cars off Abu Dhabi’s roads. This month was its 2 year anniversary.
The photovoltaic (PV) plant is based in Masdar City, about an hour from Abu Dhabi, and according to press material, it has met all performance targets in the first two years of its operations, demonstrating that utility-scale PV plants in the region are viable, Masdar officials said.
It is one of five projects in the United Arab Emirates which is registered for carbon credits under the United Nation’s Clean Development Mechanism. This month it enters its third year of operation.
The plant cost 185 million dirham ($50m) to build, and it generates half its output from traditional crystalline silicon panels, and the other half half from thin-film panels.
The plant is made from 87,777 panels of thin film and crystalline silicon technologies, and is connected to the Abu Dhabi National Grid and in its lifespan has created approximately 36,000MWh of clean energy from the sun.
“The success of the 10MW PV plant is a good example of how Masdar integrates research, development and innovation with investment, sustainable production, and deployment,” says Frank Wouters director of Masdar Power, one of the five integrated units of Masdar.
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“The utility-scale PV plant has also enabled our engineers to gain insights into ways different PV technologies respond to the region’s climactic conditions. The expertise and knowledge gained will serve as a valuable reference point for other utility-scale PV projects in the region.”
The connection of the 10MW solar power plant to Abu Dhabi’s electrical grid was a joint effort by Masdar, Abu Dhabi Distribution Company and the Emirate’s regulatory body, the Regulation and Supervision Bureau.
Masdar Power is currently constructing the 100MW Shams One, one of the largest concentrated solar power plants of its kind in the world and the largest in the Middle East. Located at Madinat Zayed, 120km southwest of Abu Dhabi city, the project, is on schedule for completion towards the end of 2012.
Masdar Power’s other projects include the 1GW London Array, the largest offshore wind farm in the world, an onshore wind farm project of up to 30 MW on Sir Bani Yas Island, 250km southwest of Abu Dhabi city, the Mahe onshore wind farm in Seychelles, and Masdar PV, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Masdar that produces at its plant in Germany amorphous silicon thin film photovoltaic modules eight times larger and more powerful than the industry standard.


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Rune Christensen, one of the co-founders of the company that created and developed DAI, a decentralized stablecoin, has singled out.
Crypto crash sees that the centralized Stablecoins are retaining pegs while algorithmic tokens suffer. Two stable tokens are currently ranking.
One of the biggest exchanges Binance launched a new trading platform that allows you to reap the benefits of DeFi.
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Follow Me Down: Sherri Smith
Mia Haas and her mother Mimi might seem like polar opposites but when you get deep inside both of them, hear their voices and their thoughts you will know that they are not quite as different as you might think. Mia finds herself working in pharmaceuticals and we learn of her addiction to the products that she handles for her patients. Working in a hospital she takes advantage of the position and finds ways to palm meds for herself. But, hospitals have controls, they have cameras and keep logs and when she questions Mia superior she is let go. Finally getting a job working in a pharmacy is she still doing the same thing? Creating a life as far away from her mother and North Dakota she finds herself called back when she receives a phone call concerning her brother Lucas. From what she is told he is involved or might be involved in the death of one of his students named Joanna. Mia finds it hard to believe that he would do something so horrific and when questioned by the Detective in charge she gets the feeling that he is
not going to look any further and demands that she finds a way to contact him to come home and face what he might have done. But, Mia befriends his assistant named Garrett and hopes that because he is handsome and she can flirt with him that he will share information with her. But, first and foremost he is a police officer and his job is to grill her for information.
The author then focuses on her relationship with her mother Mimi and we hear the harsh words used by her mother when putting her down and making her feel inadequate and unworthy. Her mother even went after a young teen claiming that she was prettier than her daughter and she had to stop trying to compete with her. Mimi is an alcoholic and pill popper and as Mia was clean for a while as a result of hunting for her brother and investigating on her own, she takes out her makeup case and uses and takes anything that falls into her hands. So, why criticize her mother when she is drowning her sorrows the same way.
Joanna is pulled from the river and Mia even goes to the scene to learn more and what she sees is horrific. As she investigates and lives in his apartment, which is anything but habitable, she uncovers something that will change it all for her when Joanna’s journal falls into her hands and one other thing is present. Did he do it or was it her ex-boyfriend Dylan?
Every step of the way Mia seems to be facing obstacles and many who would accuse her brother of killing this young girl but carrying on her own investigation, finding a cell phone that belonged to one of the players on the hockey team leads her to believe that someone is covering something up but who and why? Cody Jackson is one of the players Lucas kicked off the team because of the pornographic pictures he and several others were taking of young girls and getting money for them. Wyatt his close friend knows more than he’s letting on and really could care less about Lucas but just wants to be head coach of the team and get these players back. Finding herself talking to Detective Pruden and Garrett again they seem bent on the fact that she is holding back something and think she really knows where Lucas is hiding out. But, no matter where she looks and how long she seems to be falling prey to the same habits her mother has that of popping pills, tranquilizers, drinking and anything that will make her forget the present and create her own haze to the past. Mia seems bent on finding out who killed Joanna but even with some evidence that points away from Lucas no one wants to help her and drinking and popping pills just might cloud her vision.
Conducting her own investigation brings her into the limelight with the police as she reads Joanna’s journal, keeps what she learns to herself as the reader finds out what Joanna’s relationship was really with her mother Kathy. Owning the dance studio and placing her daughter in the limelight brought tons of resentment among the other students but when you read the underlying words and hear this young girl’s voice you realize that she was a victim of abuse, tirades and a mother who expected her to be perfect in a way that she herself was not. Food, exercise, friends and planning her life not allowing her to make her own choices in life. But, the hidden secrets kept and what Mia thought she learned as she approaches Kathy with her accusations leads to a confrontation that might cost her more than just her brother’s freedom. Why does Pruden think he is still guilty? What happens when she learns the harsh reality about his relationship with Joanna? When she speaks to Abby her best friend and Jenny what she learns will take her on a totally different direction but there is more. What about Madison her sister and Bailey who she has to hide in her brother’s apartment when Bailey overdoses with pills hoping Mia can find something to make her better. But, Mia is not much better and finds herself popping more pills, taking a prescription pad and more when she breaks into a doctor’s office hoping to get Joanna’s file and learn another hidden truth. Lies, secrets, hate, revenge, deceptions and deceits are part of the personalities of most of the people in this small town in North Dakota. Yet, where is Lucas and why does she accused Kathy Wilkes of killing her daughter and hiding Lucas? At times her thinking is clouded by the drugs, blind rage and frustration as she refuses to heed the warnings of the police as the author enlightens readers to what happens when teens go astray, some get money for selling drugs, some sell secrets that they are entrusted with and no one seems to walk the straight and narrow. Eric is the guidance counselor that listens to the teens and what role does he play and how will Mia feel since she is involved with him? Speaking to another friend Zoey she gets still another perspective on the situation and who Joanna really was but just who wanted her out of the way and why? Where is Lucas all of this time?
Talking someone named Carl who worked for the Wilkes family we learn that he was injured and that the family is thought to be evil. Added in Ben Wilkes seems to be following Mia and has pushed her off the road several times and Carl too. Plus someone named Tom stated that Lucas owes him money for gambling and the interest if 100 dollars a day and he expects Mia to pay up. There are obstacles and dangers from many different sides.
When all of the pieces come together the end result will shock readers as to who really killed Joanna and why? Getting to know her you the reader will decide whether she deserved her fate and the type of killing and what was done to her possibly for spite. Lies, hate crimes, a town that shows no mercy and characters that are not likeable at all plus lessons for teen readers about drinking and selling weed and other drugs this book is surely one that many counselors and rehab centers can use as a resource for young adults that need help.
Speaking to Eric thinks spiral out of control and the reader understands that sometimes not every educator sadly has the best intentions of his/her students in mind. Added in Kathy Wilkes programmed Joanna but she undid whatever she wanted and the end result is shocking.
Just when Mia thought nothing else could happen the real killers trap her and the end result is pure hatred and revenge. Added in she visits someone she never thought she would meet and more lies and truths come out as the pieces fit together, the killer might be caught but in the end will Mia finally give up the pills, stop drinking, embrace her life and find some type of solace other than popping pills? Will she and her mother ever come to terms and have some relationship but first you won’t believe Mimi’s secret and will Lucas be found? An ending that the author created that allows readers to wonder what Mia will do with her life and whether she will move forward or remain the same. Author Sherri Smith leaves a lot of unanswered questions as Joanna Wilkes left clues and lives will never remain the same and two mothers have to come to terms with their fears and insecurities and more. When the road goes down and the incline reverses will Mia ask how many of you will FOLLOW ME DOWN! But WHERE?
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The latest boardroom dealings from the business world
Several directors at online fashion retailer BooHoo have upped their stakes following a disappointing trading update last week which hit the company’s market value. The four board members, including chairman Peter Williams, together bought more than 480,000 shares at around 23p each,
Stephen Koo, chairman of Univison, the Hong Kong-based CCTV and security group, has bought 1.5 million shares at an average price of 0.97p each. He now has a total beneficial interest in 279.7 million shares.
Ian Godden, chairman of KBC Advanced Technologies, purchased 25,000 ordinary shares at a price of 89.5p each. He now holds 226,000 shares in the company.
Charles Hammond, chairman of Glasgow-based retail marketing firm Spaceandpeople has bought his first holding in the company with the purchase of 23,500 shares at 45.75 each.
Therese Neish, chief financial officer of financial services group STM, has acquired 170,200 shares at 23.5p each. She now owns 492,756 shares.
Peter Freeman, a non-executive director at aircraft leasing company Capital Lease Aviation, has sold 110,000 shares at 20.5p each. The move reduced his stake to 2,500 shares.
Stella Pirie, a non-executive director at Avon Rubber, has sold 10,000 shares in the company at 757.5p each. She still holds 42,000 shares.

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Granted Ltd helped Autto to secure two different grants for their project – a disruptive software toolkit that addresses the true needs of legal and professional services by facilitating the automation of many short, low volume, repetitive processes that form 23% of legal work.
Cleantech solutions to a global environmental issue. Find out how a £50,000 feasibility grant meant that Dashboard, an early stage technology company, could be on track to transform the world’s oil and gas pipeline industry.
William Hughes started supplying parts to the automotive industry nearly 30 years ago and attribute their success to constant investment in new technology. To remain competitive in the wire and spring market and attract contracts from the likes of Jaguar and Honda, the company constantly adopts new technologies and demonstrates forward thinking.
Offsite Solutions (OSS) are the premier bathroom pod manufacturer in the UK supplying over 10,000 pod units every year to leading main-contractors and developers.
Waycon Precast Ltd (Waycon) specialises in the manufacture of tailor made lift shafts, which are designed to suit individual requirements. Based in Plymouth, the company is unique as the only precast lift shaft manufacturer in the South West.
To date, Granted has a 100% success rate on claiming R&D Tax Credits. This case study of various Granted clients illustrates how widely applicable this tax relief is, and how important it is to consider submitting a claim for your company.


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Even Sean Fine, the director of the documentary short "Inocente," couldn't avoid stating the obvious Sunday night.
Inocente Izucar, the subject of the film, was a homeless teen a year ago. But Sunday, she was on stage at the Academy Awards.
"Inocente" — which documents the story of the homeless San Diego teen who finds salvation in art — took home the Oscar for best documentary short in Los Angeles on Sunday.
Izucar, now 18, joined director Fine and his wife, Andrea Nix Fine, on stage when they accepted their statuette.
Fine and his wife, who co-directed the documentary, followed Inocente for two years. Their film, shown on MTV last summer, juxtaposed the young artist's ambition with the issues of homelessness and illegal immigration.
"Inocente" was funded in part by a fundraising effort on the web site Kickstarter. And Sunday, it became the first film funded by Kickstarter to win an Academy Award.
For more on the film, go to inocentedoc.com.


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QLN tractors use high-quality engines from well-known brands to ensure the performance and life of agricultural tractors. On the other hand, the price of QLN agricultural tractors is relatively lower than tractors with the same engine, because most of our employees are farmers and we know farmers well. In addition, Chalion also provides a variety of agricultural implements for you to choose from.


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India boasted on Tuesday of having exported Chinese coronavirus vaccines to more than 80 countries in recent months, despite New Delhi’s ongoing struggle to adequately vaccinate its domestic population.
“[T]his year despite many constraints, we have supplied vaccine[s] to over 80 countries,” Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in a speech April 13.
“During this pandemic, in our own humble way, within our own limited resources, we in India have tried to walk the talk. We have tried to protect our own 1.3 billion citizens from the pandemic. At the same time, we have also tried to support the pandemic response efforts of others,” he said.
New Delhi’s effort to ship Chinese coronavirus vaccines to foreign countries has been met with criticism from domestic media outlets in recent days, as India has failed to provide its own citizens with sufficient doses of the same vaccines.
Residents of the northeastern Indian state of Assam have recently been turned away from receiving their second dose of a Chinese coronavirus vaccine at state clinics because of insufficient vaccine supplies, the Times of India reported Wednesday.
“My wife and I got our first dose on March 15 at a government hospital in Doomdooma. Both of us went for our second shot of Covishield today, but the hospital staff told us to come next Monday,” Johar Choudhury, a resident of Doomdooma in Assam, told the Times on April 14. Covishield is an Indian-made coronavirus vaccine candidate.
Assam state immunization spokesman Munindra Nath Ngatey denied reports on Wednesday that Assam health officials have ordered state clinics to stop administering the first dose of coronavirus vaccines until vaccine stocks are replenished.
“There is no official order to take any such drastic step,” he told the Times.
“Wherever possible, the first dose is also being administered. But the instruction from the highest level in the state health department is that second-dose vaccination must not come to a halt,” Ngatey said.
Despite Ngatey’s denials, the immunization officer for upper Assam’s Dibrugarh district on April 9 “asked private hospitals to stop administering the [coronavirus] vaccine to anyone coming for their first dose,” according to the Times of India.
The official issued the order “without authorization” and state authorities have since served a notice for the action, Assam’s joint director of health services, Krishna Kemprai, told the Times this week.
On January 4, New Delhi approved two coronavirus vaccine candidates for emergency use: Covaxin, produced by the Indian company Bharat Biotech, and an option developed by Oxford University and the U.K.-based drugmaker AstraZeneca, called Covishield, which is currently manufactured by the Serum Institute of India.
Prime Minister Modi endorsed Covaxin before it had completed late-stage clinical trials. He received his first dose of Covaxin on February 28 and his second dose on April 7, tweeting photos of his inoculation at a federal hospital both times. Bharat Biotech released final stage clinical data on Covaxin’s efficacy rate and safety on March 3, indicating the shot to be 81 percent effective against the Chinese coronavirus.

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The earlier the intervention in stroke patients, the better the outcome. But are you confident managing a suspected case of stroke to avoid further damage? In this video, we look at the complicated care of cerebral ischemia, the initial steps that should be followed to manage a stroke patient, and how to make sure you're not actually dealing with another pathology altogether.
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Cerebral ischemia occurs when a volume of brain tissue loses sufficient blood flow to maintain normal physiological function. Ischemic stroke occurs when oxygen delivery to a region of the brain drops to a level that causes the affected brain cells to die. The treatment of ischemic stroke has changed rapidly in the 21st century, multiple aggressive interventions have become the standard of care, and new diagnostic and interventional technologies and techniques keep bursting onto the scene.
1000s of patients every year are now saved from severe neurological deficits or death. A patient with a suspected stroke should therefore be treated as an emergency, and given priority and attention and evaluation. The earlier the intervention, the better the potential outcome in stroke. A patient's initial evaluation should take less than an hour.
Care for a stroke patient can be somewhat complicated and is ever changing. So unless you frequently care for stroke patients, don't go it alone. Check in with your regional stroke center about how to progress with your patients. There are initial steps however, that you can follow for every stroke patient.
First attend to the patient's ABCs that is make sure the patient has a patent airway, is respirating effectively, and has normal to moderately elevated blood pressure, hypotension and or hypoxia have dire consequences in the stroke patient. Start oxygen and start IV normal sailne at a rate of 75 to 120 milliliters per hour.
Glucose should not be in the IV fluids, as elevated serum glucose may actually worsen a stroke. Realize that severe hypertension can convert an ischemic stroke into a hemorrhagic stroke. Thus, treat systolic blood pressures greater than 220 millimeters of mercury. Labetalol and a nicardipine are currently very popular agents.
Make sure you monitor vitals and EKG and pulse oxygenation, treat hyperthermia, draw stat serum glucose, definitely treat severe hypoglycemia, or hyperglycemia, normoglycemia that is 90 to 180 milligrams per deciliter is the goal. Also order serum metabolic panels to include calcium levels chloride, creatinine, glucose, potassium, sodium and blood urea nitrogen.
Obtain a complete blood count, erythrocyte sedimentation rate, coagulation profile including pro thrombin time and partial thromboplastin time, a syphilis test and the lipid profile, also include your analysis and arterial blood gases. Also obtain cardiac opponents, the more elevated the troponin's the worst the prognosis. Obtain a pregnancy test and women of childbearing age. Recognize that the clinical manifestations of an ischemic stroke can vary widely depending on the location and size of the stroke. Identify when the patient was last healthy, and when they first noticed their symptoms.
The time course of a stroke is absolutely critical information. If the patient awoke with their symptoms document when they went to sleep, then go ahead and document their actual stroke symptoms such as acute speech difficulty, acute weakness, acute numbness, acute visual changes, acute gait disturbance, acute severe headache, acute dizziness, or vertigo, nausea or vomiting and any loss of consciousness. Then perform a rapid but specific neurological exam. Note, many stroke centers currently prefer evaluation by the National Institute of Health stroke scale or NIHSS score.
This is a variation of the standard neurological exam which examines the level of consciousness, vision, facial palsy, arm and leg motor function, limb ataxia, sensory function, language, dysarthria extinction and inattention. An NIHSS score of zero indicates no stroke, a level of 1 to 4 is considered a minor stroke. a score of 5 to 15 is a moderate stroke, a score of 15 to 20 is a moderate to severe stroke, and a score of 21 to 42 is considered a severe stroke. Next, obtain a noncontrast CT scan of the brain.
Do not leave the patient unattended to run monitored in the CT suite however. Ideally the CT scan should be completed within 20 minutes of presentation. Make sure you ask radiology to prioritize their scan and the reading of the scan. On CT scan, look initially for hemorrhages, these will be blotches of white, that is increased density that may or may not distort the brain and result and shift. Next, check the spaces around the brainstem between the hemispheres and over the convexities for faint strings of the increased density.
This would represent subarachnoid hemorrhage and strongly suggest cerebral aneurysmal rupture. Note all regions that show suspicious areas of low brain density. Now, look for faint or blotchy areas of increased density in a region of decreased density. This could represent hemorrhage into a stroke.
Often some hemorrhage can occur in the region of the dead and dying brain tissue. If you notice any hemorrhage anywhere in the brain, it can significantly change the management of the patient's stroke. Look for areas of significant decrease density, particularly if wedge shaped and involving the cortex. This likely represents regions of completed stroke. Generally, in early strokes, the CT scan findings will be subtle if identifiable at all, completed stroke can be much more definitive. As you look at the scans be aware of other potential pathologies.
Lesions such as tumors or abscesses may present with acute onset of symptoms or rapidly progressive deficits. This patient presented with stroke like symptoms and an abnormal CT scan, but was demonstrated to have an abscess. A sizable number of ischemic strokes involve the occlusion of a major cerebral artery by a thrombus, such strokes are often large and severe.
Some of these can be reversed if address quickly enough. If large vessel occlusion is suspected, the endovascular treatment team needs to be notified immediately and further imaging will need to be carried out. In such cases, a CT angiogram is most commonly ordered to define the location of the occlusion. The decision to proceed with CT angiography is often predicated on the patient's NIHSS score, and current national and local stroke protocols. Ideally, CT angiography should be completed within 45 minutes of the patient's presentation. If an occlusion is indeed found, a CT perfusion study is often then initiated.


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Roughly four months after its official announcement, Acer's Predator gaming desktop is finally set to combat the likes of the HP Blackbird 002, and Alienware Area-51 ALX. This highly stylized PC sports Core 2 Quad CPUs, Nvidia GeForce 9 series graphics, a liquid cooling system and, perhaps more importantly, non-stratospheric prices.
The Predator will be offered in two configurations, with a 'low-end' $1,649 version featuring a 2.5GHz Q9300 Core 2 Quad processor, GeForce 9600GT graphics, 4GB of RAM and dual 640GB drives configurable in RAID 0, 1 or 5. The upgraded model goes for $2,199 and bumps things up to a 2.83GHz Q9550 Core 2 Quad, GeForce 9800GTX graphics, and three 640GB hard drives. Both rigs run the 64-bit version of Windows Vista Home Premium and are SLI-capable, so you can upgrade them post-purchase.
Acer is also rolling out a new G24 high-performance 24-inch LCD display to go with the system, featuring a 1,920 by 1,200-pixel native resolution, a 2ms response time, and contrast ratio of 50,000:1, for $399.99.


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Designing the music to accompany a wild Paris gave Inon freedom to layer many different sounds, from tribal percussion to soaring strings and voices and even his favorite instrument, the piano. He says the overall feeling he gets watching birds of prey fly is their incredible confidence, which he expressed in his forward-moving score.
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Living with herpes can be challenging, as outbreaks can cause discomfort, embarrassment, and emotional distress. However, with the guidance of a knowledgeable herpes specialist, individuals can find effective management strategies and gain better control over their condition. A herpes specialist is a medical professional who has expertise in diagnosing, treating, and supporting patients with herpes infections.
When dealing with herpes, it is essential to consult with a herpes specialist who can accurately diagnose the condition and provide appropriate treatment options. Herpes is caused by the herpes simplex virus (HSV), and there are two main types: HSV-1, which primarily causes oral herpes, and HSV-2, responsible for genital herpes. A knowledgeable specialist can differentiate between the two types and determine the most suitable course of action based on the location and severity of the outbreaks.
One of the primary treatment options for herpes is antiviral medications. These medications can help reduce the frequency and severity of outbreaks and alleviate symptoms. A herpes specialist will assess the individual’s medical history, outbreak patterns, and overall health to prescribe the most effective antiviral medication. They will also monitor the patient’s response to the treatment and adjust the dosage or type of medication if necessary.
In addition to medical treatment, a herpes specialist can provide valuable advice on lifestyle modifications to manage herpes effectively. Certain triggers, such as stress, fatigue, and sun exposure, can lead to herpes outbreaks. The specialist can offer guidance on stress management techniques, adequate rest, and sun protection to minimize the risk of flare-ups.
Working with a knowledgeable herpes specialist also involves addressing the emotional and psychological impact of the condition. Herpes can have a significant impact on an individual’s self-esteem and mental well-being. A supportive specialist can provide counseling and resources to help patients cope with the emotional aspects of living with herpes. They can also connect patients with support groups or other resources where they can interact with others facing similar challenges.
Regular follow-up visits with the herpes specialist are crucial for ongoing management and monitoring of the condition. During these visits, the specialist will evaluate the effectiveness of the treatment plan, address any concerns or questions, and make adjustments as needed. The goal is to achieve a balance between controlling outbreaks and maintaining the patient’s overall health and well-being.

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I packed up and moved 500 miles to New Orleans because I thought it would start my period, which had inexplicably ceased. I was right.
Summer of 2016 I wrote a severely NSFW personal essay about it, which was published in Peach Fuzz.
Since the essay’s quite explicit and I use this website for professional purposes, I won’t publish it here. Peach Fuzz is print-only, so I hope you can get your hands on one. You’ll find it in Volume 3, Issue 4.

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These statistics on asthma in the UK were compiled as part of our Respiratory Health of the Nation project by teams at St George’s University of London, Nottingham University and Imperial College London.
Asthma is a common, long-term disease that requires ongoing management. If you have asthma, you have very sensitive airways – the tubes that carry air in and out of your lungs. Certain triggers can cause your airways to become inflamed and tighten when you breathe. Triggers can include stress, exercise, cold air, and breathing in particular substances such as smoke, pollution or pollen.
Numbers of people with asthma
How many people in the UK have asthma?
We found that 8 million people – over 12% of the population – have been diagnosed with asthma. This means more people have had an asthma diagnosis than have been diagnosed with all other lung diseases combined.
This does not mean that there are 8 million people living with the condition, however. Many children diagnosed with asthma grow out of it. Asthma UK states that around 5.4 million people receive treatment for the disease. Research has also suggested asthma maybe considerably over-diagnosed.
Further research is needed to understand if this is a more accurate indication of the number of people living with asthma in the UK. Or whether this is an underestimate due to the number of people who no longer take treatment for asthma in adulthood, despite still having symptoms.
Our data also confirm that the number of people who have had a diagnosis of asthma is plateauing. There has only been a small increase of under 3% in recent years. However, asthma is still the most common lung condition by a considerable margin.
Estimated numbers of people ever diagnosed with asthma 2004–12
How many people have asthma in each region of the UK?
In most years between 2004 and 2013, a higher proportion of the population had asthma in the East Midlands, the East of England, the North West and the South West than in other parts of the UK.
Number of people per 100,000 ever diagnosed with asthma, by UK region, 2004–12
How many people develop asthma for the first time each year in the UK?
Around 160,000 people a year receive an asthma diagnosis. This is more than are diagnosed with any other lung condition. However, incidence rates went down by around 10% between 2008 and 2012.
We need further research to understand why. Possible reasons include:
- Asthma is becoming less common.
- Conditions like COPD are becoming less likely to be misdiagnosed as asthma.
- Better diagnosis has reduced the backlog of cases that failed to be diagnosed in the past. Consequently, only new cases are being diagnosed.
Number of people per 100,000 newly diagnosed with asthma, each year, 2004–12
How many people developed asthma in each UK region in 2004–13?
In 2004–13, the rates of people who have developed asthma have been slightly higher in the North West and South West of England, Northern Ireland and Scotland.
Number of people per 100,000 newly diagnosed with asthma, by UK region, 2004–12
How many males and females have asthma in the UK?
In 2012, 12,565 females per 100,000 and 12,033 males per 100,000 had asthma. Asthma occurred slightly more frequently in females than males throughout the years 2004–12.
Number of males and females ever diagnosed with asthma per 100,000, 2004–12
How many males and females were newly diagnosed with asthma each year in 2004–13?
In 2012, 284 females and 261 males per 100,000 received a first diagnosis of asthma. More females than males developed asthma throughout the period 2004–12.
Number of males and females per 100,000 newly diagnosed with asthma each year, 2004–12
Ages of people with asthma
At what ages are people most likely to have asthma?
Recent figures show that young adults are the group most likely to have been diagnosed with asthma at some point in their lifetime. Between 2004-12, lifetime prevalence of asthma has declined in children and increased in adults.
Number of people per 100,000 ever diagnosed with asthma, by age group, 2004–12
What age are the people who develop asthma each year in the UK?
In contrast to other lung diseases, the incidence of asthma is far higher in children than in adults.
Number of people per 100,000 newly diagnosed with asthma, by age group, 2004–12
Deaths from asthma
How many people died from asthma in the UK in 2012?
Around 1,200 people a year are recorded as dying from asthma.
Although low compared with most other lung diseases, this figure is still too high. Given the manageability of asthma, mortality should be closer to zero. The Royal College of Physicians’ report Why asthma still kills (2015) details how managing the disease more effectively could dramatically reduce mortality.
UK deaths from asthma compared with other lung diseases, 2012
How many males and females died from asthma in the UK in 2012?
In 2012, of the 1,246 people who died from asthma, 358 were males and 888 were females.
How old were the people who died from asthma in the UK in 2012?
In 2012, of the 1,246 people who died from asthma:
- 21 were aged 0–14 years old;
- 204 were aged 15–64; and
- 1,021 were aged 65 and above.
How many people died from asthma in each UK region in 2008–12?
England: Death rates for asthma in the West Midlands and the South East were higher than in other parts of the UK. The South West had the lowest asthma mortality rate.
Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland: Asthma death rates were similar to the UK generally.
Asthma mortality ratios by UK regions, males and females, 2008–12
Relative risk of death from asthma, by local authority district (England, Scotland and Wales), 2008–12
Relative risk is used in medical research to compare risk in different groups of people. In the maps we show the risk of an area (local authority district) relative to the average for Scotland, England and Wales. Here we show whether the group of people living in a particular area have a risk of dying from asthma that is lower or higher than the average. Because of the way relative risk is calculated there must always be some areas above average and some below average.
You can find out how these figures were calculated.
Emergency hospital admissions
How do rates of emergency admission to hospital for asthma vary across the UK, 2008–12?
Asthma accounts for 60,000 hospital admissions and 200,000 bed days a year. Compared with conditions such as pneumonia and COPD, these figures are low. But like mortality rates, they are too high for such a manageable condition.
Its also worth noting that many people with asthma attend accident and emergency units without needing admission, but still adding to the burden on health services.
England: There were higher rates of emergency admission in the North East, North West, Yorkshire and the Humber and the West Midlands than in the UK generally. There were lower admission rates in the East of England, the South East and South West.
Notably more males were admitted in the North East, North West, West Midlands, and London.
Scotland: The admission rate among women was higher than in the UK generally.
Wales: Admission rates were comparable to those for the UK generally.
Northern Ireland: There were lower admission rates for males and females compared with the UK generally.
Asthma hospital admission ratios, males and females, in each UK region, 2008–12
Relative risk of hospital admissions for asthma, by local authority district (England, Scotland and Wales), 2010
Relative risk is used in medical research to compare risk in different groups of people. In the maps we show the risk of an area (local authority district) relative to the average for Scotland, England and Wales. Here we show whether the group of people living in a particular area have a risk of emergency admission to hospital from asthma that is lower or higher than the average. Because of the way relative risk is calculated there must always be some areas above average and some below average.
You can find out how these figures were calculated.
Standard of living and asthma
Does your standard of living affect your chances of having asthma in the UK?
In 2012 incidence rates were 36% higher in the most deprived communities than in the least deprived. Prevalence is around 11% higher. These trends are broadly consistent over time. Higher levels of damp housing and fungal spores, pollution and second-hand smoke among more deprived groups could be contributing factors. But further research is needed to fully understand this link.
Number of people per 100,000 ever diagnosed with asthma, by standard of living, 2004–12
Find out how the standard of living figures were calculated: Methodology - standard of living
How were these figures calculated?
Find out how the numbers of people with asthma, deaths and hospital admissions were calculated: Methodology - numbers, deaths and admissions

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text: Sorry I couldn't make it for the fall swap, but we'll be ready for Spring. As usual, my place is available. We now have a fence around the whole 2 acres (oh those deer, they are stymied), but plenty of truck size gates not to deter any car/truck for the swap. When you get ready to discuss, we are willing, and in 2008 more able than the last few times. The porch provides shade, the beds will all be mulched this fall, and things should really look up. We even cleaned out and replanted the lotus ponds (if anyone wants tubers to plant now, I have plenty of Mrs. Slocum). You would need to get them in the next week or so. Hugs to all you brave gardeners, given the drought and heat this year. If anyone wants Brugansia cuttings (root them in the basement over the winter in a bucket of water) they are woodsy and ready to go. My brugs were spectacular this year, but lots of watering (like daily). Send an e-mail when you want to come to pick up either.

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Harry Haller, who is a reflection of Hesse himself, is the main character and protagonist of the novel. In the beginning, he is portrayed as a shy, lonely man who is nearing fifty years of age. He lives by himself in a boarding house, where he guards his privacy and keeps an odd schedule, often sleeping until noon and skipping meals. In spite of his strange ways, he is a likable man. In appearance, Haller is close-shaven and has short hair with streaks of gray. His smile is peculiar, almost unpleasant. Since he suffers from ill health, he appears somewhat drawn and frail. He does, however, have the gait of a large man.
Haller is a well traveled man, as evidenced by the many foreign labels on his trunk. He does not have to work to support himself, for he earns significant interest from his industrial investments. Being gifted, he spends his time in intellectual pursuits, especially reading, and in artistic endeavors, especially writing. Being the sensitive contemplative sort, he despises the comforts and contentment sought after by the middle class bourgeois society. Ironically, he still yearns for the order and cleanliness practiced by its members.
Haller is extremely emotional and has an unusually delicate sensibility. He possesses a deep appreciation for classical music, especially that of Mozart, and classical literature, especially that of Goethe. Usually an unsociable loner, he sometimes wishes he had a friend with whom he could discuss music and literature. Unfortunately, he finds that most people are satisfied with the mediocrity of modern entertainment and, unlike him, have no appreciation of the classics.
The split in personality causes Haller great despair, for the two selves do not live in harmony. Through Pablo, Hermine, and Maria, as well as through his experiences in the Magic Theater, Haller learns to shed the inhibitions brought on by his childhood. He also learns that more than two personalities dwell within him. He accepts that he is composed of many beings, both young and old. He is taught that the different selves can be arranged, like chess pieces, to live in harmony. By the end of the book, Haller has shed some of his darkness and despair, even trying to laugh like Mozart and the Immortals.
Many parallels can be made between Herman Hesse and Harry Haller, who both share the same initials. It is obvious that the author has written much of himself into his main character and uses Haller as a mouthpiece for his own ideas. Both men came from strict, conservative backgrounds, where religion was important. Both were pacifists and wrote newspaper articles attacking public enthusiasm for war. Both Haller and Hesse frowned upon technology and feared that it would demean life. Both men were contemplative, always examining their own thoughts and feelings. Since they enjoyed spending time alone, they appeared to be unsociable. In truth, they both merely disapproved of typical middle class entertainment and behavior. As a result, neither the author nor his creation learned to dance until they were almost fifty years old.

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Bukola Elemide, Nigerian pop vocalist better known as Asa, has announced the release date for ‘Lucid’, her forthcoming album.
The 36-year-old artiste took to her Instagram page on Wednesday to share the pre-order link for the forthcoming body of work and the album artwork.
According to Asa, the project would be released on October 11, 2019.
“I have waited a long time to share this with you. My new album ‘LUCID’ out on October 11. Preorder now; link in bio,” she wrote.
‘Lucid’ would be coming as a follow-up to ‘Bed of Stone’, her fourth studio album released in 2014, and on the back of ‘Asa’, ‘Live in Paris’, and ‘Beautiful Imperfection’.
From being an ardent admirer of Marvin Gaye, Fela Kuti, and Bob Marley to becoming an artiste whose music-making preferences pervades cultures and climes, Asa’s artistic influence has undoubtedly grown over the years.
The singer, who plays the guitar and trumpet and stays true to her Afro-jazz, is one of the most successful non-conforming artiste Nigeria has produced.
She has also earned herself many awards and accolades.
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