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Lab-Grown Corals May Prevent Reef Bleaching
By Johan Augustin
In a lab on Australia's east coast, scientists are concocting what they hope will be the solution to the steadily worsening problem of coral bleaching.
Few people understand the Great Barrier Reef, and the challenges it faces, better than the scientists at the Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS). And events of the past few years have them concerned about how well it can cope with rising water temperatures that have increased the frequency, severity and extent of coral-bleaching events.
As water temperatures rise, the coral polyps flush out the photosynthetic algae that live in their tissue and give them their color. The corals depend on the algae for their energy, and without these symbionts, the newly bare, or "bleached," reefs slowly start to die.
Historically, bleaching events have occurred far enough apart in time that reefs have been able to recover, typically within about a decade. But in March this year, the Great Barrier Reef suffered its third major bleaching event in just five years.
"Three major widespread mass bleaching events throughout the Great Barrier Reef are clear indicators that ocean warming is happening faster than expected and the severity of the warming events is pushing corals beyond levels that these reefs can sustain," says Neal Cantin, a coral reef biologist at the AIMS.
A branch of bleached coral. Jonas Gratzer / Mongabay
Water temperatures this time around didn't reach as high as during the 2016 event, but the bleaching was worse for two key reasons, Cantin says.
"The first is how soon it follows the 2016 and 2017 back-to-back bleaching events. The second concern is the footprint of heat in 2020," he says.
That "footprint" refers to the total extent of reef affected by bleaching. While the 2016 event had the most extreme levels of heat, Cantin says, it was limited mostly to the northern part of the Great Barrier Reef, severely bleaching 35% of the total reef area. This time around, the entire length of the reef — a span of 2,300 kilometers (1,300 miles) — was exposed to heat stress "capable of causing bleaching." That resulted in severe levels of bleaching on an additional 25% of the reefs, Cantin says.
Bleached coral on the Great Barrier Reef. Jonas Gratzer / Mongabay
But brewing in the AIMS lab are pioneering experiments aimed at finding scientific breakthroughs for a problem that experts agree is bound to get worse over time. And they've already come up with a strong candidate for the answer to the bleaching problem: corals engineered to take the heat. In a method known as assisted gene flow — similar to how food crops are crossbred to emphasize favorable traits — scientists here single out the genetic properties that make certain coral species more resistant to heat, and find ways to pass it on.
These hybrids have already "demonstrated remarkable resiliency" to high water temperatures at the juvenile life stage inside the AIMS National Sea Simulator, says reef restoration scientist Kate Quigley. Her team also works with enhancing the symbiont algae.
"By pairing these enhanced corals with enhanced symbionts, we have been able to increase their heat resistance up to 26 times," Quigley says, pointing to a recently published study with those findings. The researchers have also found that breeding these enhanced corals creates new genetic diversity in key traits associated with resisting higher water temperatures.
"The early results we have found in regards to enhancing corals' heat tolerance are encouraging," Quigley says. "I would describe these early experiments as successes."
A tank of enhanced coral at the AIMS center being tested for their warm-water tolerance. Jonas Gratzer / Mongabay
The hybrids have one parent from northern, warmer, parts of the reef and one from the central, cooler, part. The results show that some of the strains have inherited the northern corals' temperature tolerance and can survive when placed in cooler environments. That suggests that over time, as these cooler regions heat up, these corals will be able to tolerate the rising temperatures better than the native corals.
"We have learned key fundamental biology about coral reproduction and heat tolerance that will be important moving forward in further developing new, scalable coral restoration methods," Quigley says. "We are [also] finding that heat tolerance can be passed from parents to offspring in reproducible, persistent ways."
These research projects fall under the wider Reef Restoration and Adaptation Program, which Cantin calls "the biggest single effort anywhere in the world to develop options for intervening on the reef to help it adapt and cope better with climate change."
"These interventions are promising," Cantin adds, "but none are ready to deploy large-scale."
For the enhanced corals to have any meaningful effect across a reef that stretches the same distance as New York City to Miami, they will need to be deployed in massive volumes. Another experiment at the AIMS, the Larval Restoration Project, is looking into how to do this, but with naturally occurring warm-adapted corals rather than the gene-edited ones from the AIMS lab. It's the largest coral reseeding project in history, launched in 2016 and funded by the Australian government.
The idea is that during the annual mass coral spawning, which takes place every year during the November full moon, researchers harvest millions of coral eggs and sperm. They then grow them in enclosures on the reef to produce coral larvae, which are later released onto bleached and damaged sections of the reef to repopulate them.
The coral species that spawn this year will be the ones that survived the bleaching in March, and therefore those with proven better heat tolerance. The harvest this time around "will allow us to find reefs, populations and individuals that are particularly hardy and that will act as breeding stock for the production of coral offspring able to withstand high heat," Quigley says.
"The search for hardy and resilient corals continues, but we have already seen some very promising results," she adds.
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By Joe Roman and Taylor Ricketts
The COVID-19 pandemic in the United States is the deepest and longest period of malaise in a dozen years. Our colleagues at the University of Vermont have concluded this by analyzing posts on Twitter. The Vermont Complex Systems Center studies 50 million tweets a day, scoring the "happiness" of people's words to monitor the national mood. That mood today is at its lowest point since 2008 when they started this project.
The Hedonometer measures happiness through analysis of key words on Twitter, which is now used by one in five Americans. This chart covers 18 months from early 2019 to July 2020, showing major dips in 2020. hedonometer.org
These same tweets also indicate a potential salve. Before pandemic lockdowns began, doctoral student Aaron Schwartz compared tweets before, during, and after visits to 150 parks, playgrounds and plazas in San Francisco. He found that park visits corresponded with a spike in happiness, followed by an afterglow lasting up to four hours.

Tweets from parks contained fewer negative words such as "no," "not" and "can't," and fewer first-person pronouns like "I" and "me." It seems that nature makes people more positive and less self-obsessed.

Parks keep people happy in times of global crisis, economic shutdown and public anger. Research has also shown that transmission rates for COVID-19 are much lower outdoors than inside. As scholars who study conservation and how nature contributes to human well-being, we see opening up parks and creating new ones as a straightforward remedy for Americans' current blues.

Park Visits Are Up During the Pandemic
According to the Hedonometer, sentiments expressed online started trending lower in mid-March as the impacts of the pandemic became clear. As lockdowns continued, they registered the lowest sentiment scores on record. Then in late May, effects from George Floyd's death in police custody and the following protests and police response once again could be seen on Twitter. May 31, 2020 was the saddest day of the project.

Recent surveys of park visitors around the University of Vermont have shown people using green spaces more since COVID-19 lockdowns began. Many people reported that parks were highly important to their well-being during the pandemic.

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The powerful effects of nature are strongest in large parks with more trees, but smaller neighborhood parks also provide a significant boost. Their impact on happiness is real, measurable and lasting.

Twitter records show that parks increase happiness to a level similar to the bounce at Christmas, which typically is the happiest day of the year. Schwartz has since expanded his Twitter study to the 25 largest cities in the U.S. and found this bounce everywhere.

Parks and public spaces won't cure COVID-19 or stop police brutality, but they are far more than playgrounds. There is growing evidence that parks contribute to mental and physical health in a range of communities.

In a 2015 study, for example, Stanford researchers sent people out for one of two walks: through a local park or on a busy street. Those who walked in nature showed improved moods and better memory performance compared to the urban group. And a team led by Gina South of the University of Pennsylvania showed in a 2018 study that greening and cleaning up blighted vacant lots in Philadelphia reduced local residents' feelings of depression, worthlessness and poor mental health.

Creative Strategies
It isn't easy to create new parks on the scale of San Francisco's Golden Gate Park or the Washington Mall, but smaller projects can expand outdoor space. Options include greening vacant lots, closing streets and investing in existing parks to make them safer, greener and shadier and support wildlife.

These initiatives don't have to be capital-intensive. In the University of Pennsylvania study, for example, renovating a vacant lot by removing trash, planting grass and trees and installing a low fence cost only about US$1,600.

Urban green space is most needed in neighborhoods that have lacked funding for parks, especially given COVID-19's disproportionate impact on Black and Latinx people.

Cities can also create parklike spaces by closing streets to cars. Many cities worldwide are currently retooling their transportation systems for the post-COVID-19 world in order to reallocate public space, widen sidewalks and make more space for nature.

Urban designers, artists, ecologists and other citizens can play a direct role, too, creating pop-up parks and green spaces. Some advocates transform parking spaces into mini-parks with grass, potted trees and seating for just the time on the meter, to make a larger point about turning so much public space over to cars.

Or cities can invest a little more. Minneapolis, Cincinnati and Arlington, Virginia, have won national recognition for their ambitious investments in public park systems. These areas could serve as models for neighborhoods that lack access to parks.

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A New Park Deal?
The United States has historically driven economic recovery with major infrastructure investments, like the New Deal in the 1930s and the 2009 American Reinvestment and Recovery Act. Such investments could easily include nature-positive spaces.

Parks are not panaceas, as evidenced by the widely publicized racist confrontation between a white woman and a Black birder in New York's Central Park in early July. But Hedonometer data add to a growing body of evidence that they provide clear mental health benefits. Creating and expanding parks also generates jobs and economic activity, with much of the money spent locally.

We believe investments in nature are well worth it, offering both short-term solace in difficult times and long-term benefits to health, economies and communities.

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New York State Attorney General Letitia James announced Thursday that she will attempt to dismantle the National Rifle Association (NRA), arguing that years of corruption and mismanagement warrant the dissolution of the activist organization, as CNN reported.

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"There is no guaranteed safe way to extract, transport and store fossil fuel products. This oil leak is not a twist of fate, but the choice of our twisted addiction to fossil fuels. We must react by accelerating our withdrawal from fossil fuels," Greenpeace Africa Senior Climate and Energy Campaign Manager Happy Khambule said in a statement Friday. "Once again we see the risks in oil: aggravating the climate crisis, as well as devastating oceans and biodiversity and threatening local livelihoods around some of Africa's most precious lagoons."

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By Gianna-Carina Grün
While the first countries are easing their lockdowns, others are reporting more and more new cases every day. Data for the global picture shows the pandemic is far from over. DW has the latest statistics.
What's the Current Global Trend?
The goal for all countries is to make it to the blue part of the chart and stay there. Countries and territories in this section reported zero new cases both this week (past seven days) and the week before.

Currently, that is the case for 14 out of 209 countries and territories.

How Has the Covid-19 Trend Evolved Over the Past Weeks?
The situation has improved slightly: 87 countries report more cases this week than last week.

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Is coffee good for your health?
Coffee is the much-loved beverage that we can’t seem to live without. For many of us, starting the day without a cup of piping hot java is unthinkable. But are there any health benefits of coffee?
Coffee was first introduced to the western world by Italian traders. Thanks to Pope Clement VIII, whose decision to revoke the ban on this “too stimulating” beverage, ushered in an influx of coffee houses right across Europe.
The roasted beans used in the brewing process are berries taken from the Coffea plant (Coffea arabica). These berries (or ‘cherries’ as they are known) are reddish-purple in colour and contain the seeds we call ‘coffee beans’. The effects of coffee on our wellbeing have long been disputed, but many medics now believe there may be some interesting body benefits to be gained.
Health benefits of coffee:
Drinking coffee may reduce the risk of all-cause mortality, say researchers. A large study published in the journal Annals of Internal Medicine found that for men, a high consumption of coffee (more than three cups a day) was associated with a 12% lower mortality risk compared to those who didn’t drink coffee. The risk was 7% lower for women. Precise reasons are unknown, but the rich antioxidant content in coffee beans may be partly to thank.
Keep dementia at bay
A 2016 study suggested that there may be a link between caffeine consumption and developing dementia. Researchers found that women who drunk around three cups of coffee a day were less likely to develop cognitive impairments compared to those who had consumed little to no caffeine. It’s thought that the sense of alertness associated with caffeine may be responsible for the prevention of MCI (mild cognitive impairment), a known precursor to dementia.
Boost athletic performance
The stimulant caffeine present in coffee may help to enhance athletic performance and improve stamina. One theory maintains that the caffeine blocks the chemicals in our brain responsible for making us feel tired. In addition, caffeine triggers the release of fat into the bloodstream which is then used as fuel by our muscles and enables us to exercise for longer.
Reduce the risk of developing Parkinson’s
A number of studies have shown that a daily dose of caffeine (two 8oz/approx. 225ml cups of black coffee) may help control the involuntary movements associated with Parkinson’s Disease. Researchers believe it’s the neuroprotective effect of both caffeine and quercetin in the beans that may be responsible for reducing the risk of developing this all-too-common disease.
Lower the risk of liver cancer
Research has highlighted the benefits of consuming coffee in helping to ward off liver cancer. A range of studies led by the University of Southampton and the University of Edinburgh found that those who drank two cups of coffee a day had a 35% reduced risk, and that for those who drank five cups, the risk was halved.
While the stimulating effects of coffee can prove beneficial in many respects, bear in mind that excess amounts of caffeine can be unwise.
- The NHS advise pregnant women not to exceed 200mg of caffeine per day. This is the equivalent of two cups of instant coffee. Some doctors recommend opting for decaffeinated coffee instead (bear in mind dark chocolate and black tea also contain caffeine).
- Drinking too much caffeine (more than 400mg per day) can lead to insomnia, dizziness, muscle tremors, anxiety and an increased heart rate.
- It is generally advised that those with IBS, ulcers, gastritis and Crohn’s disease should avoid coffee. This is due to the irritating effect of several compounds and acids found in coffee beans (try boosting your gut health to help).
There are two main species of Coffea- Arabica and Robusta, (Arabica accounts for two thirds of the world’s production). The flavour of beans produced by these plants depends on several factors, including location and altitude. For example, Arabica beans thrive in subtropical regions such as Brazil, to more equatorial regions like Ethiopia. In terms of taste, a Brazilian coffee tends to be more chocolatey. A Columbian blend will usually have a sweeter and more nutty flavour.
We find coffee on our shelves in three main forms: whole beans, ground and freeze-dried. In all cases, growers pick and dry the ‘green’ beans before roasting them. After this, the beans are either ground to make fresh coffee or converted into instant coffee. This a process that involves brewing large quantities of coffee, reducing it down to a concentrate, and then finally drying it.
What about decaf coffee?
As for decaf, it is important to note that there are a number of methods to remove caffeine. At least 97% of caffeine must be removed for decaff coffee. This includes the use of chemical solvents whose effects on our health remain somewhat ambiguous. To avoid synthetic chemical traces altogether, opt for the ‘Swiss water method’. This is where Green Coffee Extract works to remove the caffeine (check labels or quiz the maker).
Black coffee (fresh beans/ground) is perhaps the most beneficial for our health due to the higher number of antioxidants present. In addition, organic, Fairtrade coffee grows without synthetic pesticides, herbicides and other additives which may prove damaging to our health and limit the overall amount of nutrients available. A better choice for your daily cuppa all round.
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One of the things I love most about wedding planning is that inspiration can strike at any time. Some brides have everything planned down to the last napkin fold, with Pinterest folders and a DIY schedule, and no surprises to deal with. For many, final decisions can be made even days leading up to the wedding. My favourite was my friend Abbie who didn’t want a garter, so after we joked in the car on our pre-wedding errands that her surfer husband-to-be would probably prefer a surf leash, that’s what we ended up buying! We put it on under her dress at the last minute and Phil had no idea – it was so fun. And I’ve never seen so many men try to catch a ‘garter’! So I wasn’t completely surprised when reading today’s story from Ian and Andrea, how the idea of a ribbon ceremony backdrop was a last minute decision. Well, I’m sure you’ll agree, it was an awesome one! I really love a focal point to an outdoor ceremony, and hanging ribbons are just SO pretty (and easy)! Plus, I love how photographer Wesley Poon went ahead and used the ribbons for the couple shoot as well, resulting in some spectacular pictures! The decor for this wedding is awesome – shabby chic with pops of jewel tones. I love love love the blue glass, the hanging bottles, the birds. And of course that ribbon, reflected again in the pretty long ties for the bridesmaids’ bouquets (nice twist on the ice cream pastels trend, no?). So much loveliness, and the moral of the story is, don’t be afraid to indulge one of your last minute whims – it may land up being your best idea!
From the lovely bride, Andrea:
We met seven years ago when were both working at Red Bull. We always had our eyes on each other but there were rules of staff dating. The moment Ian found another job, we got together and the rest was history.
Initially we wanted to go with a ‘green’ wedding, but after searching on the internet we found what sort of vibe we wanted. We had wanted our colours to be green and brown, but I’m very pleased we went with white, grey and a touch of turquoise. We wanted something simple, fresh – yet different. It kind of had a French, rustic theme. The venue was perfect with the look we were going for.
We had always talked about getting married outdoors and when we saw our venue we fell in love. We were able to have our ceremony outside in the forest – it was beautiful. Just two days before the ceremony, we decided to have ribbons at the altar and I’m so pleased we did! We also had balloons on the grass where the guests were waiting for us, bottles hanging from the ceiling with flowers and ribbons and then place names made of wood for our guests. These were a real hit – there are so many pictures with our guests holding and doing silly things with their names! The photobooth was also a hit.
Our thank you gifts were personalised M&Ms in our theme colours – one saying Ian & Andrea, and the other ‘thank you’. We also loved our cake, which was three tiers with five different layered shades of turquoise.
There were so many highlights. But most important, was being surrounded by all our special people at once – nothing beats that! :)
I Googled ideas for hours on end, and found so many good ideas on the web – but you can’t have everything – so my advice to future brides is to keep it simple. Enjoy the planning – it was one of the best times of my life; stressful, but a very awesome experience. Keep a realistic budget and stick to it! And do what makes you happy!
Thanks you Ian and Andrea – sorry for the wait! And thanks so much for sharing the pics, Wesley. You can find more on Wesley’s blog right here.
Venue & catering: Pecan Manor | Photography: Wesley Poon | Flowers & decor: Pollination | Cake: Tarts and Cakes | Stationery: Neon Creative | Bride’s dress: De La Vida Bridal Couture | Bridesmaids’ dresses: Bride & Co. | Hair: Boyde for Carlton Hair | Makeup: Genevieve Jevon | DJ: Blast

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“Nearly half of patients managing chronic conditions said they would physically visit the doctor less if they could share health data digitally, according to a recent survey. (Sony)”
by Heather Landi
“Patients who manage chronic conditions are eager to use a monitoring device to manage their health. But consumer smartwatches might not be the answer.
“Three in four patients say they would wear a specialized monitoring device only used for their specific condition if prescribed by their doctor, a survey from electronics company Sony found.
“Nearly 90% of those surveyed believe they could better manage chronic conditions with a health monitoring device. More than half of patients said they would potentially switch doctors if another doctor prescribed a specialized device, according to the survey of 2,000 people conducted by Sony.
“However, while consumer-facing companies like Apple and Fitbit offer wearables with health tracking capabilities, only 28% of patients would trust a consumer device to help manage their chronic condition and 45% said they were unsure, according to the survey.”

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During warm weather, the use of a supplemental fan bank ventilation system enhances the effectiveness of water sprinkling in regulating the body temperature of pigs, Canadian research showed.
That conclusion was reached in a study conducted on behalf of the Canadian research initiative Swine Innovation Porc. The supplemental fan bank especially enhances the effectiveness when the swine transport vehicles are stationary, reported Farmscape.
The research mostly focused on the effect of vibration during transport on swine behaviour and the effectiveness of micro-climate control in improving pig comfort when swine transports are stationary.
Dr Luigi Faucitano, a meat scientist with the Dairy and Swine Research and Development Centre of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, told Farmscape that the objective is to determine the effectiveness of a supplemental fan bank ventilation system placed outside the stationary truck on the farm after loading or at the plant before unloading. The research is in response to a previous study, which assessed water sprinkling to cool pigs.
Dr Faucitano said, “The results of the study showed that water sprinkling was very efficient in cooling off the pigs but also that, as we were sprinkling water inside the truck, there was an increase in relative humidity inside the truck.”
He continued, “Compared to temperature, this can be even more dangerous in terms of pig welfare and pig comfort in the truck. The solution to remove this excessive humidity in the truck is to ventilate the truck in order to cool off the pigs and remove the humidity at the same time.
“We wanted to test this new equipment, which was installed at the slaughter plant in Ontario, completely new and redesigned for our needs,” he continued. “We found that the system was very efficient. Pigs that were cooled off with this system had lower body temperature and, at a decreasing body temperature, they were less dehydrated at the slaughter point.”
He said other measures of pig comfort and welfare are still being analysed.


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Harare, Zimbabwe – Emmerson Mnangagwa has become sworn in as president of Zimbabwe, marking the tip of Robert Mugabe’s 37-year reign in excess of the region.
Tens of many men and women on Friday streamed to the capital’s Nationwide Sports activities Stadium to witness Mnangagwa, a former vice chairman, take the oath of workplace.
Lots of ordinary Zimbabweans feel optimistic about Mnangagwa’s presidency, hoping that a change in command could set the struggling country over a improved route and strengthen its lousy financial problem.
“I put my faith in him,” claimed Tinashe Sihlangu.
The 23-year-old claimed the incoming leadership gave him hope in lastly getting operate.
“We’ve presently witnessed from his work as vice president that he’s a person of action, so I’ve without a doubt that he can switch things about and create extra jobs for us youngsters,” he informed Al Jazeera.
Mnangagwa’s increase to electric power arrives soon after months of drama while in the wake of his dismissal by Mugabe that precipitated inside of a military services takeover of your place on November 15.
Zimbabweans hopeful for greater potential post-Mugabe
Mugabe, who initially resisted phone calls to phase down, stepped down on Tuesday.
According to stories, the 93-year-old former president has been granted immunity from prosecution along with a added benefits bundle as section of a negotiation deal.
Mnangagwa, who had fled to South Africa soon after his firing on November 6, promised position creation and economic steadiness in the course of his initial speech on returning on the nation.
“We want to mature our financial system; we want work,” he saidon Wednesday, cheered on by many enthusiastic supporters exterior the headquarters of your ruling ZANU-PF celebration.
His pledge came amid warnings within the Worldwide Financial Fund that “immediate action” was essential to handle the current liquidity crisis.
Zimbabwe’s principal stockmarket index, which had been rising over the previous two months, slumped by 40 % adhering to the military’s takeover.
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What is Integrative Veterinary Medicine?
The Integrative Veterinary Center (IVC) was established in 2000 by Dr. Signe Beebe, and is dedicated to providing the highest quality veterinary care through the integration of complementary and alternative medicine with conventional medicine.
Integrative veterinary medicine practice focuses on treating the whole animal, partnership between the client and the veterinarian, and the use of all appropriate therapeutic options to achieve optimal wellness for your pet. At the Integrative Veterinary Center we combine conventional medicine with Chinese medicine and all other complementary and alternative veterinary medicine (CAVM) therapies to provide an increased capacity to prevent and treat disease that would not be possible using one system of medicine alone. This integrative approach to veterinary medicine is designed to minimize adverse effects, maximize successful treatment outcomes and improve the quality of life. CAVM therapies that are included in an integrative medicine approach at our practice include but are not limited to: acupuncture, botanical (herbal) medicine, laser therapy, prolotherapy, neural therapy, IV Vitamin C for cancer and infections, tuina (Chinese medical massage), chiropractic, medical honey, therapeutic nutrition and nutritional supplements. CAVM therapies are designed to stimulate adaptive homeostatic mechanisms in the body and or to provide the body substances by which the body can heal itself.
Treating The Whole Body
All of these therapies treat the whole body and as such can be referred to by the generic term “holistic,” meaning that they view the body as an integrated whole and take the body, mind and spirit into account when formulating a treatment plan. CAVM therapies are designed to stimulate adaptive homeostatic mechanisms in the body and or to provide the body substances by which the body can heal itself.
The Integrative Veterinary Center (IVC) was established in 2000 by Dr. Signe Beebe. IVC is dedicated to providing the highest quality veterinary care through the integration of alternative and complementary medicine with conventional medicine.
At IVC, we believe that using a combination of all reasonable therapies or systems of medicine together provides the veterinarian with an increased ability to prevent and treat disease that would not be possible using one system of medicine by itself. This type of veterinary care focuses on evaluation of the whole animal and on the prevention of disease and maintenance of health, not just on the treatment of disease, and the suppression of symptoms. An integrative approach to veterinary medicine is designed to improve the likelihood of resolving an animal’s underlying disease condition, prevent or minimize adverse drug effects, maximize successful treatment outcomes and improve the quality of life. As our client, you are given all of the available options for the treatment of your pet.
Integrative veterinary medicine is a comprehensive medical approach to pet care that combines the best of conventional medicine and complementary and alternative therapies.
This type of veterinary practice focuses on treating the whole animal, partnership between the client and the veterinarian, and use of all appropriate therapeutic options to achieve optimal wellness for your pet.
Working Together to provide more
The emphasis is on using all reasonable therapies or systems of medicine that work together to provide an increased capacity to prevent and treat disease that would not be possible using one system of medicine alone.
This integrative approach to veterinary medicine is designed to minimize adverse effects, maximize successful treatment outcomes and improve the quality of life. Any veterinarian who uses therapies outside of conventional medicine and combines them with conventional medicine is an integrative veterinarian. The future of veterinary medicine lies in integration; ONE medicine, the one that works.
Our Veterinarians And Staff
The veterinarians of IVC are extensively trained in both conventional and complementary and alternative medicine and can effectively treat any of the medical conditions normally seen in veterinary practice. In addition we can help formulate individual pet nutrition and wellness plans to prevent disease from developing to promote an excellent quality of life.
The Integrative Veterinary Center provides you and your pet with a peaceful, serene ambiance to naturally promote health and well being.
We have used feng shui principles to enhance our center, which has three spacious exam rooms with a calm and quiet atmosphere. The water fountains, cushioned exam tables, chimes, plants and classical music help your pet to relax and promote maximal healing. Please feel free to stop by and make an appointment for a tour of our center by one of our friendly staff members. If you have any questions please don’t hesitate to contact us. Our compassionate, dedicated team of professionals are ready to assist you and your pet.
For your safety and that of your pet and other clients, please keep dogs on a leash at all times and properly controlled. All cats, must be confined in an appropriate carrier. If you do not have a leash or carrier, one will be provided for you.
Payment in full is expected at the time of service; no exceptions. Most major pet insurance companies will reimburse acupuncture, alternative and complementary services offered by IVC. Please consult with your insurance company before your visit to see what they will cover.
Payments accepted are cash, personal checks, Visa, American Express and MasterCard.
Due to the high volume of patients that require our services, we are sorry that IVC doctors will be unable to see patients that arrive more than 10 minutes late for their appointment. Each IVC client has reserved a specific time for their pet; if late arrivals are seen regardless of time, then other clients who are on time would be asked to wait unfairly. We know that traffic and other difficulties can sometimes make a client late for their appointment and, time providing, we will try to work you into our schedule; however, this is not always possible. Please call us as soon as possible if you know you will be arriving late. In the event that we are unable to see your pet, we will work with you to schedule another appointment.
Should you need to cancel your appointment, please call us 24 hours in advance to avoid a cancellation fee. Canceling your appointment on the same day or not keeping your appointment makes this time unavailable for other sick pets that need our help. This is especially true for new consultations. In the event that you cancel more than three times, we will need you to prepay before you and your pet can be scheduled to be seen by our doctors.
At the IVC, we do our best to treat each of our clients and their pets with kindness, compassion and courtesy. Our staff will make every effort to keep your waiting to a minimum, answer your questions and address your concerns. We know that anyone can have a bad day, and that the illness of a pet can be a difficult, emotional time but please extend courtesy to the ones who are here trying to help.

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There are precisely 646 hospitals in rural America that risk closure, the group says, due to persistent financial problems. These facilities are not being paid enough to cover the cost of care delivery, we are told, which means losses on the balance sheet continue to mount.
Inflation and workforce shortages are only making matters worse, the report further explains. And while some rural hospitals are being kept on life support with grants, local tax revenues, and other profit sources, most still have very low financial reserves and remain at risk.
Texas is in the worst shape with 81 rural hospitals, or around 49 percent of the Lone Star State's total number of rural hospitals, on the verge of closure, followed by Kansas with 56 rural hospitals, or 54 percent, facing probable shutdown.
Other hard-hit states include:
West Virginia, New Mexico, Maine, South Dakota, Hawaii, Indiana, Vermont, Colorado, Florida, Nevada, Wisconsin, Wyoming, Ohio, Alaska, Oregon, Idaho, Nebraska, New Hampshire, Arizona, Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Utah all have less than 10 rural hospitals facing closure.
The only states with no rural hospitals at risk of closure right now are Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, and Rhode Island.
(Related: During covid, Memorial Hermann Sugar Land Hospital near Houston killed a Vietnam war veteran by refusing to give him ivermectin.)
In the immediate term, about 200 of the 646 hospital facilities in question face a very soon risk of closure, while the others have slightly more time to turn things around and right the ship.
Whether or not they will be able to achieve this remains to be seen as it seems mostly southern states are having trouble keeping their rural hospitals open.
"We may not have the money to cover the medical costs of rural Americans but we sure as hell can pay for illegals while covering the cost of a war in Ukraine," wrote one disgusted commenter about the displaced priorities of America's politicians.
"Lots of hospitals stayed in business simply by killing people and calling them coof deaths," wrote another, referring to the deadly covid protocols that were deployed at hospitals through a federal government bribery scheme.
"Hospitals, doctors, actors, musicians, politicians, reporters, health officials, etc. all got paid in the trillions," wrote another. "We got like $1,200 and insulted."
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“I don’t know why they need you to write for Bugs Bunny, he’s funny enough on his own,” a grandmother once said to her young writer grandson who had just shared his excitement in landing a job at Warner Brothers writing scripts for Bugs Bunny cartoons.
I was recently invited to speak at the Script DC conference (Oct 15-18). I will be part of a panel talking about writing for animation and how animation can be used for effective storytelling. The administrators of the event said they wanted to use one of my animated movies as an example … of what not to do, I guess. ;0)
Oct 17th, 2:30 to 4:00 pm
Saturday, October 17, 2009
University of California, Washington Center
1608 Rhode Island Avenue, NW
I was excited to learn that my friend Kristen Harris will also be on the panel! She was one of five animators I highlighted in my 2006 documentary Draw the Line.
The weekend will include workshops, networking, a screenplay competition, and some amazing speakers. Screenwriters Megan Holley (Sunshine Cleaning), and Jeff Porro and Robert Eisele (The Great Debaters) will be joining other invited local and national industry professionals to ensure that all conference participants gain the skills, knowledge and connections they need to be successful.
ScriptDC is presented by Women in Film & Video, TIVA-DC, DC Shorts Film Festival, Virginia Production Alliance, and The Actors Center. This event is possible with the support of the DC Office of Film and Television Production, the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, Julia Barbara, Sapling Pictures, Ann Barbara, and Leeza Gibbons.


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Without a basement to run to, a shower served as the best way to ride out the storm in Panora.
A tornado was behind extensive damage in Guthrie County.
After studying the damage the National Weather Service said the EF2 tornado first touched down near Guthrie Center. It remained on the ground for 25-minutes hitting Panora with 115-mile per hour winds. Nearly 17-miles later the tornado finally lifted near Yale.
The tornado did its most severe damage near Lake Panorama, but even there, it was very selective about its targets.
It left the buds on the peonies but ripped the top off the next tree.
A storm that could splinter a 2x6, left the fuzz on the dandelions.
The robin’s house was spared, the Douglas’ wasn’t.
Compare the hosta to the hickory and witness vivid proof of Mother Nature’s power and her precision.
She could destroy these eight condominiums off Lake Panorama, while sparing the life of 88-year-old Walt Brammer.
“I was watching TV until he got to two miles south of Guthrie Center," he recalled, "and then I got up. And then I listened a little closer and when that thing hooked to the left I said ‘I’m going.’ And then I went in there.”
“Walking from this direction, and I get in here and I just plop myself up next to the glass, and this is where I stood.”
The storm ripped apart the structure, and then the rain poured over him.
“No electricity and I’m here with a flashlight trying to see a ceiling—I couldn’t see any ceiling!”
He says he lost 75% of his belongings, but seems to have saved 100% of his good spirit.
“You know, it happens," Brammer said. "I got out of it with my life so I feel pretty lucky.”
For such a furious storm, it was oddly selective.
Mother Nature’s unforgettable Mother’s Day - showing might and mercy alike.
Walt Brammer was the only one home in his complex at the time of the storm. His neighbors were either out of town or they are weekenders who had already gone home.
The tornado hit only a few structures in the area, but Bramer's eight-unit complex is almost a total loss.


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Social criteria examine how it manages relationships with employees, suppliers, customers, and the communities where it operates. More media giant Facebook announced today a new commitment to replenish more water than it consumes – becoming “Water Positive” – by 2030.
The company’s new sustainability goal complements its water stewardship strategy focused on sourcing water responsibly, driving water efficiency across its facilities and operations, and investing in critical water restoration projects in high-water stress watersheds where it operates.
In a blog post announcing the new commitment, Sylvia Lee, Sustainability Strategy Manager at Facebook, said:
“It can’t be overstated how vital water is to the world. Yet communities all over the globe are increasingly finding their water resources being put at risk because of climate change, extreme weather events, pollution, and other threats.”
The company outlined several of the water restoration projects that it has participated in, which primarily target conservation and ecosystem restoration, water supply and reliability, water access, sanitation and hygiene, and water quality. Beyond volumetric-focused projects, Facebook is also investing in capacity-building projects that might have a catalytic effect in watersheds around the world, supporting local Environmental criteria consider how a company performs as a steward of nature. More nonprofits, Governance deals with a company’s leadership, executive pay, audits, internal controls, and shareholder rights. More, research, and other non-volume-generating activities.
In its own operations, several of Facebook’s global offices utilize on-site recycled water systems, and its data centers are among the most water-efficient in the world. According to Facebook, the company’s use of renewable energy has also had a positive effect on its water stewardship efforts, resulting in savings of 1.4 billion cubic meters of water last year.
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Iraq's caretaker premier Adel Abdel Mahdi has asked the United States to send a delegation to Baghdad to begin preparing for a troop pullout, his office said on Friday.Full Story
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will visit the Middle East from Saturday, hoping to ease soaring regional tensions after the US killing of a top Iranian general.
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For my grandson, Benjamin
This is your first night in Carrigskeewaun.
The Owennadornaun is so full of rain
You arrived in Paddy Morrison’s tractor,
A bumpy approach in your father’s arms
To the cottage where, all of one year ago,
You were conceived, a fire-seed in the hearth.
Did you hear the wind in the fluffy chimney?
Do you hear the wind tonight, and the rain
And a shore bird calling from the mussel reefs?
Tomorrow I’ll introduce you to the sea,
Little hoplite. Have you been missing it?
I’ll park your chariot by the otter’s rock
And carry you over seaweed to the sea.
There’s a tufted duck on David’s lake
With her sootfall of hatchlings, pompoms
A day old and already learning to dive.
We may meet the stoat near the erratic
Boulder, a shrew in his mouth, or the merlin
Meadow-pipit-hunting. But don’t be afraid.
The leveret breakfasts under the fuschia
Every morning, and we shall be watching.
I have picked wild flowers for you, scabious
And centaury in a jam-jar of water
That will bend and magnify the daylight.
This is your first night in Carrigskeewaun.
We are delighted to welcome Michael Longley as the judge of this year’s Nature and Place Competition. Trying to find one of his poems to focus on for this blog has proved especially difficult, there are simply so many that I love. It strikes me that the poems and the collections accumulate inevitably as one work, all setting out a place that is infinitely interconnected. The poems from Carrigskeewaun form a major part of that. Most recently though I’ve been revisiting the 2011 collection A Hundred Doors and I keep coming back to this poem, ‘The Leveret’.
I really encourage you to read it out loud to yourself and to anyone else who will listen, not just for the mastery of the craft in every line, but to hear how that sings the integrity of what is being said: all of the utterly unforced observation and feeling.
Longley’s work explores so much; history (personal, local and global), the classics, love, friendship, elegy, art and of course the natural world. For me all of it is astonishing, but his constant and evolving writing about nature is most exemplary as indeed is the position he stated in an interview with Jody Allen Randolph that: ‘The most urgent political poems are ecological: how we share the planet with the plants and the other animals. My nature writing is my most political.’
More and more I keep coming back to the ‘grandfather’ poems of recent years, like ‘The Leveret’, which show the world in microcosm, so tenderly watched and lived in and therefore rendered more beautifully true. The poems are bright with all the wonder of fledgling’s eyes, but clear-sighted – there’s no hiding here, the stoat has killed the shrew and the merlin is out hunting. But some part of the whole world is forever implied by this poem – the offspring of that leveret may still be running now and as I write this in January, the tufted duck won’t be thinking about nesting though once we move past these last weeks of winter they will be.
It will of course fall to Michael Longley to judge your entries, applying a very wide interpretation of the term ‘nature and place’. Turning back to the ‘The Leveret’ I will risk a suggestion that the poems you submit could benefit from engaging in some way with place or places and all their more-than-human constituents, as well as of course, people. Above all please do write and enter your best poems to the competition.
On behalf of the RSPB I want to state here our deepest thanks to all our partners who work so generously to make the competition possible: The Rialto, Ty Newydd, Cambridge Conservation Initiative, BirdLife International, Mark Cocker and Nick Davies. We are proud that this competition operates in two equally important ways. Most obviously it raises money for nature, providing vital funding that can be put to use at the lug-end of the conservation spade wherever it is most needed. Additionally, everyone who sits down to write a poem for the competition, who then carries it with them, thinking about it, crafting and re-drafting before finally submitting, is working with some part of the natural world. The poems submitted may not be placed amongst the winners of the competition, they may or may not go on to be published, but all will be fixed in the first crucial habitat of the heart and mind of the person who has written them, that in turn may extend out to readers or listeners wherever the poems go to be shared.
The deadline for entries is midnight on 1st March 2018. Follow the link here to enter online or to download the postal entry form:
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Paul Ryan isn't one of them.
The Wisconsin congressman is rallying conservatives against a Senate plan to fund the government and raise the debt ceiling, the Washington Post reported on Saturday.
The plan, proposed by Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine), would fund the government through March and raise the debt ceiling through January. Senate Democrats rejected the proposal on Saturday because it locks in sequestration cuts for too long.
Sources told the Post that, in a private meeting with House Republicans, Ryan said that by kicking the can down the road, the GOP would lose “leverage" in their fight against Obamacare.
Ryan's main concern appears to be delaying the health care law's individual mandate, but ThinkProgress points out that Ryan also emphasized the need to give employers the ability to deny birth control coverage based on moral or religious reasons.
According to the Post, some Republicans present for Ryan's speech "grew visibly excited about the prospect of opposing" plans like Collins'.
With negotiations between the White House and House Republicans dead after the House's latest offer was rejected on Saturday, attention has turned to the Senate. Talks continued on Sunday between Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), but GOP-proposed budget cuts appear to be a major deal-breaker for Democrats.


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Berglund ends hockey hiatus, signs with Sweden’s Djurgården
Former NHL forward Patrik Berglund is ending his hiatus from hockey by signing a one-year contract with Djurgarden in his native Sweden.
The Stockholm-based team announced the signing on its Twitter account Tuesday.
Berglund says he’s looking forward to ''this new adventure,’' in a story published on the team’s website and translated from Swedish.
Berglund was an 11-year NHL veteran who said he had lost his passion for hockey in abruptly quitting the Buffalo Sabres in December. The decision led to Berglund walking away from the remaining 3 1/2 years of his $19.25 million contract, which was terminated by the Sabres.
Buffalo acquired Berglund as part of a trade that sent center Ryan O’Reilly to the St. Louis Blues last summer. Berglund, who played his first 10 seasons in St. Louis, would later say he was at peace and had no regrets with his decision to leave Buffalo.
Berglund had just two goals and four points in 23 games with Buffalo. Overall, he had 170 goals and 326 points in 717 NHL career games.


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Vitria Adisetiyo1, Sarah S. Milla2, Howard Weiner3, Caixia Hu2, Ali Tabesh2, Jens H. Jensen1,2, Joseph A. Helpern1,2
1Neuroscience and Physiology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, United States; 2Radiology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, United States; 3Neurosurgery, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, United States
Tuberous Sclerosis Complex (TSC) is a rare genetic disease that manifests in the CNS as cortical/subcortical tuber lesions consisting of abnormal dysplastic neurons. Tubers are presumed to contribute to epileptogenesis and to developmental delays in TSC. Given several reports of silent tubers with active surrounding perilesion tissue, we applied Diffusional Kurtosis Imaging (DKI) to quantitatively characterize the microstructure of tubers as compared to surrounding perilesion and normal appearing contralateral tissue in TSC patients aged 2-10 years and age-matched controls. Region of interest analysis found that only tubers are associated with significant increase in diffusivity and substantial decrease in microstructural heterogeneity.

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This past Thursday on the national day of action for Restore the 4th we at Missouri State got to work! This was definitely the most fun activism event we have done in awhile and was well received by almost everyone we talked to. Some people we approached even believed that we were actually government agents and nervously opened their bags! Is that not insane? The 4th amendment has been trampled on and violated for so long that our peers could actually believe we were agents come to search them!
It was nonetheless encouraging to find our message resonate with so many people and even those who would admit to not having the slightest interest in political issues stuck around to have conversation with us because they were genuinely interested in what we had to say! We nearly emptied the box of “warrants” and really raised awareness on this issue of privacy and got quite a few more people on campus interested in coming out to see a little bit more of what we at Young Americans for Liberty are saying!
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(CNN) – A rare iron mineral was first discovered in the teeth of a living organism, which is nicknamed “walking meatloaf.”
And although it sounds like a name from the musician Meat Loaf’s tour, this research refers to a large mollusk called a chiton. The mollusk, also known as Cryptochiton stelleri, received its nickname because it is large, reddish-brown in color, and also shaped like a meatloaf leaking out of the pan.
It also lives on rocky shores. This type is the largest chiton in the world and can measure up to 33 centimeters.
The researchers were surprised to find santabarbaraite in the tooth of the mollusk, since it had previously only been found in rocks.
Chitons need hard teeth because they essentially chew on rocks to scrape off algae and other food substances. Your teeth are one of the hardest materials in nature and are attached to a flexible tongue-like structure called a radula.
Moreover, the new research is helping scientists understand how chiton teeth can survive the wear and tear of their nutritional needs, which could allow them to develop a 3D printer ink that can create an ultra-hard and durable material.
The study was published Monday in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
What was discovered in the “walking meatloaf” had never been seen in a biological context
“This mineral has only been observed in geological samples in very minute quantities and has never before been seen in a biological context,” Derk Joester, lead author of the study and associate professor of Materials Science and Engineering at the School of Science, said in a statement. McCormick Engineering from Northwestern University.
The mineral ‘has a high water content, which makes it strong with low density. We think this could harden the teeth without adding a lot of weight, “he added.
Using multiple analysis methods at Argonne National Laboratory’s Advanced Photon Source and Northwestern University’s Center for Atomic and Nanoscale Experimentation and Characterization, both in Illinois, the researchers found the mineral in the chiton’s upper stylet. In this mollusk, the stylet connects the tooth with the radula.
“The stylet is like the root of a human tooth, connecting the cusp of our tooth with the jaw,” said Joester. “It is a resistant material composed of extremely small nanoparticles in a fibrous matrix made of biomacromolecules, similar to the bones in our body.”
Learning from chiton engineering
Taking inspiration from this material, Joester and his research group wanted to recreate it as ink for 3D printing. Ink includes iron and phosphate mixed into a natural substance produced by chiton. When the ink dries, it creates a stiff material.
“We’ve been fascinated by chiton for a long time,” Joester noted. “The mechanical structures are only as good as their weakest link, so it is interesting to know how the chiton solves the engineering problem of how to connect your ultra-hard tooth to an underlying soft structure.”
“This is still a major challenge in modern manufacturing, so we looked at organisms like chiton to understand how this is done in nature, which has taken a couple hundred million years to develop,” he added.


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Casillas plays down row over omission
Iker Casillas has played down his controversial omission from Real Madrid's line-up against Malaga, insisting he must accept coach Jose Mourinho's decision and focus on regaining his starting berth
Mourinho caused a stir after choosing to start with back-up goalkeeper Antonio Adan for the Malaga match.
Casillas said: “The coach decides which team he thinks is best for each match and you need to accept the decision. I’m not used to being a substitute, but above Iker Casillas or any player is the team.”
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CJ McCollum fired 32 points and Brandon Ingram added 28 as the visiting New Orleans Pelicans ended the Phoenix Suns’ eight-game winning streak with a 117-102 victory Friday night, February 25 (Saturday, February 26, Manila time).
Jonas Valanciunas added 18 points and 17 rebounds, Devonte’ Graham scored 11 points off the bench and the Pelicans took control by outscoring Phoenix 42-31 in the third quarter. New Orleans finished with a 53-37 rebounding advantage.
Devin Booker scored 30, Deandre Ayton had 20, Cam Johnson added 15, and Jae Crowder 12 to lead the Suns, who lost for just the second time in 21 games. It was Western Conference-leading Phoenix’s second game since losing Chris Paul to a fractured thumb.
The Suns, who had beaten the Thunder, 124-104, on Thursday night in Oklahoma City, had averaged 122.1 points over their last seven games.
The Pelicans increased their three-point halftime lead to eight early in the third quarter.
The Suns cut the lead to five points on three occasions, but couldn’t keep up with McCollum and Ingram.
Ingram had 10 points and an assist during a 17-5 run that gave New Orleans a 17-point lead before Mikal Bridges’ three-pointer trimmed the lead to 95-81 at the end of the period.
Phoenix got within 12 points four times during the first half of the fourth quarter, but McCollum hit back-to-back baskets to help the Pelicans take command with a 109-92 lead.
The Suns held a 17-14 lead before going cold. The Pelicans scored seven straight points before Booker made a three-pointer to get Phoenix within a point.
Ingram’s jumper started a 10-2 run that left New Orleans with a 31-22 lead at the end of the period.
McCollum’s jumper pushed the lead to 11 points before the Suns made a run and JaVale McGee’s dunk got them within 35-34.
The Pelicans rebuilt the lead to seven before three-pointers by Crowder and Booker helped Phoenix take a 44-41 lead.
The lead changed hands three times down the stretch and New Orleans took a 53-50 halftime lead. – Rappler.com


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Toss the toss.
This is a cheap version of toss the turtle (and the likes). Since I don't get what's the point of toss games in general either (where there usually is very little to no control over what actually happens after you've done the toss), there's not much this has to offer.
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McCollum and his wife have been married for one year almost to the date. The pair, who met at Lehigh University, said their "I do"s on October 29, 2020, after a two-year engagement. However, they have been a couple for far longer and will be celebrating their nine-year anniversary later this month.
The basketball player proposed to Esposito, who is a full-fledged doctor of dental surgery, in New York on a boat overlooking the Statue of Liberty. He marked the happy occasion by sporting a white shirt that read, “Dr. & Mr. McCollum” on the back, and later shared photos of the proposal on Twitter with the hashtag “I’ll be the Mr. to your Dr.” This is clearly a man who is proud of his wife's accomplishments.
While you might think that juggling his career and impending fatherhood would be enough to keep him busy, McCollum has another important project underway. The NBA pro has recently bought a 300-acre vineyard in Oregon, where he and his wife plan on starting their own winery.
The couple already has their own wine label, McCollum Heritage 91, which launched last year and was inspired by Esposito. According to the New York Post, it was she who first introduced the athlete to wine during their days at Lehigh.
“This is a cool opportunity for us to expand our legacy and grow together,” McCollum said of his and his wife's new business venture.

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Baby Sold For 3000 Kenya Shillings!!
Pregnant School Girl
byMay 26, 2020
A 17-year-old girl forced her to sell her baby for Ksh 3,000,by her parents moments after she gave birth.
A teenager from Butere, Kakamega County, disclosed that her mother plotted this after her father chased her from home when he found out she was pregnant.
The father explained that the newborn would be an outcast since her teenage daughter had been impregnated by a close relative,adding that the pregnancy violated the culture and tradition of the region.
The mother had found a buyer,who had already paid for the child and was waiting for the infant to gain strength before taking him/her away.
The form two student in pain said,"After I gave birth, they said that the child was still weak and they would take the infant after a few days. Yesterday (Monday, May 25), my mother handed over the child to the woman who made the purchase,"
The mother of the 17 year old insisted that the child's upbringing would have cost them a lot yet they were financially unstable.


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Govt. has failed millet farmers: DDS
The MMM, being implemented by the government, could completely damage the existing bio-diversity in this area,” commented Mr. Satheesh.
Small Sustainability Initiative changes women’s lives in a big way
The transition to organic farming has allowed people to save Rs. 400 every season. The quality of soil has also improved.
With nature for company
Merging traditional way of understanding weather with science and technology can augment adaptation to climate change too.
Conservation: Lessons from ancient India
Ecologically safe engineering marvels of water conservation have existed in India for nearly 1,500 years, including bawaris
Can Environment and Development go together?
Are there alternative ways of meeting human needs and aspirations, without trashing the earth and without leaving half of humanity behind?
A Subaltern View of Climate Change
For those earning more than Rs 30,000 pm to become sustainable their total emissions would have to be halved ...
Khadi Production in India: A Way Forward to Green Economy?
Ecological economists like Tim Jackson, Peter Victor, and others talk about prosperity without growth and highlight the need for greening the econ...
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Millets which are much more nutritious and will stand up to the changing climate, get no support at all.

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Cannabis referendum: reality check for political promises
31 July 2020
New Zealand’s plan to legalise cannabis is public health-oriented. But the proposed legislation may struggle to achieve goals such as restricting young people’s access to the drug, according to a leading substance use policy expert.
Professor Benedikt Fischer, Chair in Addiction Research at the Medical School at the University of Auckland, and research associate Dimitri Daldegan reviewed the Cannabis Legalisation and Control Bill and found issues and concerns in 10 key regulatory areas.
Their assessment is in the latest edition of the New Zealand Medical Journal. “Inflated” and “unrealistic” political promises include the goals of eliminating the illegal supply of cannabis, restricting young people’s access to the drug, and limiting the public visibility of cannabis.
Overseas, illegal cannabis markets and supply were reduced after legalisation but remained active and resilient. “Similarly, cannabis use among adolescents/under-age youth, at best has remained stable and there is no reason to assume why young people’s access to cannabis should be expected to decrease in the overall increased availability of both legal and illegal markets/supply,” the authors write.
“Legalisation of cannabis, including legal production, distribution and use is also likely to increase, rather than decrease ‘public visibility,’ and overall societal ‘normalisation’ as a consumption commodity.”
More of the criticisms included:
- A legal age of 20 for cannabis seems “arbitrary” and not readily based on scientific evidence
- Allowing home-grown cannabis undermines safeguards on legal cannabis such as restrictions on potency, access and price
- Commercial imperatives of a legal cannabis industry, such as increasing the number of consumers, may run contrary to public health goals
- Some public legal use of the drug should be allowed for reasons including the adverse consequences of confining the use of cannabis primarily to homes
- Penalties or fines to penalize under-age users have the potential to entangle them in the criminal justice system
The authors recommend policy-makers revisit and revise key regulatory details in the bill. The nation will vote on legalisation in September.
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text: The Supreme Court of India has declared that the Office of the Chief Justice of India is open to the Right to Information Act (RTI). This means that citizens can now seek information from the Supreme Court and its departments under the RTI Act. The decision was made in response to a petition filed by an RTI activist. The Supreme Court noted that transparency and accountability are essential in a democracy. They also noted that the RTI Act should not be interpreted as a tool to obstruct the functioning of the judiciary. This decision is a major victory for RTI activists and citizens in India.

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