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Childish Quotes by Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, Suzi Quatro, Gene Wilder, Tariq Ramadan, Boosie, John Steinbeck and many others.
To think that we can understand everything is such stupidity because our senses are so limited. We are so limited that to feel that we can understand the creation scientifically is a little bit naive. It’s very childish.
Inside, I feel 30ish – I’m childish and optimistic.
A lot of comic actors derive their main force from childish behavior. Most great comics are doing such silly things; you’d say, ‘That’s what a child would do.’
If religious people deny paradise to their opponents or to ‘non-believers,’ atheists would likewise seek to eliminate ‘dangerous’ believers with their ‘childish’ ways and their heads in the clouds.
A lot of people were trying to take my life as far as, you know, in the court system. And I was childish, man. I made songs about public officials and things like that. Those people don’t forget that and I don’t trust people like that.
These words dropped into my childish mind as if you should accidentally drop a ring into a deep well. I did not think of them much at the time, but there came a day in my life when the ring was fished up out of the well, good as new.
I always want to have fun and be silly and be childish. I’m very childish. I am at my happiest when I am a child and I am just playing.
Adult actors are really childish, and that’s nice to be around when you’re a kid. So the big reason I wanted to be an actor was I really enjoyed actors’ company – which probably makes me about as shallow as a puddle. But it could be worse. I could be working for a living.
Stop being childish. Use your time better – better yourself. Read a book, or do a workout exercise on YouTube.
Something seems to happen to people when they meet a journalist, and what happens is exactly the opposite of what one would expect. One would think that extreme wariness and caution would be the order of the day, but, in fact, childish trust and impetuosity are far more common.
Rick And Morty’ is the most consistently brilliant, densely plotted and enjoyable television show I have ever seen. It’s childish, yet super-clever, without ever being clever-clever.
For kids like me, being called childish can be a frequent occurrence. Every time we make irrational demands, exhibit irresponsible behavior, or display any other signs of being normal American citizens, we are called childish.
I’m listening to Tame Impala, Mac DeMarco, Frank Ocean, Childish Gambino. I’m just trying to just get as many different inspirations as I can. I love artists that can adapt and have different styles.
Magic has both feet planted in cheap vaudeville and childish posturing; in dishonesty and therefore not in art.
You say he’s childish, but he’s very professional about business transactions.
I think it is childish for men to joke about women’s clothes, to make fun of our hats, to complain over the cost of a good fur coat.
Bigotry and demonisation of difference are usually the hallmark of immature and childish minds.
I count religion but a childish toy, and hold there is no sin but ignorance.
Superstition is foolish, childish, primitive and irrational – but how much does it cost you to knock on wood?
When I looked at Ioniq, I thought about something in a childish way: If a thunder hits the car, will it recharge?
In life, my childish behavior is the good kind, not to where it’s annoying and, ‘Wow, someone sit him down and give him a bottle, give him a Pamper.’ It’s like, ‘This situation is very heavy, but RJ is here, so he’ll lighten things up a little.’
Both my mother’s younger sisters, Padmini and Tejaswini, are actresses. I am extremely close to Teju mausi, as I am quite similar to her. We both are adventurous, spontaneous, childish, impulsive, and a bit silly and have our own strange sense of humour.
Women encourage men to be childish, then scold them.
I would have loved to work with Cranko. I love stories. Even though I like a lot of style – Forsythe, Maliphant – I have this childish side that likes stories.
Every second is mapped out and he has this total childish fascination with color and shapes and sequences.
I do have a childlike enthusiasm at times. I certainly enjoy life and get pleasure sometimes in childish things.
Even if you’re the President of the United States, you still act like a little child and think like a little child sometimes. Childish behavior is what I look for in all of my characters because that is what makes them human.
I’ve produced all of Childish Gambino’s music.
I just have this thing in my head that I want to do serious stories that are still just way too cute and drawn in a really cute, appealing, rounded, childish way, and it’s like, I don’t know if it makes sense – but it’s just something I’m really strongly compelled to do.
My father built me a theatre behind the house where I could put on plays. Dear me, I’m making it sound a bit grand, and it wasn’t an amphitheatre or anything like that, just a little place with a roll-up curtain box and I’m sure the plays were childish lopsided things.
Remaining childish is a tremendous state of innocence.
Losing my dad made me more mature. Being an only child, I didn’t have the right to act childish. I had to step up. I was earning money already in Turkey. I felt like I needed to protect the family and protect my mom and be a man.
Jeremiah is a most melancholy prophet. He wails from beginning to end; he is often childish, is rarely indecent, and although it may be blasphemy to say so, he and his ‘Lamentations’ are really not worth reading.
Censors, the whole idea of it, is so childish. You feel like you’re talking to hall monitors in school again.
Bobby Kennedy’s conduct toward Lyndon Johnson was childish and despicable. As the years went on, he displayed nasty, self-pitying, and messianic qualities that would have made him a dangerously authoritarian president.
The last blue collar job I had, I was 29. Even ‘Childish Prodigy,’ I had a day job that whole time. Those early ones, they feel like psychedelic, blue collar records. Especially ‘God Is Saying This to You,’ there’s such urgency in that album.
Her face betokened all things dear and good, The light of somewhat yet to come was there Asleep, and waiting for the opening day, When childish thoughts, like flowers would drift away.
We live in an age of technology and science that demands proof, and yet we desire mystery. But when God gives us mystery, we seek to destroy it by gross indifference or childish reasoning.
To resolve problems through negotiation is a very childish approach.
It’s like a childish dream come true to be in ‘Doctor Who’ and to be an alien.
I see my share of loons. I just performed with someone who had a meltdown on stage. He needed focus, and he was ‘stealing it’ and just being crazy and selfish and childish and having a great time doing it – to the detriment of everybody else.
I walked onstage in a play at prep school, and with childish naivete, told myself, ‘Wow, I’m an actor!’
I got quite cross when I heard about Emma Thompson adapting ‘Sense and Sensibility.’ It was absolutely childish of me, but I thought, ‘I should be doing that. They didn’t even ask me.’ Some mistake, surely.
Nabokov, who I loved more than any other writer when I was young, had such contempt for dialogue. When I was younger, I never wrote a word of dialogue because of him. I thought it was a childish part of a novel.
My comedy is for children from three to 93. You do need a slightly childish sense of humour and if you haven’t got that, it’s very sad.
Writers to some extent are childish, and it’s at the childish level that one really engages with any experience. What really moves you is at the very personal, childish level of the imagination. My business is the imagination, and my imagination is engaged by Asia.
I just want to say, creating music with Childish Gambino has been one of the greatest joys of my life.
I hear a lot of people singing in funny voices and singing like they’re stupid. Singing in a deliberately fey and dumb and childish way. And I find it to be a disturbing trend.
There is no explanation for evil. It must be looked upon as a necessary part of the order of the universe. To ignore it is childish, to bewail it senseless.
Dare to err and to dream. Deep meaning often lies in childish plays.
Send forth the child and childish man together, and blush for the pride that libels our own old happy state, and gives its title to an ugly and distorted image.
We Americans are childish about our celebrities and icons. We worship, then we denounce; we identify passionately with them and then, if they do something – anything – we dislike, we cast them off.
The music business is the most childish business in the world. Nobody knows what they’re selling or why, but they sell it if it works.
I wanted to create a heroine that was flawed. I wanted her to be a real person. She’s selfish, she’s childish, she’s immature and because I’m doing a three-book arc I really played that up in the first book. I wanted the reader to be annoyed with her at times.
To know how to suggest is the great art of teaching. To attain it we must be able to guess what will interest; we must learn to read the childish soul as we might a piece of music. Then, by simply changing the key, we keep up the attraction and vary the song.
Philosophers are adults who persist in asking childish questions.
I took two fiction-writing courses in college and majored in literature. I felt that I had a knack though I wouldn’t go so far as to call it a talent. But it scared me. I felt it was a childish thing wanting to write and that I would forget about it eventually.
I’ve worked with Childish Gambino for so long, so I’ve learned that from those producing skills – how to really produce music – where, of course, it’s about writing, but it’s also about combining sounds and styles and genres.
Avoiding the physical sciences due to the fear that they will lead to heresy is childish.
Money scares me, and it always has done. I’ve got a childish concept of money, and I like to keep it that way in the sense that I don’t like to think about it.
For that again, is what all manner of religion essentially is: childish dependency.
Risk is the sort of word that is easy to discuss upfront but tough to handle when it comes time to pay the piper. There will always be some who wimp out and second-guess when the pain hits, but that is a childish reaction.
I have a hard time waking up. No alarm clock works! It sounds childish, but I seriously have my manager, my mom or a buddy of mine wake me up if I have to be somewhere. It’s a serious issue! I’ve been very late for some serious gigs because of it!
Dying people often become childish.
In a meat-eating world, wearing leather for shoes and clothes and even handbags, the discussion of fur is childish.
It’s childish, but it still gives me great pleasure to see high-res pictures everyone told me would be impossible.
To paint comic books as childish and illiterate is lazy. A lot of comic books are very literate – unlike most films.
We grow up to respect the gray. Black or white, one or the other, is childish. It represents the worldview of someone who does not know the world.
Giving the kids a programming environment of any sort, whether it’s a tool like Squeak or Scratch or Logo to write programs in a childish way – and I mean that in the most generous sense of the word, that is, playing with and building things – is one of the best ways to learn.
Guilt’s too strong a word, but there is this niggling worry that I’m a grown-up doing a childish job and it would be nice to do something more useful and to reach a number of people with an idea you think is important.
If it seems a childish thing to do, do it in remembrance that you are a child.
I really wanted to be a newspaper cartoonist, but nobody liked my work. I didn’t have the control or flair that was necessary to create something that didn’t look childish.
My preparation for roles are less about the character’s profession than who they are, what their dreams are, and in what way are they childish.
I have a very childish attitude to books – a very non-analytic enthusiasm… like Alice falling down the chute.
The origin of the absurd idea of immortal life is easy to discover; it is kept alive by hope and fear, by childish faith, and by cowardice.
Rioting is a childish way of trying to be a man, but it takes time to rise out of the hell of hatred and frustration and accept that to be a man you don’t have to riot.
I loved to write when I was a child. I wrote, but I always thought it was something that you did as a child, then you put away childish things.
I hope that there’s a difference between being childish and childlike and that I’m the latter, if you take my meaning. I often sort of wonder. I don’t think I’m a terribly good grown-up; I don’t take responsibility easily or well in many areas of life. Finance and stuff like that, I’m absolutely appalling.
We get older and more sophisticated and a bit cleverer, but certainly boys – and men – are as childish and basic as we ever were.
Childish egocentrism is, in its essence, an inability to differentiate between the ego and the social environment.
At my house, it’s an, ‘If dad says it, you can say it’ kind of deal, so a lot of my slang words come off very childish at this point in my career.
The Sermon on the Mount is a very nice piece about being good, but most of the Bible is a very revengeful, childish, brutal God.
To know God better is only to realize how impossible it is that we should ever know him at all. I know not which is more childish to deny him, or define him.
The reality is that religion, across the board, and in and of itself, neither provokes war nor promotes peace – and it is childish and naive, not to mention utopian, to believe otherwise.
You just suddenly think that there’s something quite childish about acting. Basically, it’s pretending, isn’t it? It’s good fun and I enjoy it, but it’s a funny way of making a living, particularly when you make a very good wage, as I’ve been fortunate enough to do.
At 35, I’m definitely starting to feel more like a grown-up than I ever have. There’s nothing in my life that is childish or whimsical. Having fun is fantastic and I never want to lose a sense of that – and also, I think, you have to have that to put into your work or else it’s going to feel stiff.
Having a birthday cake squashed into your face by young kids? Delicious. I always don a Santa suit at Christmas. Remaining childish is a tremendous state of innocence.
I did a short film with Donald Glover for one of his Childish Gambino projects, and Flying Lotus was an actor in it.
The vanity of loving fine clothes and new fashion, and placing value on ourselves by them is one of the most childish pieces of folly.


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“It has really been incredible what has happened in the last 20 years, but particularly in the last 10,” said Roy S. Herbst, MD, PhD, a professor of Medicine and chief of Medical Oncology, Yale Cancer Center and Smilow Cancer Hospital at Yale New Haven. “We have moved from the era of targeted therapy [in select patients] and then, of course, to immunotherapy.”
Herbst spoke on initial treatment with immunotherapy in patients with lung cancer during a presentation at the 11th New York Lung Cancer Symposium, providing a look back on the immunotherapy approvals and pivotal data for nivolumab (Opdivo), pembrolizumab (Keytruda), and atezolizumab (Tecentriq), along with a glance at what the field can expect next.
Choosing the Best Frontline Option
In October 2016, the FDA approved pembrolizumab in the frontline setting for patients with NSCLC, based on findings from the phase III randomized KEYNOTE-024 study, which showed that single-agent pembrolizumab led to a 40% reduction in the risk of death compared with doublet chemotherapy for untreated patients with advanced disease with ≥50% PD-L1 expression on cells.1 The median progression-free survival (PFS) was also improved by 4.3 months.
“It does not get much better than this,” said Herbst. “This is historic.”
Pembrolizumab is the sole checkpoint inhibitor approved for frontline NSCLC, with nivolumab and atezolizumab both available for use after patients progress on chemotherapy.
“The world changed exactly 1 month ago, and this is KEYNOTE-024,” Herbst said. “It is the most clinically developed trial at this point because it really has moved pembrolizumab to the frontline setting in untreated patients with lung cancer.”
When it comes to nivolumab in the first-line setting, however, the phase III multicenter, open-label CheckMate-026 study results had the opposite impact. In CheckMate-026, there was not a PFS benefit observed with nivolumab over chemotherapy.2 Patients who received nivolumab had a median PFS of 4.2 months compared with 5.9 months for patients treated with a chemotherapy doublet chosen by the treating physician. Additionally, there was no significant difference observed between the 2 arms for overall survival (OS) and response rate.
“Then, there’s this trial (CheckMate026), and you have got to scratch your head,” Herbst reflected. “As enthusiastic as we were, it would have been nice to see a second drug [succeed in frontline]. Most of us think that nivolumab and pembrolizumab are really not that different.”
However, CheckMate-026 was designed differently, as it included patients with ≥1% PD-L1 expression on cells. In a subgroup of patients with ≥5% PD-L1 expression, the median OS was 14.4 months with nivolumab and 13.2 months with chemotherapy. The 1-year survival was 56.3% and 53.6% with nivolumab and chemotherapy, respectively.
“Could it be that there were other factors involved?” Herbst questioned. “That is still under review.”
PD-L1 as a Biomarker: Is it Worthwhile?
Herbst spoke on biomarker results from the phase III CheckMate-057 trial, which compared nivolumab with docetaxel in patients with advanced NSCLC.3 Here, it was found that nivolumab-treated patients who harbored PD-L1 expression levels of ≥1%, ≥5%, and ≥10% had longer OS, PFS, and median duration of response, as well as higher objective response rates (ORRs).
“I have been working on this for a few years, and I have evolved in my thinking,” Herbst said. “Based on those data, the FDA and all of us said, ‘we don’t really need a biomarker to give nivolumab in second-line; we will give it to almost everyone.'”
PD-L1 expression in the KEYNOTE-001 and KEYNOTE-010 trials, which explored pembrolizumab versus docetaxel in advanced NSCLC had similar results.4,5 PFS and OS were shorter among patients with a PD-L1-expression score of 1% to 49% or a score of less than 1% than among those with a score of at least 50% expression on cells.
Expression of PD-L1 is heterogeneous and varies with the antibody used, Herbst explained, suggesting it to be an imperfect biomarker. Additionally, the role of PD-L1 as a prognostic factor is not yet well defined, he added.

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Every generation has its directors. The ’70s got Martin Scorsese, Francis Ford Coppola and Brian De Palma. The ’80s had John Hughes, Tim Burton and Robert Zemeckis. ’90s kids got Quentin Tarantino, both Andersons (Paul Thomas and Wes) and David Fincher. The turn of the century found many of these masters making some of their best work, while a new generation of filmmakers also began to create. Growing up in the 21st century, while we are privileged to stream the work of classic directors, there are plenty of voices that are unique to our time, our generation.
In the following columns, I will briefly study one contemporary director who is actively defining our cinematic era. Most of these filmmakers began working in the 2010s, only some of them started in the aughts. Still, the names I will study are shaping our current movie culture. They inspire the filmmakers and critics among us, so I think it’s worth spending a little time getting to know them.
In 2009, Damien Chazelle premiered his debut film at the Tribeca Film Festival. “Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench” was originally Chazelle’s undergraduate thesis film, but he paused his Harvard education to complete it. The film was a critical darling, mainly because it is such a blatant homage to past masters like John Cassavetes and Jean-Luc Godard — and critics love when they can flex their knowledge and point this stuff out.
Even in this short debut, the young Chazelle announced his ambitions to the world. He immediately sought to blend two seemingly unblendable genres: the realist drama and the musical. “Guy and Madeline” owes its look and themes to both MGM musicals and black-and-white street films. It’s as if Chazelle couldn’t pick a side. Musicals are marked by a spontaneous song break from the narrative, so how do you fit that into a realist sensibility? In his subsequent musical pictures, Chazelle makes music indispensable to his plot, but every compromise comes with some sort of loss.
“Whiplash” (2013) and “La La Land” (2016) brought Chazelle to the fore. Both are about musical obsession — the former is harsher, of course. “Whiplash” finds Chazelle still showing off. The obvious time-signature editing, the camera whizzing across the stage during every musical number — it was all there in “Guy and Madeline” — but give a director a higher budget and he will make sure you see what he’s doing with it.
Yet, Chazelle was never going to stay solely in the foul-mouthed world of “Whiplash” and its love-hate relationship with jazz. “La La Land” allowed him to explore the more joyful side of musical filmmaking. It’s probably the film he’ll be most known for and it’s also the one that’s most open to critique.
“La La Land” is a remake. Actually, a remake of two films: Scorsese’s “New York, New York” (1977) and Jacques Demy’s “The Umbrellas of Cherbourg” (1964). The ambitious Chazelle again crams his cinematic obsessions into one vehicle; the full-blown musical form takes up so much oxygen, it leaves little room for the titular characters to have a full life of their own.
In “La La Land,” Chazelle forces his characters into a musical. Unlike the leads in Scorsese’s and Demy’s films, Seb (Ryan Gosling) and Mia (Emma Stone) are not musical characters; they’re too awkward and their personalities are not big enough. Chazelle tries to transplant some of the realistic, mumblecore aesthetic of “Guy and Madeline” to “La La Land,” but it doesn’t translate. Even in his student film, Chazelle made easier transitions between plot and song.
In “La La Land,” the awkward, quirky Mia and Seb are forced into song and dance. They share a painfully awkward exchange as they walk up the hill before “A Lovely Night.” So why do they suddenly burst into a tap dance? Yes, the whole point of a musical is that real life doesn’t just break out into song, but “La La Land” makes a clear point to erase the line between fantasy and reality (Mia actually changes into tap shoes right before the song). It is asking us to be on board with spontaneous songs, but the musical numbers exist primarily for our fun, not the characters’ expression. It’s delightful, of course, but it’s borderline gratuitous.
Again, Chazelle is showing off. His hand is very present in the narrative — he clearly orchestrates everything from John Legend’s timely entrance to the number of people that attend Mia’s one-woman show. This is not a bad thing. It’s just that I’d like to see what would happen if he would’ve loosened his grip on Mia and Seb.
Every generation of directors pays tribute to the past masters; Chazelle is so overt about his influences, I see him as a younger, brighter Tarantino. Yet, while Tarantino’s films show his cinephilia to be quite mature, Chazelle’s films prove his obsession needs to gestate a little. This is why his 2018 film “First Man” is better than “La La Land;” its committed aesthetic bolsters its characters, never smothering their personalities. In “First Man,” Chazelle lets his characters speak more than him.
The defining mark of Chazelle’s films is obsession. His characters are all obsessed with success, with living up to some standard of greatness. This is also why “First Man” is so interesting: Instead of showing someone vying for notoriety, Chazelle shows, in his rendition of Neil Armstrong (Gosling), someone already in the spotlight; he takes us behind closed doors to experience what the history books could never show. Andrew (Miles Teller) in “Whiplash,” Mia and Seb all shoot for the moon and their stories end with them at the top. “First Man” takes us to the moon with Neil and brings us back. We close on a quiet scene — as all Chazelle’s movies do — with two people exchanging a look.
After conquering the moon, conquering his obsession, the astronaut has a tender moment with his wife. Reaching the top wouldn’t matter if he didn’t come back to Earth a different, better person. Here, more than in his previous films, the ending is earned. Less definite, but more graceful.
I personally hope Chazelle’s future pictures will focus less on the exhilarating ride to the moon and more on the way back.
Isa Uggetti is a junior writing about film. His column, “All the World’s a Screen,” typically runs every other Monday.


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Gold represents luxury, a good harvest, and wealth. The furniture is equipped with a golden stainless steel mirror sheet, which is more elegant and high-quality.
There are many varieties of stainless steel furniture
, and various special-shaped shapes can be customized according to the designer to highlight the style and personality of the furniture. High-end stainless steel furniture is more suitable for display, especially high-end hotels, commercial offices, meeting rooms, banquet halls, hotel suites, etc. Add the beauty and artistic effect of the interior space.
The golden mirror stainless steel, the surface texture is outstanding, the mirror effect is good, and the interpretation of the furniture is perfect, the creativity is unlimited, and it is liked by everyone.Stainless steel furniture
is generally used in stainless steel coffee tables, stainless steel dining tables, stainless steel dining chairs, stainless steel wine cabinets, stainless steel sofas, stainless steel ornaments and other products.
Designers can design freely, according to the design style and space art to match and design, so that stainless steel and furniture can be perfectly integrated in the space, reflecting the light luxury art decoration style.
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It is Ruby Red Jewels, and not diamonds, that are truly a good health companion especially for ladies! Harvested at peak ripeness to ensure plumpness, Biogreen PAC-37 Whole Dried Cranberries are slowly and carefully dried below 60°C without extracting its juice. Loaded with A-type proanthocyanidins (PAC), each little tangy cranberry packs a powerful antioxidant punch to fight against free radicals and help reduce the risk of urinary tract infections.
Cranberries, Cane Sugar, Sunflower Oil (<1%)
A-type proanthocyanidins, flavonoids (antioxidant) :
- 1 serving (40g) provides 37mg PACs.
- May prevent E.Coli bacteria from adhering to the urinary lining, thereby preventing urinary tract infection, cystitis, urethritis etc.
- Fight against free radicals, delaying aging and lowering the risk of chronic diseases.
- May prevent a range of oral diseases e.g, dental caries, periodontitis.
- Possibly improves gastric ulcers.
Recommended For:• Ladies
• Urethritis and cystitis patient
Suggested Consumption Method:
Eaten as a snack on its own or with bread; add to salads, cakes, biscuits or smoothies recipes.
Store in a cool, dry place. Once opened, please seal tightly and keep refrigerated. Best finished within 8 weeks.
Friendly reminder: This is a 100% natural and organic product. The flavour and colour of this product may therefore vary slightly due to seasonal variation.
Q1. Why is cranberries linked to urinary tract infections?
In 1998, researchers from Rutgers University identified the specific components in cranberries that function as previously suggested. These condensed tannins or proanthocyanidins from the cranberry fruit prevent Escherichia coli (E.coli), the primary bacteria responsible for UTIs, from attaching to cells in the urinary tract. Thus, the bacteria are flushed from the tract rather than being allowed to adhere, grow and lead to infection.
Q2. Why is there sugar added in PAC-37 Whole Dried Cranberries?
Out of all fruits, cranberries have one of the lowest amounts of sugar. In every cup of cranberries, there is only 4g of sugar. This compares to raspberries, blackberries, and strawberries, which have 5, 7, and 7 grams of sugar per cup, respectively. Other similar fruits such as cherries and grapes, have 18 and 15 grams of sugar per cup, respectively. Therefore, dried cranberries are very sour and may not be palatable to most people. Thus, a small amount of sugar is added for better acceptance. Furthermore, Biogreen products are all free from artificial preservatives. Sugar serves as a natural preservative to keep the cranberries with a better shelf life.
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The first concert I *remember* was New Kids On the Block in Shreveport, LA. I went with my mom, my bestie, Jessica Greer, and several other little girls screaming with glee. I remember singing all their hits on the way to the big show in a van. Then when we finally got into the stands, I cried A LOT--not because I was seeing my heartthrobs live, but because my ears were so sensitive to the loud music--and the boys of NKOTB looked like ants since we were so far away! Lol...
Who was your biggest musical influence growing up?
Oldies--anything from the 50's, 60's and 70's. My mom listened to the oldies radio station 24/7, basically, so I got a nice, steady diet of them! I wouldn't trade it for the world though--those oldies artists taught me to listen carefully and pick out my own harmonies!
Are you in a band? Have you been in bands?
Our band's name is Collage No. 7 (look us up on Facebook!), and it's basically Light Rock. My husband, Sandy, and I formed the band after writing some songs together and recording two albums full of originals.
We play shows whenever and wherever! We also do cover shows, if need be. We like it all! ^_^
I am also singing for a Country band, which I swore I'd never do, but in this tiny town in Texas, it's all these people wanna hear. Go figure! o.O
If you could jam with anyone, who would it be?
k.d. lang--I would ADORE a crooning session with her. *swoon*
You're stuck on a desert island and only get to bring one album with you. What do you pick?
Pink Floyd - Meddle. My favorite song, "Pillow of Winds" is on it, and I would more than likely be very chill despite the fact that I'm all alone on a desert island if I were listening to that particular record. Honestly, not to sound overly sentimental, a high school boyfriend loved and introduced me to Pink Floyd. We used to listen to their records in his room after school. Beautiful thoughts emerge every time I hear it. It calms the soul.


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Kev Sharp from Big Board Gaming is now caught in the “It Started in the Shipyards” campaign from 1985: Under an Iron Sky!
Soviet Union faces a Warsaw Pact in full revolt, and events force NATO to extend Article 5 from “defense of member countries” to “defense of member peoples”….thus including Germans on the East side of the Inner German Border.
Some samples of the Event Cards for Sacred Oil, third and last module of the 1985 series!
Event Cards are used for diplomatic activities, covert operations, but first and foremost for force mobilization. As the Campaign has no predetermined Order of Battle, both sides will use Events to commit forces and try shaping the war theatre to their advantage. Most Events will raise Tension, allowing a broader choice of possible actions. In the end, the Soviet offensive in Southwest Asia will begin, and World War Three with it.
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I tried to implement a Nvidia Geforce GT610 into my M90p Desktop (ThinkCentre 3257, Win 7, 64-bit), but it is not recognized.
All Lenovo specific drivers are updated. I can't install the Nvidia driver, because no graphic card is found. The card is not listed by the device manager. Updating hardware changes fail to discover the card.
I searched the internet to find out, if the mainboard works with this card, but I couldn't find any viable information
Any idea what to do?
Solved! Go to Solution.
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You should check your BIOS and look for video settings. I set my M58p to PEG to run my GT 710. I think it's set to auto by default. It's possible you might have to use your onboard to change the setting, then switch your monitor to your new card, then reboot and see if that works.
It's worth a shot.
My ThinkCentre M58p.
01-05-2017 10:46 AM
Thanks for your proposal.
Unfortunately it didn't work.
After I changed the video settings in BIOS, I got a black screen, so I had to shut down the PC by force.
After rebooting the system required a system repair, which is running now more than 5 minutes. Bad luck!
01-05-2017 11:07 AM
Take a look at the readme file for the Nvidia driver for your system. It has a list of supported adapters.
01-05-2017 12:06 PM
Go to your system's support page on Lenovo, then to drivers and software, then display and video adapters.


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Investigating sales tactics and condos rush to ban weed: CBC's Marketplace consumer cheat sheet
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Telecom sales tactics
Have you ever felt pressured by employees selling TV, internet and wireless services? The CRTC is inviting you to raise your complaints online or at a public hearing starting Oct. 22. Earlier this year, our hidden camera investigation captured misleading sales tactics used by a company selling Bell services door to door. Since then, hundreds of customers have reached out about not receiving what a salesperson promised.
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The Bay drops Ivanka Trump
You won't find Ivanka Trump's dresses at the Bay for that much longer. The company will be dropping the clothing line from its department stores and has already removed the brand from its website. HBC didn't say whether an ongoing boycott against stores carrying Trump family products factored into its decision, but said it pulled the line due to lack of sales.
Condos rush to ban weed
If you plan on smoking at home after weed is legalized, you might be out of luck if you live in a condo or apartment. Across the country, condo boards are scrambling to enact rules banning pot smoking inside units, on balconies and in common areas. The new rules could pit a medicinal pot smoker against a neighbour who complains about contamination of their living space.
Extra fee on cellphone bills
If you have a cellphone plan with Bell, Rogers or Telus, you might want to look a little closer at your wireless bill. The system access fee — typically $6.95 — was dropped by the big three in 2009 after facing competition from new providers who didn't charge it. But customers who didn't migrate to a new plan still pay it. A class-action lawsuit alleges companies misled customers into thinking the fee was a government charge.
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U.S. beer drinkers pay more as aluminum tariffs hit cans. President Donald Trump's tariffs on foreign steel and aluminum are raising prices for a range of Wisconsin-made goods that use metal for product containers.
Can greenhouse gas emissions be reduced by making cows and other animals less gassy? Livestock are responsible for about 14.5 per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions and scientists are trying to breed animals that burp less, adjusting diets so they produce less methane.
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This show was the only time that A Good Fight and Dreamfast were ever photographed by myself. These bands seemed to be more of the Dickson Street (Froggy’s, George’s Majestic Lounge) types and it was kind of odd they were playing JRs Lightbulb Club but it was a good change of pace. All photographs taken with a Minolta HiMatic G 35mm rangefinder.
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The Nigerian economy has been challenged on many fronts in recent years due to a combination of local and global factors. Disruptions due to the COVID-19 pandemic, delays in global logistics value chains and local security challenges have put undue pressure on our economy, making macroeconomic management very difficult.
These factors impacted oil production and prices, disrupted trade and exports, reduced capital inflows, and impacted food production. They also exposed the fragility of the Nigerian economy and the need for a more diversified economy.
Despite the rise in the value of oil on the international market, the local currency has been weak, with the naira trading against the dollar N620 on the parallel market and closing at N427 at the counter for investors and exporters last week.
To bridge the growing gap between demand and supply of dollars within the economy, the CBN has taken several measures to manage the shortage of dollars in the country. The apex bank had launched the RT200 FX program in February this year, which is the race to reach $200 billion in non-oil inflows into the country over the next three to five years.
According to CBN Governor Godwin Emefiele, the program was born out of the realization that most of our current sources of foreign exchange inflows were unreliable and constantly subject to the exogenous vicissitudes of global economic developments.
“We have all witnessed the ever-changing fortunes of oil-exporting countries. Even those who are known to manage their oil revenues well also suffer major shocks once oil prices fall. In order to avoid these sudden adjustments in our economic life, we needed to focus on strategies that can help us gain more stable and sustainable currency inflows. We should follow the best practices of other countries and make sure to protect ourselves somewhat from factors that are beyond our immediate control.
The program is based on five pillars, namely the Value-Added Export Facility, the Non-Oil Expansion Facility, the Non-Oil Currency Reimbursement Program, the Dedicated Non-Oil Export Terminal and the bi-annual non-oil exports.
The Value-Added Export Facility is expected to provide concessional and long-term financing to businessmen who wish to expand existing factories or build new ones for the sole purpose of adding significant value to our non-oil commodities. before exporting them.
There is also the Non-Oil Products Expansion Facility, which will also be a concessionary facility designed to significantly boost local production of exportable products. This facility will be designed to ensure that the expanded and new factories that are funded by the Value Added Facility are not deprived of raw material inputs in their production cycle.
Also announced was the Non-Oil Export Earnings Repatriation Rebate Scheme, a special local currency rebate program for non-oil exporters of semi-finished and finished products who present verifiable evidence of repatriation of export earnings. exports sold directly in the I&E window to stimulate liquidity in the market.
The rebate program is designed to incentivize exporters in the non-oil export sector to encourage the repatriation and sale of export earnings on the foreign exchange market and has attracted an inflow of $60 million in two months from 150 exporters who jointly obtained a rebate of 3.5 naira. billion.
Under the rebate scheme, eligible exporters would get a rebate of N65 for every dollar repatriated and sold to the I&E window for use by thirty other parties, and N35 for every dollar repatriated and sold to !&E for their own use on qualifying transactions only.
However, exporters still face several challenges, which were the focus of the first edition of the bi-annual Non-Oil Export Summit. Stakeholders in the export value chain had come together to discuss and find a way out of the various dilemmas facing the country’s exporters.
Emefilele, while speaking at the summit, said, “We have heard of people who want to export their goods queuing up for weeks or months before their goods can come out. So because time is against us, in the short term, let’s work on what the NPA and customs are doing for exporters. That they want to create a set of dedicated routes from which they can easily export their goods.
“It is sad that due to the problem of finding an easier route for goods to be exported out of the country, Nigerian exporters prefer to transport by road or sometimes barges from Lagos to Accra or Benin Republic to export from the.
by losing them, we lose the opportunity to earn export revenue.
To address the challenges faced by the country’s exporters, especially in ports, the CBN Governor alongside Access Corporation Group Chief Executive Herbert Wigwe who is also Chairman of the Banking CEOs Committee backed by Chiefs bank and other stakeholders in the export ecosystem had come to major decisions.
One of them was the agreement that the bankers committee will work with the export ecosystem to help integrate the automation system into the export value chain to reduce the time goods spend in ports while heading to their destination and making the process less cumbersome.
Apart from that, the CBN Governor, who said the country has reached a stage where non-oil export revenue is “absolutely needed”, said: “I want to appeal to the Nigerian Ports Authority and to Nigeria Customs for us to establish a working group. including the Bankers Committee, NPA, Nigerian Customs and possibly a shipping company to address these issues.
“In the short term, let’s see how to immediately create a dedicated export route for exporters, so that their goods can leave. Many of these containers that bring goods into the country come out empty because of these issues. Let’s work on finding a dedicated route where exports can exit easily.
“In the long term, we can talk about how we are working on the Lagos Free Trade Zone and create a road that will move goods through an express road. The port of Lekki has a plan of a road that goes to Ondo which is about 50 km.
“Infracorp is willing to fund this if those of us can give in. Because what I find is that instead of giving in to doing what is for the good of our country, people want to own colonies because they believe it is their exclusive responsibility. We talk about how we can work together now. In the long term, we can talk about the ports of Badagry, Bonny and Ondo.


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Tunisian Union to Call General Strike for a New Government
Tunisia’s main trade union is set to stage a general strike to demand the resignation of the prime minister and other ministers who served under the country’s ousted president. Members of the General Tunisian Workers’ Union (UGTT), the country’s main national union, which has more than half a million members, are expected to go on strike on Jan. 22, as they join forces with opposition groups, who called on members of the Constitutional Democratic Rally party (RCD) to vacate posts in the new government.
The call for the general strike comes against a background of continued protests against the new government with many Tunisians expressing outrage over the appointment of several members of the previous regime in the “unity’ government announced last week. Weeks of street protests and a growing public outcry over high unemployment rates and the government’s crackdown on opponents last week resulted in the historic overthrow of the 74-year-old Ben Ali, whose 23-year reign was tainted with massive human rights violations.
According to the latest tallies by the interior ministry, as many as 78 civilians were killed, many shot by the police, during anti- government protests that led to the “Jasmine Revolution” in the North African country. The general strike is expected to cripple the country’s transport system, as well as other public services across Tunis, the capital.
Chicago Teamsters Form Partnership with Chinese Unions
In an act of global cooperation, Chicago‘s Teamsters Joint Council 25 has met and signed an official memorandum of exchange and cooperation with the Shangdong Provincial Federation of Trade Unions of China (SPFTU) The Teamsters, including Joint Council President John T. Coli, welcomed five delegates from the Chinese labor federation to Chicago in September 2010 to sign the agreement in an effort to promote more cooperation between organized labor in China and the United States.
Representatives from Joint Council 25 and the SPFTU will begin making biennial visits between China and the United States as part of the agreement and protection of workers’ rights. The unions are expected to share information on organizing and management techniques.
Shangdong is China’s second-most populous province, home to 95 million people. Agriculture, mining and petroleum industries are large components of the regional economy. The province produces many companies with international brand names, such as Tsingtao beer and Haier and Hisense electronics and appliances.
Jobs on Agenda at Monetary Fund and World Bank
Leaders of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF) have told global labor leaders that “jobs are central to recovery” during a series of meetings in Washington, D.C. “Income-led growth is the key to securing recovery and ending the kinds of social deprivation and misery we’re seeing in countries like Tunisia,” said Sharan Burrow, general secretary of the International Confederation of Trade Unions (ITUC).
“We have to stop the financial elites regaining control and sowing the seed of an imminent new crisis at a time when workers are still suffering the unemployment caused by the last one,” Burrow said. In response, IMF managing director Strauss-Kahn agreed that tackling the jobs crisis would be a central priority for IMF actions in 2011. He reiterated the IMF’s commitment to working with the ILO to establish a universal social protection floor.
World Bank President Robert Zoellick committed the Bank to consult trade unions effectively at the national level as well as sectorally, and by improving their protocols of cooperation at global levels.
Trade Unions May Be Allowed Back into Burma
The Burmese government is set to table new legislation that could allow workers to establish trade unions. The proposal has been welcomed by the International Labor Organization (ILO), which says it is working with the Burmese government to improve worker rights in the impoverished nation.
Recently, suspected trade unionists were still being arrested and imprisoned, despite the government having already ratified the ILO convention on Freedom of Association. But international pressure has seen the government adopt a lighter approach to workers’ dissent.
Since November 2009, there have been a series of strikes in Rangoon, with workers protesting and demanding higher wages, with little or no interference from the armed forces. But many, including Dr. Myint Cho, an exiled Burmese who now heads the Burma Office in Sydney, say they are skeptical about the government’s motives.
Walmart Challenged in South Africa by a Coalition
A growing number of progressive organizations around the world are very concerned about Walmart’s recent expansion into South Africa. Walmart burst into the South African market by purchasing 51 percent of Massnart, one of the country’s major retailers.
“Walmart has come into our country and tried to claim that it is union-friendly, but we know from our friends and colleagues from around the world, and especially in the United States of America — the company’s home country — of Wamart’s relentless attacks on workers and unions,” said Tyotyo James, first Deputy President of the South African Trade Unions (COSATU)
The U.S.-based United Federation of Commercial Workers (UFCW) has been a long-time adversary of Walmart. The company’s investments outside of North America have had mixed results: its operations in the United Kingdom, South America and China are highly successful, while it was forced to pull out of Germany and South Korea when ventures there were unsuccessful.
Thousands Rally in Jordan Against Economic Policies
More than 5,000 people have rallied in Jordan to demand the government resign in protest over its economic policies. The protesters have taken to the streets, angered by rising prices and unemployment.
The government recently announced a $125 million package to reduce prices, as well as measures to boost salaries. But demonstrators say the measures are insufficient, and that they will continue to protest until Prime Minister Samir Rifai steps down.
The Jan. 21 protests, dubbed the “Day of Rage;” took place in the nation’s capital, Amman, and several other cities, and were the largest so far. The protesters have been emboldened by the demonstrations in Tunisia that led to the fight of former Tunisian President Zine al-Abadine Ben Ali.
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2013's Tomb Raider is now available on Xbox Game Pass
Lara Croft's rebooted adventure had been teased by Xbox, but now we have confirmation on its arrival.
Microsoft loves to tease fans about what's coming to their Xbox Game Pass subscription service, one of which has just been revealed to us. We'd received hints that something was coming on January 31 (yesterday) and now we know it's the 2013 reboot of Tomb Raider.
Square Enix's trilogy has just wrapped up last September with Shadow of the Tomb Raider, so if you haven't had the chance to try any of Lara Croft's journey then you can start right now with this addition to Game Pass, which sees Croft thrust into the hero role after being forced to fight for her survival.
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I would like to tell you about this exciting pilot study that the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) has been working on with the University of Southampton. It is a community wide surveillance programme in the South of England, trialling an alternative testing approach to detect COVID-19 (caused by SARS-CoV-2 virus) infections in people, using saliva rather than swabs.
The ‘Safe & Certain’ pilot study is led by the University of Southampton, in partnership with APHA, Southampton City Council and the National Health Service (NHS). Professor Ian Brown, Acting Deputy Science Director, is leading the APHA Science Covid-19 testing programme, assisted by a group of scientists drawn from a range of APHA science departments.
The pilot started in June and lasted for six weeks in which time the project team worked closely together to develop and validate the proposed Loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) based detection method, in collaboration with OptiGene molecular diagnostics company and other science partners.
Who are we testing and how does APHA fit into the national effort of test, track and trace.
The LAMP test has been trialled on a substantial number of key workers and their families in the Southampton area, in the hope that this method of routine testing can reliably track SARS-CoV-2 infection. The primary aim of the project is to enable us identify the proportion of people infected with and potentially shedding the virus without showing any symptoms, including asymptomatic and pre-symptomatic, on a population scale.
The test results, which are available within 24 hours of sample receipt at APHA, are linked with the NHS Test and Trace system and people testing positive are contacted and advised to self-isolate whilst tracing their recent contacts. Those testing negative can continue to follow government guidelines in their daily activities and work.
If successful, this approach will pave the way for wider regular nationwide simplified rapid testing, helping to ensure safe easing of restrictions and preventing community transmission following spread of the virus. This way, we can contribute to safely restoring the social and economic activities within the cities and regions it is used, reducing COVID19 related pressure on NHS, while enabling people and society to regain their normal lives.
The APHA project team recently welcomed a BBC News team to film the pilot testing workflow undertaken in the laboratories at Weybridge and showcase our contribution to the ‘Safe and Certain’ project. The interview was featured on the BBC News on Friday 17 July. If you missed the feature, you can read in an article by Fergus Walsh on the BBC website.
APHA testing and validation for the development of the new LAMP protocol
The testing of saliva under this project enables detection of SARS-CoV-2 genetic material using a Loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) based detection technique that is much simpler, faster and cheaper compared to the standard real time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) method. The non-invasive saliva test allows easier testing of people of all ages and ensures that everyone in the household can be tested regardless of symptoms and on a regular basis.
The successful completion of the pilot study in APHA Weybridge laboratories has been pivotal in the research and development of the protocol as well as the validation of this new method. Initially two different teams were comparing the two different methods across the different kinds of samples and validating the results to ensure test suitability for wider application.
A huge effort has been made by the core team (too many to name individually!) who have worked tirelessly to achieve encouraging results despite numerous hurdles along the away and a strong example of virtual team working across the science directorate in APHA and with other science partners.
In total over 10,000 saliva samples were tested under the phase 1 pilot with an initial parallel testing of samples submitted by extraction and RT-PCR vs direct LAMP. The parallel testing gave confidence to move to direct LAMP testing alone and enabled streamlining of the workflow.
What are the benefits of this project?
COVID-19 testing to date has been challenged with national and international bottlenecks around the supply of materials for sampling (for example swabs) as well as the need for specific chemical reagents and equipment for molecular testing. Further, the correct swabbing procedure involves significant discomfort and as such ensuring a good quality swab submission is problematic where not undertaken by a health professional.
This pilot project has demonstrated that saliva can be utilised for rapid sampling of communities with enabling an at-home approach to COVID-19 sampling that entire households can undertake rapidly, without the need for bespoke sample tubes and sampling discomfort. The aim and scope for the entire project, if the second phase proves successful, is that citizens of the Southampton area will provide saliva samples from everyone in their household on a weekly basis with turnaround of results within 24-48 hours.
Participants find out as soon as possible if they or someone in their household has been infected with the virus or not. If their test is positive they will be able to take immediate action to prevent the spread of the disease, with additional help and support from the NHS. They will be quickly notified of the need to quarantine along with members of their household and rapid tracing of their recent close contacts would then take place through the newly launched national system. If they test negative, reassurance will be provided via this regular testing that they won’t be passing the virus on at work or during daily activities.
Regular testing means identifying new cases of the virus earlier, before symptoms develop and spread has occurred. By stopping the spread of the virus we can stay safer and can get back to normal life quicker whilst allowing our NHS to focus on non-COVID care.
However, it is worth emphasising that such testing does not replace the need for social distancing and other measures in place to diminish the spread of COVID-19. For a universal testing programme to be effective, social distancing, hand washing and fabric face coverings in public places will all continue to be vitally important, especially for the overwhelming majority of people whose weekly test will be negative.
Working in the Lab
“There was always a good spirit in the lab. We were not only contributing to the national effort in overcoming problems that we were all facing as a result of COVID-19, but there was a really strong sense of achievement. The staff, now experienced in this process, were having fun with it and whilst still working to a safe and high standard, a little competitive element was introduced. One team working in the cabinets could process a rack of samples ready for Direct RT-LAMP in 41 minutes!
The messages of support and encouragement from our project leaders were extremely well received by all. They ensured that all our demands regarding requirements for testing were met and went above and beyond to ensure that our well-being was well looked after.
The last day of testing finally came, it was a Saturday and the plan was to stop off and get some supplies for a final end of testing socially distanced celebration in the park. Although a bit overcast, we weren’t going to let the weather spoil our last day celebration, and we celebrated the best we could. We were all so tired but still managed to smile and enjoy the simple pleasure of sitting down, eating and enjoying each other’s company as a group, maybe for the last time as we would return to our respective departments and back to business as usual.”
Saira Cawthraw (Molecular Biologist, APHA Lab Services)
What happens after the initial six-week pilot research and development phase?
The initial pilot demonstrated great utility in the saliva based approach. However, the laboratory element of the testing involved multiple stages of processing before the sample was in a suitable form for testing using LAMP technologies.
In the next development phase underway, APHA are continuing to work with the team at the University of Southampton, OptiGene and the Basingstoke NHS trust, to refine the procedure so that submitted samples can be tested using LAMP with minimal requirements for sample processing.
The actual LAMP test requires the sample to be run for 20 minutes, we aim over the coming weeks to cut the sample processing time down to as short a period as possible to ensure optimal rapidity of testing. Should this second phase of development be successful then the approach may be adopted more widely as a community testing strategy against SARS-CoV-2.
In addition, we have now started to receive samples for phase 2. This is a programme across Southampton to track infection in a group of recruited schools over time, and importantly to monitor students as they start or return to university life.
Look out for future blogs on the range of COVID-19 projects that APHA is involved in, including progress of the phase 2 study. Subscribe for updates straight to your inbox so you don’t miss them.
You may be interested in reading about some of our previous COVID-19 blogs. These can be found here.

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Does moving to a warm climate reduce heart disease risk?
Now that the hotly-contested presidential election is behind us, winter is fast approaching. For residents of the northern portion of our nation, the change in seasons will be dramatic and signal that it is time to break out the snow blowers and other cold weather equipment. For those, living in areas such as Southern California, the mountains will receive a snow cap; however, many warm days will prevail along the coast. While their neighbors to the north are shoveling snow, Southern Californians will be enjoying a pleasant day at the beach. Not uncommonly, northern residents relocate—at least for the winter months - to warmer climes to escape the ice and snow.
Many assume that a warmer climate is beneficial to one’s health - including cardiovascular health; however, a new study has found that living in a temperate climate during the winter months does not improve heart health. Researchers affiliated with the Good Samaritan Hospital in Los Angeles presented their findings on November 7 at the at the American Heart Association scientific meeting, which runs from November 3 through November 7 at the Los Angeles Convention Center.
The investigators analyzed 2005-2008 death certificate data from seven US regions with varying climates: Los Angeles County, Texas, Arizona, Georgia, western Washington State, Pennsylvania, and Massachusetts. They found that, in all areas, total deaths as well as deaths from heart attack, heart failure, cardiovascular disease and stroke rose by an average of 26-36% between the summer low and the winter peak. “We found this to be surprising,” noted lead author Dr. Bryan Schwartz. He added, “We thought colder climates with a colder winter might have a higher increase in the wintertime or a prolonged increase in the wintertime, but that’s not what we found.”
The study was not designed to show why heart-related death rates rose across the board in the winter; however, Dr. Schwartz hypothesized that individuals may “acclimate to their local climate,” making the change between summer and winter temperatures more relevant than how low the temperature dips in winter. In addition, he noted that lifestyles tend to be less healthy in the wintertime. He explained, “Diet is not as good, people exercise less, they gain weight.” He added that less daylight is known to cause or worsen depression. In addition, he noted that higher rates of respiratory infections have also been shown to increase the risk of death from a heart-related issue, “which reinforces” guidelines for flu shots and pneumonia vaccines.
Take home message:
The results of this study are surprising because one would assume that cold weather would increase the risk of cardiovascular disease. Dr. Schwartz noted that decreased daylight hours might be a factor. Seasonal affective disorder (SAD) is a recognized cause of depression during winter months. Although daylight hours decrease throughout the United States during winter, the decrease is greatest near the Canadian border and significantly less near the Mexican border and Florida. Beyond cardiovascular disease, an increased risk of death occurs from slip and falls in northern regions. The inclement weather is also a factor in automobile accidents. All things considering, becoming a snowbird or relocating to a warmer climate has health benefits.
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Kids Can Make A Difference
On July 8th the 6th Annual Ella and Aiden Lemonade Stand and Muffin Sale will take place in Charleswood in support of the Children’s Hospital Foundation of Manitoba.
These amazing kids have already raised over $15,000 and have a huge goal of raising $5,000 this year. All funds raised will be used to create an outdoor play area for kids in hospital.
Spending time in Children’s Hospital is something the Anderson family knows all about.
Blake and Tammy knew something was up with their baby boy right from the start.
“Aiden was very, very colicky and a bit of a fussy baby, but our daughter Ella, who is just 21 months older than him was the complete opposite,” remembers Tammy. “When Aiden was 4 he was given back to back rounds of antibiotics for lung infections, and the doctors decided a chest x-ray was in order to see just how well Aiden was fighting the infection. It was that X-ray that finally gave us some answers.”
Aiden was diagnosed with situs inversus with dextrocardia; a condition where all of your organs are reversed from their normal positions. The condition itself can actually be fairly benign and, without complications, can go undetected unless discovered in a chest x-ray. Aiden however did experience complications, and was also diagnosed with kartagener with bronchiectasis which affects his lungs, and results in perpetual airway congestion.
Like all things, Aiden has taken his diagnosis in stride and even represented Children’s Hospital as their Champion Child in 2014-2015.
This amazing brother and sister team work tirelessly to grow their sale every year. All of that effort comes straight from the heart.
“I want to give back to the place that helps Aiden and so many other children,” says big sister Ella. “I love to see the total amount raised each year, and I know it is making a difference for so many kids.”
Her little brother agrees.
“It’s such a fun day with family and friends,” says Aiden. “It’s also really fun to see just how much money we will raise each year.”
It’s not only fun, but deeply appreciated by the Children’s Hospital Foundation.
“Ella and Aiden are an awesome example of kids helping kids”, says Courtney Leiman, Annual and Mid-Level Giving Officer, Children’s Hospital Foundation of Manitoba. “Since they started their fundraiser five years ago, they have raised over $15,000 and it grows every year. Their energy and passion is infectious and inspiring – showing that kids CAN make a difference.”
These amazing kids encourage others to make a difference too.
“Your first fundraiser may not be very big and it may not raise a lot of money but every little bit helps,” says Aiden. “Just keep going, and year after year you will succeed.”
“Believe in yourself,” adds Ella. “Every little bit helps.”
The 6th Annual Ella and Aiden Lemonade Stand and Muffin Sale takes place on Saturday, July 8 from 9am-3pm on the south side of Cathcart Street.
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CBS has officially debuted the preview trailers for its upcoming Fall 2019-2020 season!
The new schedule was also released ahead of the CBS upfront presentation on Wednesday (May 15) – stay tuned to Just Jared as we’ll be posting everything from the big day.
The network has picked up eight new shows – dramas All Rise, Evil, FBI: Most Wanted, and Tommy, and comedies Bob Hearts Abishola, The Unicorn, Carol’s Second Act, and Broke. (Broke, FBI: Most Wanted, and Tommy will be held for midseason).
Be sure to check out which CBS shows were canceled and which were renewed as well.
Click through the slideshow to see the brand-new trailers for the eight new shows…


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A bowlful of this soup is so satisfying, it's hard to believe it's actually good for you, too. I crave it all the time. With lots of filling beans and potatoes, the recipe even hits the spot with meat lovers. —Kristina Krummel, Elkins, Arkansas
This satisfying medley is full of tomato flavor and also provides a good dose of fiber. To keep it light, top with reduced-fat cheese, cilantro and green onions. Kim Seeger of Brooklyn Park, Minnesota shares the recipe.
"You wouldn't guess that this quick-and-easy soup is low in fat," relates Becky Christman of Bridgeton, Missouri. "Since my husband loves spicy foods, I sometimes use medium or hot salsa in this recipe for extra zip."
The addition of Cajun seasoning boosts the flavor of this brothy soup shared by Ronnie Lappe of Brownwood, Texas. The easy recipe makes a big batch that's loaded with fresh vegetable chunks and canned beans.
"We tasted soup a lot like this at a local restaurant," Marilyn Lee from Manhattan, Kansas happily reports. "When I came across a recipe that sounded similar, I made a few changes to create this version."
"Fresh herbs really make the difference in the flavor of this low-fat vegetarian soup," notes Lisa Blackwell from Henderson, North Carolina. "It tastes especially delicious when it's could out," she adds.
Natalie Cataldo relies on store-bought pesto to provide mild flavor to this chunky tortellini and vegetable soup. "It's a hit in my house," says the Des Moines, Iowa cook. "If you don't like zucchini, use another vegetable," she suggests.


New mayor elected in Oconto
Lloyd Heier has been elected mayor of Oconto, handily defeating incumbent Victoria Bostedt two-to-one, according to preliminary totals.
Bostedt is completing her second two-year term as mayuor
For the Oconto City Council, incumbents Al Schreiber and Roger Reed were re-elected along with newcomers Dean Reed and Kim Bronikowski.
Losing his seat by three votes was Darrell Anderson, who served one term.
The other seat is held by Lauren Resch, who did not seek re-election.
The unofficial results released by the city were:
*Lloyd Heier 1,064
Victoria Bostedt (I) 521
Council (four seats)
*Al Schreiber (I) 826
*Roger Reed (I) 745
*Dean Reed 737
*Kim Bronikowski 687
Darrell Anderson (I) 684
Joseph Stiloski 612
Ryan Tappa 543


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Red yeast rice is a dietary staple in some Asian countries; it reportedly contains several compounds that inhibit cholesterol production. This new study supports similar findings for the ingredient, with American researchers reporting in Annals of Internal Medicine that it could indeed help reduce blood lipid levels in people intolerant to statins.
This page was last updated by Bernard Preston on 6th January, 2023.
It's generally assumed that if your cholesterol is significantly raised you have to take medication or risk having a stroke or major cardiovascular disaster.
The question is whether there are simple dietary changes and natural substances that are as effective.
Humans are usually very reluctant to make dietary changes. They would rather take expensive medication and risk the extremely deleterious side effects than give up their favourite foods.
Perhaps more important, are there other natural foods that we could start eating that would obviate the need to give up our favourites? Could red yeast rice, for example make a difference?
Red yeast rice is a natural nutritional supplement for those with high blood fats. Research shows that taken with fish oil and some lifestyle changes not only was the drop in cholesterol even greater than Simvastatin but there was also significant weight loss.
Simvastatin vs therapeutic lifestyle changes and supplements is a randomized primary prevention trial, reported in the journal Mayo Clin Proc; you could google it and find the abstract yourself.
Here's a summary of their findings. It is a randomised trial using over 70 patients with raised cholesterol. They compared these three interventions with Simvastatin.
The above intervention was more effective in lowering LDL-C than statins.
Perhaps more important is that on the conservative treatment, patients' triglycerides dropped by 29% and they lost on average 5,5 percent of their weight.
Pending confirmation in larger trials, this multifactorial, alternative approach to lowering lipids has promise for a subset of patients unwilling or unable to take statins.
The authors made the following conclusion. "Lifestyle changes combined with ingestion of red yeast rice and fish oil reduced LDL-C in proportions similar to standard therapy with simvastatin."
“Lipid-Lowering Efficacy of Red Yeast Rice in a Population Intolerant to Statins.”
“The present report has provided real-world evidence of LDL cholesterol reduction with non selected, over-the-counter red yeast rice therapy in an outpatient population intolerant to other lipid medications.”
- American Journal of Cardiology.
Dietary supplements of red yeast rice may reduce LDL cholesterol levels by 21 per cent; and offer a blood lipid lowering alternative for people intolerant to statins, says the study.
Reductions in total cholesterol levels of 15 per cent were also reported. 92% of participants tolerated the dietary supplement, according to findings published in the American Journal of Cardiology.
The research was done at the University of Tennessee, Allegheny General Hospital in Pittsburgh; and UC.
“Producing red yeast rice under controlled conditions could provide a widely available and safe dietary supplement for lowering cholesterol,” they added.
Only recently the European Commission’s Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health in Brussels deemed the ingredient not to be a "novel," a decision that facilitates the use of the ingredient in dietary supplements without having to undergo approval.
Consideration of the ingredient’s status was requested by the EU headquarters in Brussels, and Italy confirmed that food supplement products containing the rice were indeed on the Italian market before the Novel Food Regulation entered into law in 1997.
Led by Dr Paul Thompson from the University of Connecticut, the researchers collected data on 25 people who received red yeast rice supplements for at least four weeks. All of them were intolerant to statins, and noted adverse effects including muscle pain and gastrointestinal intolerance.
Do you have other bad side effects since taking statins such as aching legs, loss of libido or even impotence?
The authors also noted several key limitations of their study, including that it was “small, unblinded anduncontrolled; and retrospective.” Patients selected their own rice preparation.
Let's say you have total cholesterol of 240 mg/dL, which is considered moderately high. A 15% reduction means your total cholesterol drops to 204 which is reasonably good.
More important if your LDL cholesterol is 130 mg/dL (high), a 21% drop means your low density lipoprotein level would be 103. Below 100 is considered ideal.
Do you know what the high cholesterol symptoms are?
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