A new Canadian study brings interesting results about the different impacts of cannabis consumption in a social setting, compared to eating alone.
"Compared to users who have a habit of consuming cannabis in society, more frequent symptoms of psychosis are a sign of lonely consumers. Another negative side symptom of cannabis smoking has been increased chances of developing addiction, using cannabis to cope with mental health problems, and more frequent use in recent years 30 days. "
Indeed, the study itself stated that "the main purpose of the research is to find out to what extent the social context affects the consequences of cannabis use "
noticethat the main draw of this study is no indication that eating cannabis alone could have at least some benefits. It is also good to mention that Toni Spinella himself (a doctor of psychology and the head of the aforementioned study) is of the opinion that consuming cannabis to cope with one's psyche is fundamentally bad and leads to a dangerous path.
"It is possible that such users lack other important methods to achieve psychological balance," explains Spinella in an interview with CBC. "If you are alone, why are you taking cannabis? You should always ask yourself. You may find something like ok, I'm going to smoke cannabis alone today because I'm sad or stressed out." This is perhaps a good way to think of it as a kind of warning.
OK, what if we compare cannabis use with other balancing methods? Drinking whiskey? Smoking Cigarettes? Dependencies on social media or excessive consumption of unhealthy foods?
Moreover, aren't we dealing with something like that?
If we look at the direct question of whether cannabis smoking alone is causing psychosis, let's talkeven a few basic questions first:
Of course, the answer to both questions is yes twice.
Also, is it not meaningful that if you are trying to help yourself with cannabis treatment, you will do it at home and more often than someone who can possibly take twice a month when someone offers a joint at the event?
To say that cannabis smoking alone is causing psychosis is simply too short-sighted and even though some associations are found here.
This is also acknowledged by the author of the study. Also, note the heading that was used to discuss the above-mentioned CBC interview: "Cannabis smoking alone is associated with psychosis and addiction, studies suggest"
You see the two termswhich authors have used to attract readers, but at the same time to relieve decisive claims? These are "linked" and "suggest".
Linked basically means that so far there is no evidence that directly cause cannabis psychosis. Rather, someone who is already suffering from psychosis is more prone to cannabis use.
Suggests in turn means that even if there is a link between cannabis and psychosis is a "damning evidence" is certainly not considered.
Those of you who know "cannabis comedian" Doug Benson may remember one of his good quirks: "Some people say hemp is used as a crutch. Yeah, crutches help people walk."
The author of the study could also remind someone that even if we all want to live in a world where everything will always be in perfect order and no one will have a reason to stress or sad, we will probably not see anything like that in the near future. In the meantime, we could rather learn the healthiest and most effective ways to cope with life difficulties.
Even though you may be perfectly balanced, yourselfan up-to-date and generally perfect person, during your lifetime something that will cause you trauma, depression, or a certain level of stress. Thats just life.
so whatis there a better way to cope with persistent mental health problems? Soothing powders, drugs or alcohol or mild cannabis consumption aimed at therapeutic methods?
In addition, hemp enough mit also helps to cope with loneliness itself. Loneliness has recently been considered an escalating epidemic that often leads to depression.
Recent studies health insurance company Cigna found out that 47% of Americans often feel alone. In addition, 13% of people answered that no other person knew them closely.
As you can imagine yourself, loneliness over a long period of time can psychologically hurt a person.
2010came out a shocking study on the surface, during which it turned out that Chronic loneliness can deprive a person of up to 15 years of life. It is therefore about as unhealthy as smoking twenty cigarettes a day or persistent obesity.
Dhowever, the giant news isthat cannabis can relieve lonely people. This question was answered in a 2013 study in which researchers at Kentucky investigated the effects of cannabis use on people experiencing mental pain caused by social factors.
"Therapeutic cannabis has helped lone individuals in these symptoms: relieved of themselves as being lower, improving mental health and relieving the symptoms of depression. Cannabis has long been considered capable of assisting in physical pain, and now we can see that it is able to reduce mental pain . "
It should be mentioned here that even in this study, scientists pointed to the possible dangers of cannabis consumption. It is also important to realize that coping with psychological problems is not the same as a complete settlement.
"A lonely smoker of cannabis in the evenings frees his mind." - Kid Cudi
As we have already mentioned, the author of the study, Toni Spinella, completely ignores the potential beneficial effects of cannabis use as an aid against depression, stress or anxiety. Nihowever, it also ignores the fact that even a normal person can take something of his moments with his cannabis.
A lotrecreational users of cannabis mention not only that marijuana helps them to get to know others better, but also themselves.
As Bob Marley himself said "Cannabis shows you your true self. "
What you may find yourself under the influence of cannabis may not be pleasant. But it is the complex self-awareness that can be the first and most important spark that will spark significant personal growth.
Tips on how to puse cannabis alone in a productive and safe way
Kid Cudi, a well-known musician in one of his songs called "Day and Night", described an interesting phenomenon across the jazz musicians - the so-called "woodsheding". Essentially, woodsheding was that one of the musicians closed in his room and practiced the game on the instrument nonstop for several days at a time. Obviously, medicinal cannabis played a role in this practice.
You obviously do not have a few days to close and ignore the world completely.
However, try to find at least one day you spend with yourself and cannabis. Decide in advance what you will do: meditate, read, or learn something new? Choose for yourself, find the right varieties of cannabis and see for yourself if the experience of this type will help you.
Články z kategorie research mají pouze infromační charakter. Nemají za cíl vybízet k pěstování ani šíření konopí jako drogy, ale vytvářet osvětu léčebného konopí.


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Comparison of water-based and in-feed antimicrobials for growth performance enhancement of weanling pigs
Swine day, 2005; Summary Publication of Report of Progress (Kansas State University. Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service); 964; Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station contribution; no. 06-63-S; Swine; Nursery pig; Antibiotics; Water; Growth
A total of 350 weanling pigs (initially 13.0 lb and 14 Â± 3 d of age, PIC) were used to determine the effects of water-based antimicrobial on nursery pig growth performance. Pigs were given one of 5 experimental treatments: negative control (no antibiotics in the feed or water), positive control diet containing Neo- TerramycinÂ® (140 g/ton Neomycin sulfate, 140 g/ton Oxytetracycline HCl), Neomycin sulfate in the water (24.2 mg of Neomycin sulfate per L), Oxytetracycline in the water (24.2 mg of Oxytetracycline per L), and Neomycin sulfate and Oxytetracycline (Neo/oxy) in the water. Overall (d 0 to 28 after weaning), pigs provided a water antimicrobial had greater ADG (P<0.01) and ADFI (P<0.02) than did pigs provided non-medicated water and feed. But pigs fed diets containing Neo- TerramycinÂ® had greater ADG and ADFI (P<0.01) than did pigs provided a water antimicrobial. Pigs provided water containing Neomycin sulfate or Neo/oxy had greater ADG and ADFI (P<0.05) than did pigs provided non-medicated feed and water, and ADG and ADFI of pigs provided water containing Oxytetracycline were intermediate. There were no differences in growth performance between water antimicrobials and no differences in F/G for all treatments.; Swine Day, 2005, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, 2005
Gottlob, R O.; Hastad, C W.; Groesbeck, C N.; Neill, C R.; Schneider, J D.; Frantz, N Z.; Tokach, Michael D.; Goodband, Robert D.; DeRouchey, Joel M.; Nelssen, Jim L.; and Dritz, Steven S.
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That’s a ’40 LaSalle Convertible Series 52 that was at Streetside Classics Tampa in July of 2019. LaSalle was a luxury car manufacturer owned by Cadillac that lasted from 1927 to 1940. The engine is a 5.3 liter V8 that produces 130 horsepower. The transmission is a 3-speed manual. This car does 0-60 mph in 15.5 seconds.


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Before we jump into a debate about the environmental costs of eating meat, here are three things you should know:
1. I've experimented with vegetarianism twice, but it's never really stuck. Round one ended when I had a dream about a spicy chicken sandwich from Wendy's, and then woke up to march zombie-style to that fast-food restaurant to order it. Round two may or may not have ended with the brunch I had Sunday, I'm still not sure.
2. I ate chicken chilaquiles for brunch on Sunday. It was delicious.
Therefore, 3. This is not an anti-meat polemic.
April 22 is Earth Day, and there's no better way to start celebrating and protecting the planet than by taking a closer look at what's on your plate.
You could also consider joining a CSA (that's community supported agriculture), buying direct at a farmers market, staying as local as possible, keeping a close eye on the origins of your seafood or supporting chefs who are doing the right things for the environment.
Editor's note: The Southern Foodways Alliance delves deep in the history, tradition, heroes and plain old deliciousness of Southern food. Today's contributor, Emilie Dayan, writes a weekly SFA blog series called "Sustainable South" about food and the environment, nutrition, food access, food justice, agricultural issues and food politics.
Since 2000, Joe Nelson Icet has been advancing on Houston’s Northeastern front. He calls himself a guerrilla gardener. As founder and director of the Last Organic Outpost, he takes abandoned lots littered with trash and turns them into fertile land. Planted off of Emile Street, Icet engages the community in urban farming, his biggest plot in the industrial ruins of the old Comet Rice Mill. In doing so, land in Houston’s Fifth Ward is revitalized through farming.
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While you're frying up some eggs and bacon, we're cooking up something else: a way to celebrate today's food holiday.
In 1970, a generation that perfected protesting turned their attention to something closer to home – Mother Earth. Since then, the popularity of Earth Day - and the environmental movement that goes along with it - has led to the development of the Environmental Protection Agency (or EPA), as well as the passage of the Clean Air, Clean Water and the Endangered Species Acts.
So, in the spirit of things, here are a few simple ways you can do your part to reduce your food footprint:
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Like every other holiday I can think of, Earth Day comes but once a year. I’m planning to celebrate it more often, namely by going out to eat at the best environmentally friendly places I can find - like the ones below. Please join me.
Cindy’s Waterfront, Monterey Bay Aquarium - Monterey, California
MBA’s revamped restaurant Cindy’s Waterfront debuts on April 27; chef Cindy Pawlcyn will feature wild-caught and sustainably farmed fish that meet the standards of the aquarium’s Seafood Watch program. Pawlcyn’s menu includes dishes like true cod soft tacos with lime-cumin vinaigrette; Monterey Bay calamari with Cindy’s curry vinaigrette; and for the non-fish group, Hunan grilled chicken salad with sesame noodles and peanut sauce.
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WASHINGTON - At the Republican National Convention in Philadelphia this week, the financial services industry will be dropping big bucks so attendees can rock 'n' roll with Dick Clark and wolf down everything from cheese steak to gumbo.
Besides annointing George W. Bush the GOP nominee, delegates will be partying at soirees hosted by banks such as First Union Corp. and Wells Fargo & Co. and by lawmakers with key industry connections like Reps. Mike G. Oxley of Ohio and Richard Baker of Louisiana.
"You go to the conventions to interact with people. It's schmoozing," said Edward L. Yingling, chief lobbyist for the American Bankers Association. "It's important when you're a major national player to be seen. It's also an opportunity to talk to an awful lot of people in one place."
In that spirit, the ABA is teaming up with five big banks to host a reception for the 11 Republican members of the Senate Banking Committee.
The 300 invitees will gather Tuesday night in an historic building First Union inherited when it bought First Fidelity. In addition to First Union, the banks sharing the tab with the ABA are MBNA Corp., Mellon Financial Corp., PNC Financial Services Group Inc., and Wells Fargo.
Rep. Baker, a candidate for House Banking Committee chairman, and other House GOP leaders are holding a Louisiana-style reception this evening, complete with Cajun food and zydeco music, in that same First Union building in honor of the Baton Rouge lawmaker's fellow committee members.
The invitation says it all: Laissez les bons temps rouler! ("Let the good times roll!").
The event's 14 sponsors include Providian Financial Corp., American International Group, Household International Inc., Wells Fargo, GE Capital, and First Union.
Such parties are not fundraisers, but that does not mean they come cheap.
One veteran industry lobbyist said this year's conventions are far more expensive than four years ago, when a company might have been asked to pony up about $5,000 to co-sponsor a party. "This year nobody is interested in talking about less than $20,000," the lobbyist said. "It's just gotten much more lavish."
High-priced talent is part of the reason.
Rep. Oxley, who is eyeing the top spot on the House Commerce Committee, needed a long list of backers for his "American Bandstand" revival party scheduled for tonight.
The sponsors of the party - whose invitation plays a snippet from Chuck Berry's "Johnny B. Goode" when opened - have rented the original soundstage where the weekly baby boomer TV classic was broadcast and hired the eternally youthful Mr. Clark to reprise his emcee role.
Hometown sons Bobby Rydell, Frankie Avalon, and Chubby Checker are scheduled to entertain. Among the companies and trade groups paying the 1950s music idols are the Investment Company Institute, Morgan Stanley Dean Witter & Co., Merrill Lynch & Co., Prudential Insurance Company of America, the American Insurance Association, and the American Council of Life Insurers.
Among banking companies, Chase Manhattan Corp. is the most ambitious party-giver with two events planned for Tuesday.
At least 250 people are expected at a lunch honoring women members of Congress at the University of Pennsylvania's Institute of Contemporary Art. Chase has invited lawmakers from its big markets - New York, New Jersey, Texas, Florida, and Ohio - including Rep. Marge Roukema, R-N.J., who is Rep. Baker's rival to become House Banking chief.
Chase executives better pace themselves, however, because that night they are scheduled to hobnob with more than 500 guests in the Zanzibar Blue jazz club at a party for delegates from New York and Texas.
Some industry types plan to mix work with pleasure.
Five major banking, lending, real estate, and building trade groups are throwing a party Tuesday to sell Republicans on a national housing policy that encourages homeownership.
At a reception in the Downtown Marriott, the ABA, America's Community Bankers, Mortgage Bankers Association of America, National Association of Home Builders, and National Association of Realtors plan to hawk a glossy 12-page policy statement to convention delegates and others who bend the ear of candidates.
Senate Banking Chairman Phil Gramm, a Texas delegate to the convention and a former economics professor, plans to sneak in a Tuesday morning tour of the Second Bank of the United States, which now is an historic portrait gallery. His 2002 campaign committee is holding a fundraiser tonight.

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Since half a century US upholds a policy against Cuba that lately has become an interesting exception from the ordinary habit of the political system, which isÂ to serve the real decision makers â€“ the economic power. The American Chamber of Commerce, the business communityâ€™s most important lobby group, wants the embargo on Cuba to be abolished, while the politicians on Capitol Hill persist with their wish to strangle Cuba economically. The Masters of mankind prefer this time business to the ostentatious and cruel politics since long obsolete.
Not surprisingly one finds conservative media on the side of the real power. Some days ago New York Times made a policy statement in an editorial urging that the embargo be brought to an end. That was followed by such a rarity as a positive news report from Cuba, telling about the countryâ€™s efforts to help Ebola victims in Africa. 500 medical personnel will be specially trained for the task and prepared to go to the affected African countries. The US Ambassador to the UN, Samantha Power, had publicly given special credit to Cuba and East Timor (!) for their willingness to send health care workers to the dangerous places where they are most needed, something many rich countries obviously hesitated to do on a larger scale.
In an academic work by two American scholars the Cuban health care system is described more precisely. One astonishing fact is that Cuba has sent out 30,000 health care workers – of which 19,000 doctors – to more than 100 countries around the world. (Doctors Without Borders – awarded the Nobel Peace Prize – have apparently around 3,000 doctors in field service. They are also active in African countries, treating Ebola patients.)
The Swedish population is of the same magnitude as the Cuban (9 versus 11 million), but we are immensely richer. Still we could certainly not send 19,000 doctors to help poor people abroad. We have just above 30,000 physicians altogether and can barely cover our own needs. We have to import doctors from less rich countries in Europe and elsewhere. Thatâ€™s whatâ€™s happened to the former social role model in which peopleâ€™s important needs used to be prioritized. (Instead we can nowadays buy hecatombs of stuff: a new cell phone each year, clothes we wear a few times, lots of food that bring us to premature death, and thousands of other things, all for the purpose of a superficial “happiness” but more for enriching the rich with ever growing profits.)
For us there is a lot to learn from this. Our mainstream media have not realized that itâ€™s time to change foot on the Cuban issue. There is still just demonizing of the poor island to expect from our enlightened journalists and reporters. But we use to follow suit on USA even if we mostly lag some years behind. Like all others (except USA, Israel and occasionally some Pacific Island) we vote each year in the UN General Assembly for cessation of the Cuban embargo. But thatâ€™s because the strangulation violates the UN charter and WTO rules, and that acceptance of it could be precedential and thus hit back on us (itâ€™s by no means for moral reasons, anyway).
The most important wisdom to gain from the Cuban example is how much humanitarian work we could have done with a minimum of our resources allocated to it. We can just imagine what enormous results we could achieve, had the rich countries made an effort in proportion just a fraction of the Cuban one. The lesson learned is that the well-being of mankind to a very large extent is a question of distribution based on a humanitarian ground.


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privileged to be in a few places at the right time. This was one of those times. We were outside and I happened to notice that the bark of the aspen trees had turned a luminous amber color. I knew that behind me something had to be producing that kind of light. I hiked to the top of this snow covered ridge and was greeted by this sunset over Mount Timpanogos. I wish I had known how to capture that moment better, but the light was fleeting. A few seconds later and it was gone, the marvelous light replaced by a dreary gray winter's eve.

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Archive | March, 2014
My name is Lisa and I have an art book addiction. There are worse addictions to have, right? At least that is what I keep telling myself. So I thought I’d share a few of my recent favorites.
Contemporary Art Spaces is like driving around at night so you can see inside houses, but with art studios. I can’t tell you how much I love this book. Also, Painted On 21st Street, work by Helen Frankenthaler, is really lovely.
I’m definitely feeling the rush spring air brings. After a sketchy week of a husband out of the country and a house full of sickies, the blue skies are very welcome. Have a wonderful weekend!
1. blue skies for days 2. a conrner of a new painting 3. did i mention the blue skies?
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Thousands of students in a Hanoi district have dropped classes for the past few days as their parents protest a shopping mall project that they say will steal business from a local wet market.
On Monday, more than 2,300 primary and secondary students in Gia Lam District’s Ninh Hiep Commune did not go to school. Together with their parents, they gathered in front of the local government office and some schools to raise objections to the new project, to be developed near the centuries-old Nanh Market.
According to the protesters, the market's parking lot of 2,640 square meters will be handed over to the developer of the mall soon.
Nguyen Kim Nha, a 43-year-old trader in the market, told Tuoi Tre newspaper that thousands of people in the commune made their living by trading in the market.
He said he would let his children to go back to school if local authorities stop taking the market’s land for the project.
Local education authorities then persuaded the parents to let their children go back to school. On Tuesday and Wednesday, hundreds of students return to school again.
Education officials said many children in the district continued to miss classes.
According to the management board of Nanh Market, two shopping malls have already been built in the vicinity, claiming 583 square meters of land from the market.
When the traders in the market heard about the third shopping mall project, they were very worried that they would lose their jobs and have to move elsewhere to make ends meet.
Hoang Anh Tu, the spokesman of Gia Lam District People’s Committee, told Tuoi Tre the municipal government approved the shopping mall project in 2013, to be developed by Vinh Phat Company.
Since then the district and commune authorities have held several dialogues with local residents for site clearance, but no agreement has been made.
He said the municipal government had planned to build a new parking lot for the market.
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The best viewpoints in India
Mausoleums illuminated by the dawn, immense tea fields or fairy tale cities are just some of the prints that make up the magical Indian subcontinent. Scenarios that you can admire from your best perspective through the following best viewpoints in India.
1) Key Gompa (Ladakh)
The so-called Spiti Valley , in the state of Himachal Pradesh , is a cold desert between India and Tibet where the passage of the Spiti River between the high mountains gives scenes that take away the breath of the visitor. But it is especially when approaching the Kye Gompa, famous Buddhist temple to 4166 meters of height, when the spectacular of the valley acquires its maximum levels. A set of murals, silent alleys and colored flags conceived as one of the most important training places for “lamas” and ideal to get the best views of the river or the nearby town of Kaza. In case you want to get a panoramic view of the temple, any perspective from the path that descends to the monastery is a good option.
2) Nahargarh Fort (Jaipur)
Legend has it that the spirit of Prince Nahar Singh Bhomia wandered through the fortified ring that Amber Fort , Jaigarh Fort and Nahargarh Fort formed around Jaipur clamoring for a tribute monument. Finally, a temple was housed inside the same fort that bears his name and that includes one of the most iconic views of the city of Jaipur . Ideal to start a quiet walk until you end up succumbing to one of the best sunsets in India surrounding the Pink City .
3) Mehtab Bagh (Agra)
Not all viewpoints have to be located at many meters of altitude. In fact, finding the appropriate perspective of a certain scenario may be enough when it comes to obtaining the best views. In the case of the mythical Taj Mahal , in the city of Agra , the best position is offered by the famous Mehtab Bagh, one of the gardens that guard the mausoleum from the banks of the Yamuna River , this being the place chosen by Prince Shah Jahan for the construction of a dark colored Taj Mahal that never came into existence. A haven of peace also known as “gardens of the moonlight” from which you get the best panoramic view of a Taj Mahalwhose photographic possibilities are (almost) infinite. And if not, you can always choose one of these best hotels with views in India to enjoy the panoramic between champagne and starry skies.
4) Mount Abu (Rajasthan)
In the district of Sirohi, the mountain range that includes the Aravalli mountains contains different points of interest that go from its monasteries to natural spaces passing through Mount Abu, a place considered as a pilgrimage destination essential for Jainismdue to the set of five nagara temples located in Dilwara . An interesting tour of this border area with the state of Gujarat where we can find the perfect viewpoint from which to contemplate the famous Lake Nakki . A must for those who want to deviate from the typical tourist routes of Rajasthan.
5) Mehrangarh Fort (Jodhpur)
Considered as one of the great strengths of India , that of Mehrangarh, in the city of Jodhpur , becomes the best way to obtain one of the most exciting views of the considered “blue city” of India. Translated as “Fort of the Sun”, Mehrangarth offers several viewpoints that allow infarction views 125 meters high , being one hour before sunset the best time to ascend to this story monument.
6) Lonavala (Maharasthra)
At 64 kilometers from the city of Pune , the town of Lonavala is the best threshold to some of the best viewpoints in India . Be ready to leave Shivaji market and continue to Amby Valley , where you can find points such as Lion Point, Shivling Point or, especially, Tiger Point , ideal to discover after a rainy season in which a huge waterfall caresses the rocks of this place of dream located at more than 600 meters of altitude. The perfect attraction for a day of dynamic and epic hiking among the great monumental charms of a state of Maharasthra carved in rock.
7) Any beach in Goa
After a sunset at the Taj Mahal, the best place in India from which to get twilight panoramas is the state of Goa . Its location on the west coast of India, its slanted palm trees, sleeping cows and beaches of golden sand make up a unique setting from which to contemplate the escape of the sun while you take a cocktail on beaches such as Anjuna, Palolem or Arambol , one of the most pleasurable delicious to experience in the smallest state of India.
8) Matanga Hill (Hampi)
The 350 temples that make up the Hampi complex , the biggest attraction in the state of Karnataka , find in its famous Matanga Hill the best excuse to admire this monumental spectacle. A privileged position to reach after 30 minutes of walking from various points (the Hampi Bazaar Street is the most recommended) and climb between steps and ruins that remain intact from the presence of the Vijayanagar Empire that erected its most lavish city. The reward after reaching the top comes in the form of the most beautiful sunrises and sunsets you have seen in addition to its potential as a perfect place for lovers of photography .
9) Chikmagalur Hill Station (Karnataka)
Although Hampi is the jewel of Karnataka, the state of the incense and the temples finds in Chikmagalur another of its great attractions. A town embraced by the famous Western Ghats considered one of the best places of retreat in India , especially when it comes to a land surrounded by waterfalls, lowlands and mythical coffee plantations. An ideal place to relax and take the route to the Chikmagalur Hill Station , elevation of 1900 meters from which you can get some of the most exuberant views of India, especially after the rainy season .
10) Doddabetta (Tamil Nadu)
With more than 24 peaks exceeding 2 thousand meters , the mountain system of the Nilgiris , to the west of the state of Tamil Nadu , is one of the most fascinating sections of the known Western Ghats. And what better way to get the best views of this epic place from its highest point: Diddabetta, the highest mountain of the Nilgiris thanks to its 2637 meters high and a viewpoint to access from the town of Ooty to succumb to the charm of its nomadic peoples, forests and infinite skies. Do not miss a visit to Telescope House , Doddabetta observatory where you can see the area through its two telescopes.
11) Pothamedu View Point (Munnar)
The tea fields of Munnar , in the state of Kerala , make up one of the most characteristic tapestries of the Indian giant, inviting the visitor to intermingle with its people, feel its serenity or find the best views. A pastime that you can enjoy after traveling the 3 kilometers that separate the famous Pothamedu View Point from the forest of Munnar . The perfect spot from which to get a breathtaking view of the green tea fields illuminated by the sunset before descending to the famous backwaters of Kerala where, yes, the view is obstructed by thousands of palm trees that incite to discover their mysteries.
12) Fort Cochin (Kerala)
As with the Taj Mahal or Goa, Fort Cochin is another view that does not require climbing or trekking routes . In fact, just approach the end of the old town of the town famous for its spices to sit, taste a mango lassi and stop to watch the local fishermen draining the famous Chinese nets . Icons installed in the port and, especially at dusk, simulate the fishing of a horizon through which five hundred years ago the Portuguese arrived to change the history of the Indian subcontinent.
13) Kanyakumari (Kerala)
The southernmost point of India is called Kanyakumari and is located on the Coromandel coast , where the Bay of Bengal, the Arabian Sea and the Indian Ocean hatch. A picturesque place famous for being one of the richest in Indian culture and languages where all eyes are turned around the 40 meter statue of Thrivulluvar , erected in honor of the Tamil poet Valluvar. A presence that blesses the contrasts of South India as well as a Sunset View Point that, especially on full moon nights, allows you to contemplate the sun and the moon in the same sky giving one of the most spectacular views of India.
14) Rhino View Point Bagori
If you approach the unknown state of Assam, in the northeast of India , you will discover a noble and clean land, waterfalls worthy of a Hindu epic and natural spaces such as the Kaziranga National Park , a paradise where the largest population of single-horned rhinoceros dwells. all of Asia . A place that encompasses wetlands, forests and plains where you can observe these curious inhabitants, being the viewpoint of the rhinoceros of Bagori, one of the most exclusive glamping areas of the park, the best place to lean out with binoculars around your neck to observe some rhinos that dot a carpet of hundreds of greens. Undoubtedly, one of the best viewpoints in India .

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The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Sunday (April 2) successfully conducted the Reusable Launch Vehicle Autonomous Landing Mission (RLV LEX).
The test was conducted at the Aeronautical Test Range (ATR), Chitradurga, Karnataka in the early hours of Sunday. With LEX, the dream of an Indian Reusable Launch Vehicle arrives one step closer to reality, ISRO said in a statement.
“India achieved it…,” ISRO wrote on Twitter along with pictures of the test.
Also read: ISRO’s LVM3 successfully deploys 36 satellites into designated orbits
“The RLV took off at 7:10 am IST by a Chinook Helicopter of the Indian Air Force (IAF) as an underslung load and flew to a height of 4.5 km (above mean sea level – MSL). Once the predetermined pillbox parameters were attained, based on the RLV’s Mission Management Computer command, the RLV was released in mid-air, at a down range of 4.6 km. Release conditions included 10 parameters covering position, velocity, altitude and body rates, etc,” ISRO explained.
Further, it stated, “The release of RLV was autonomous. RLV then performed approach and landing manoeuvres using the Integrated Navigation, Guidance and control system and completed an autonomous landing on the ATR air strip at 7:40 AM IST. With that, ISRO successfully achieved the autonomous landing of a space vehicle.”
The autonomous landing was carried out under the exact conditions of a Space Re-entry vehicle’s landing —high speed, unmanned, precise landing from the same return path — as if the vehicle arrives from space. Landing parameters such as Ground relative velocity, the sink rate of Landing Gears, and precise body rates, as might be experienced by an orbital re-entry space vehicle in its return path, were achieved.
Also read: ISRO’s LVM3 rocket carrying 36 satellites blasts off from Sriharikota
The RLV LEX demanded several state-of-the-art technologies including accurate navigation hardware and software, pseudolite system, Ka-band Radar Altimeter, NavIC receiver, indigenous Landing Gear, Aerofoil honey-comb fins and brake parachute system.
According to ISRO, in a first in the world, a winged body has been carried to an altitude of 4.5 km by a helicopter and released for carrying out an autonomous landing on a runway. RLV is essentially a space plane with a low lift to drag ratio requiring an approach at high glide angles that necessitated a landing at high velocities of 350 kmph. LEX utilised several indigenous systems.
India 🇮🇳 achieved it!
ISRO, joined by @DRDO_India @IAF_MCC, successfully conducted the Reusable Launch Vehicle Autonomous Landing Mission (RLV LEX)
at the Aeronautical Test Range (ATR), Chitradurga, Karnataka in the early hours on April 2, 2023.
— ISRO (@isro) April 2, 2023
RLV’s autonomous approach and landing pic.twitter.com/D4tDmk5VN5
— ISRO (@isro) April 2, 2023


Investing in land to change your risk exposure? Land transactions in a landslide prone region
K. Mertens and
No 277235, 2018 Conference, July 28-August 2, 2018, Vancouver, British Columbia from International Association of Agricultural Economists
The poor and vulnerable tend to be increasingly exposed to natural hazards like landslides. This paper investigates the consequences of land transactions for the (un)equal distribution of exposure to landslide risk and of total land holdings in a rural area in Western Uganda. We propose and empirically test a mechanism through which land holdings and exposure to landslide risk evolves over a farmer s lifetime. A structured household survey and detailed information on land transaction as well as georeferenced information on plots was used to construct a panel dataset of land transactions. Regressions with household fixed effects were run to identify how landholdings and exposure to landslide susceptibility evolves over a farmer s lifetime. We find that farmers that are initially more exposed to landslides manage to reduce their average exposure to some extent by acquiring plots outside landslide prone areas. This goes at a cost, as farmers that are initially highly exposed acquire land more slowly than farmers that have a lower exposure on their first plot. Over a lifetime, in our case study, land transactions therefore have a somewhat levelling effect on inequality in exposure to landslide susceptibility, but increase the inequality in land ownership. Acknowledgement : This study would not have been possible without the dedicated effort of all enumerators involved in the data collection, the local chair persons and the farmers that provided us with abovementioned information. We would also like to thank the logistical support provided by the Mountains of the Moon University (MMU). The financial support was received from the AfReSlide project, BR/121/A2/AfReSlide, titled Landslides in Equatorial Africa: Identifying culturally, technically and economically feasible resilience strategies , funded by the Belgian Science Policy (BELSPO). We would also like to thank the VLIR UOS South Initiative, ZEIN2013Z145.
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Mistakes Vegans Make – Here are the biggest ones we found
I’ve been vegan for a several years now and I’ve noticed things that help grow the vegan movement, and things that turn people off from being vegan.
I want to let you know the mistakes vegans make that I’ve witnessed so that maybe you don’t make them too.
Not Eating Enough
This is probably one of the biggest mistakes vegans make and is a huge problem, especially for beginner vegans.
Vegan food is typically lower in calories (especially if you are eating lots of whole foods) so it can be easy to under-eat. Under eating is bad because if your body isn’t getting the calories that it needs, it starts to crave other things.
For new vegans, this could easily mean non-vegan products, because your body knows that they’re heavier.
This could lead someone to stop being vegan because they might say “I was always hungry all the time” when in reality the issue could be fixed if they simply consumed a higher number of calories.
Restricting Yourself Too Much
I see so many vegans that put rules and restrictions on what they can and can’t eat on top of already being vegan.
A common example is raw veganism, or high carb veganism. There are definitely people out there who are thriving on a raw food diet, but I also know that there are people who try eating raw, deal with the above issue that I mentioned (not eating enough) and then go back to eating animals.
They feel like their diet is so restrictive when in reality if they just ate some potatoes or rice the issue would be fixed.
Cutting Family & Friends Out
It’s understandable that when you go vegan you are passionate about it and want everyone around you to change.
Unfortunately, that isn’t the way the world works. Some people just take longer than others to change and you can’t expect everyone to change at the same time as you.
You can disagree with your friends and family members and still have them in your life. Cutting them out of your life gives them a bad image of veganism and probably turns them off from ever going vegan in the future.
Expecting vegan alternatives to taste 100% the same as non-vegan foods
Almond milk doesn’t taste like cows milk, and that’s just a fact. The thing is, it’s still delicious anyways. We need to stop expecting alternatives to taste 100% like their counterparts.
Sure, there are things that taste the exact same like vegan mayo, vegan margarine, etc. But for foods such as cheese, it likely won’t taste the same as cow’s cheese and that’s okay.
If you have an open mind and don’t expect everything to taste the exact same, you’ll have an overall better experience with vegan food.
Enjoy these unique flavors and appreciate it for what it is!
Focusing on the bad
In a world full of so much negativity, it can be easy to focus on the bad things in life. Especially when you are vegan, your eyes are opened up to so much wrongness.
Millions of animals are dying every second. This is an extremely difficult fact to deal with. I know it’s hard, but if you try to focus on the positive, it really makes all the difference.
Instead of thinking about how many animals are dying, try thinking about how many people are going vegan every day, which means less animals are being killed.
I heard that for veganuary, 3 million people signed up!! That is amazing.
Being too hard on themselves
Finally the last of the mistakes vegans make is if you slip up, eat something that isn’t vegan by accident, buy something that’s tested on animals without realizing, or have leather from before you go vegan – it’s OK!
You don’t need to beat yourself up about it. No one is perfect, and being vegan is about doing the best you can. The best thing to do is move on with your life and continue being vegan and helping animals.
If you accidentally ate something non-vegan at a restaurant, it’s not your fault! These things happen to even the best of us. Remind yourself that it wasn’t on purpose.
Do you know any other common mistakes vegans make?
If so, let me know in the comments! I would love to hear them.


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Philippine Mahogany Ukulele
One of a kind
A beautiful handmade ukelele from Lapu-Lapu City, Cebu, Philippines. Made by a family of luthiers since 1949, honing the craftsmanship and woodworking skills which the Visayan islands are known.
- Size: Concert size, 23" tall.
- Materials: Locally-sourced Philippine mahogany wood.
- Make: Completely handmade and handcrafted by Filipino luthiers.
- Provenance: From New Susing's in Lapu-Lapu City - a family of luthiers in the Cebu, Philippines.


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Our eco-friendly Standard Cottages are located on ground floor and is around 15m from the beach.
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A FEW WAYS TO STOP WORRYING ABOUT BEING ‘SKINNY’
People are always trying to get more skinny. It’s the main reason a lot of people start exercising — to lose weight, lose weight, and lose more weight. And no matter how much we lose, there’s always a little bit more to go. Especially for people relatively new to exercising, it’s extremely hard to reach a solid, happy level of satisfaction.
But should being skinny be the ultimate, actual goal of exercise, of any attempt to lose weight? Now, before we get into this question further, one thing we should say: there are people who are just naturally skinny. A lot of this depends on your body type and metabolism.
But let’s go back to ‘getting skinny’ as a goal — although exercise will help you lose weight, there’s got to be a better direction than just ‘skinny’. There are a few reasons why we think the whole focus needs to shift, and they drive everything we put on the site. Let’s talk about them.
WHY THE FOCUS SHOULD CHANGE TO ‘GETTING FIT’
Becoming skinny isn’t very realistic over the long term. Besides the fact that the whole process of losing enough weight to actually become fashion-model skinny is really difficult, maintaining it — while still eating well and having enough energy to live your life — is extremely hard.
That’s actually the most important thing — psychologically, it’s far easier to work towards getting fit than getting skinny. One is a specific goal that’s sustainable, the other is a societal idea that changes with the times and is famously elusive.
If your goal is simply ‘to be a skinny person’, you’ll always find ways to not measure up, no matter how skinny you might get. Fundamentally, it’s just not realistic.
When you combine these two things — a realistic physical goal with something that’s actually easy to deal with, psychologically — you’ve got an unstoppable combination. As an overall direction, getting fit is infinitely preferable to getting skinny.
But besides that, there are tons of other benefits, too:
OTHER WAYS GETTING FIT CAN CHANGE YOUR LIFE
Your full-body health. Trying hard to get skinny can have terrible effects on your body, because you likely won’t eat enough, nor will you get a balanced amount of exercise. When you switch your goal to simply ‘getting fit’, it’s much easier to concentrate on making your entire body healthy, and you go from counting and denying calories to something much more healthful, well-rounded, and holistic in approach.
Your everyday strength. This one is great, just because it’s something you might not consider beforehand — but getting fit makes you way stronger (not super-muscular, just stronger!). Those little things you need to do around the house, or anything involving physical strength — they become a huge pleasure when you’re in shape (or even just getting in shape). You’ll seriously enjoy being able to actually feel your body, and feel each muscle as you use them.
Your physical confidence. Connected to that is just the sheer physical confidence that comes from being in shape. It makes you feel grounded, more present, and more at home in your own skin.
Psychological rewards. It’s not just about the attainable psychological rewards of being in shape, but other,
more chemical ones, too — nearly nothing about the mad drive to ‘get skinny’ will give you the natural, amazing high that strong exercise will, and it’s proven that you’ll feel way better pursuing a plan that concentrates on fitness rather than one just concerned with dropping the pounds.
This article was originally posted by BodyRock
The desire should always be to get FIT the right way! I know how enticing all those quick fixes are! BUT, even when you LOSE you almost always gain it back plus some... When you lose weight the RIGHT way not only are you seeing results you are also achieving LONG term MAINTAINABLE success! You are ending the TREND and transitioning to a healthy "lifestyle", who whats skinny for summer when you can get fit FOR LIFE!
I know for me personally THIS TIME it isn't about getting skinny, or dropping weight CRAZY fast... I want LASTING RESULTS, no more up and downs, NO MORE yo-yo-ing! I want this to be the LAST time in my life I am out of shape!
I want to BE FIT for LIFE! How about you?

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Short Film, Big Story
Maaleh VOD is the film and podcast website of The Maaleh Film School in Jerusalem.
Maaleh graduate films and content are available On Demand for a fee. We invite you to enjoy – every viewing here contributes to financing the next student production and strengthens the work of Maaleh. Happy watching and thank you!
Part of Maaleh’s uniqueness lies in the encouragement of its students to create a contemporary, artistic, personal statement that draws inspiration from Jewish sources and Israeli culture. As a result, the graduate films bring unique and diverse voices to the screen, voices that color the Israeli film and television industry and inform productions like Srugim, The Executioner, The Unorthodox, Shtisel, Shabbnikim, and others.
Graduate films are short films made by our students in a variety of genres – narrative, documentary, comedy and experimental. All are suitable for family viewing. Many of these have been screened at festivals around the world, and some are award winners.
Because they are between 10 and 30 minutes in length, the films can be used to trigger discussions in the classroom/community setting, and indeed many educators around the world use them as a resource. In addition to the films themselves, we are happy to share Filminars™ (pre-recorded professional film lectures) for educators or as quality viewing for the general public. See more on the “Video Podcast” page.
Maaleh can also reach out to you in your community – The school offers a variety of Live events which can be held online using Zoom, or at the school’s auditorium, or at other venues in Israel. These events are suitable for a variety of occasions and audiences.


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Perhaps best described as an interactive novel that follows the main plotline of the novel while the player is able to gently influence the events, but not alter things greatly, The Pillars of the Earth, based on Ken Follett's massively successful historical drama, has made its transition to video games courtesy of German adventure game specialists Daedalic Entertainment. It offers Telltale's formula of conversation choice, but without the often far-reaching consequences Telltale are known for in their games, while adding more of a traditional point and click touch to the puzzles players have to solve.
The Pillars of the Earth is a massive work, a real brick of a book, and it was brought to television in the beginning of this decade through nine hour-long episodes (starring Ian McShane and Eddie Redmayne among others). It's no surprise then that Daedalic opted for an episodic format, breaking it down into three books, and the first book, From the Ashes, is just about to be launched, which we've played it from start to finish (prologue and seven chapters). It's a lengthy experience for an episodic release, clocking in at just over 6 hours of playtime, so multiply that by three and you'll have an approximate length of the full game.
The novel focuses on a small town called Kingsbridge and the building of a cathedral, but in a way the cathedral only serves as a backdrop to the political drama that unfolds as factions fight for control of Britain and for personal gain. It also focuses on some lesser players, Prior Philip and the young Jack (later a builder), who find themselves at the centre of the power play. Philip and Jack are two of the playable characters in book one, and you also briefly play as Tom the Builder, who joins with Jack and his mother forming a makeshift family after losing his wife through childbirth and giving up his newborn son at the very start of things.
As a video game The Pillars of the Earth is limited by the constraints on the narrative. It feels a bit strange to make choices only to experience them being made for you, and one such example is when Philip is being nominated for prior of Kingsbridge; you cannot accept or refuse this as it was likely deemed too inconsistent with the source material to allow Philip to turn down the nomination. However, you do have an influence on how things happen and your words and action influence relationships, presumably colouring and tweaking them for events to come.
In terms of its presentation The Pillars of the Earth is something of a mixed bag. Daedalic has opted to go for a painterly look that is quite nice to look at - certain scenes look amazing while others fail to inspire the same feelings. The excellent voice acting helps mask the fairly modest animation work, but there are certain areas that stand out as eye sores. In particular one overview map of Kingsbridge where you move your character at incredible speed without much animation work at all feels like a poor design choice. As it's not much of a hub (it has three exits pretty much) it just doesn't feel like it serves much purpose as it breaks the style of the more intimate scenes elsewhere in the game. Meanwhile, the orchestral music provides a background much like you'd expect from a game based on a novel set during the 12th century and it does a good job of setting the mood.
Unlike recent Telltale titles, The Pillars of the Earth does offer secrets to discover and things to the side of the main plotline. You do collect items that you can learn more of by reading, for example, and while the puzzles are fairly light in difficulty compared to the point and click greats of yesteryear, you'll still have to think once or twice and maybe even lose yourself for a minute or two walking back and forth between rooms as you ponder a solution. To help players who perhaps don't have the patience you can bring up all things you can interact with via the left trigger.
Apart from conversations and light puzzles there are some quick time events that all use the same mechanics where you need to time a button press as a marker moves along a line - not the most inspired of designs, but it does the job. One thing we found playing with a controller (not really an issue with mouse and keyboard) is that you don't automatically move from room to room by walking through a door. Instead you have highlight an arrow and push your A-button (Xbox controller), which is again not an optimal design choice when using a controller. Little things such as this one add up over the course of a playthrough, even if it is still a minor complaint.
There is certainly promise here and the narrative and drama itself are of such high quality that you can overlook that lack of actual consequence to your choices. It's off to a promising start, and hopefully we will feel more consequences of our actions later on in the story as Jack grows up and we also get to play as the disgraced noblewoman Aliena. We're particularly interested in knowing how our deception, and the way it was presented to Bishop Waleron Bigod, will influence future events.
As is our practice with episodic games we will return with our verdict on the full game as soon as Book Two and Three have been released.


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Western intelligence agencies suspect that Mullah Omar, leader of the Afghan Taliban, is hunkered down in a sanctuary near the city of Quetta, the capital of Baluchistan, with other key members of the Taliban leadership.
Pakistani authorities vehemently deny that the Afghan Taliban's key leadership structure is based in Quetta. And it stresses that limited resources force it to prioritize dealing with the Pakistani Taliban's domestic insurgency. "The situation is that Pakistan cannot fight all kinds of Taliban militants at once," says Hasan Askari-Rizvi, a political and military analyst. "Those Taliban who are challenging the Pakistani state's authority, they will be dealt with first." But critics believe that elements within the military establishment continue to discreetly support insurgent groups operating across the border in order to maintain Pakistan's strategic leverage in Afghanistan.
Pakistan's security establishment has never embraced the Karzai government, which it sees as dominated by the predominantly ethnic Tajik, Uzbek and Hazara forces of the India-backed Northern Alliance. And it fears that India is expanding its influence there through massive development projects and by using Afghanistan as a base from which to destabilize Pakistan.
Although Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari has broken with his predecessor, General Pervez Musharraf, in embracing Karzai as an ally, his government continues to regard Afghanistan skeptically. Last week Interior Minister Rehman Malik accused the Karzai government of colluding with India to secretly back the Baluch insurgency inside Pakistan.
The Taliban regime had given Pakistan what local military strategists termed "strategic depth." A friendly regime in Kabul helped Islamabad counter New Delhi's clout in the region and helped relieve a sense of being encircled by India and its allies. Pakistani officials fear that as Pashtun political power has receded in Afghanistan, New Delhi's influence has grown at Islamabad's expense. It is widely alleged by Pakistani officials that India is using its four consulates along Pakistan's western border to foment the Baluch insurgency. Recent local propaganda has gone further, alleging that even the Taliban in Swat enjoys Indian backing rumors that have helped rally public support against the militants.
The deeper Pakistani fear about the U.S. offensive is that the more it succeeds, the less chance Pakistan will have of influencing events in Afghanistan after the Americans and their allies leave. "Pakistan will find itself in a fix," says analyst Siddiqa. "What Pakistan doesn't want is a U.S. military victory in the short-term without securing its own long-term strategic interests." It is for this reason, many suspect, that Pakistan has not broken with the Afghan Taliban and other Pakistan-based militant groups fighting in Afghanistan.
Mohmand says the best outcome for the U.S. in Afghanistan is to negotiate an exit. "Fundamentally, the U.S. presence in Afghanistan is unsustainable," says the former Pakistan ambassador to Afghanistan. "At some point, they will have to be driven to the negotiations table. Pakistan will have to be included in the overall architecture of those talks. This can happen if basic objectives are met: there is some sort of functioning democracy, there is no space for al-Qaeda and it is a stabilized and peaceful country. If those benchmarks can be negotiated by regional powers, then the U.S. could begin to leave."


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Much has changed since GE opened for business 129 years ago, but one thing has remained constant: the company’s focus on innovation. It is helping GE engineers find new ways to make the world more sustainable and help solve looming challenges like climate change, energy transition and decarbonization. Innovation is also the lifeblood of GE’s push to develop precision healthcare that will lead to personalized diagnoses and treatments, and make healthcare more accessible to everyone. Take a look at our list:
Clinicians have been turning to artificial intelligence (AI) to help them process reams of clinical data in a short time and discover valuable insights. Advanced algorithms, for example, can help speed the diagnosis and treatment of pneumothorax, cancer and COVID-19 complications. But in the hospital setting, AI can encounter unique challenges, including privacy regulations and standardization issues that may arise, say, when analyzing data from different MRI scanners. But there’s a solution, and it’s called edge computing.
Putting computers at the “edge” means placing them as close as possible to patients and doctors, right at the point of care, where exams and diagnoses take place. While putting the power of artificial intelligence at doctors’ fingertips, computers can still connect to networks of supercomputers elsewhere. The approach can dramatically increase the speed and security of the data being analyzed.
Last fall, GE Healthcare introduced its latest edge computing technology, Edison HealthLink, which can aggregate, analyze, display and share data from a network of clinical devices. And it gives its users a way to connect to GE Healthcare’s powerful Edison intelligence platform, host to dozens of applications that allow clinicians to perform tasks like analyzing high-res brain scans and measuring a given patient’s aggregate radiation and iodine exposure. Keith Dreyer, chief data science officer at Boston’s Mass General Brigham, has been testing the Edison ecosystem and hopes it ultimately will help doctors predict whether COVID-19 patients will take a turn for the worse.
Last year, Dr. Yale Tung Chen, an emergency medicine clinician in hard-hit Madrid, Spain, became one of a handful of clinicians around the world testing Vscan Air™, a handheld, wireless ultrasound scanner developed by engineers at GE Healthcare. The device, which GE released for sale in the U.S. and Europe in March, beamed images from the ultrasound probe to an app on his smartphone. “I’ve been using it on COVID-19 patients, scanning hearts, lungs, blocked vessels,” he says. It fit inside his white coat pocket and allowed him to examine his patients “and make decisions quickly right at the bedside.”
Anders Wold, president and CEO of global ultrasound at GE Healthcare, envisions the Vscan Air™ “as delivering on the future of healthcare at a time when ultrasound has proven to be an essential tool at the point of care.” The family of Vscan tech is making a big difference in a wide variety of settings. In Papua New Guinea, where roads are scarce and many babies are delivered at home, Vscan has been an invaluable tool for supporting expectant mothers and their babies. In Zambia, Sister Miriam Cibale Mushoda is using Vscan where she once relied on her hands to tell if an expectant mother was carrying her baby in breech. Dr. Nils Petter Oveland also has found the technology essential, whether on a three-month mission to Haiti or overseeing research and development at the Norwegian Air Ambulance Foundation. At St. Luke’s University Health Network in New Jersey and Pennsylvania, widespread Vscan use is helping improve the standard of care and save money through increased efficiency.
Radiologists know that when it comes to magnetic resonance imaging, some trade-offs are inevitable. MRI scanners use powerful magnets to excite hydrogen atoms within the body; those atoms then emit radio signals that are picked up by the scanner and transformed into a digital image, allowing doctors to see deep within. To get a sharper image, doctors need to achieve a higher signal-to-noise ratio, which can involve keeping patients in the machine longer. Radiologists can cut down on scan time, but that can involve sacrificing clarity. New technology from GE Healthcare, though, could enable doctors to eliminate some of the old trade-offs — with a little help from artificial intelligence.
The application, which is called AIR Recon DL and runs on GE’s Edison platform, uses a deep learning algorithm to improve MR image reconstruction — essentially, it “de-noises” the raw digital data. “What AIR Recon DL has allowed us to do is image sometimes faster, even with a higher spatial resolution, and achieve equal to better image quality,” said radiologist Darryl Sneag, who’s started using the software at New York’s Hospital for Special Surgery. “At the end of the day, it’s helping us to potentially make alternative diagnoses or see anatomical structures much sharper and finer than we might have previously been able to.” Any gains in time that the software yields will be a boon to radiologists as they work through MRI scans that have been deferred due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The wave of coronavirus cases that hit U.S. hospitals in 2020 and early 2021 is requiring them to think strategically about how best to manage critical resources like mechanical ventilators and ICU beds. In Oregon, though, healthcare providers are thinking through the challenge with the help of artificial intelligence. In 2020, some 64 of the state’s hospitals, representing about 90% of its hospital beds, teamed up to roll out a software application that uses AI to help maximize lifesaving supplies. The Oregon Capacity System, based on GE Healthcare’s Critical Resource Tile software, allows the hospitals to dynamically share critical asset information during the peak of the pandemic. “It’s easy for clinicians to instantly see where the hot spots and excess capacity are across the whole network,” said Jeff Terry, chief executive of GE Healthcare’s clinical command centers.
Working in the background, AI algorithms developed by GE Healthcare gather and analyze data generated by hospitals and turn it into real-time operational insights. The “Tile” corrals 2 million data points every day from the state’s hospital networks and updates every few minutes with a fresh batch of data on everything from admissions and nursing flows to ventilator usage and bed requests. Users can see all that information in a hospital’s incident command center, or they can pull it up on a smartphone or tablet — it’s “no harder to use” than a ride-sharing app, Terry said. “It is constantly connecting the dots, alerting to risks and making suggestions where the system can create capacity.”
GE Healthcare command centers and software are working in several countries, including the U.S., U.K. and Canada. “Our goal with Command Center is to put actionable insights at each caregiver’s fingertips,” says Amit Phadnis, GE Healthcare’s chief digital officer. “As we move towards data-driven, intelligence-based healthcare, this is an important aspect of GE Healthcare’s vision, underpinned by our Edison Intelligence platform.”
Julia Casey is a biochemical engineer by training, but she is also a deal-maker at heart. As general manager of GE Healthcare’s Pharmaceutical Diagnostics Molecular Imaging business, she demonstrated her twin flair for finance and science in May when GE acquired Zionexa, a privately held French company developing and commercializing imaging agents that can help doctors diagnose certain cancers and other diseases. It was a natural fit for both companies. Three-year-old startup Zionexa is nimble and innovative, and operates in an area where GE sees the medical industry going — precision health.
Zionexa’s expertise involves developing diagnostic agents known as radiopharmaceuticals, which are designed to bind to specific receptors inside the body and help doctors obtain more information about, say, a tumor and the kind of medicine it might respond to. It’s part of a patient-centered approach that complements the diagnostics work GE was already doing, while giving Zionexa access to GE’s global market muscle and decades of experience. “The future of medicine is about looking at individual patients,” Casey says. “This deal is about helping doctors select the right treatment for that patient.”
Computed tomography scanners use X-rays to make cross-sectional images of the body, slicing it virtually like a loaf of bread and enabling physicians to, for instance, spot a tumor. But CT scanners can run up against limitations, such as resolution and radiation dose — and that’s where photon-counting CT scanners could make a difference.
Scientists and engineers have been trying to perfect photon-counting CT for decades. Detectors made from silicon were particularly promising, but they also presented daunting technical challenges. Then a chance encounter in 2015 between GE scientists and Mats Danielsson, CEO of Prismatic Sensors, led to a breakthrough. With his colleagues, Danielsson figured out the “Deep Silicon” technology that is at the heart of the new photon-counting detector. In an indication of how important the promise of this technology is, in 2020 GE Healthcare announced plans to acquire Prismatic — GE’s first acquisition since Larry Culp became the company’s chairman and CEO in 2018.

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Background: Pharmacological treatment is widely used for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) despite questions over its efficacy.
Aims: To determine the efficacy of all types of pharmacotherapy, as monotherapy, in reducing symptoms of PTSD, and to assess acceptability.
Method: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials was undertaken; 51 studies were included.
Results: Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors were found to be statistically superior to placebo in reduction of PTSD symptoms but the effect size was small (standardised mean difference -0.23, 95% CI -0.33 to -0.12). For individual pharmacological agents compared with placebo in two or more trials, we found small statistically significant evidence of efficacy for fluoxetine, paroxetine and venlafaxine.
Conclusions: Some drugs have a small positive impact on PTSD symptoms and are acceptable. Fluoxetine, paroxetine and venlafaxine may be considered as potential treatments for the disorder. For most drugs there is inadequate evidence regarding efficacy for PTSD, pointing to the need for more research in this area.
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The Google Doodle for today honours Switzerland’s National Day. The three forest cantons of Uri, Schwyz, and Unterwalden joined together on this date in 1291 to sign the Federal Charter and fight against Habsburg control. The charter is recognised as the foundation of Switzerland and is the country’s oldest constitutional text.
The day is celebrated in Switzerland with family get-togethers, barbecues, and parades. The President of the Swiss Confederation addresses the people at an official celebration held at Rütli Field, the site of the signing of the Federal Charter, before fireworks and bonfires.
Locals congregate in the streets across the nation waving flags that represent villages and cantons. The national flag of Switzerland is represented in the artwork of today by a white cross on a red background. The flag is now used to adorn buildings, yards, lanterns, and even food items.
Happy National Day, Switzerland!

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That’s according to a peek inside the latest Intel chipset drivers, which reference almost a dozen next-generation chipsets. These run the gamut from the H610E for entry-level laptops, all the way up to the X699 for Intel’s high-end desktop (HEDT) lineup. There will also be workstation, business, and embedded chipsets comprising the 600-series.
Kudos to @9550pro, a prominent leaker, for spotting Intel’s Chipset Device Software Version 10.1.18836.8283. Contained within it are 19 Device IDs attached to different Platform Controller Hubs (PCH) for Alder Lake. As to what exactly we are looking at, this is how its breaks down…
- R680E (Embedded Laptop)
- Q670E (Business/Enterprise Laptop)
- H610E (Mainstream Laptop)
Out of those listed above, the Z690, H670, B660, H610, and W680 will feature a new LGA-1700 socket design. It’s also worth noting that Alder Lake supports both DDR5 and DDR4 memory, though not in the same motherboard—supporting multiple RAM types in a consumer board is a trick we have not seen since ASRock’s 960GC-GS FX, which had slots for both DDR2 and DDR3 memory. Alder Lake also ushers in support for PCI Express 5.0.
Given that Alder Lake is now right around the corner and chipset drivers are already pointing to next-gen platforms, we imagine it won’t be long before leaked motherboard models hit the scene. It’s already happening to a small degree, with a recent benchmark entry pointing to an ASUS ROG Strix Z690-E Gaming WiFi motherboard. Others probably won’t be far behind.


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-Mandatory 1-hour Duty to Report CME
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Duty to Report— 1-Hour CME Requirement
Effective May 31, 2021, physicians are required to complete one hour of Continuing Medical Education (CME) on the topic of a licensee’s duty to report misconduct, with enforcement to commence with renewal or reinstatement applications submitted on or after July 1, 2021.
OSMA has long advocated, and has policy, against one-size-fits-all mandatory Continuing Medical Education (CME) content as a condition for licensure, advocating instead that educational needs be determined by the physician, based on the practitioners’ practice, specialty and patient population.
Despite objections from OSMA and others, the medical board passed the new CME requirement. Many stakeholders, including OSMA, asked the medical board to provide an educational tool to aid physicians in fulfilling this requirement.
OSMA is happy to report that the medical board has created a CME course designed to educate physicians on the duty to report to the State Medical Board of Ohio. The one-hour course is designed to educate physicians on the duty to report to the State Medical Board of Ohio. Physicians are encouraged to read the Frequently Asked Questions and Tips and Technical Requirements prior to watching the video.
CME Hours Reminder:
Just a reminder that as of October 2019, Ohio’s CME law changed to require that physicians complete a total of 50 hours Category 1 CME every two years to be eligible for license renewal. Previously, physicians were required to complete a total of 100 hours, of which 40 needed to be Category 1.


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MARRIAGE EQUALITY IN NORTH CAROLINA: Same-Sex Couples? What do the Recent Supreme Court Decisions Mean for North Carolina Gay Marriage?
On October 6, 2014, the Supreme Court denied review of seven Federal Circuit Court rulings (from the Tenth, Seventh, and Fourth Circuits) that held state bans on same-sex marriage violated the U.S. Constitution. In denying review, the Supreme Court has effectively allowed those favorable rulings to stand. On October 7, 2014, the Ninth Circuit also…Read More
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Now that the Supreme Court has decided Windsor and ordered that the Federal government recognize the marriages of gay and lesbian couples when granted by a state, I have been receiving a smattering of questions about marriage. Specifically, same-sex couples want to know, “Should we get married?” My answer is a definitive maybe. Your answer,…Read More


The Colts defense has been horrendous defending the pass so far this season. What’s wrong and how can it be fixed?
Indianapolis ranks 30th in the NFL in passing yards allowed per game as opponents are racking up an average of 296 yards per game through the air. Granted, both the Arizona Cardinals and Los Angeles Rams have a Top 10 passing attack, but the 49ers, Browns and Titans all feature offenses that average less than 230 yards passing.
Why is the Colts’ defense allowing so many yards through the air? One of the key components to a good pass defense starts up front.
Putting pressure on the opposing team’s quarterback leads to hurried throws and check-down passes. The Colts rank near the bottom of the league in sacks with 12. Jabaal Sheard, Henry Anderson and John Simon need to get a better push up front to help out the secondary.
Now let’s check out the defensive backfield. The Colts are tied for fifth in the league in interceptions with seven.
The biggest bright spot in the Indianapolis secondary is rookie cornerback Nate Hairston. The rookie out of Temple has impressed early with two sacks on the season, including a safety on Russell Wilson during the Sunday night game against Seattle. Hairston is allowing one catch every 16.8 snaps he plays in coverage.
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The Colts’ secondary is in the beginning stages of a youth movement. Drafting Hairston, Quincy Wilson and Malik Hooker this past spring was a step in the right direction. Second-year safety Matthias Farley is only 25 years old, and journeyman cornerback Rashaan Melvin, who has two interceptions on the season, is only 28.
If the Colts wish to improve on their pass defense, it starts with personnel and Indianapolis has drafted some big-bodied defensive backs that possess good speed and ball skills. Allocating more playing time to Hooker, Hairston and Wilson to further their development is a must going forward.
More pressure off the edge and an increase in playing time for the young guns in the Indianapolis secondary is the first step to getting the Colts’ woeful pass defense on track. Combined with an improving run defense, perhaps the Colts can climb out of the lower rungs of the NFL’s defensive rankings.


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Attorney Fees in a Divorce
Are You Entitled to Attorney Fees From Your Spouse?
A New York divorce court judge will not want to approve any divorce agreement that was drafted in a way that clearly favors one spouse over the other. It is also important in a contested divorce for each spouse to have the legal ability and know-how to stand up and fight for their best interests. A good way to prevent one-sided agreements, or legal arguments, is for each spouse to be represented by their own a divorce attorney.
What happens if one spouse cannot pay for a divorce attorney, though? Will the other spouse be expected to pay the fees of the legal professional that “works against them” in the divorce? The answer comes on a case-by-case basis, primarily influenced by the divorcés finances.
When One Spouse Provides Total Income
It is not uncommon for one spouse to provide all, or the vast majority, of the income in a marriage. When this is the case, a family law court judge may order that the primary breadwinner pay for all or a portion of their spouse’s attorney fees. This is not something you should rely on happening, however, as a judge’s discretion could deem that you do not need such financial assistance.
Indeed, in most situations where a judge will order one spouse to pay for the attorney fees of the other, the aid is either partial or temporary. After all, following the average divorce, both spouses are expected to make a reasonable effort to support themselves financially. The mindset of financial independence will be encouraged, to some extent, during the divorce, not only after it concludes.
Other factors that could influence a judge’s opinion on the matter of attorney fees in divorce are:
- Spousal support agreements
- Child support obligations
- Grounds for divorce (theft of marital income, etc.)
- Education or career history of both spouses
- Equitable distribution of valuable assets
- Each spouse’s ability to find gainful employment
No matter the reasons behind why you should have your attorney fees paid by your soon-to-be ex-spouse, you will need to first create a petition for this motion to be approved. Start today with the Law Office of Dennis R. Vetrano, Jr., LLC and our Dutchess County divorce attorneys. Our years of experience and client-first approach to legal issues can help remove the stress of your divorce and turn this unexpected situation for the better.
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To End HIV/AIDS, Cities like Ours are Leading the Way by Setting Bold Goals
By Anthony Stamper, Denver Department of Environmental Health
This was originally published as an op-ed in The Hill newspaper.
On December 1st, communities across the nation will commemorate World AIDS Day. First memorialized in 1988, World AIDS Day offers the opportunity for people worldwide to unite in the fight against HIV, show support for people living with HIV, and remember those who have died. We know that in the U.S. the number of people living with HIV and AIDS is concentrated in cities, and that cities are also the most ambitious leaders in the fight against the disease. This World AIDS Day, Denver can report some major victories in fighting the disease that policy makers at every level should study carefully.
Our success begins with setting audacious goals. Denver joined a number of other major American cities in adopting some of the most ambitious targets in the world to end HIV and AIDS. In 2014, the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), launched the Paris Declaration Agreement in an effort to dramatically reduce new HIV infections and future AIDS-related deaths through increasing testing, treatment and education.
We committed to meet the following targets:
- 90% of people living with HIV know their HIV status.
- 90% of people who are HIV-positive are in care.
- 90% of people who are in care have suppressed viral loads.
- Zero discrimination, including stigma.
Denver’s ambitious commitment to ending HIV and AIDS goes beyond these targets, which are collectively known as the “90-90-90” strategy. We have also committed to ending the AIDS epidemic by 2030. While it may sound ambitious, Denver is one of the most well-positioned to succeed thanks to our collaborative efforts with the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment to plan HIV prevention and care activities and develop measures of implementation and outcomes via the Colorado HIV/AIDS Strategy.
Historically, our city has been on the forefront of clinical research on the virus, helping to form the building blocks of what would become the 90-90-90 strategy. In 1983, the Denver Principles were established, laying the foundation for the notion of self-empowerment in care. These guidelines have since influenced the doctor/patient relationship in every disease category, benefiting millions of patients. In 2011, HIV physician and researcher Dr. Edward Gardner observed that for individuals with HIV to fully benefit from antiretroviral therapy, they need to first be diagnosed as HIV positive, be engaged in regular care, and receive and adhere to effective antiretroviral therapy to ultimately achieve viral suppression. This is known as the HIV Continuum of Care.
In 2013, President Obama established the HIV Care Continuum Initiative, directing federal departments to prioritize addressing the HIV Care Continuum as they continue to implement the National HIV/AIDS Strategy.
This work is beginning to pay off. The number of people newly diagnosed with HIV in Denver is the lowest it has been since the epidemic began. Earlier this year, Denver achieved the goal of having 90 percent of people living with HIV know their HIV status, and joined San Francisco, Amsterdam, Paris, and Kyiv inpublishing 90-90-90 datadocumenting attainment of the first target. Just this week, Denver announced the achievement of another goal: 90% of those diagnosed and in HIV care will have suppressed viral loads.
Today, as we remember those lost to HIV/AIDS, it’s important to also celebrate the achievements of advocates and providers, support those at risk for or living with HIV, and continue to set audacious goals to achieve an AIDS-free generation.
Anthony Stamper, MPA, MURP, is the Program Manager of the Denver Office of HIV Resources within Denver’s Department of Environmental Health, and is a member of the Big Cities Health Coalition. The Denver Office of HIV Resources administers $7.9 million in Ryan White Part A funds for the Denver Metro area to provide care services for people living with HIV.