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|Year : 2023 | Volume
| Issue : 1 | Page : 1-5
A review of yoga on inflammation and its related diseases
Mooventhan Aruchunan1, L Nivethitha2, R Gowthami1
1 Department of Research, Government Yoga and Naturopathy Medical College and Hospital, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
2 Department of Naturopathy, Government Yoga and Naturopathy Medical College and Hospital, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
|Date of Submission||03-Nov-2022|
|Date of Decision||12-Dec-2022|
|Date of Acceptance||26-Dec-2022|
|Date of Web Publication||31-Mar-2023|
Dr. Mooventhan Aruchunan
Department of Research, Government Yoga and Naturopathy Medical College, Arumbakkam, Chennai - 600 106, Tamil Nadu
Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None
Inflammation plays a major role in the defense mechanism and becomes an important contributing factor for the progression of various diseases. Research studies suggest that yoga could positively affect inflammation and inflammatory markers in various chronic diseases including arthritis, obesity, cardiovascular diseases (CVD), and cancer. However, there is a lack of a comprehensive review on yoga and its impact on inflammation. We have performed a review in the PubMed/MEDLINE electronic databases. The review suggests that yoga may be beneficial in reducing inflammation in healthy as well as in pathological conditions including arthritis, obesity, CVD, and cancer. However, studies had smaller sample sizes and yoga techniques were varied among the studies, and a possible mechanism for the effect of yoga on inflammation has not been provided in detail. Thus, studies with larger sample sizes and exploring the mechanism behind the yoga effect on inflammation are required for a better understanding and clinical application.
Keywords: Biomarkers, chronic diseases, inflammation, yoga
|How to cite this article:|
Aruchunan M, Nivethitha L, Gowthami R. A review of yoga on inflammation and its related diseases. Ann Rheumatol Autoimmun 2023;3:1-5
| Introduction|| |
Inflammation plays a major role in the defense mechanism and becomes an important contributing factor for the progression of various diseases including arthritis and its related conditions, obesity, diabetes, hypertension, coronary artery disease (CAD), and predictor of all-cause mortality. Pro-inflammatory markers and anti-inflammatory markers counterbalance each other. It is extremely essential for the body to maintain their balance for a good immune response. This balance is crucial for immediate immune response in acute and chronic conditions. People who are active have lower levels of inflammatory biomarkers than their sedentary counterparts. Regular physical activity decreases pro-inflammatory cytokines and elevates anti-inflammatory cytokines that are associated with several metabolic disorders. Stressors, anxiety, and depression can all raise pro-inflammatory cytokine production. Yoga practices have reported to reduce sympathetic nervous system tone and increase parasympathetic (vagal) activity, both of which have favorable immune and endocrine consequences by reducing stress-related responses. Yoga is a mind–body therapy that has become increasingly popular in Western culture as a form of physical activity. In Western countries, yoga typically refers to postures (asanas), breath control (pranayama), and/or meditation. Yoga is traditionally believed to have beneficial effects on physical and mental health. Research studies suggest that yoga could positively affect inflammation and inflammatory markers in various chronic diseases including arthritis, obesity,, metabolic syndrome, heart failure (HF), and chronic inflammatory diseases. However, there is a lack of a comprehensive review on yoga and its impact on inflammation. Thus, this review was performed to provide the effect of yoga on inflammation. In this review, we have provided the evidence-based effect of yoga and inflammation in various conditions as follows:
| Yoga and Rheumatoid Arthritis|| |
Inflammation plays a major role in the pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Yoga practice showed to improve all parameters of RA including pain intensity, inflammation, stiffness, pulse rate, blood pressure, lymphocyte count, C-reactive protein (CRP), and serum uric acid levels in patients with RA.
| Yoga and Ankylosing Spondylitis|| |
It is a common chronic autoimmune disease that primarily affects the axial skeleton and sacroiliac joints. It leads to stiffness, pain, and reduced flexibility and causes significant disability., A study on the practice of yoga for 60 min a day, 3 days a week for a period of 1 month has reported that yoga was not only feasible, acceptable, and easy to practice by patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS) but also effective in improving flexibility and in reducing the pain among AS patients. The authors recommend a minimum of 30 min of yoga practice every day under the supervision of a yoga expert to avail the benefits. Likewise, in another study, a residential yoga retreat consisting of yoga practice (sukshma vyayama, breathing practices, asana, meditation, and mediation) for 60 min, 3 times a day, daily along with yogic counseling, vegetarian diet, and bhajan for 2 weeks has been shown to improve spinal flexibility and lung functions, and reduce blood pressure, heart rate (HR), and the use of analgesic medication in patients with AS.
| Yoga and Systemic Lupus Erythematosus|| |
It is an autoimmune disease, in which immune system dysregulation leads to widespread inflammation affecting the skin, joints, kidneys, lungs, nervous system, and other organs of the body. In a study, the participants received yoga (asanas, deep breathing, relaxation, and meditation) for 60 min a day, twice a week for a period of 8 weeks, and were encouraged to do a home practice. The study showed an increase in balance and body awareness and tolerated faster-paced yoga classes. Yoga instructors' recommend to modify yoga based on the patients' energy levels and physical ability of systemic lupus erythematosus patients. Literature suggests that yoga is effective in the management of musculoskeletal disorders as it improves the range of motion and physical functioning and reduces inflammation by downregulating the nuclear factor-kappa β (F-Kβ). Yoga that is commonly employed in rheumatological diseases includes yogic Sukshmavyama, Asanas (Tadasana, Katichakrasana, Virabhadrasana, Gomukhasana, Paschimutaanasana, Shashaankasana, Vakrasana, Ekpada shalabhasana, Bhujangasana, Makarasana, Uttanapadasana, Setubhandhasana, Pavanmuktasana, and Savasana), pranayama (Nadisodhana Pranayama, Kapalbhati, Bhramari, Ujjayi, etc.), relaxation techniques, and meditation.,
| Yoga and Inflammation in Healthy Individuals|| |
Yoga is highly beneficial in regulating inflammatory response when it is practiced over a longer duration. Studies have found that people who have practiced yoga for a longer time have decreased amount of serum interleukin (IL)-6 levels, and therefore, a decreased amount of detectable CRP. In contrast, subjects who were new to the practice of yoga or have been practicing yoga for a shorter duration were found to have 41% higher serum IL-6 and therefore, a 4.75 times higher amount of detectable CRP. In addition, more years of yoga practice are found to be associated with lower leptin levels and lower adiponectin-to-leptin ratio. This is not to say that yoga does not have any immediate effects on inflammatory markers. Immediate effects of yoga on inflammatory markers were also studied. It showed that practice of yoga for a duration of 5–20 min and reduced the levels of IL-1 β, IL-8, and monocytic chemotactic protein-1 (MCP-1). The levels of reduction of IL-8 were significant at all-time points tested, whereas IL-1 β showed reduction at 15 and 20 min time points, and MCP-1 level was marginally different at 5–20 min. There was no significant reduction in the levels of IL-1RA, IL-6, IL-10, IL-17, 1P-1O, MIP-1b, and tumor necrosis factor (TNF-α).
A 3-month long yoga retreat has reduced self-reported anxiety and depression in subjects and has increased the level of brain-derived neurotrophic factor, and cortisol awakening response, which is a reflection of increased dynamic physiological arousal and the dual enhancement of pro-and anti-inflammatory cytokine changes to healthy immunologic functioning. Plasma levels of anti-inflammatory cytokines IL-10 were increased and the proinflammatory cytokine IL-12 was reduced. However, plasma levels of other pro-inflammatory cytokines, including interferon-gamma (IFN-γ), TNF-α, IL-1 β, IL-6, and IL-8, were increased after the retreat. This shows that yoga does affect the inflammatory markers of the body.
Yoga has had its differences from other forms of exercise. Strenuous exercises tend to increase the oxidative stress of the body by the accumulation of lactic acid. In contrast, yoga practitioners exhibit reduced inflammatory response as evident from the reduced values of TNF-α and IL-6. Yoga training has also showed a significant reduction in plasma insulin, total cholesterol and low-density lipoprotein (LDL), cholesterol levels, and insulin resistance, but shows no difference in levels of glucose, triglycerides, LDL, high-density lipoprotein, cholesterol, systolic blood pressure (SBP), diastolic blood pressure, body weight, and body mass index (BMI). The intervention showed reduction in the levels of pro-inflammatory cytokines (IL-6, TNF-α, and IL-1β), and inflammatory capacity of inflammatory cells and consequently suppressing the whole body's chronic inflammation.
| Yoga and Inflammation in Women|| |
Women are at a higher risk of contracting chronic diseases due to the differences in the inflammatory states that are brought about the hormonal fluctuations associated with reproductive events. These inflammatory states have been shown to vary by sex. For example, pro-inflammatory cytokines such as IL-8 and IFN-γ are elevated in depressed females along with higher levels of CRP, which positively correlates with the levels of IL-1 β and TNF-α, further predisposing them to many morbid conditions. Yoga intervention has been shown to significantly increase the level of albumin while reducing the levels of vascular inflammation factors such as fibrinogen, hs-CRP, and erythrocyte sedimentation rate. The practice of yoga during pregnancy has been found to lower salivary cortisol levels and significantly increase long-term salivary immunoglobulin A levels. Interestingly, the infants born to women who practiced yoga during their pregnancy weighed more than those born to women who did not practice prenatal yoga. Research findings also suggest a significant reduction in the stress level of pregnant women along with an enhanced immune function after the practice of prenatal yoga.
| Yoga and Inflammation in Industrial Workers|| |
Subjects working in factories manufacturing paint, chemical, and steel for over 3 months, who were at a high risk of occupational hazard showed highly significant changes in cholesterol, high-density lipoprotein, low-density lipoprotein, hs-CRP, IL-6, and TNF-α. Inhaled pollutants such as sulfur oxides, nitrogen oxides, hydrocarbons, carbon monoxide, hydrogen sulfide, ozone (O3), and dust are shown to stimulate alveolar macrophages to produce pro-inflammatory cytokines such as IL-1 β, TNF-α, IL-6, IL-8, and granulocyte-macrophage colony. Twelve weeks of yoga practice has been shown to produce a significant reduction in pro-inflammatory cytokine (IL-1 β) and a significant increase in anti-inflammatory cytokine (IL-10) compared to the control group in industrial workers.
| Yoga and Stress|| |
Yoga reduces inflammatory responses associated with stressful situations. Cross-sectional analysis demonstrated lower DNA methylation of the TNF region as a whole and at specific sites. However, there were no significant changes in the inflammatory biomarkers. Studies have also shown that yoga has demonstrated differential expression of 68 genes including upregulation of genes involved in immunoglobulin-related transcripts and downregulation of transcripts involved in the production of pro-inflammatory cytokines. Overall symptoms of stress improved significantly with a reduction in cortisol levels, which were maintained over the follow-up period.
| Yoga and Obesity|| |
Obesity is the most prevalent nutritional disorder and is an energy imbalance between calories consumed and calories expended. Moderate daily physical activity and healthy eating are modifiable and particularly important for preventing obesity. Obesity is a state of low-grade inflammation. Obesity-related inflammation is associated with adipocytokines produced from the adipose tissue, primarily, leptin and adiponectin. Obesity, especially visceral adiposity found in obesity upregulates various inflammatory cytokines such as IL-6, IL-1 β, IL-10, TNF-α, MCP-1, plasminogen activator inhibitor-1, angiotensinogen-1, endothelin-1, visfatin, resistin, retinol binding protein-4, and serum amyloid A. This state of inflammation can predispose the body to a chronic state of inflammation leading to metabolic dysfunctions, including, increased insulin resistance, and endothelial dysfunction precipitating cardiovascular diseases (CVDs).
Yoga-based intervention administered to people with obesity has shown to significantly reduce weight, BMI, and SBP. A significant reduction was also seen in IL-6 and an increase in adiponectin was observed. These effects were brought out by the administration of a short-term yoga-based lifestyle. The beneficial effects of yoga in the reduction of inflammation appear to be related to the reduction in stress. A plausible reason for stress reduction by yoga is increased mindfulness. Yoga is known to induce relaxation through the lowering of cortisol and increasing the levels of beta-endorphins. This results in lowered levels of cytokines including IL-6 and TNF.
| Yoga and Cancer|| |
Cancer patients practicing yoga showed a continued reduction of Th1 (pro-inflammatory cytokines) over a period of year. The intervention also decreased the SBP and HR. 10–15 min of yoga practice stimulated the levels of deleted in malignant brain tumor 1 (DMBT1), mucin-7, cysteine-rich secretory protein 3, and prolactin inducible protein. Particularly, DMBT1 was elevated by 10 folds and 11 folds. Yoga has both immediate- and long-term effects on fatigue and inflammation that are constantly seen in cancer survivors. Survivors who practiced yoga on a regular basis expressed lower fatigue, increased vitality, and also reduced inflammatory markers such as IL-6, TNF-α, and IL-1 β.
Studies claim that yoga intervention given to fatigued breast cancer survivors reduced the activity of pro-inflammatory transcription factors such as nuclear factor kappa B (NF-κB) and a simultaneous increase in the anti-inflammatory glucocorticoid receptor and reduced activity of cAMP response element-binding protein family transcription factors. No significant changes were found in the CRP, IL-6, or diurnal cortisol levels. In addition to this, there is also downregulation of genes involved in Type I IFN response and reductions in IFN-related transcription factors. Some studies also show significant improvement in decreased % of body fat but not in the cardiorespiratory capacity or in inflammatory serum markers − IL-6, IL-8, TNF-α, and CRP.
| Yoga and Cardiovascular Diseases|| |
Yoga practice has exhibited many cardio and vascular protective effects. The mechanism of which is hypothesized to be the reduction of EMP levels. Studies have shown that yoga reduces CD31+/CD42b − EMPs. Unlike pathological stress, the physiological stress brought about by yoga decreased EMP levels thus exerting protective effects on cardiac and vascular systems. The tone of the vascular system has also shown to improve with yoga practice. There was a significant improvement of 69% in endothelial-dependent vasodilatation in subjects with CAD. This proves that yoga improves endothelial function in subjects with CAD. However, more studies with a larger sample size maybe needed to further solidify these findings. In patients with comorbidities such as hypertension, yoga intervention did not significantly affect the inflammatory biomarkers or the metabolic risk factors associated with CVD. Yoga improved exercise tolerance and positively affected levels of inflammatory markers in patients with HF, and there was also a trend toward improvements in quality of life. Yoga has been shown to improve flexibility, treadmill time, peak oxygen uptake (VO2 peak), and the biomarkers such as CRP and extracellular superoxide dismutase (SOD).
| Yoga and Inflammatory Bowel Disease|| |
Yoga significantly reduced the state and trait anxiety levels and intestinal colic in patients with ulcerative colitis. However, no significant changes were observed in cardiovascular autonomic functions, eosinophil cationic proteins, or IL-2 soluble receptors.
| Yoga and Asthma|| |
The practice of yoga in asthmatic individuals for 6 months showed a significant improvement in the proportion of hemoglobin and antioxidant SOD and a significant decrease was found in total leukocyte count and differential leukocytes count (neutrophils, eosinophils, monocytes, and lymphocytes).
| Conclusion|| |
This literature suggests that yoga may be beneficial in reducing inflammation in healthy as well as in pathological conditions including arthritis, obesity, CVD, and cancer. However, studies had a smaller sample size and different forms of yoga techniques and a possible mechanism for the effect of yoga on inflammation has not been provided in detail. Thus, studies with larger sample sizes and exploring the mechanism behind the yoga effect on inflammation are required for a better understanding and clinical application.
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Today is the fifteenth of August and the seventeenth anniversary of the theatrical release of Freddy vs. Jason. To my disappointment, the film and its title have not become a popular metaphor for the grim dichotomy of American presidential elections, even though the parallels could not be easier to draw. However, there was a moment in time when Alien vs. Predator, a film that debuted sixteen years ago this past Thursday, did become just such a byword. “Kerry vs. Bush: whoever wins, we lose.” So muttered many a political critic in the march to November 2004, but four years later, in a world already exposed to Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem, few said the same of Obama vs. McCain. By that time, nonpartisanship—a concept we now dishonestly refer to as “cynicism”—was passing rapidly out of fashion, and with it the notion of a difference without a distinction, especially across party lines. In the furious present, an age of relentless proselytization, only we who are continually freeing ourselves from the Matrix cannot find a difference between Democrats, Republicans, and the bogeymen of slasher cinema.
“Well, yes, I’ll admit that Trump has an awful lot in common with Jason, but Hillary Clinton is a really good person. How can you compare her to Freddy Krueger? At the absolute minimum, you have to admit she would have been a lot better than Trump.” We can already hear the neoliberals’ feeble rebuttal, the only protest that they are capable of. Now is not the time to engage them in an ineffectual debate, not when we have spent the last several years explaining to them the same basic point: “The Democrats and the Republicans differ only in style and never in substance.” To put it another way—and this observation I wouldn’t have made without my latest viewing of Freddy vs. Jason—they exploit different psychological techniques to beguile the susceptible public. There is a popular meme that depicts sheep voting between a lion and a wolf, but perhaps it would be more accurate to ask: “Which predator do you fear the most?”
Of course, their greatest fear is neither the lion nor the wolf, but the unseen alternative—even, and especially, if that third choice is the best choice. The neoliberals do not despise Trump above all; if they did, then they wouldn’t have tried to impeach him and hand the reins to Pence, who is much more Trumpish than Trump could ever hope to be. They contemplate Trump more frequently than they do any other political figure, and they pelt him more often with insults, as well, but he seldom arouses their sincerest spite. They reserve their most acid and acidic bile for third-party presidential nominees, past and present. Compare the joyous, energetic, and often creative mockery that floods Trump’s Twitter feed with the bitter, indignant, and repetitious scorn that Ralph Nader inspired on this most recent Thursday.
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July 27, 2010
NORTHBROOK, Ill., July 27, 2010- Underwriters Laboratories (UL), a world leader in safety testing and certification, announces a new initiative to develop and launch electric vehicle installation training programs aimed at furthering the development and installation of electric vehicle charging equipment.
With President Obama's call for at least 1 million electric vehicles in the United States by 2015, several major automakers are poised to offer various models of fully electric (as opposed to gas-electric hybrid) vehicles to American consumers. To support the anticipated demand for electric vehicles, the race is on to develop, manufacture and install a large enough network of charging stations so that mass-market adoption of electric vehicles can become a reality.
Offered through UL University, UL's new training programs will provide a platform for various stakeholders who are involved in the design, construction, installation and inspection of electric vehicle charging equipment. A training module, as well as a hands-on testing component, will allow participants to demonstrate their understanding of relevant National Electric Code (NEC) articles, various installation requirements, UL electric vehicle safety standards and emerging electric vehicle infrastructure technology. UL is also developing programs for code officials and inspectors, installers and designers.
"The industry is well aware that the availability of safely installed charging stations poses a limiting factor in how quickly Americans adopt electric vehicles," said Gary Savin, UL's Vice President and General Manager for Electric Vehicle and Global Power and Control Business Unit. "We believe that the creation of these training programs can speed up the development, installation and inspection of the electric vehicle charging equipment process within the United States. And we plan on developing similar programs for other countries around the world."
UL anticipates that the training programs will be launched in the early fall of 2010, in time for the introduction of the plug-in and battery electric vehicle. In addition to the general training program for installers, UL will also be creating company-specific training programs which will allow for infrastructure equipment manufacturers to have installers trained on their equipment.
In addition, UL is developing a webinar on UL's electric vehicle safety standards. This webinar will focus on the relevant electric vehicle standards for off-board equipment as well as offer a brief overview of the relevant international standards. UL anticipates that the electric vehicle UL standards webinar will be held in the early fall of 2010. For additional information, and to be notified when the webinar is scheduled, please visit www.ul.com/electricvehicle.


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WESTFIELD – Given the way the Westfield and Hampshire Regional softball teams were trading runs on Monday, the game might have gone on all night if Hampshire junior Savannah Waters hadn’t gotten caught in a rundown in the top of the seventh.
Waters, who went 3-for-3 with two walks, represented the tying run as the Raiders (2-1) trailed in the seventh. With Anna Dziok at the plate, she got caught between second and third and eventually was chased down to end the game, 9-8, in Westfield’s favor.
“She’s an excellent player, so that was sort of a shock,” Westfield coach Joe Stella said. “That was a gift for us. I don’t know how much more we could have taken, but that was a gift for us.”
Westfield (6-0) had led 6-1 after the fourth inning, but Hampshire rallied with a three-run fifth and a two-run sixth to tie it, 6-6. The middle of the Bombers’ order refused to go quietly, though, pushing across three more runs in the bottom of the sixth for a 9-6 lead that was just enough.
Westfield’s second, third and fourth hitters in the lineup – Jessica Pratt, Maddy Atkocaitis and Kaitlyn Puza – each scored two runs. Puza also drove in three, going 4-for-4 with a double and three singles. Shortstop Lexi Minicucci, hitting fifth, drove in three runs and went 2-for-2 with a pair of walks.
“Lexi played excellent. She’s been solid the whole year,” Stella said. “Jess Pratt with the three bunts, those were big to sort of get things going. And then of course we’ve got some horses behind her. But if we can get that leadoff batter on, we’re in good shape.”
Westfield put together its first big inning in the fourth, breaking open a 1-1 tie with five runs in that frame.
After Maddie Brockway hit a one-out double, Vickie Camp reached on an error. Three singles and a walk later, the Bombers had taken a 5-1 lead, and picked up another run when a balk was called against Hampshire pitcher Alexis Ferris. Ferris came into the game to replace starter Sara Abel with two outs in the fourth.
“Sometimes when you’ve got a good-hitting team, you’ve got to change things up, let them see something different that’s coming at them,” McGan said. “Alexis throws different kinds of pitches and Sara throws different kinds of pitches as well, so sometimes you have to change it up to change their view for the hitters.”
Westfield senior Taylor St. Jacques, who had pitched just one inning over the Bombers’ first five games, gave up 11 hits and seven walks but hung on for the win.
That was thanks in large part to the Bombers’ offense, as all but two of their starting nine had at least one hit.
“It was a good experience for the kids to play a good team like this that can hit,” Hampshire coach Brian McGan said. “They didn’t quit as far as swinging the bats. We didn’t play great defense today. We gave them a few runs, and they capitalized on us. Good teams, you can’t do that. You have to take the outs when you get them.”
Westfield is a veteran team, with 11 seniors, two juniors and no sophomores or freshmen. Stella said he thought his team’s experience helped it rally after Hampshire tied the game.
“We have a lot of things to work on, but I thought the kids came back,” Stella said. “I thought we made some things happen on offense and we played pretty good defense. They’re a good team, so it was that back-and-forth, and you enjoy these games. We could have very easily been on the other end.”

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The late Charles Gwathmey said it best: “Institutions grow and institutions change, and the history of architecture has always been about additions and interventions.”
He made the statement, during an interview in Sacramento magazine in 2007, in response to questions about creating an addition for a classic building.
Gwathmey, of Gwathmey Siegel & Associates in New York City, designers of the Guggenheim addition, added, “… great buildings can co-exist. An historic building can co-exist with a modern building, and, if they”re both strong, the dynamic is that much more perfect.”
As it turns out, the newly expanded Crocker, one of the oldest continually operated museums in the West, was the architect”s last major project. It is sad to think he will not be on hand when it opens Oct. 10 after nearly seven years of talks and design and three more years of actual construction, costing more than $100 million. It added more than 125,000 square feet of new space under steel, glass and 4,000 aluminum panels and 4,500 grayish-white zinc panels that form the considerable exterior.
The new addition, which triples the size of Judge E.B. Crocker”s 19th-century O Street Victorian mansion that has served as the museum for the past 120 years, adds 12,000 square feet of exhibition space, 7,000 square feet of new courtyard space and a 250-seat auditorium. And plans call for a new sculpture park across the street, bounded by N, O, Third and Second streets.
In short, what all the numbers add up to is this: The Crocker Art Museum, arguably for many decades a minor-league player in the American museum scene, will take its place among sizable and noteworthy museums in several major American cities. No, not the Metropolitan in New York City or the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, of course, but certainly in cities with comparable populations, including Minneapolis (Walker Art Museum), Pittsburgh, Pa. (Frick Art and Historical Center) and Baltimore (The Walters Art Museum).
In square footage alone, the Crocker matches up against San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Modern Art Museum in Fort Worth, Texas, and the Chrysler Museum in Norfolk, Va.
In terms of member households, the Crocker exceeds the Walters in Baltimore and the Walker in Minneapolis and those of five other comparable museums.
Where it falls short, however, is in endowment, the lifeblood of any arts organization, especially in times when the economic chips are down to their lowest and tenuous points since the Great Depression.
In the several new galleries, some of them beautifully lighted by a sawtooth roof affixed with skylights, chief curator Scott Shields, escorting me through the addition two weeks ago, said there will now be enough space to exhibit 20 percent of the museum”s holdings, when the average museum only shows about 5 percent at any given time.
Best of all, the museum”s first series of new shows will be hinged around an exhibit of promised gifts, “Tomorrow”s Legacies,” and a career retrospective of 75 paintings and drawings by Wayne Thiebaud, 89, the internationally known pop artist who calls Sacramento home. He is painting a new work specifically for the exhibit and will donate it to the museum, said Shields.
Without doubt, the new Crocker expansion is a game-changer among West Coast museums and will truly be a richly rewarding cultural resource for Northern California.
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Dr Mark’s The Meaning in a Nutshell
Jon Silkin (ed.), The Penguin Book of First World War Poetry (1996)
The selection of poetry from the First World War edited by Jon Silkin, The Penguin Book of First World War Poetry (originally published in 1979 and revised with new material added in 1996) represents an expression of his pacifist ideals as much as his appreciation of poetry as an art form. Indeed, although Silkin claims in his introduction that ‘excellence’ was a key selection criterion, he implied that he understood excellence to usually encompass a critical attitude towards war.
In addition, while there is a preponderance of anti-war poems by the likes of Wilfred Owen, Isaac Rosenberg and Siegfried Sassoon, Silkin felt obliged to include several patriotic war poems, like ‘The Soldier’ by Rupert Brooke, which are so famous that their absence would be noticed.
Silkin arranged the poems in a manner to invite his readers to see the patriotic poems placed at the beginning of the anthology as naïve compared to the more strident anti-war poems found further on in the text.
Silkin had a preference for selecting poems about the horrors of war and that display compassion for the victims of war. He also valued poems that expressed pacifist political protest. These are, in his opinion, the best of the poems. Consequently, this collection can be appreciated as having an overarching pacifist theme.
In the interests of diversity, feeling there were a great many poems by British males in the collection, for this edition Silkin added more foreign poems that were translated and several poems by women that express their sense of deprivation, pain and loss.
Silkin has put together a collection of poetry from the First World War for readers in the post-Vietnam War era, a time that experienced a burgeoning of pacifism and pacifist political activism from the Left. Silkin has provided a sense of tradition for the sentiments of the radical anti-war protesters and conscientious objectors of the 1960s and 1970s that seems intended to provide further enlightenment about the horrors of war and to provide the kind of validation that a sense of tradition can create.
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State Sen. Gustavo Rivera, who easily beat disgraced incumbent Pedro Espada Jr. in the 2010 race for the 33rd Senate District (Bronx), spoke with MetroFocus after Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s State of the State address on Wednesday.
Q. You replaced a state senator who was facing a slew of corruption charges on the city, state and federal level. Knowing that, what was your top priority going into the job?
A. The most important thing for me was that the people of my district were served well. As I introduce legislation or debate policy, it’s all about how I can best serve my constituency down in the Bronx. One thing that I said over and over to folks when I was knocking on doors was that the main distinction between me and the other guy [Pedro Espada] was that he had forgotten who he worked for.
Q. Did you feel ex-State Sen. Pedro Espada had not been doing his job?
A. That is precisely right. It is the reason why I am here.
Q. In the governor’s speech today, he said that dysfunction in Albany had been completely done away with. Do you feel the same way?
A. There’s always more work to do. I believe the ethics reform package we passed in 2010 was absolutely a good first step in making sure that people serve the folks who they’re supposed to serve.
But I still believe that we need campaign finance reform. We need to get money out of politics. I also believe that we need to establish independent redistricting. I’ve said it during my campaign and certainly during the past year. I’m very glad that the governor has made it clear that he would veto any redistricting plan that does not come from an independent body.
Q. Cuomo intended to address redistricting today in the State of the State, but didn’t. Why is it such a key issue for you? And, why didn’t he get to it?
A. I think it got left out because of time. Here’s the thing: When this governor says he’s going to do something, he does it. If he looks you in the face and says “This is going to happen,” then it happens. When he says he’s going to veto redistricting lines that don’t come from an independent redistricting body, I trust his word.
Independent redistricting is absolutely necessary because as elected officials we should not be picking our voters, our voters should be picking us. And I believe that the gerrymandering of the Republican party, in the State Senate in particular — the way that they’ve manipulated districts for decades — has given them an artificial majority that doesn’t really reflect the people of New York State. And in a lot of places, on Long Island and in the Hudson Valley, the power of minority populations is watered down.
Q. Of the issues Cuomo did discuss, which resonated the most with you?
A. The overall tone I think is the first thing. Again, he is one of the most skilled doers that I’ve had the pleasure of being around. That’s how he got an on-time budget passed last year and how we got marriage equality. When he’s saying that we’re going to have more economic development projects across the state, and how those are going to have a positive impact, I think, “Ok, those are things that are positive and that are going to happen.”
When he talks about the tenant protection unit, of how to protect tenants across the state, particularly in New York City, I know that that’s going to happen. When he’s talking about expanding food access across the entire state, that’s something that I think is also going to happen. When he said children will not go hungry in this state because their parents don’t want to have them fingerprinted for food stamps, that’s something we’ve been working on for a long time. It’s unnecessary to fingerprint people who get food stamps. And he agrees with us.
Q. You were a champion of same-sex marriage coming from a religious, Latino district. Was that a hard vote for you? Did you face opposition?
A. For me, marriage equality has always been about basic civil rights. And I’ve always made it very clear where I stand on this. Just because I may disagree with someone on this particular issue doesn’t mean we can’t work together on a lot of other issues. For example, there’s a local City Council member who’s a reverend in my district, Fernando Cabrera. We work very closely on a lot of issues across the district, but we disagree on this issue.
Q. The Occupy Wall Street movement has struck a chord in New York and across the country and world. What should elected officials be doing to address the concerns raised by this movement?
A. I have and always will be supportive of what the Occupy Wall Street movement did. They actually brought the discussion about economic equality — which wasn’t really taking off — to the forefront. If you look six months before OWS started, the discussion didn’t have any traction. What OWS did was bring up the fact that the people who are actually responsible for the economic crisis have not been held accountable. We’re now having that conversation in ways that we weren’t before. Our job is to be supportive of that and to remind people that we serve the majority of the population, not a select, wealthy few.
Q. Is there a legislative answer to the issues raised by the Occupy Wall Street movement?
A. I believe part of the answer is making our tax system more progressive, which is something we began to do in December, by ensuring that the more money one makes, the higher the rate of taxation. I also agree with the message of Occupy Wall Street when it comes to holding the banks and the folks on Wall Street accountable for the foreclosure crisis and all bad behavior that has led to the recession we find ourselves in.
MetroFocus Multimedia Web Editor Georgia Kral conducted this interview, which has been edited and condensed.

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Asia and you may European countries are actually leading change people, with $step one.5 trillion off annual gift ideas exchange, taking over for each and every continent’s trading for the All of us. New research gathering an unprecedented range of bilateral investigation ranging from country pairs pinpoints the economic, social and you will political links anywhere between 51 Far eastern and you will European countries.
Since attention around the globe are on the united states-Asia trade war, China and European countries are working in order to deepen its matchmaking. Both continents made shared relationships anywhere between anyone, enterprises and you will associations a leading governmental concern, and they are swinging rapidly to construct and bolster links, which have a strong commitment to work towards the fresh new Alternative Creativity Desires (SDGs).
Renewable relationships ‘s the new name of one’s games. It is a focal point of China-Europe Conference (ASEM), a high-level intergovernmental collaboration discussion board between 29 Western european and you will 21 Parts of asia, plus Australia and you can The newest Zealand. Europe also has put forward renewable contacts within the has just followed means, “Hooking up Europe and you may China – Foundations to own an eu Approach”.
Trade between ASEM places makes up about about 50 % of all business merchandise trade. Even in the event intra-local trade (i.e. in this European countries otherwise within Asia) are four times greater than cross-regional change, the Far-eastern and you can Western european countries trade a whole lot more between them than simply anywhere between other nations all over the world.
A couple of big hubs stick out: Germany and you may China. These nations with her have the effect of a quarter of one’s total trade-in the fresh ASEM category, and are usually a portion of the trade bridges between them continents. Nearly 1 / 3rd out-of European merchandise sent to China come from Germany ($202 billion), that have Asia because biggest consumer.
About other-direction, over 50 % of China’s exports so you’re able to European countries is actually brought to Germany, Holland and also the British ($178 million). Russia, featuring its geographically central reputation, ‘s the 3rd premier trader on the ASEM number of regions. The country exports twice as much so you’re able to Europe than to China.
Important Asia-European countries trading streams greater than $100 billion and additionally are present ranging from Europe and Japan, and you may Korea and Asia. Inside European countries, Switzerland appear second in the exports in order to Asia, eg to Asia and you can India, exceeding Germany on second.
Towards organization top, exchange relations anywhere between European and you can Parts of asia are being strengthened. 2019 spotted another exchange agreement involving the European union and you may The japanese coming into force. Like exchange preparations render a beneficial possible opportunity to were arrangements into the green development. New Eu-Japan contract ‘s the to begin their type to include good specific provision towards Paris Arrangement.
Diplomatic matchmaking was strong, and you can data means that links through exchange arrangements and embassies was in the a heightened intensity of bilateral exchange. Greatest people eg China and you can Germany has embassies in most fifty ASEM companion nations.
Cross-edging financial support
Overseas lead resource (FDI) anywhere between Asia and you can European countries reaches close to $90 mil annually (2015-2017). This really is almost an equivalent proportions due to the fact FDI streams in this European countries.
The newest FDI landscaping was ruled from the a few significant overseas buyers within the for each and every part. More 50 % of European resource within the Asia originates from the uk and you can Germany, surpassing $32 mil. In reality, the united kingdom spends double the within the Asia compared to European countries, that have Asia receiving the greatest show. Simultaneously, Asia and you can The japanese is the fundamental Western dealers for the European countries, with each other amounting to $a dozen mil.
Complete, India and China appeal doing half of the Western european international financing. Yet not, some Parts of asia much more attractive to foreign dealers out-of Europe than just out of China. This is basically the circumstances having Korea, Mongolia, Singapore and you can Russia.
Movement of people
Asia and you will Europe are providing individuals and you may societies closer with her, with as much as 13 billion some one which have moved between them regions. Germany, the united kingdom and you can Australian continent machine the largest quantity of get across-bloc migrants (to dos.5 million for each and every).
Highest actions out of migrants on Uk so you can Australia and you may out-of Russia and Kazakhstan so you can Germany is actually on the historic, cultural and code connections. Russia ‘s the main country regarding source of migrants so you’re able to Europe, with Asia.
Worldwide graduate beginner versatility will bring accessibility quality degree abroad, therefore the chance to improve vocabulary event and you can talk about some other cultures and communities. Up to 1,100000 students flow among them continents every day – or about 400,000 on a yearly basis.
Great britain is the greatest place to go for Western youngsters, having nearly three-quarters originating from Asia, Asia and you can Malaysia. Chinese college students depict nearly half Western youngsters within the European countries. Australia is the favorite destination for European youngsters, accompanied by The japanese.
Asia is at this time open in the place of a visa so you can more a few thirds from Western european passport holders and Europe to 1 3rd from Western nationalities, given that visa openness guidelines allow youngsters and you may researchers traveling without difficulty.
Working together inside lookup
More 200,100000 collaborations anywhere between Asian and Western european lookup associations take place all of the seasons when it comes to co-publishing of scientific guides. Cross-bloc collaboration stands for near to 1 / 3rd out of search collaborations when you look at the ASEM countries.
Boffins out-of institutions in australia, New Zealand and you can India work together doing double the that have Western european nations than with Asian countries, and you will Russian boffins come together three times a whole lot more having European of them. Cross-bloc cooperation is actually more powerful with the Asian top than on the Eu top, due to the fact European countries also have a robust internal cooperation network supported from the higher European union-financed lookup programmes.
Maybe you have discover?
- As to why we’re surviving in the ‘Asian Century’
- Migration in Asia: In which was folks heading?
- Europe has stopped being a development chief. This is how it can score to come
Countries such as for instance Asia, Australia, the united kingdom, Germany, Russia and you can France give an intercontinental connection to have boffins. Many collaborations was between your Uk and you will China, additionally the British and you can Australia (more than ten,one hundred thousand for every), followed closely by Germany and you can China (doing seven,000) sites de rencontre pour l’herpÃ¨s.
Boffins inside small Far eastern regions look for trick browse lovers inside Eu regions. Particularly, look collaborations anywhere between Laos as well as the United kingdom portray to 20% away from Laos’ browse outputs. A comparable trend can be seen anywhere between Mongolia and Germany, and you will Myanmar additionally the Uk.
Sustainable connections – how pass
If you are China-Europe connectivity is vital to possess peace, stability, economic prosperity and you will inclusive invention, it’s only 1 / 2 of the story. Green relationships has to join reaching the SDGs, part of the 2030 Agenda getting Sustainable Innovation.
Study shows that Asia-European countries connections is lined up with many of one’s SDGs, specifically the people linked to the public aspect out-of sustainability. Because of this associations are on the top way of life conditions, much more inclusive societies and greater levels of education, yet others.
However, most readily useful linked places also are with the large impacts for the ecosystem, and therefore means high greenhouse gas pollutants and you can home-based material application. Policy-companies are faced with the problem out of minimizing the environmental effect off contacts, and making certain the professionals is actually comprehensive for everyone people in area.
To learn more, look for the latest declaration here and you may discuss brand new datasets on the latest ASEM Alternative Relationships Portal. Carlos Tacao Moura and you will Michaela Saisana triggered this short article.


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Dundee’s Astrodreamer will use the funding to complete their initial title and increase headcount
Dundee-based indie game studio, Astrodreamer has secured a six-figure investment which the founder says: “will change the future of the company”.
This investment represents a major step forward for the studio, which told the Scottish Games Network the deal: “will be felt in the wider games development community”.
Astrodreamer plans to use the funding to complete its first title A Bonnie Odyssey and create more jobs. “When we founded the studio, the aim was always to provide sustainable creative careers where people can feel fulfilled making fun games. said Jordan Hastings the studio director. “We are lucky to be in a position where we can stick to that vision.”
The studio has always been keen to do things differently, putting the focus on being a people-first company and driving new models of work, which they cannow implement thanks to securing funding. As Astrodreamer launches into full production of A Bonnie Odyssey, the studio is confident that this debut title will put them firmly on the map.
The Scottish Games Network spoke to studio co-founder and director Jordan Hastings to find out more about the studio
SGN: Tell us more about Astrodreamer
Jordan Hastings: Astrodreamer Studio was established in 2021, during the UK lockdowns. We were a small team of accomplished freelancers who came together to build our little company. We are now a much larger team with a substantial pool of creative talent to tackle projects. Our goals are to create sustainable jobs, we want to continue to expand our work with other studios, and ensure the creative freedom to work on many of our own titles a year.
SGN: Is the studio looking for work-for-hire projects, or are you now focused on creating your own intellectual property (IP)?
Jordan: Our studio is part original IP and part co-dev. We are a creative bunch so we split our focus between making our own worlds and helping other companies see their worlds develop.
SGN: Is there anyone out there you’d like to hear from?
We are interested in talking with publishers and large game studios. We want to develop relationships for enhancing our pipeline to market whether it’s for our clients or for our publishers. We have a treasure trove of creative game design documents that we would love to see come to life.
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A Bonnie Odyssey is the first major title Astrodreamer developed. When we first came together it was with the vision for this quirky scottish-inspired puzzle game and we’ve been working on it ever since. It’s a retro sci-fi mystery with colourful environments and fun characters to connect with.
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God has entrusted parents to help their children grow into mature human beings who love the Lord. It is easier said than done.
Here are three helpful thoughts over the next three Thursdays.
Be like a bucket. Back in the day, water wells had a bucket with which to draw out water that was deep in the well. Sometimes, parents need to be like a bucket drawing out what is deep in the hearts and minds of their children.
Proverbs 20:5 says, “A plan in the heart of a man is like deep water, but a man of understanding draws it out.” Deep water means deep thoughts and desires. As parents, we need to have a commitment to draw out the thoughts and desires of our children.
It takes a person with patience, discernment and understanding to do so. We should ask ourselves if we are patient, discerning and understanding with our children.
Here’s a principle to ponder: Seek first to understand before being understood.
Too often, as parents, we want our children to understand us. We want them to listen, learn and obey. Sometimes, we want them to be seen and not heard. In fact, it may be our definition of great children…seen and not heard.
Even among adults, what if at work, your boss or supervisor never really listened to you? You are never given an opportunity to express yourself or how you feel about things. You are always told to keep quiet and just do what you are told. You probably wouldn’t flourish as a person.
If our children are to flourish, they need to be understood from the inside out. Wise parents try to be a bucket, drawing out what is deep in the hearts and minds of their children.
Wise parents try to be like a bucket.
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“A visit of a delegation of the NATO Allied Land Command to Ukraine has begun today. A meeting with my colleague, NATO Allied Land Commander Lieutenant General Roger Cloutier, has just ended. We discussed a number of issues regarding the development of military cooperation between the Land Command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and NATO,” Colonel General Oleksandr Syrsky, Commander of the Land Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, said at a joint press conference with Roger Cloutier in Kyiv.
He noted that the visit of the NATO Allied Land Commander proved that political and military leadership of NATO and the Allies saw Ukraine as a strategic and predictable partner aiming to become a full-fledged member of the world's most powerful collective security system.
As noted, the parties paid special attention to the development of military cooperation and acquaintance of the Alliance representatives with the process of combat training of units and subdivisions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the reform of the Land Forces.
In turn, Lieutenant General Roger Cloutier informed that his visit to Kyiv was the final stage of a multinational tour to acquaint partners with NATO land forces and their leadership.
"I am here to understand the structure of the Land Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and their tasks, as well as to strengthen our cooperation with the Land Forces Command, which has already begun, and with Ukraine as our important land partner," Cloutier said.
As Lieutenant General Roger Cloutier noted, Ukraine is one of the six NATO's Enhanced Opportunities Partners, having an opportunity to enjoy enhanced access to interoperability and training programs, as well as access to information, including NATO experience.
"As the NATO Allied Land Commander, who is responsible for bringing NATO to combat readiness and for interoperability, it is a great privilege for me to help the Ukrainian Land Forces take advantage of this unique opportunity and assist in their development," Lieutenant General Cloutier said.
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A husky kid scored in a high school lacrosse game, prompting Kudda.com’s Booker Corrigan to break out the lyrics to Big Poppa. He’s apparently notorious (ba-boom-tish) for this sort of thing. A labored, familiar pop-culture reference sledge-hammered into a broadcast. This must be what it felt like listening to Chris Berman in 1985. [Video via Awful Announcing]
Or will the NFL give fans Johnny Manziel? What about Winston or Mariota?
Don’t worry, you’ll get the requisite David Puddy reference.
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The city's first ciclovia will open a car-free Embarcadero to cyclists
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GREEN CITY On Sunday, Aug. 31, the Mayor's Office and several community groups join forces to bring San Francisco into an international movement to increase physical activity, break down invisible borders, and make scenic space available to all during the city's first ciclovia.
More than 4.5 miles of streets will be closed to cars that day from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. for Sunday Streets, the first of two ciclovias scheduled this summer. The idea of the ciclovia which is Spanish for "cycle way" or "bike path" was conceived in Bogotá, Colombia, during the mid-1990s and has since spread throughout the world.
The concept is to take existing roads the province of cars and turn them into temporary paths for walking, jogging, cycling, and other physical activity.
"I think it really helps us re-imagine our city streets as places of safe, non-auto physical activity," said Wade Crowfoot, Mayor Gavin Newsom's director of global climate change. "From an environmental perspective, it's time we re-imagine our space and our streets, and to make streets accessible to everyone."
The route extends from Bayview Opera House, up Illinois Street to the Embarcadero, along the waterfront, and across Washington Street into Chinatown. Five activity pods will feature dance classes, yoga, hopscotch, jump rope, and more, and participants are encouraged to explore as much of the route as they can. The Giants' stadium will be open to pedestrians and bikers who want to run the bases, and event facilitators say they hope this 4.5-mile stretch will grow into something bigger.
"We hope this is just the beginning, and that it succeeds all over the city," said Andy Thornley, program director of the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition.
The man largely credited with starting the ciclovia is Gil Penalosa, who implemented the idea as Bogotá's commissioner of parks and recreation in 1995. Penalosa now runs a nonprofit called Walk and Bike for Life that promotes the ciclovia and other forms of active living.
San Francisco's event is modest: Bogotá closes off more than 80 miles of looping streets every Sunday and on holidays. More than 1.5 million people turn out each week, according to the Walk and Bike for Life Web site. Ottawa closes more than 30 miles of space on Sundays from May to September, and events have taken place all over Europe in addition to the American continents.
The ciclovia is also part of the car-free movement, an international effort to promote alternatives to car dependence and automobile-based planning.
Besides saving energy and promoting fitness, event planners at ciclovias in Bogotá noticed the events were causing a cultural shift. The Christian Science Monitor reported in an Aug. 18 article that residents from different neighborhoods began interacting as never before. Indian residents of poorer neighborhoods used to halt at the imaginary dividing lines of the more affluent European neighborhoods, and vice versa, but now people mingle freely.
San Francisco organizers hope to use Sunday Streets to create a similar effect here.
"We deliberately chose the route that connects the Bayview to Chinatown, two communities that are historically disconnected," said Susan King, the event's organizer. "We want people to go to Hunters Point and Chinatown and see what's out there, with the hope that people will see things they want to come back to."
King also noted that these two neighborhoods lack adequate open space. "We want people in those communities to experience what people who live adjacent to Golden Gate Park and the Presidio get to experience on a regular basis an opportunity to exercise and not worry about getting hit by cars," King said.
Another international trend that Sunday Streets continues is the reclaiming of waterfront space. Tom Radulovich, executive director of Livable City, said he recently visited Vancouver and experienced its 28 miles of bicycle and pedestrian paths along the water. Paris also has a ciclovia every summer that closes a major expressway and creates a beachfront and promenade along the Seine.
"[The Embarcadero] that big, dangerous roadway cuts the city off from the waterfront," Radulovich said. "We want to think about the possibility of reclaiming the water space more successfully for San Franciscans."
One of the few voices of opposition to Sunday Streets came from a group of Pier 39 merchants who worried about the economic impact.
The Board of Supervisors voted Aug. 5 not to delay the event until an economic impact report had been released, but Crowfoot said traffic impact analyses will be done this weekend so that there will be better understanding of the impact of any future events. But many ciclovias have actually increased business because people are more prone to stop and look in stores when they walk by instead of just driving past them.

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The Major Oil Marketers Association of Nigeria has said the pricing template for Premium Motor Spirit should be reviewed regularly to ensure that the price of the commodity reflects the reality on the ground.
he PUNCH had reported last week that the landing cost of the PMS being imported into the country had risen to at least N205 per litre on the back of the recent increase in global oil prices, putting more pressure on the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation.
The Chairman, MOMAN and Managing Director, MRS Oil Nigeria Plc, Mr Andrew Gbodume, said the nation’s current business model for the distribution of petroleum products was unsustainable.
Gbodume, who stated this on Monday at a press briefing, commended the Pipelines and Product Marketing Company, a subsidiary of the NNPC, for its efforts over the last few months in ensuring consistent supply of petroleum products within the country.
He stated, “The PPMC has demonstrated its resolve in guaranteeing a non-reoccurrence of the scarcity the nation experiences at the end of 2017 and quite frankly has done well so far.
“However, the NNPC, being the sole importer and supplier of petroleum products in Nigeria at the cost incurred, it should be clear to all Nigerians that this policy direction is not sustainable.”
According to MOMAN, the path to fully achieve a sustainable operating environment for the Nigerian petroleum industry begins with the downstream private sector.


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From the feedback I have received, yesterday's blog post made a lot of people...including me.... hungry. I thought it would be interesting to continue the theme and uncover venues where groups can share the experience of creating gourmet cuisine together:
1. Auberge La Feniere
Sixty miles away from Marseille Airport, this 16-room auberge in a country setting in Provence overlooks Durance Valley.
There are 2 meeting rooms: Salon Bleu with a capacity of 10 and Salon Rouge with a capacity of 22. On-site, groups can enjoy cooking classes and then stroll through the vineyards or rleax in the vineyards. Here is a preview of the types of dishes that groups prepare.
Located in the Midi Pyrenees 20 minutes from Saint Antonin Noble Val, Haute-Serre is a 5-bedroom, 200-year-old stone farmhouse that offers hands-on French cooking classes through Raison d'art. Every year, they offer a 10 day culinary retreat in Midi-Pyrenees, France & The Basque Region.
3. Chalet Savoie Fair
In the heart of the French Alps, Chalet Savoie Faire welcomes groups of up to 8 participants to their early 20th-century farmhouse in Fontaines Naves. Through their Alpine cooking schools, guests have interactive culinary experiences that showcase the local cuisine.
4. Cook in France
From their venue in South West France's Dordogne Region, British couple, Jim and Lucy Fisher, offer residential cooking experiences. They have converted a barn into a modern venue that offers comfortable accommodation for 6 on the ground floor and cooking in a contemporary kitchen on the upper floor.
5. Le Calabash Cooking School
Located in Yzeures-sur-Creuse, a tiny hamlet in Indre et Loire, Le Calabash Cooking School can provide incredible culinary experiences for groups of up to 12. Guests stay in Chateau Valcreuse, a luxury reiverside château dating back to 1850. Classes are held in a traditional French farmhouse on property.
You'll discover more Corporate Event Venues for Cooking Events on the Cvent Event Blog.
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Here are some of the activities that Helping Hand has been up to in the last few weeks and what is happening in the near future. We are exhibiting a Christmas Tree at Brighstone Christmas Tree Festival this year between 7th and 10th December, probably the first Cambodian Christmas tree on the Island ?
We also recently promoted the charity at Newport Methodist Church Christmas Fair. We gave out plenty of literature and it was a good opportunity to talk to people and share about the charity and the work we are doing.
After having their school photo’s taken each of the children were give a photo. I was really quite taken with how much this meant to them all…….it re-enforced a real sense of community and belonging. Virtually all of the children come from the same slum in the south of Phnom Penh and it is so encouraging to see them doing well and making new friendships with one another.
The younger brother of one of the girls that is sponsored recently broke his glasses. Two years ago Helping Hand provided him with some glasses due to a donation at the time. Unfortunately he broke them and needed a new pair and, again due the generosity of a supporter, we were able to provide him with some. This means so much to Sothea as without them he really does have poor eyesight and is unable to study at school. The total cost of an eye check and brand new glasses was about £25….maybe a small amount to many of us but this gift of a donation was such a Blessing to Sothea.
At the end of each month Chanthy will arrange the payment and collection of rice for those sponsored through Helping Hand. At the moment we help provide for just nine families from private donations. Giving a bag of rice to someone doesn’t sound very exciting but in these slums where these people live it is what they need; they are back to basics, that is food, water and shelter.
It is so exciting to see the children from Helping Hand doing well at at school. There have been times when I have thought if this whole sponsorship thing would work…….but it does. Would the children be clever enough ? Most of their parents, if they have any, are uneducated and some can’t even read or write. Would they be disciplined enough ? They come from homes and environments without any structure, would they be prepared to go to school on a regular basis ? Would they mix with the other children as virtually all are from comfortable backgrounds ? Would they do their homework ? A lot of children in the slums are sent out to work by their parents so that they can bring in an income for the family as soon as they are old and strong enough, would the parents still encourage them to do their schoolwork ? The answer to all these questions is YES :)….but ultimately it works because it is God’s work. I and others are just stewards of this charity and we must continue to acknowledge Him in all that we do for Helping Hand Cambodia.
An example of the children doing well, and defying the odds, is Ra Kanha. We have said that any child coming first in their monthly class grading would be given a cake and a certificate as a reward. Last month Ra Kanha came first out of 35 students in her class……slum kids are smart kids, and happy kids, and intelligent kids, and kids with a future…
Would you like to be part of what we are doing, be it prayerfully, practically or just find out more information ? If so please contact me at firstname.lastname@example.org


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The Old Man of the Mountain, the stone-outcropping profile of a gnarled face that has been a tourist attraction and symbol of New Hampshire for generations, fell from its granite aerie in the White Mountains at Franconia Notch State Park on Friday night or early yesterday, state and local officials reported.
Celebrated in poetry and folklore, displayed on the state's license plates and quarters, photographed and drawn by artists, the profile -- less well known than Yosemite's El Capitan or Yellowstone's Old Faithful, but similarly iconic to natives of New Hampshire -- had gazed eastward from Cannon Mountain for eons since being carved by a glacier, perhaps 30,000 years ago.
No one reported seeing or hearing the collapse of the great rock face, which plunged down the mountainside moraine in a shroud of fog after a day and night of thawing and freezing, and there were no injuries reported, said Don Bliss, the state's director of emergency management.
A tourist apparently discovered the debris trail, and the missing face, yesterday morning, Mr. Bliss said.
He said the rock formation had been in danger of falling for years, and had been held together with cables, anchoring spikes, even epoxy glue. No foul play was suspected in the collapse.Continue reading the main story
''It just died of old age, of natural causes,'' David Schaffer, Franconia's town moderator, said in a telephone interview. ''I went up to see it this morning. There's nothing left. It just totally, totally came down.''
Asked what effect the loss of the Old Man of the Mountain might have, Mr. Schaffer noted that thousands of tourists, campers, skiers, rock climbers and sightseers would undoubtedly still flock to the White Mountains and Franconia Notch State Park for their beauty and recreational offerings.
''It's a good park, with an awful lot to do,'' Mr. Schaffer said. ''My feeling is that the loss will be more symbolic than real. But oh, my lord. What a thing to happen.''
Discovered in 1805, the rock formation, a series of five red granite ledges 40 feet high and 25 feet wide, formed a heavy brow, a prominent nose, a jutting chin and a stern mouth. It overlooked Profile Lake, 1,200 feet below, and Interstate 93 in a setting of lofty mountains, ski trails and forests 6 miles south of Franconia and 70 miles north of the capital, Concord.
One of the most photographed natural features in the country, the profile was the subject of countless poems, including one by Daniel Webster, the orator who had served New Hampshire in Congress. He likened the Old Man to a sign, comparable to a shoemaker or a dentist.
''But up in the Franconia Mountains,'' Webster wrote, ''God Almighty has hung out a sign to show that in New England He makes men.''
The outcropping was also the subject of a Nathaniel Hawthorne story, ''The Great Stone Face,'' from his Twice Told Tales.
''It seemed as if an enormous giant, or Titan, had sculptured his own likeness on the precipice,'' Hawthorne wrote.
Besides being featured on New Hampshire license plates and roadside signs, the profile was incorporated into the nation's first two-headed quarters in August 2000, with George Washington on one side and the Old Man of the Mountain on the other. The coin, one of a series commemorating the states, also used the New Hampshire motto, ''Live Free or Die.''
For decades, chunks of the rock formation had been falling off, and state officials had feared the the entire profile might come down.
In an effort to prevent a collapse, Niels F. F. Nielsen Jr., a state highway worker, was named the official caretaker in 1960, and for many years he and a crew secured the ledges with cables and epoxy.
In 1999, two years before his death, Mr. Nielsen told an interviewer that he thought the rock face would outlive him by many years.
''My gut feeling is that any baby that's born on this date, today, will not see the Old Man come down,'' he said.
Mr. Schaffer, Franconia's town moderator, said it might be possible to lure tourists by putting up signs in the summertime -- ''See where the Old Man was.''
But, he said, ''I think we'd only be able to get away with that for about a year.''Continue reading the main story


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The Food and Drug Administration could license a coronavirus vaccine as early as completion of this week. The relocation would be a turning point in the pandemic, as public health officials state the U.S. is most likely to face its worst public health crisis in history this winter.
The FDA is scheduled to assemble a conference of its Vaccines and Associated Biological Products Advisory Committee, referred to as VRBPAC, on Thursday to evaluate Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine with German drugmaker BioNTech for emergency usage authorization.
James Hildreth, a member of the committee, told NBC’s “Weekend Today” on Saturday that an authorization might come as early as Friday.
“If the FDA commissioner chooses to provide approval, the EUA, on that day when the vote is taken, as early as Friday of next week we could see vaccinations occurring across the country,” he stated.
Emergency situation use permission means the FDA will enable some grownups to get the vaccine as the agency continues to evaluate information. It isn’t the like a full approval, which can usually take months. The FDA approved emergency situation clearance for Gilead Sciences’ remdesivir in May prior to giving full approval in late October.
Two days before the meeting, the FDA is anticipated to release a roughly 100-page file assessing the companies’ scientific trial data, stated Dr. Paul Offit, a voting member of the advisory committee, using a peek into the firm’s view of the vaccine.
“The general public will see everything that we see,” said Offit, who is likewise the director of the Vaccine Education Center at Kid’s Hospital of Philadelphia.
If the meeting Thursday goes well and the advisory committee officially votes to OK the vaccine, the FDA might reveal its authorization “within days,” Health and Human Provider Secretary Alex Azar told ABC News’ “This Week” on Sunday. “However it’s going to go according to FDA’s gold-standard process, and I’m going to make certain it does,” he included.
The vaccine might not come at a more important time. Hospitals throughout the U.S. currently have a greater load of Covid patients than ever previously, and the country’s break out is primed to set a lot more grim records today. Dr. Deborah Birx, the White House coronavirus response planner, cautioned on Sunday that the escalating coronavirus rise is likely to be the most trying occasion in U.S. history.
“This is not simply the worst public health occasion. This is the worst event that this nation will deal with, not simply from a public health side,” she informed NBC’s “Fulfill the Press,” echoing comments made by Centers for Disease Control and Avoidance Director Dr. Robert Redfield on Wednesday.