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Aloe vera is a well-known medicinal plant that has been used by humans for thousands of years. Aloe vera, also known as Aloe barbadensis, is a thick, short-stemmed plant that stores water in its leaves, according to Joe Leech of Medical News Today. This plant belongs to the Aloe genus and is a succulent plant. It thrives in tropical settings and has been used as a medicinal plant for generations. It is most recognized for healing skin injuries, but it also has several other applications that may be beneficial to one's health.
Aloe vera cannot be found in meals, according to WebMD, thus it must be taken as a supplement or gel. Some types of aloe vera are safer to consume than others, and long-term use is not recommended. At least for certain situations, research backs up the ancient usage of topical aloe vera as skin therapy. Psoriasis, seborrhea, dandruff, minor burns, skin abrasions, skin harmed by radiation, herpes sores, acne, and anal fissures are just a few of the skin ailments that aloe gel has been shown to help within studies.
Aloe vera is widely used in the cosmetic, pharmaceutical, and food industries, and according to research by Olwen M. Grace and colleagues, the plant has a global market value of $13 billion. The leaves are thick because they possess a slimy membrane that holds water in each leaf. The "gel" that people associate with aloe vera products is this water-filled tissue. Most of the plant's important bioactive elements, such as vitamins, minerals, amino acids, and antioxidants, are found in the gel.
Aloe vera gel contains potent antioxidants belonging to a vast family of chemicals known as polyphenols, according to a study by Fatemeh Nejatzadeh-Barandozi. These polyphenols, along with several other substances found in aloe vera, aid in the inhibition of the growth of bacteria that can cause illnesses in humans. The antibacterial, antiviral, and antiseptic effects of aloe vera are well-known. This is one of the reasons why it may aid in the healing of wounds and the treatment of skin conditions.
Aloe vera is most commonly used as a topical medicine, which means it is applied to the skin rather than consumed. It's been used for a long time to cure wounds and burns, including sunburn. Aloe vera products were first listed in the United States Pharmacopeia in 1810–1820 as skin protectants. It appears to be a good topical treatment for first and second-degree burns, according to studies. According to a study of experiments conducted, aloe vera can shorten the time it takes for burns to recover by about 9 days when compared to conventional medicine. It also aims to alleviate infection, redness, and inflammation.
Constipation may also be alleviated by aloe vera. The latex, not the gel, is the source of the benefits this time. The latex is a sticky yellow residue found immediately beneath the leaf's epidermis. According to a study conducted by Bahare Salehi and colleagues, the primary chemical responsible for this effect is aloin, or barbaloin, which has well-established laxative effects. People, on the other hand, have expressed worries about the safety of repeated use. Other digestive problems, such as irritable bowel syndrome or inflammatory bowel disease, do not appear to be helped by aloe vera, contrary to popular assumption.
Aloe vera is a natural medicine that has few adverse effects. Topical usage, according to the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH), is probably safe. However, the laxative effects of aloe vera may produce stomach pains or diarrhea when taken orally. Long-term aloe vera supplement consumption has also been linked to liver damage in some cases. Moreover, the NCCIH stated that non-decolorized whole leaf aloe vera extract appears to be linked to cancer risk in rats. Aloe vera is used as a skin and gum ointment and has a wide range of medicinal benefits and it can be purchased in bottles or extracted directly from aloe plant leaves. Just remember, Aloe vera juice is not the same as aloe vera gel in terms of its applications.
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Keeping fit and healthy is very important, but during this COVID-19 pandemic, these are critical, and these can be achieved with having a moment with nature which is also proven to be beneficial to mental health. When you have a garden or a small outdoor space or even just garden pots, this is more than enough to maintain your positive well-being as a means of diverting your attention from stressful experiences or situations.
Gardening has been around for as long as people have been growing food. Through the centuries, gardens have served not as they were as places to grow plants but as spaces for individuals to unwind, relax, focus, and connect with nature and each other especially during this time of COVID-19 pandemic where people are locked up in their home.
If you garden and compost, you know there are many physical benefits. Digging, hand tilling, and turning compost piles can all increase your heart rate, offering a boon to your cardiovascular system. Weeding and planting maintain and improve hand strength. All that time spent outdoors harvesting and tying up the branches of your plants increases your vitamin D levels, which helps keep bones healthy and the immune system working optimally.
But did you know that gardening and time spent outdoors offer lots of health benefits too? Here is some of it:
Breathing in the earthy scent of good soil has antidepressant effects. That's because of a soil bacterium, Mycobacterium vaccae, which gardeners naturally (and harmlessly) inhale while working in their raised beds and compost piles. M. vaccae's antidepressant effects were discovered accidentally, when a London oncology researcher inoculated cancer patients with the organism, hoping that it would strengthen their immune systems. She noticed another effect: The patients who received the bacteria reported feeling happier and experiencing less pain than those who didn't. Further studies showed that once it enters the body, M. vaccae boosts levels of serotonin and norepinephrine. Serotonin improves mood and boosts a general overall sense of well-being; norepinephrine increases alertness and energy.
Connecting with nature. Nature has been shown to be restorative to our minds, cognitively and emotionally. Spending time in nature helps improve our attention. According to researchers, nature restores our minds by attracting our attention without effort.
Evidence also shows that even just living near green spaces – such as parks, gardens, or forests – is linked to benefits, such as:
- Reduced mental fatigue
- Lower stress
- Better protection against illness
- The overall feeling of better health
Increasing physical activity. Increased physical activity has been shown to improve physical and mental health. Sure, you could get a gym membership, but with gardening, you’re exercising in the sun. Physical activity while in the sun decreases cortisol, the stress hormone, and increases endorphins, which make us feel good (You should still protect yourself with sunblock, light clothing, and a hat). If you want to really be active, double-digging a new garden bed provides a strenuous workout. Plus, you’re likely to linger outside, which leads to the next way gardening impacts mental health – by fostering community.
Improving nutrition. Many gardeners grow their own fresh fruits or vegetables, and people who eat diets high in whole foods like fruits and vegetables are up to 35% less likely to develop depression than people who eat less of these foods, according to Mental Health America. Not only can the quality of your food improve when you’re growing it yourself, but it can also be a money saver.
Gardening at home or in the community can ameliorate both your physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual health. When you’re stressed or tired, being outside tending to your plants may be the best medicine.
“It’s a wonderful time to be a home gardener, because you’re home”.
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Bell peppers, scientifically known as “Capsicum annuum”, are fruits that belong to the nightshade family. They are the same as chili peppers, tomatoes, and breadfruit believed to be native to Central and South America. Considered a good source of vitamin C, half a cup of raw bell peppers especially the red pepper provides 95 milligrams (mg) of vitamin C, which accounts for 106% of the recommended Daily Value (%DV) for adults and kids aged 4 and over. Bell peppers are also called capsicums that can be eaten raw or cooked. Other than it being a good source of vitamin C that's needed for wound healing and iron absorption, they're also low in calories and loaded with nutrients and other antioxidants, making them a good addition to your healthy diet.
A one-cup serving of chopped bell pepper contains:
- Calories: 30
- Protein: 1 gram
- Fat: Less than 1 gram
- Carbohydrates: 7 grams
- Fiber: 2.5 grams
- Sugar: 3.5 grams
Bell peppers are a wonderful fruit with wonderful health benefits, and here are some of them.
- Lower blood pressure. Bell peppers play an important role in controlling low blood pressure and experts believe that diets high in Vitamin C act as a diuretic, which means that they help remove excess body fluid. And getting rid of the excess body fluid helps reduce the risk of heart conditions for it lowers the pressure within your blood vessel.
- Reduce the risk of a heart attack. In addition to helping control blood pressure, bell peppers also contain an anticoagulant that may help you prevent the blood clots responsible for heart attacks.
- Good for digestive health. Bell peppers only have 30 calories in every one-cup serving, but raw bell peppers contain 2.5 grams of dietary fiber. Dietary fiber helps promote a healthy digestive system by adding bulk to your stools. This makes them easier to pass. A diet high in fiber like oats, green leafy veggies, and fruits may also reduce the risk of having hemorrhoids and constipation.
- Reduce the risk of diabetes. High-fiber and vitamin C foods rich foods, such as bell peppers, slow down sugar absorption into your bloodstream. The vitamin C rich in bell peppers may also help prevent and reduce elevated blood sugar levels in people with Type 2 diabetes. It lowers your chance of having the condition and protects you from other lifestyle diseases.
Bell peppers also contain not only Vitamin C, but many other nutrients needed for a healthy life. It contains vitamin B6 which is the most common B-vitamins. Vitamin B6 helps in the prevention and treatment of anemia, it promotes brain health and relieves stress and depression. Vitamin K1 is a form of vitamin K that plays in blood coagulation and bone health. Potassium helps prevent and reduce the risk of high blood pressure and heart diseases. Folate is a crucial vitamin needed during pregnancy to prevent birth defects in newborn babies. Vitamin E is known as a strong antioxidant and is crucial for healthy nerves and muscles that can be found in nuts, seeds, oils, fruit, and vegetables like bell peppers. And it also contains the very famous eye vitamin, which is Vitamin A that aids and prevents eye conditions like night blindness, and other eye diseases. Truly, bell peppers are packed not just with vitamin C but other nutrients as well.
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Sissons, B. (2021). Everything to know about bell peppers. Retrieved November 26, 2021, from the Medical News Today website: https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/bell-peppers#vitamin-a [Last updated: March 12, 2021]
Arnarson, A. (2019). Vitamins and minerals. Retrieved November 26, 2021, from the Healthline website: https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/foods/bell-peppers# [Last updated: March 27, 2019]
Brennan, D. (2020). Health Benefits of Bell Peppers. Retrieved November 26, 2021, from the Web MD website: https://www.webmd.com/diet/health-benefits-bell-peppers#1 [Last updated: August 20, 2020]
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There are a number of us who are aware of our consumption of sodium and we are very cautious about it. But we also need to know that it has an inverse counterpart mineral known as Potassium that is usually affected by the level of sodium and it possesses importance in cardiovascular conditions together with sodium. Potassium and sodium are minerals that work as electrolytes in your body. Electrolytes are particles, or charged particles, that can carry an electric current over cells to bolster a variety of physiological forms. Potassium and sodium work together within the tissues of your body, and in keeping up the correct balance -- generally, three times more potassium than sodium in your calories count is needed for ideal health.
Sodium and potassium are electrolytes that are required for human survival — having the correct balance of these and other electrolytes makes a difference in how your body maintains normal capacities. In case you've got an imbalance of electrolytes, issues can result in how your body works. According to Mayo Clinic, in case sodium levels plunge, hyponatremia happens which causes serious side effects from vomiting to seizures and can be life-threatening. Hyponatremia is uncommon, but when the switch happens — and sodium levels are too high— it leads to hypernatremia. This is usually a result of being dehydrated, which can happen due to heaving, loose bowels, sweating, or taking diuretics. As with deviation from the normal levels of sodium, potassium levels can also end up imbalanced. A potassium insufficiency, which is known as hypokalemia, can be caused by taking diuretics or laxatives, excessively drinking liquor, loose bowels, intemperate sweating, and other variables. Hypokalemia can lead to shortcomings and weaknesses. High levels of potassium (hyperkalemia) lead to kidney conditions and heart conditions.
According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), most individuals consume too much sodium (which is ever-present in packaged and processed foods), and too small potassium can lead to heart issues and other conditions such as metabolic conditions. Balanced potassium relaxes the blood vessel walls which in turn, brings down blood pressure, making a difference to avoid heart illness and stroke. Having more potassium has another advantage: Potassium expels sodium from your body bringing the lower risk for heart conditions.
Fruits and vegetables contain a significant amount of potassium that can meet your dietary requirements of 4.7 grams per day. A medium heated potato with the skin, 1/2 container of prunes, 1/2 container of raisins, or 6 ounces of prune juice each supply more than 10 percent of your day-by-day potassium prerequisite. Bananas, tomato juice, lima beans, spinach, and oak seed squash offer great levels of potassium. Sodium, on the other hand, is rare in fruits and vegetables but plentiful in processed foods. Most dietary sodium came from sodium chloride or table salt which can be sourced out either from food processing or cooking. For adults, satisfactory sodium consumption ranges from 1.2 to 1.5 grams per day including the natural inherent sodium from the natural food sources.
Consuming a balanced and healthy food diet that is rich in sodium and potassium is essential for individuals having heart conditions. Ask your attending physician if you have concerns related to renal functionality as to how much sodium and potassium you need to take in per day. A balanced diet together with exercise is still the best way to stay healthy. So let us all be mindful of our diet and overall health.
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Annigan, J. (2018). What Is the Right Balance of Sodium & Potassium? Retrieved November 24, 2021, from the SFGATE website: https://healthyeating.sfgate.com/right-balance-sodium-potassium-6341.html [Last updated: December 27, 2018]
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The Role of Potassium and Sodium in Your Diet. Retrieved November 24, 2021, from the CDC website: https://www.cdc.gov/salt/potassium.htm [Last updated: April 12, 2021]
Carr, R. (2013). Ask the experts: The sodium-potassium balancing act. Retrieved November 24, 2021, from the Health Food website: https://www.healthyfood.com/ask-the-experts/the-sodium-potassium-balancing-act/ [Last updated: July 2013]
Burry, M. (2021). Why the Relationship Between Potassium and Sodium Matters. Retrieved November 24, 2021, from the Livestrong website: https://www.livestrong.com/article/507014-the-relationship-between-potassium-and-sodium/ [Last updated: July 12, 2021]
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Have you finished your salad for the day? Experts claim that eating salad almost every day is one of the healthiest eating habits you can develop — yet also one of the simplest. Based on the Daily Nutritional Guide Pyramid, Filipino adults should consume at least three servings of vegetables a day. Salads are quick and easy to make and be added to our daily diet according to Elaine Magee. Green salads can also be found on practically every restaurant's menu.
Salad greens vary in nutritional content. Nutrients and vitamins are often higher in those with red or darker green leaves. Vitamin A has a key function in eye health, cell development, immunity, growth, and reproduction, and is rich in some salads. Vitamin A consumption of 2,330 to 3,000 IU per day is advised (700 to 900 micrograms). A 100-gram serving of romaine or red and green leaf lettuce provides more than twice the daily recommended amount of Vitamin A.
It's hard to think that something we can't even digest is so beneficial to our health! A high-fiber diet can aid in the reduction of cholesterol and the prevention of constipation. Not only that, but according to Barbara Rolls, PhD, creator of The Volumetrics Consuming Plan, eating more fiber might make you feel fuller, allowing you to eat less and lose weight. In an email conversation, David Jacobs, PhD, professor of public health at the University of Minnesota, says there is plenty of evidence that nutrient-rich plant diets help with general health.
If you eat green salads frequently, your blood levels of a variety of potent antioxidants will likely be greater, especially if your salad includes raw veggies. Antioxidants are molecules that help protect the body from damage produced by free radicals, which are destructive molecules. Researchers have known for years that eating a lot of fruits and vegetables reduces the risk of numerous diseases, especially cancer. According to a recent study from the National Cancer Institute, persons who eat a diet high in fruits and vegetables may have a lower chance of acquiring head and neck cancers.
If you want to lose weight, you should start each meal with a green salad. According to studies, eating a low-calorie first course, such as a 150-calorie green salad, increases satiety (feelings of fullness) and lowers the overall number of calories consumed during the meal. "Bigger is better" as long as the salad is larger in volume rather than calories, which means more vegetables and less dressing and other fatty add-ons.
How do you make your salad bowl? Make sure that all fresh ingredients are washed thoroughly. Incorporating lean protein in your diet will help you feel satiated for longer. Toss in some fish, an egg, or skinless chicken to your salad. Beans and legumes such as chickpeas, black beans, and kidney beans can also be included. Almonds and walnuts are high in protein and include healthful fats. Adding whole grains to your salad will help to bulk it up. Try it with quinoa, couscous made from whole wheat, or wild rice. Dressing can add extra calories and fat to a salad, no matter how healthy it is. Adding fat to your salad can aid your body's absorption of nutrients. However, no more than 2 tablespoons of dressing should be added. Instead of a creamy dressing, use a vinaigrette.
A bowl of salad, armed with a bag of pre-washed salad greens, sprinkled with a few strips of carrots or other veggies, and a bottle of light salad dressing, may provide a lot of health advantages in less than ten minutes at home. Salads are also refreshing, crisp, and enjoyable to eat (lots of textures, colors, and flavors). Salads are popular among most individuals, even children. You may make them your own by using whichever fruits and veggies you like, as well as whatever you have at home. Happy eating!
PNFP-ZDS Marie Claire A. Gaas
Magee, E. (2008). 4 Healthy Reasons to Eat a Salad Today. Retrieved November 17, 2021, from the Web MD website: https://www.webmd.com/food-recipes/features/4-healthy-reasons-eat-salad-today [Last updated: June 17, 2008]
FNRI. Daily Nutritional Guide Pyramid for Adults. Retrieved November 17, 2021, from the Food and Nutrition Research Institute website: https://www.fnri.dost.gov.ph/index.php/tools-and-standard/nutritional-guide-pyramid#adults-20-39yrs-old
Brennan, D. (2021). Health Benefits of Salad Greens. Retrieved November 17, 2021, from the Web MD website: https://www.webmd.com/diet/health-benefits-of-salad-greens#1 [Last updated: May 13, 2021]
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What else do you need to prepare for these coming holidays? During yuletide seasons, “bibingka” and “puto bumbong” are tasty treats that have become a symbolism to our much-awaited season of the year which is “Christmas”. These two of the most popular Pinoy kakanin in the Philippines are associated with Simbang Gabi. Food booths are set up outside the churches with snacks to warm worshippers specifically bibingka and puto bumbong.
Bibingka is made with galapong, a glutinous rice soaked in water and ground with the water to make either a batter or dough. The bibingka is cooked outdoors and it needs to be carefully timed or the sugar on top will burn. The bibingka ends up being slightly sweet and is served with itlog na maalat (sliced salted duck eggs), kesong puti (white cheese), and occasionally a slice of ham. The newly cooked bibingka is slathered in butter, sprinkled with brown sugar, and served with niyog (grated coconut). The banana leaf in which the bibingka is baked gives off an aroma that the cake absorbs to add another element of flavor. The cake is semi-sweet, but there is a sugary crunch from the caramelized sugar, and the salted ducks eggs, cheese, and grated coconut provide lots of pleasant texture.
Meanwhile, Puto bumbong is a sticky, violet-colored rice cake that is steamed in a bamboo tube. Puto is originally a Chinese dish (rice balls) that is served for breakfast or merienda (Filipino equivalent to afternoon tea or brunch). A regular puto is white, but bumbong is purple because it’s made with pirurutung glutinous rice. Puto bumbong has a slightly sweet, although bland, flavor. The rice used is soaked overnight and then “ground dry,” meaning it is drained of water and then ground into a flour. The rice flour mixture is poured into bamboo tubes, which are only filled up about halfway, wrapped in clothes (so they will not burn hands when handled), and placed on a special steamer.
Typical accompaniment of these kakanin are hot ginger tea, or salabat, and hot chocolate. Bibingka and puto bumbong are not just for holiday seasons, behind these food delicacies are story of resilience, faith, and creativity of Filipinos.
Do you miss Bibingka, Puto Bumbong, and other Christmas food? Try these simple recipes to make your own!
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The tropical climate in the Philippines consists of three typical segments: the rainy season from June to November, the cool season (25°C) with occasional rains from December to February, and the hot dry summer (38°C) from March to May.
Throughout the year, the ocean water temperature ranges from 25° to 29° Celsius.
The best time for travel in the Philippines is mid-December until mid-May.
In December and January you may experience occasional rain showers.
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It's been a hectic 4th of July weekend. My plan to get in lots of naps backfired. One thing I did not want to miss was the yearly party at the local swimming hole. MB and VC have had the pool competitions on their mind since the season started.
Last year, MB won the "Biggest Splash - 13 and over category" and I'm happy to report that he is still the reigning champ, having won again this year. VC won in the category of "Smallest Splash - 13 and over" as well as placing second in "Coolest Trick" category. As you can see, they won some awesome prizes, in the form of Nerds Rope!
While neither placed in the "Best Bellyflop" category, VC had fun with this one:
MB declined to participate, despite my encouragement, because I just KNEW he would be a shoe-in considering this video we filmed a few weeks ago. You can see his bellyflop at the end- "aussiediabolo" is VC's youtube name. You can see his "540 flip" in this video - which is what he won with in the Coolest Trick category.
Oh, my bathing suit was the same as the girl with the orange and white strip suit - only mine was green and white. I'll leave it to your imagination so the photo does not make the rounds on the internets ;-) I did not enter any of the swim competitions. As I've said earlier, my skill level is around the "Guppy level" -- I did do some "Extreme Floating Around With Noodle" though :D
But enough about us, how was your Fourth???
P.S. If you want to know MB's secret to winning the Biggest Splash - it's called "8 hotdogs and a boatload of brownies" beforehand :D
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February 29 is Rare Disease Day. Time to celebrate hyper-empowered rare disease patients
Thanks to the Pew Internet Foundation, we have a lot of data about ePatients. These empowered, engaged and educated patients (and families) are helping to bring about a transformation of healthcare in this country. Pew’s Susannah Fox has named them “healthcare superheroes.”
Through our experience at Siren Interactive, we know a lot about rare disease patients, who are supercharged ePatients. These patients are hyper-empowered—because they have to be. Leading up to Rare Disease Day on February 29, 2012 (a rare day indeed), I’d like to celebrate some of the amazing accomplishments of a few rare disease communities.
Team Sanfilippo Foundation is a nonprofit medical research foundation started by a group of parents with the mission of finding potential therapies that can be tested clinically in the near future. Team Sanfilippo used social media to beat out thousands of others to win $250,000 from the Pepsi Refresh Project. The grant funded a clinical trial led by Dr. Haiyan Fu of the Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Columbus.
After Katherine Leon was diagnosed with spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD), a poorly understood heart condition that affects a few thousand Americans every year, she went online. Via online communities, Leon was able to connect with a few similar women. Leon approached the Mayo Clinic’s Sharonne Hayes, MD, about how she could help spur more research into SCAD. Dr. Hayes was inspired to start a research study, with a recruitment goal of 12 patients. Leon spread the word via online communities and within a week had recruited 18 volunteers. Due to the strong interest, Mayo has launched a bigger trial with 200 SCAD patients and an equal number of their close relatives.
Bill and Nicole Morris successfully advocated for the passage of Greyson’s Law (HB 1795) to ensure that Texas screens newborns for 52 disorders. This effort was driven by the memory of their son, Greyson, who died of Krabbe disease, a rare inherited degenerative disorder of the central and peripheral nervous systems.
After an Israeli biotech company stopped working on a promising medication, two US families bought the drug and decided to develop it themselves as a possible treatment for their children’s Duchenne muscular dystrophy. The company, Halo Therapeutics, has been granted orphan drug status for the therapy. (For more on orphan drugs, see Forecasting for orphan drugs: The data challenge, Orphan diseases: Connecting with caregivers, and Patients, orphan drugs and pricing controversies.)
This year, with more accomplishments, increased media exposure and higher awareness of rare diseases, we certainly have something to celebrate and inspire us to go further.
Wendy White is founder and president of Siren Interactive.
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text: On the controversy over IT raids on Samajwadi Party leaders, Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath has asked how can one's wealth grow 200 times in five years. He said, 'Can anyone imagine how someone’s wealth grows 200 times in five years?' On Sunday, Akhilesh accused the BJP of tapping the phones of SP leaders, including him. Speaking at Jan Vishwas Rally in Mathura, Yogi said, “I saw yesterday the Samajwadi Party was getting pained at Income Tax raids. So, I asked someone, why? He replied ‘chor ki dadhi mein tinka (the thief has a burning hat)’.

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Fresh Market grocery retailer possibly for sale
The Fresh Market, Inc. said Tuesday it will conduct a strategic and financial review of its business that could lead to a sale of the specialty grocery retailer.
The Greensboro, North Carolina-based company also said the review could result in The Fresh Market continuing "to pursue value-enhancing initiatives" as a standalone company.
Fresh Market officials said there are no assurances the strategic and financial review will result in any specific action. The officials said the company doesn't intend to comment further until its board approves a specific action or concludes its review.
"The Board of Directors has determined, consistent with its obligations to the company and its stockholders and together with the work being done by management, that it is also prudent to conduct a strategic and financial review of the business focusing on the company’s and its stockholders’ best interests,” Rich Noll, the company’s lead independent director, said in a statement.
In September, The Fresh Market said it had named veteran food retail executive Richard (“Rick”) Anicetti as the company’s president and chief executive officer. Anicetti also was elected to the company’s board.
"Since joining the company, Rick and his team have been working to identify and execute on opportunities to improve the company’s sales growth and to drive operational efficiencies," Noll said.
The company said it has retained J.P. Morgan Securities LLC as its financial advisor and Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP and Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A. as legal advisors to help in the review process.
As of Monday, the company operated 178 stores in 27 states. South Carolina locations included Greenville, Aiken, Columbia, Hilton Head, Myrtle Beach, Pawleys Island and Spartanburg, according to the company's website.
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As a boy, David, a farmer in the Madagascar town of Mirarisoa, learned about the importance of preserving the environment, but he wasn’t sure how to go about it.
Growing up to become a rice farmer, David and his wife, Mary, struggled to keep their land from eroding due to the barren hillsides. David attempted planting trees, but he didn’t realize that the eucalyptus trees were drying out the soil. The eucalyptus trees weren’t helping matters, and David and Mary worried that the erosion would soon destroy their rice field.
When ADRA field agents visited Mirarisoa, they saw a community on the brink of environmental collapse. They quickly realized that farmers needed to receive training in business and agricultural techniques to solve the lack of food security for families. However, for any of those practices to have a lasting impact, the community needed to start with reforestation, which ADRA implements as part of its collaboration with USAID to support community groups in developing and conserving their natural resources to minimize food insecurity.
The process of planting trees on the land would protect the soil from erosion and help it retain water. However, the right trees—acacia trees—had to be planted to reforest the region. Instead of drying out the soil as the eucalyptus trees had, the acacia trees would retain the water under the ground.
ADRA provided seedlings, equipment, and supplies, as well as offered incentives for community members to help with tree planting. Within two days, 3,000 acacia seedlings dotted the hillside overlooking David and Mary’s rice field.
The following year, David and Mary decided to plant even more trees. They hired workers and brought in friends from the community to help. One month later, they planted an additional 2,500 seedlings, all while continuing to work their rice field. “We were very tired by the end of the month,” says Mary.
Now, the couple looks into the future with confidence knowing their efforts and ADRA’s right trees preserved their farmland. David and Mary don’t envision their kids and grandkids toiling in the boiling heat and desiccated earth. Instead, they see a rich and green future where a forest will safeguard their rice fields for generations to come.
“I hope my grandkids will inherit a good and green environment,” says David. “They will be able to say this is what my grandparents planted for me.”

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Shut down and remove the network interface using CLI. Here is an example for
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The Library has many resources to help you with your leadership project. Search the Library Catalog to find books and videos on leadership as well as biographies of leaders. Below are frequently used sources:
Books are great sources for identifying leaders in any field. Below are some titles to consider looking at before you decide on a person to research.
Encyclopedia of Leadership
Reference HD 57.7 .E53 2004
Award winning, comprehensive 4-volume encyclopedia contains biographies, case studies, and articles about leadership styles, gender issues, theories and concepts, leadership in different disciplines and environments, personality characteristics, power, and situational factors. Don't let its publication date scare you away. The set is still being published.
Icons of Business: An Encyclopedia of Mavericks, Movers, and Shakers
Reference HC 102.5 .A2 D74
Great source to identify leaders in various industries.
Bad Leadership: What it is, How it happens, Why it Matters
General HD57.7 .K47 2004
Why Should Anyone be Led by You?: What it Takes to be an Authentic Leader
General HD57.7 .G663 2006
In Their Time: The Greatest Business Leaders of the Twentieth Century
General HD38.25.U6 M34 2005
What Makes Great Leaders Great : Management Lessons From Icons Who Changed the World by Frank Arnold
General HD57.7 .A765 2012
How to find recent articles on leadership topics:
For this project, you will be including what others have said about your person and their style of leadership. A simple Google search may identify blogs and YouTube content in which others have made comment about that person, but don't rely just on what you find through "Googling". To have a more balanced view of your leader, obtain articles that have been published by a magazine, newspaper or journal. These articles are often more credible because they go through an editorial process. In some cases, they will also share their sources so that you can evaluate the level of research the authors conducted. What databases are best? I suggest seeing what the Wall Street Journal, THE daily financial newspaper, has on your person. I would also try Business Source Complete for sources. This a HUGE database that has articles from all kinds of recent publications. Academic OneFile is another favorite of mine.
Tips for better searches:
Finding articles that will analyze one person is hard to find. Using the person's name as part of the search can usually help you. Another option is to search by industry.
Bill Gates and leadership
"software industry" and leadership
Other words to try:
Citing your sources:
Not only will you include information from the articles either in direct quotes or paraphrased form, you are also expected to create an MLA based citation. Examples of how that looks are here. If citing is new to you, make an appointment with a writing coach in the Learning Commons for more help. It can make a difference in the quality of your work.


Thanks to the Solar Dynamics Observatory, humanity keeps a 24/7 unceasing watch on our friendly neighbourhood star. But to get a better appreciation of what’s going on on the Sun’s surface, SDO has to rope in some friends.
NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory captured a huge filament on the unhappy face of our Sun on February 10th. The scary fissure, which looks like a grimace on the surface of the star, is actually an enormous swatch of colder material hovering in the sun's atmosphere.
Researchers at NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) posted a short video on their Facebook page, showing a "small, hovering mass of twisted strands of plasma" as it "shifted back and forth before erupting into space."
Trying to watch the sun's explosions with your naked eyes is a recipe for blindness, but luckily NASA has a couple of telescopes that can show you all that fusion glory with none of the permanent ocular damage. Take, for instance, this 200,000-mile long canyon of fire.
NASA has published this colorful collage that shows the Sun in every possible way using all the instruments from the Solar Dynamics Observatory. Scientists use these views to study different aspects of the Sun's structure and behavior:
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We knew that sunspots change quite rapidly from photos, but this video shows how fast this phenomenon is. The video was made from visible light frames captured by the NASA SDO's Helioseismic and Magnetic Imager. [NASA Goddard Flickr]
This is a solar eclipse. One like you have probably never seen before, taken by NASA's Solar Dynamic Observatory in space. It looks really weird, as if the Sun is fizzling away, fading into the darkness of space. Why is the edge of the shadow fuzzy?
The Sun seems to be having digestive problems, and just burped this 700,000-kilometer-long magnetic filament. That's half the diameter of the Sun or about two times the distance from the Earth to the Moon. Fortunately, it's not headed our way.
The moon passed between NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory and the sun for the first time last week, yielding this incredible eclipse photograph. Sorry, awesome solar flare in the bottom left corner, you'll have to share the spotlight this time.
This is the deadliest place in the solar system, photographed as never before by NASA's new Solar Dynamics Observatory. It's one of the first humbling, terrifying, and beautiful images returned by the spacecraft. The video is equally impressive in HD:
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The Problem with a Problem-Centric Approach to Mental Health
If I tell a therapist that I had a “sad day,” does that mean that I am clinically depressed? If I’m going through a big life transition — new school, new job — and I mention that I’m nervous, does that mean I have an adjustment or anxiety disorder? These are common conclusions drawn by professionals who feel compelled to identify a problem where, sometimes, no real problem exists. When it comes to health —especially mental health — the way we view, diagnose and treat it is backwards.
“I just met with my therapist and she said…”
If you meet with a therapist or psychiatrist and insurance covers the visit, you walk out with a diagnosis. In order for the therapist to get paid, they must assign you a problem so they have something to fix. A diagnosis immediately labels you with a disorder. This is the real problem. Too often, a small issue is diagnosed and becomes greater by virtue of being labeled. Once you have been labeled, there is an overwhelming desire to fix that problem. This approach automatically forces you into negative thinking.In my opinion this is due, in part, to the fact that our societal (and medical) solutions seem to be on a racecourse to classify and treat normal behaviors as problems.
As a society, we focus on the problem, not the prevention.
What If We Adopted A “Prevention-Oriented” Approach?
Should our current approach of “problem-oriented” become “prevention-oriented”? I think so. The emphasis on prevention is waning — far too rapidly. I must argue, from both an ethical and a common sense perspective, that there is something wrong with a problem-oriented focus. It is time for us to rely less on therapy and more on mentoring, with our families and our communities as the first choice for prevention. Our current and future happiness and success is based on what is achieved through a combination of what we learn from teachers, family, community and mentors. If we lived in a prevention- oriented society, maybe our “sad day” would simply be an opportunity to make the next day great and there would be no labels and/or diagnoses attached.
Perhaps we would think about all the possibilities and opportunities life holds, and just move forward – in a positive way versus dwelling on the interpretation of my “sad day” as a diagnosis of depression. This pattern is what creates our problem-oriented society.
Why Staying Connected is Important.
We have an innate desire to be connected with people, our communities, our families and our elders. If we can foster these connections, we not only help make a more emotionally connected world, but also a more positively supportive society.
Of course there is a need for psychiatry in certain cases. But the percentage of the population requiring it is far lower than our current approach acknowledges. We can create a world that is not problem-centric; a world that allows us to have an occasional “sad day” without requiring us to be labeled with a diagnosis.
Write something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview.

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BORED IN ARCANE CURSIVE BENEATH LODGEPOLE BARK
H. L. Hix demonstrates a Thoreauvian burrowing of the mind—a burrowing of fifty poems—into fifty “seed sentences” from fifty “soil texts” from natural history. The poems burrow, too, into common yet rarified encounters with “the carcass of an elk,” or the sun which “contains all direction,” or the “breathing of Breathing” of a “fresh-brushed red-brown ribcage-rounded coat” of a horse. We readers are invited to burrow along with Hix, not unlike “generations of a beetle species” who can “migrate /deeper into a cave than any individual / could travel to get out.” The exploration yields glimpses of the mystic part and the elusive, mythic whole as well as a profound and sobering reflection of the human experience upon planet Earth.
—Aaron M. Moe, author of exhalations
This brilliant, dense collection of H.L. Hix is one of longing and searching for meanings and ontological answers. The speaker in the poems yearns to be the “visitor,” the observer of the unobserved and of the “secrets” that are “not written to be read” in a world of juxtapositions and similarities of patterns and instability, a world of interconnectedness, classifications, predictions, and affinities. It’s nevertheless a world replete with loneliness and loss, brokenness in body and spirit, with questions and memories not fully answered or understood, answers not finite in their “continuity of forces” that continue to create more layers of unknowing and mystery, spiritual substance and callings, “glyphs” and “glimmerings,” a movement towards both life and death with no “after” from the “before” that’s with “no deepest.” Lines blur between understandings and form and “miscible bodies.” Touch and surfaces are not enough to know something, as all things “articulate” in their own ways, their own language (from Hustak and Myers quote). Still,
the speaker asks:
My profligate blossom, make me your besotted bee.
This book, a type of found poetry, with its reference quotations, nursery rhyme and poetry allusions, connects with, yet deconstructs, the self and the world of natural history as sources of knowing—from the realms of science, mental associations, physical order, the naming and
defining of things. The speaker still does “mean to sing” through all the repeating intangibles. In the end, it’s the tanagers who beautifully tell and remind of the speaker’s “coming unstructured.”
—Lynne Goldsmith, author of Secondary Cicatrices and By Light and Hidden Matter
About the Author
H.L. Hix was born in Oklahoma and raised in the south. He earned his BA from Belmont College and PhD in philosophy from the University of Texas. His collections of poetry include Perfect Hell (1996), Rational Numbers (2000), Surely as Birds Fly (2002), Shadows of Houses (2005), Chromatic (2006), God Bless: A Political/Poetic Discourse (2007), Legible Heavens (2009), Incident Light (2009), First Fire, Then Birds: Obsessionals 1985-2010 (2010), and As Much As, If Not More (2014). His prose works include Spirits Hovering Over the Ashes: Legacies of Postmodern Theory (1995), As Easy As Lying: Essays on Poetry (2002), and Lines of Inquiry (2011). He has co-translated the work of Estonian poets such as Eugenijus Alisanka, Juri Talvet, and Juhan Liiv. His editing projects include the anthologies Wild & Whirling Words: A Poetic Conversation (2004), New Voices: Contemporary Poetry from the United States (2008) and Made Priceless: A Few Things Money Can’t Buy (2012).
Hix’s honors and awards include the T.S. Eliot Prize, the Grolier Prize, and the Peregrine Smith Award. He is the recipient of fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Kansas Arts Commission, and the Missouri Arts Council. He has been a visiting professor at the University of Texas-Austin and Shanghai University. He currently teaches at the University of Wyoming.
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Cumbrian M-Sport expansion could create 100 jobs
Published at 00:01, Friday, 07 March 2014
M-Sport today revealed plans for a groundbreaking multi-million pound expansion that could create up to 100 jobs.
The world-renowned rally and racing business wants to move into road cars and create a research, development and testing operation unique to the UK at its Dovenby Hall headquarters, near Cockermouth.
It’s part of a 10-year masterplan which could also see a top-class 60-bedroom hotel and 25 homes built on the edge of the estate from which the firm has plotted global glory.
Proposals will be unveiled to staff and those living close to the site next week as part of a consultation ahead of plans being submitted to Allerdale Council.
The development would mark the start of a major shift for M-Sport, which already employs 200 people, as its expert engineers look to expand all they’ve learned developing cars for rallying and racing into those for the road – opening up massive new markets.
If plans are approved, work could start on the expansion later this year.
M-Sport managing director Malcolm Wilson is driving the development and is excited at the opportunities it could offer.
He said: “We want to see the business develop and grow.
“This is, for me, the next logical step, particularly given the fact that the motor industry is the fastest growing sector of industry in the UK.
“It's important that we add value to the business. That's what we would be able to provide for from this facility.”
Plans also include erecting a single wind turbine to produce power for the estate and new offices, as well as other support buildings.
But at the centre of the development is a 10,900sq m research and development operation, the M-Sport Evaluation Centre.
It will take the firm from its rallying roots to the general automotive market.
Its mission will be to develop, test and evaluate vehicles for the roads.
M-Sport wants to work with manufacturers to create cutting-edge cars.
Its centre would be the only place in the country where cars could be designed, built, tested then fine-tuned with even the most minor parts tailor-made at one location.
Operations would focus on developing low volumes of cars that motor firms would struggle to put on big production lines – exploiting a lucrative niche market.
Mr Wilson, the former champion rally driver who founded the firm and created it into a global force with two World Rally Championships to its credit, said: “There are other test facilities in the UK, but they will not have the same technical know-how and facilities as we will have here.
“Someone will be able to come here and have access to a design and engineering team.
“We will have our own resources for manufacturing. It will be unique in that sense.”
The potential for 100 new jobs is in stark contrast to the situation M-Sport found itself in less than 18 months ago when 200 posts were at risk after Ford announced it was withdrawing its funding due to the global economic crisis.
That led to Mr Wilson launching a major operation to save the business, managing to cement M-Sport’s place as one of four manufacturers in this year’s World Rally Championship.
M-Sport also develops specialist Ford Fiesta rally cars for other customers, selling them all over the world and has moved into racing as part of a deal with Bentley to develop and run a car for its new motorport team.
Potential for the massive investment – and the spin-offs it could bring – has been hailed as a significant boost for Cumbria’s economy.
John Grainger, managing director of inward investment agency Invest in Cumbria, said: “This isn't just safeguarding 200 jobs, but is also an investment for the future.
“This development ticks all the boxes in terms of research and development expertise and high-value jobs. It's tremendous.”
Letters have been sent to 800 households close to Dovenby Hall whose residents can attend an invite-only consultation about the proposals on Monday, where plans will be on display.
M-Sport are in action as part of Rally Mexico in the World Rally Championship this weekend.
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Snow in Cincinnati: What to know as low pressure moves through the region
We could see our first significant snow of the season this week.
The National Weather Service has put out a hazardous weather outlook for the Cincinnati area this week, warning of the possibility of sub-zero wind chill temperatures and accumulating snow throughout the region.
The warning includes areas in East Central and Southeast Indiana; Northeast and Northern Kentucky and Central, South Central, Southwest and West Central Ohio.
Beginning Thursday into Thursday night, accumulating snow is possible as low pressure moves northeast from the Tennessee Valley to the southern Appalachians, and could impact the Thursday evening commute.
On Tuesday morning, the National Weather Service was predicting 2.1" of snow could fall in the I-275 loop region. Slightly higher amounts were expected south and east of that region.
That early prediction could change. "Uncertainty remains with regards to the strength and exact track of the low which will affect snowfall amounts," the NWS outlook states.
By Friday morning, colder air will drop wind chill values from near zero to 10 below zero.
Tuesday: Sunny, high near 45. Tonight, mostly cloudy with a low around 37.
Wednesday: Mostly cloudy then gradually becoming sunny, high near 44. Wednesday night, mostly cloudy with a low around 19.
Thursday: Mostly cloudy, high near 26. Snow likely mainly after 3 p.m. and new snow accumulation of 1-2 inches possible.
Friday: Mostly sunny, high near 26.
Saturday: Mostly sunny, high near 43.
Sunday: Cloudy, high near 49. A chance of rain.
Monday: Sunny, high near 33.
Source: National Weather Service, Wilmington.


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The Baltimore Public Markets Corp. is hosting a community meeting on Tuesday, December 12 to open a dialogue on the long-planned redevelopment of Broadway Market. The meeting will take place at the offices of Brown Advisory at 901 S. Bond Street in the Bond Street Wharf. Learn more from the Baltimore Business Journal.
The Baltimore Development Corporation (BDC) is seeking RFPs for the Broadway Market. In preparation, the Baltimore Public Markets Corporation (BPMC) has scheduled a predevelopment site meeting in order to facilitate access into both Broadway Market buildings. The Property Access Date is January 6, 2017 from 9:30-10:30 am. The RFP is due February 13, 2017.


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Bronwyn Davies is an independent scholar based in Sydney, Australia. She is also a Professorial Fellow at the University of Melbourne. The distinctive features of her work are, on the one hand, her development of innovative social science research methodologies incorporating elements of the visual, literary and performative arts, and, on the other, its strong base in the conceptual work of poststructuralist philosophers such as Deleuze and Foucault and Nancy. Her research explores the discursive practices and relations of power through which particular social worlds are constituted. She is well known for her work on gender, for her work with collective biography, and her writing on poststructuralist theory. Current projects include:
This project is not quite history, not quite fiction, not quite poetry, not quite autobiography -- but all of these, tracing the lives of families who left the northern hemisphere in the 1800s to come to New South Wales. The families in this book are the various ancestors of Bronwyn's parents; ancestors who traveled from Scotland, England, Wales, the island of Jersey, Denmark and India.
Gender and Education
This project addresses the question of gender and education in the new decade. Since social change depends on a change of narrative, it asks what the new narrative might be for girls in the new decade. Taking a fairy story, The Fairy-who-wouldn't fly, written in the 1940s and rewritten in the 1970s, and rewriting it for the current period, this paper offers a new narrative and offers an analysis of why the elements drawn on in this rewriting are relevant to the decade to come.
Deleuze and pedagogy
Earlier work on body-landscape relations, and on enabling pedagogies, has shifted toward the development of a theory of place in pedagogical settings. This has led to the 2009 book Pedagogical Encounters, co-edited with Susanne Gannon and including work with Peter Bansel, Catherine Camden Pratt, Constance Ellwood and Katerina Zabrodska.
Ken Gergen wrote of this book: "Pedagogical Encounters is a wholly absorbing work. It is bursting with fresh and exciting ideas that leap from the text into the classroom, and indeed into daily life. The contributors draw inspiration from the work of philosopher Gilles Deleuze, but in their hands issues of relationality, art, indeterminacy, difference, and co-creation take on new significance. We see them brought to life in wide-ranging classroom practices and gain from these expositions a new compass for enriching educational practice."
A further book with Gannon, Somerville, Power and de Carteret, Place Pedagogy and Change, is published with Sense Publishers in 2011.
Deleuze and collaborative writing
A collaborative project with Susanne Gannon at UWS, and with UK scholars Jonathan Wyatt and Ken Gale, takes up a Deleuzian approach to collaborative writing. The book from this project was published by Peter Lang in 2011 and opens up both Deleuzian philosophy to a new reading and shows what that philosophy looks like when put into practice. Using a combination of collective biography and nomadic writing, this book develops a radically new approach to the collaborative act of writing. Norm Denzin wrote of it: "This four-voiced engagement with Deleuze brilliantly moves collaborative writing into new spaces. The text explores uncharted topics, including all the transgressive poetic places between ontology, ethics and nightmares. In [these authors'] hands, writing becomes more than a method of inquiry, it is a way of being in the world. And once you enter this space, you can never go back."
Listening to Children. Being and Becoming
Drawing on poststructural philosophers Deleuze, Nancy, and Bergson, and also on Buddhist philosophy, this work draws on observations in Reggio Emilia inspired preschools in Sweden, on Bronwyn's daily life in her neighbourhood and on the re-writing of the fairy story The Fairy who Wouldn't Fly. It develops the concept of emergent listening as an idea, an ideal and a practice, not only in educational settings, but in everyday life.
This project re-visits Foucault's book on Pierre Riviere. The documents gathered together in Foucault's book are being re-analysed and new questions asked about the extraordinary story of this young French man who lived in the 1830s in rural France. With Jane Speedy and her colleagues in Bristol, a special issue on Pierre Riviere has been published in Emotion, Space and Society.
The original work elaborating the methodology of collective biography was published by Bronwyn Davies and Suzanne Gannon in 2006 as Doing Collective Biography published by Open University Press. Of this book Elizabeth St Pierre wrote: At last a book that not only describes what collective biography is but also explains how to use it... The book describes how to set up collective biography workshops in which participants examine how discursive structures and power relations have both enabled and limited the conditions of possibility for their lived experience. Focusing on a more complicated reflexivity than is usually described in social science research, collective biography, inspired by Frigga Haug and refined by Davies, will no doubt be used increasingly by researchers interested in the production of subjects in a postmodern world." Davies has had invitations from around the world – including Czech Republic, U.K., Ireland, Sweden, New Zealand, and Canada – to teach this methodology. She has written collaborative collective biography papers and books with scholars in many of these countries.


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The following is a list of socially responsible mutual funds whose latest annual reports are Occupation-Free according to AFSC’s scans. However, this does not mean that any of these funds have actively screened for occupation-related violations, or that they will remain Occupation-Free throughout 2015.
Ariel Fund (ARGFX)
Ariel International Fund (AINTX)
Azzad Ethical Fund (ADJEX)
Green Century Balanced Fund (GCBLX)
Parnassus Endeavor Fund (PARWX)
Walden Asset Managment Fund (WSBFX)


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A self-contained game to be played in pairs.
Use to revise reading coordinates on a grid. Best played once coordinates have already been introduced, as a consolidating activity.
Differentiated versions of the game within this pack, including use of the first quadrant only, as well as all four quadrants. You will also find instructions on how to play the game within your pack. Suitable for Years 4 and 5 (on one quadrant) and Year 6 and KS3 (on all four quadrants).

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client CANON producition printing Netherlands
assignment Concept + design new head office Canon + innovative work environment | Breeam Excellent
architect building BroekBakema
interior architect M+R interior architecture
way finding M+R interior architecture
realization June 2020
"Timeless icon for Canon" Rutger van Oldenbeek | PI
The building for the new CANON Production Printing Netherlands headquarters "Green Landmark", designed by BroekBakema architects and M+R interior architecture, is based on Canon's Kyosei philosophy: living and working together for the common good.
The energy consumption of the new building is low thanks to sun-resistant facades, insulating triple glazing and energy-efficient LED lighting. There are solar panels all over the roof, and even the atrium roof contains solar cells. The building is connected to a heat pump and uses heat and cold storage (ATES). Thanks to the design, there is a Breeam Excellent design certificate. The new building is designed for changing of use in the future. This makes it easy to change the layout of the flexible work environment. The building extension is also easily possible by installing extra floors in the "Green Plazas".
Green, public spaces, the so-called "Green Plazas", connect employees and visitors. These spaces, interconnected and always linked to two office floors, are designed as an inner garden and function as the central meeting place. They form the connecting link between work areas within the new head office. These high, spacious meeting places are designed for informal collaboration. Due to the large glass surfaces, there is a lot of daylight in the building and this gives a beautiful view of the green surroundings. The building always unfolds in a different way per floor.
The interior, the innovative working environment was designed in close collaboration with the users and
M+R interior architecture during various co-creation work sessions. For the development of the innovative work areas, M+R made use of 3D models, with which the employees were able to design the ideal working environment.
For the interior, M+R has used sustainable materials as much as possible. The slatted walls on the work floors, which contribute to optimal acoustics (would be made from the wooden façade parts of the old head office, but this building will no longer be demolished but re-designated) are made of sustainably grown oak. The wall finish is made of felt in natural tones. In addition to the sustainable materials, M+R has made maximum use of existing furniture that has been refurbished and provided with a new sustainable upholstery. For example, existing tables have been made suitable again by providing the table tops with a unique print.
In line with the innovative working environment on the "4 work floors", M+R designed the representative spaces such as the restaurant; the meeting areas, the living rooms; the conference center, the boardroom and an auditorium with a capacity of 170 people. Mainly sustainable materials are used here. The challenge for us was that the green environment, the building and the interior merge seamlessly; a complete synthesis of the architecture with the interior, timeless, innovative and sustainable. The entire building is like a "Gesamtkunstwerk" in which the applications of Canon's printing technique have been translated into parts of the interior. As a visual element, the X-frames in the building and the green surrounding have been translated into a graphic image for as for printing the special curtains and the privacy foil. M+R has developed a complete manual for the project for the "customer journey, based on Canon's corporate identity. Part of this is the signage of the entire site and the head office; here are the past; present and future translated into the building. On the site, a forest walk is part of the whole with sculptures from Canon's art collection and also a script has been drawn up for the use of art in the interior.
The new building has 15,500 m2 of innovative working environment.
Commissioned by geWOONhout, M+R has designed a sustainable and innovative office building with 3 levels based on the ready-to-use wooden housing modules. Both the exterior and interior design are designed to be as circular as possible, with a careful application of sustainable materials.
Richemont has been housed in three monumental canal houses in Amsterdam since 2000. M+R has developed and re-designed an innovative working environment for these buildings in close collaboration with Richemont.
The imposing ceiling is a representation of the supremacist style of El Lissitzky which he called PROUN; the stage where someone changes from painting to architecture.
The new terminal is designed in Russian constructivist style. The inspiration are the well-known Russian artists. The imposing ceiling in the lounge is a representation of the supremacist style of El Lissitzky which he called PROUN, ‘the stage where someone changes from painting to architecture’.
M+R has now secured a solid place on Sheremetyevo Airport's shortlist for international design agencies. After the realization of the award winning Rublev (A’design award + German design award 2019) and Chagall (A’design award 2020) business lounge and the largest business lounge in Europe: Malevich, our agency was asked to develop a concept and design for a business lounge in terminal C - phase 2.
The corona crisis proves once again that social and societal developments not only have a major impact on our daily lives, but especially also on the way we do our work. Attracting and retaining talent is currently more important and challenging than ever. In addition, it is good to know that employees attach great importance to the relationship with their employer. They want to be part of a team and take pride in working for an attractive and successful company.
M+R interior architecture has designed the new innovative office in The Hague in collaboration with BDO. Even before the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic, M+R designed the new future-proof building; just like the office building for the BDO Amstelveen location (completed September 2019), the basis of the concept is a large flexible meeting space with a variety of consultation areas; meeting rooms, lunch facilities and presentation rooms.
M+R interior architecture designed a special customer space for the MCB head office and was completed in 2017. There is a central reception room with various seating areas and a bar. All interior parts are made of steel; Stainless steel or aluminum.
While our volatile consumer society is mainly about buying stuff and keeping up with the latest trends, M+R interior architecture pleads for sustainable interiors that still have the wow factor after twenty years. Volatile designs that quickly get you tired are not for us.
In the Sleep Lounge - a 'business hotel' with single and double cabins - artworks by almost all constructivist artists have been placed on the walls. In the general areas of the Sleep Lounge, M+R created a warm, bright and open atmosphere, which contributes to a pleasant stay.
M+R has secured a solid place on the Sheremetyevo Airport shortlist for international design agencies. After the realization of the award winning Rublev business Lounge and the VIP lounge in 2018, our agency was asked to participate in the competitions for the extension of the C terminal. M+R was selected from a number of agencies to design two business lounges: Malevich and Chagall.
The new office building for the CANON Production Printing Netherlands headquarters "Green Landmark", designed by BroekBakema architects, is based on the Kyosei philosophy of Canon: living and working together for the common good. Green, public spaces, the so-called "Green Plazas", connect employees and visitors.
The Kennedy Tower in Eindhoven is one of the HERE headquarters worldwide. M+R has designed a complete office concept for the new organization, including the look & feel and corporate design of the offices, such as the color palette; wayfinding; photo use etc.
M+R interior architecture won the assignment for the lounge design after an international competition. The lounge is about 1.900 square meters and has a capacity of 385 seats and is located in the new extension of the terminal C on Sheremetyevo International Airport Moscow.
M+R has been selected as an architect for the renovation, redesign and partial restoration of three monumental canal houses in Amsterdam for Richemont.
M+R interior architecture was commissioned after a competition. For the existing office building on the Prof. dr. E.M. Meijerslaan 2 in Amstelveen, our office has developed and designed an innovative working environment in collaboration with Drees & Sommer and Hiensch installation consultants.
M+R interior architecture is represented in the exhibition.
Voor de locatie van BDO in Amstelveen huurt BDO ca. 4.500 m2 in het bedrijfsverzamelgebouw ‘Commerce Parc Amstelveen’, zijnde de begane grond en 4 verdiepingen.
The characteristic aesthetic of Russian dome structures lend the lounge area an unmistakable identity. The design also features a great colour concept, which promises a high quality of stay thanks to atmospheric lighting and modern, comfortable furniture.
The design of the lounge is inspired upon Russian constructivism, the Tatlin Tower, and Russian culture. The union shaped towers are used as eye-catchers in the lounge, this to create different spaces in the lounge area as a certain kind of zoning.

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text: For the first time in 35 years of drumming I am trying coated heads following a suggestion from master drum tech Kenny Sharretts. I’ve always been a clear head guy. For some reason I like seeing the wood grain on the inside of the drums. However, following a discussion with Kenny I’ve decided to try the Evans UV2’s. I’m using them on my Mapex Saturn V.


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Mitel’s channel has been put on notice that once the deal to acquire Unify closes, it will get the opportunity to take advantage of cross-sell opportunities.
The supplier announced a €700m move for the unified communications and collaboration (UCC) and communication and collaboration services (CCS) businesses of the Atos Group earlier this week, heralding the move as a positive one for the channel.
Graham Bevington, chief sales officer at Mitel, explained what the deal meant for channel partners of both organisations.
“Mitel and Unify share a common, channel-driven go-to-market approach that is well-suited to fuel success for channel partners,” he said. “Partners would have a broader portfolio of products and services with which to ensure customers have the flexibility to choose the communications model they prefer, as well as more global resources to support the overall partner experience.
“The combined company would have the operational scale, portfolio, geographic reach and financial profile to modernise the UC experience for customers faster and more effectively than either company could alone – ultimately making Mitel an even stronger partner for the channel community,” said Bevington.
The next question for the channel is around the timing of access to all of those benefits, with the deal expected to close at some point in the second half of the year if it gets the necessary backing of shareholders. Once that moment comes, the expectation is that partners will quickly start to exploit the fresh opportunities.
“Until the transaction closes, Mitel and Unify will continue to operate as separate entities and partners will not have the opportunity to cross-sell solutions,” said Bevington. “Following the close of the transaction, we expect adjacent cross-sell opportunities would deliver increased support for customer needs and opportunities for revenue growth for partners.”
Increase in demand
There has been an increase in demand for UCC, driven by the shift towards hybrid working, but research issues last year indicated there were challenges for customers managing systems, opening the door for the channel.
According to a study from Kurmi Software and Pulse Research, UCC management impact report: The true cost of unified communications and collaboration, issued last year, many customers were using systems that were cumbersome to manage.
“The shift towards hybrid working, combined with the convergence of UC and business collaboration apps, means that UCC is now seen as a platform that fundamentally improves productivity,” said Pascal Moindrot, chief operating officer at Kurmi Software, last February. “As our impact report has found, however, the challenge for organisations managing this at scale is that provisioning users across multiple apps and communications platforms is both costly and labour intensive.”
That sense of Mitel being able to reach out to those customers with this deal was spotted by market watchers who have charted the explosion in the market and the emergence of a large target base of users the channel can go after.
“Demand for UC globally is massive and full of potential,” said Zeus Kerravala, founder and principal analyst at ZK Research. “The complementary strengths of Mitel’s mid-market expertise and Unify’s successful enterprise managed services business will make Mitel a highly competitive option for mid-to-enterprise organisations.”


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Joe Jonas loves him some (cardboard) Nicki Minaj.
I guess if you can’t hold the real Nicki Minaj, then clutching her cardboard cutout is the next best option! As you can plainly see by looking at
my next Hanukkah card the STUNNING image above, Joe Jonas is a little bit obsessed with Nicki Minaj. To profess his love for the three-time 2012 MTV VMA nominee, the upcoming “The Next” judge lovingly held and cradled a cardboard cutout of Nicki. He tweeted, ”I got an early birthday present.”
Oh yes — we should mention that Joe Jonas’ birthday is rapidly approaching (it’s on Aug. 15 if you wanna send chocolate, guys.) But, what Joe isn’t quite acknowledging is that HIS ROLODEX IS SO STACKED, that he actually probably knows Nicki and can invite the “Pound The Alarm” singer to his private birthday bash, most likely taking place on a super-yacht that will sail around the world. But nice try pretending to not be famous, bro! Maybe you’ll convince someone next time.
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Mamoun’s Falafel, a New York City institution and one of the oldest falafel restaurants in New York, is holding a “Buy One, Feed One” fundraiser in April to support the Philadelphia community.
For each award-winning falafel sandwich purchased in the month of April, Mamoun’s will make a donation to Philabundance to cover the cost of one meal.
Guests are encouraged to order takeout, curbside pickup or take advantage of contactless delivery through the Mamoun’s website, Uber Eats, Caviar, Grubhub, and DoorDash.
Mamoun’s Philadelphia is located at 300 Market Street.
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Missing girl found in good health
WATERTOWN, New York (WWNY) - Within 3 hours of asking for the public’s help in locating a 14-year-old girl, the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office announced she has been found and is in good health.
Earlier in the day Monday, officials said Brooke Jobson was last seen in the town of Pamelia heading into Watertown on April 27 at approximately 4:20 p.m.
Officials said she was being transported at the time by a St. Lawrence County foster group.
The sheriff’s office said arrangements are being made to return Jobson to St. Lawrence County.
Jobson went missing in March and was later found in good health.
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Bead work by Trip Charbs, former Art of Managing Your Career participant (tripcharbs.com).
About Indigenous programs
Creative Manitoba’s Indigenous programs provide workshops and programs for and by Indigenous cultural workers, artists and art enthusiasts.
We work with Indigenous artists of all disciplines–contemporary, traditional, and/or both–and offer networking, educational, and hands-on experiences that promote Indigenous arts and artists at every level.
All facilitators employ a mentorship approach from an Indigenous perspective that fosters art, cultural, and professional development while empowering, supporting and engaging our communities.
The Indigenous programs exist to:
- Support Indigenous and non-Indigenous artists and art organizations to meet their professional goals pertaining to Indigenous art and cultural practices
- Develop programs that foster the emergence of Indigenous cultural leadership at every level
- Identify and/or promote initiatives and projects that focus on Indigenous contributions in arts, culture and heritage sectors, and work towards the revitalization and empowerment of our communities
Sounding The Drum – Drum Circles – Temporarily Discontinued
In partnership with Manitoba Moon Voices, Creative Manitoba Indigenous Programs hosts twice monthly hand drum circles with guest speakers, artists, elders and musicians. We honour traditional knowledge, practice the art, and sound the drum. The drum circles are free to everyone in the community, members of Manitoba Moon Voices and members of Creative Manitoba
Art Of Managing Your Career Indigenous Perspectives
The Art of Managing Your Career Intensive for Indigenous Artists course presents an in-depth overview of the practical skills you need to grow your arts and culture career! Regardless of your creative discipline, this course offers an invaluable skill-set to creative entrepreneurs, including envisioning and developing a career strategy, developing a business plan, marketing and promoting your work, bookkeeping and budgeting tips.
Ozhitoon Jii-Miigiweng (to create and to share)
This art and educational gathering is an inclusive opportunity to learn about the Indigenous historical legacy of Canada using Land Based Experiential Learning for educators and artists in the schools.
Smoke Signals – Indigenous Communication Conference
SMOKE SIGNALS is a gathering of community-engaged Indigenous artists and arts leaders examining the importance of our Indigenous voices in the art and media world. It is a day of ceremony, panels, keynotes and conversations exploring our interactions in the art world. We recognize the unique ability our Indigenous perspectives have to transform and galvanize community, celebrating our role as artists and acknowledging the importance of reclaiming our own narrative as oral historians.
We understand that not all artists can come to us, so we will come to your community. Bringing you a one-day condensed version of the Art of Managing Your Career – Indigenous Perspectives. We are also developing half day workshops on taxes, grants applications, and documenting your work.
Indigenous Artists’ Needs Assessment
Creative Manitoba has undergone several gatherings and circles with Indigenous artists across Manitoba to discuss the experiences of Indigenous artists, their professional needs and look into the future. This resulted in the Indigenous Programs Needs Assessment Report.
For more information, email Arlea Ashcroft at email@example.com