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Kansas City Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Kansas City Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Nistala R.,University of Missouri |
Savin V.,Kansas City Veterans Affairs Medical Center
American Journal of Physiology - Renal Physiology | Year: 2017
The protein dipeptidyl peptidase 4 (DPP4) is a target in diabetes management and reduction of associated cardiovascular risk. Inhibition of the enzymatic function and genetic deletion of DPP4 is associated with tremendous benefits to the heart, vasculature, adipose tissue, and the kidney in rodent models of obesity, diabetes and hypertension, and associated complications. The recently concluded, “Saxagliptin Assessment of Vascular Outcomes Recorded in Patients with Diabetes Mellitus-Thrombolysis in Myocardial Infarction 53" trial revealed a reduction in proteinuria in chronic kidney disease patients (stages 1-3). These results have spurred immense interest in the nonenzymatic and enzymatic role of DPP4 in the kidney. DPP4 is expressed predominantly in the glomeruli and S1-S3 segments of the nephron and to a lesser extent in other segments. DPP4 is known to facilitate absorption of cleaved dipeptides and regulate the function of the sodium/hydrogen exchanger-3 in the proximal tubules. DPP4, also known as CD26, has an important role in costimulation of lymphocytes via caveolin-1 on antigen-presenting cells in peripheral blood. Herein, we present our perspectives for the ongoing interest in the role of DPP4 in the kidney. © 2017, American Physiological Society. All rights reserved.
Gutheil W.G.,University of Missouri - Kansas City |
Reed G.,University of Kansas |
Ray A.,University of Minnesota |
Anant S.,University of Kansas |
And 2 more authors.
Current Pharmaceutical Biotechnology | Year: 2012
Cancer is one of the leading causes of death in the United States and accounts for approximately 8 million deaths per year worldwide. Although there is an increasing number of therapeutic options available for patients with cancer, their efficacy is time-limited and non-curative. Approximately 50-60% of cancer patients in the United States utilize agents derived from different parts of plants or nutrients (complementary and alternative medicine), exclusively or concurrently with traditional therapeutic regime such as chemotherapy and/or radiation therapy. The need for new drugs has prompted studies evaluating possible anti-cancer agents in fruits, vegetables, herbs and spices. Saffron, a spice and a food colorant present in the dry stigmas of the plant Crocus sativus L., has been used as an herbal remedy for various ailments including cancer by the ancient Arabian, Indian and Chinese cultures. Crocetin, an important carotenoid constituent of saffron, has shown significant potential as an anti-tumor agent in animal models and cell culture systems. Crocetin affects the growth of cancer cells by inhibiting nucleic acid synthesis, enhancing anti-oxidative system, inducing apoptosis and hindering growth factor signaling pathways. This review discusses the studies on cancer preventive potential of crocetin and its future use as an anticancer agent. © 2012 Bentham Science Publishers.
Rao G.A.,Kansas City Veterans Affairs Medical Center |
Rao G.A.,University of South Carolina |
Pandya P.K.,Kansas City Veterans Affairs Medical Center |
Pandya P.K.,University of Kansas
Gastroenterology | Year: 2011
Background & Aims: Patients with chronic hepatitis C infection are 2- to 3-fold more likely to develop type 2 diabetes, which reduces their chances of achieving a sustained virologic response (SVR). To identify differences in predictors of SVR in patients with and without diabetes who received combination antiviral therapy, we conducted a retrospective analysis of a national Veterans Affairs administrative database. Methods: We analyzed data from the Veterans Affairs Medical SAS Datasets and Decision Support System for entire cohort and separately for diabetic patients (n = 1704) and nondiabetic patients (n = 6589). Significant predictors of SVR were identified by logistic regression analysis. Results: Diabetic patients had a lower SVR compared with nondiabetic patients (21% vs 27%, respectively, P < .001). Diabetic patients had higher clustering of previously established negative predictors of SVR. On multivariate analysis of diabetic patients for SVR, the positive predictors were higher low-density lipoprotein (odds ratio [OR], 1.45; P = .0129), use of statin (OR, 1.52; P = .0124), and lower baseline viral load (OR, 2.31; P < .001), whereas insulin therapy (OR, 0.7; P = .0278) was a negative predictor. Diabetic patients on statins had higher pretreatment viral loads (log 6.2 vs 6.4, respectively, P = .006) but better early virologic response. There was a graded inverse relationship between Hemoglobin A1c and SVR rate (P = .0482). This relationship was significant among insulin users (P = .0154) and non-significant among metformin users (P = .5853). Conclusions:: Statin use was associated with an improved SVR among both diabetic patients and nondiabetic patients receiving combination antiviral therapy. Diabetic patients who received insulin achieved lower SVR compared with those not receiving insulin. Poor diabetes control was associated with lower SVR rates. © 2011 AGA Institute.
Campbell A.R.,Center for Behavioral Medicine |
Anderson K.D.,Kansas City Veterans Affairs Medical Center
American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy | Year: 2010
Purpose. The effects of varenicline treatment for smoking cessation on mental health (MH) stability in veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) was studied. Methods. Data were collected by retrospective chart review at a Veterans Affairs medical center. Patients with PTSD who were prescribed varenicline for smoking cessation between May 2006 and July 2008 were included; all patients had failed previous attempts to quit using nicotine replacement therapy, bupropion, or both. The average numbers of encounters per month with MH professionals in a six-month baseline period before varenicline, during treatment, and after treatment were compared. The numbers of MH encounters were compared for patients with multiple MH disorders including major depressive disorder, schizophrenia, or bipolar disorder and those with PTSD alone. Patients who had completed a full course of varenicline therapy (4-12 weeks) without MH decompensation were surveyed to determine the rate of smoking cessation. Results. Data were analyzed for 78 patients. MH encounters during varenicline therapy increased 29% over baseline. There was no significant difference in the numbers of encounters in the baseline and postvarenicline periods. MH decompensations were documented for 4 patients during varenicline therapy and 2 after completion of therapy. Before, during, and after varenicline, patients with multiple MH disorders had significantly more MH encounters than those with PTSD alone. Of the 42 patients in the follow-up survey, 19 (45%) said they refrained from smoking for 30 days and 13 (31%) for 90 days. Conclusion. Varenicline appeared to have destabilizing effects on MH in veterans with PTSD.
Madhoun M.F.,The University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center |
Wani S.B.,Aurora University |
Rastogi A.,Kansas City Veterans Affairs Medical Center |
Early D.,University of Washington |
And 3 more authors.
Endoscopy | Year: 2013
Background and study aims: It is uncertain if needle gauge impacts the diagnostic accuracy of endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration (EUS-FNA) of pancreatic mass lesions. Our aim was to use meta-analysis to more robustly define the diagnostic accuracy of EUS-FNA for pancreatic masses using 22 G and 25 G needles. Patients and methods: Studies were identified by searching nine medical databases for reports published between 1994 and 2011, using a reproducible search strategy comprised of relevant terms. Only studies comparing the overall diagnostic accuracy of 22 G vs. 25 G EUS needles that used surgical histology or at least 6 months clinical follow up for a gold standard were included. Two reviewers independently scored the identified studies for methodology and abstracted pertinent data. When required, the original investigators were contacted to provide additional data. Pooling was conducted by both fixed-effects and random-effects models. Diagnostic characteristics (sensitivity, specificity, positive and negative likelihood ratios) with 95 % confidence intervals (CIs) were calculated. Results: Eight studies involving 1292 subjects met the defined inclusion criteria. Of the 1292 patients, 799 were in the 22 G group and 565 were in the 25 G group (both needles were used in 72 patients). The pooled sensitivity and specificity of the 22 G needle were 0.85 (95 %CI 0.82 - 0.88) and 1 (95 %CI 0.98 - 1) respectively. The pooled sensitivity and specificity of the 25 G needle were 0.93 (95 %CI 0.91 - 0.96) and 0.97 (95 %CI 0.93 - 0.99) respectively. The bivariate generalized linear random-effect model indicated that the 25 G needle is associated with a higher sensitivity (P = 0.0003) but comparable specificity (P = 0.97) to the 22 G needle. Conclusions: This meta-analysis suggests 25 G needle systems are more sensitive than 22 G needles for diagnosing pancreatic malignancy.© Georg Thieme Verlag KGStuttgart . New York.
Dhar A.,Kansas City Veterans Affairs Medical Center |
Dhar A.,University of Kansas |
Ray A.,Kansas City Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Experimental Oncology | Year: 2010
The CCN (Cyr61 (cysteine-rich protein 61), CTGF (connective tissue growth factor), Nov (nephroblastoma overexpressed)) fami ly consists of six members that belong to matricellular proteins of extracellular matrix (ECM). Like other matricellular proteins, CCN members do not primarily have a structural role; however, they modulate cell-ECM interactions. In general, CCN proteins are formed by four characteristic domain structures and thought to participate in various biological phenomena such as organ development, wound healing, angiogenesis, fibrosis, etc. In cancer, CCN proteins family expresses aberrantly; probably depending on the sites and types, expressions of different CCN proteins have been documented to be linked with either progression or inhibition of the pathological processes of cancer. Through various mechanisms like cell survival, apoptosis, inflammation, cell adhesion and migration and connection with several cytokines, CCN proteins perhaps influence the disease course including tumor metastasis. A majority of the above-mentioned effects are believed to be mediated by binding with integrins, a class of receptors that mediate cell-cell and cell-ECM interactions. Furthermore, the members of CCN family modulate the functions of several important growth factors and related pathways such as insulin-like growth factor (IGF), transforming growth factor-β (TGF-β) and Wnt signaling. Interestingly, a variety of factors/proteins linked with these signaling systems are reported to be associated with the carcinogenic process. Nevertheless, a precise knowledge about the pathophysiological activities including signaling pathways of CCN proteins would be helpful to identify molecular targets in order to design therapeutic strategies in the management of cancer. Copyright © Experimenta Oncology, 2010.
Kanakadandi V.,Kansas City Veterans Affairs Medical Center |
Sharma P.,Kansas City Veterans Affairs Medical Center |
Sharma P.,University of Kansas
Gastrointestinal Endoscopy: New Technologies and Changing Paradigms | Year: 2015
Barrett’s esophagus (BE) is the replacement of stratified squamous epithelium of the distal esophageal mucosa with columnar epithelium with intestinal metaplasia. It is the only known premalignant condition that predisposes to the development of esophageal adenocarcinoma. The incidence of esophageal adenocarcinoma has increased several folds over the last few years, and it is associated with a poor prognosis when diagnosed late. Endoscopic screening and surveillance of patients with BE is done to detect the progression to cancer and to treat it at an early stage. BE is diagnosed by endoscopy and biopsy. The standard endoscopic procedures include noting the circumferential and maximal extent of BE, characterization of visible lesions by Paris classification and rigorous four-quadrant random biopsy. Advanced imaging techniques, such as chromoendoscopy, auto-fluorescence imaging, narrow-band imaging, optical-coherence tomography and confocal endomicroscopy, aid in the diagnosis of dysplasia. BE progresses through stages of non-dysplastic BE (NDBE), low-grade dysplasia (LGD), high-grade dysplasia (HGD), and esophageal adenocarcinoma (EAC). The risk of cancer progressively increases through each of the stages of dysplasia and is 6.6% in patients with HGD. Patients with HGD are, therefore, treated with endoscopic therapies to reduce the risk of their progression to cancer. A number of endoscopic techniques are available for the eradication of dysplasia; multi-polar electrocoagulation, argon plasma coagulation, photodynamic therapy, cryotherapy, radiofrequency ablation (RFA), and endoscopic mucosal resection (EMR). EMR of visible lesions and RFA of remaining BE is the current standard practice and results in eradication of >90% of BE epithelium. Strictures are the most common complication and are seen in 5% of the patients undergoing RFA. Recurrence is seen in one fourth of the patients and underscores the need for continued surveillance even after the treatment. Long-term efficacy studies are needed to assess the impact of endoscopic eradication. In the future, peptide-based imaging, Raman spectroscopy, biomarker panels, and genomic sequencing will be used in managing these patients. © Springer Science+Business Media New York 2015.
Timberlake G.T.,Kansas City Veterans Affairs Medical Center |
Timberlake G.T.,University of Kansas Medical Center |
Omoscharka E.,Kansas City Veterans Affairs Medical Center |
Quaney B.M.,Kansas City Veterans Affairs Medical Center |
And 3 more authors.
Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science | Year: 2011
PURPOSE. Vision plays a critical role in reaching and grasping objects. Consequently, bilateral macular scotomas from agerelated macular degeneration (AMD) may affect reach-to-grasp movements. The purpose of this work was to investigate changes in reach-to-grasp movement dynamics and to relate those changes to the characteristics of subjects' preferred retinal loci (PRL), scotomas, and visual acuities. METHODS. Three-dimensional positions of the index finger and thumb were recorded while subjects with bilateral scotomas and subjects with normal vision reached for and grasped blocks of three widths at two distances under binocular and monocular viewing conditions. Reach-dynamic parameters and the grip aperture (thumb-index finger distance) were calculated. Retinal locations and sizes of subjects' scotomas and PRLs were mapped with a scanning laser ophthalmoscope. RESULTS. Scotoma subjects' hand trajectories had longer movement durations, lower maximum velocities, and longer visual reaction times than those of control subjects. With monocular viewing, maximum grip aperture (MGA) increased as a function of block width at a significantly higher rate for scotoma subjects than for control subjects. MGA decreased with increasing PRL bivariate normal ellipse area, and visual reaction time increased with decreasing acuity of the eye tested. CONCLUSIONS. Compared with normally sighted subjects, subjects with bilateral macular scotomas from AMD have reach-tograsp movements with longer trajectories, longer visual reaction times, lower velocities, and altered MGA-block width scaling. Visual reaction time and MGA are directly related to PRL characteristics. Deficits in reach-to-grasp movement caused by macular scotomas are greater in degree than those reported by others for real or artificial peripheral scotomas. © 2011 The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, Inc.
Oni O.,Kansas City Veterans Affairs Medical Center
American journal of disaster medicine | Year: 2012
Experiencing natural disasters such as hurricanes is associated with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and depression. We examined the role played by perceived stress and coping styles in explaining and modifying this association among pregnant women exposed to Hurricane Katrina. The study comprised 192 women (133 from New Orleans and 59 from Baton Rouge) who were pregnant during Hurricane Katrina or became pregnant immediately after the hurricane. Women were interviewed regarding their hurricane experience, perceived stress, and mental health outcomes. Coping styles was assessed using the Brief COPE, PTSD symptoms using the Post-Traumatic Checklist, and depressive symptoms using the Edinburgh Depression Scale. Multivariable regression models were run to determine the effects of coping styles on mental health and the interactions among coping styles, hurricane experience, and perceived stress on mental health. Apart from the positive reframing and humor coping styles, all coping styles correlated positively with PTSD or depression (p < 0.05). The instrumental support, denial, venting, and behavioral disengagement coping styles were significantly associated with worsened PTSD symptoms among those who reported higher perceived stress (p < 0.05). Use of a humor coping style seemed to reduce the effect of perceived stress on depressive symptoms (p = 0.02 for interaction) while use of instrumental support (p = 0.04) and behavioral disengagement (p < 0.01) were both associated with more symptoms of depression among those who perceived more stress. There were no strong interactions between coping style and hurricane experience. Coping styles are potential moderators of the effects of stress on mental health of pregnant women.
Timberlake G.T.,Kansas City Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Investigative ophthalmology & visual science | Year: 2012
Fine manual tasks require coordination of vision, eye movements, and motor control. Macular scotomas from age-related macular degeneration (AMD) may adversely affect this coordination. The purpose of this research was to find whether the preferred retina locus for fixation (fPRL) also guided the hand in performing fine manual tasks and how the fingers, fPRL, and scotomas interacted in task performance. Subjects with bilateral macular scotomas from AMD and normally sighted controls traced an irregular "maze" line pattern with the index finger while viewing their hand and the maze in a scanning laser ophthalmoscope (SLO). Video images from the SLO showing the fingers and maze on the retina during the task were analyzed to produce retinal maps showing the scotoma and bivariate ellipses of fPRL and fingertip retinal positions. Fingertip retinal ellipses surrounded and were approximately centered on the fPRL ellipses. Fingertip retinal bivariate area was positively correlated with fPRL bivariate area and the percent time the fPRL was on the maze was correlated with visual acuity. Maze-tracing accuracy was positively correlated with saccade rate for scotoma subjects. Concentric overlap of fPRL and fingertip retinal ellipses indicates that it is the fPRL that guides the hand in the maze-tracing visuomotor task, just as the fovea guides the fingertip for visually normal subjects. It is likely that factors other than fPRL and scotoma characteristics contribute to poorer maze-tracing performance by scotoma subjects in comparison with controls.


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The general consensus is that one kilogram of tilapia requires 3 liters of water. An adult tilapia weighs around half a pound, although it can get bigger. This can mean that you only have one tilapia in 3 liters or even 6 liters of water.
Two generations can work there. The general rule of thumb for fishing in a man-made vessel is 1 inch of fish per 1 gallon of water. So, if your tilapia is 3 inches long, each fish will need about 3 liters of water. If all of them are 5 inches, each of them needs 5 liters of water, etc.
Our current system has a total of about 300 liters of water and about 100 kilos of tilapia per liter of water for a kilo of about 3: 1. With increased biofiltration (different growth beds) the ratio of water to fish can be reduced to just 2 liters Water per pound of fish will be reduced.
Tilapia does well in shallow water, with minimal nutrition, and grows rapidly. Tilapia can be grown in ponds, tanks, large aquariums or aquariums. You can start a tilapia farm of any size and take your thoughts wherever it can be useful, indoors or out.
Tilapias are more prone to disease because they grow in overcrowded fish bones. Farmers give them antibiotics so they don’t get sick. You will also be given pesticides to treat head lice, a common problem. These chemicals are effective but harmful to human health if ingested.
When tilapia is sexed, sorted, and placed in tubs, you need good biofiltration, oxygen levels, and a good feeding schedule. Tilapia grows very quickly when watered in the mid-1980s, from aquarium to pot in 67 months. Colder water takes longer.
Aquaculture, especially tilapia farming, comes in different sizes. You can have anything from a large commercial facility to a small backyard pond. A small yard boat 1.2 meters wide, 2.4 meters long and 0.7 meters deep can produce around 65 kg of tilapia, or around R2000 per year.
The bad news for tilapia is that it only contains 240 mg of omega-3 fatty acids per serving, ten times less omega-3 fatty acids than wild salmon (3). Omega-6 fatty acids are highly controversial but are generally considered less healthy than omega-3 fatty acids.
The average price per pound of fresh tilapia imported into the United States increased 4.8% from 3.35 / lb. last year at 3.51 / lb. this year despite the increase in import volumes.
Tilapias are herbivores and feed mainly on algae, which filter out of the water through small chambers in the gills or portion they find on the surface of the water. Duckweed can be combined with commercially available fish food to increase the protein content of the food.
Tilapia didn’t ask for much. In reality, they only have five basic needs: clean water, oxygen, food, electricity, and sanitation. Feed your tilapia with these things and it will stay healthy and grow quickly.
An inch per gallon
Tilapia feeds mainly on algae, plankton, some insects and herbivores. Live insects are good sources of protein and fat because fish need both. Common insects they eat are earthworms, crickets, nudibranchs, snails, flies, moths, beetles, and grubs.
Agricultural tanks have a capacity of 500 to 500,000 liters. The size of the tank depends on a number of factors including: release rate, selected species, water supply, water quality and economy.
Tilapia eats many of the more common types of filamentous algae, blue-green algae, anchored plants, and even twigs and other organic waste. They are very efficient consumers.
This means that you cannot mix them with other species in your aquarium and they must all be the same size or they will eat each other. In contrast, omnivorous fish (tilapia, catfish, pacu, koi and goldfish) generally do well with their own species and with other omnivorous fish species.
The most important input for an aquaponics system is fish feed. Fish eat food and excrete waste. Over 50% of fish waste is in the form of ammonia, which is excreted in the urine and, in small quantities, through the gills.

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How to Travel When You Have Hearing Loss
Although many of us haven’t walked through an airport for nearly two years, with state borders now open and international travel expected to follow, we can look forward to checking into our flights very soon. Besides the fact most of us haven’t travelled for a while, being apprehensive about flying is completely normal, irrespective of whether you have hearing loss or not.
However, if you do experience hearing loss, travelling can be daunting, with worries about misunderstanding your flight announcements or even during customs. As hearing experts, the team at Attune understands these worries and have put together a guide on how to navigate travel successfully. If you’re planning a flight soon, refreshing yourself on how to travel with hearing loss will help you feel prepared and confident, so you can worry less and focus on enjoying the journey.
Preparing for The Trip
The first step in preparing for your flight is to pack. Packing light and ensuring you are within the weight restrictions will keep your mind at ease, so you don’t have to worry about transferring luggage between your carry on and suitcase. Everything you’ll need within hands reach must be stored in carry on for accessibility. Some belongings you may wish to have in your carry on or suitcase could include:
- Hearing aids replacement batteries
- Charging station and charger cable for rechargeable devices
- The proper converters for your rechargeable hearing aids if travelling overseas
- Cleaning tools and replacement accessories
- Hearing aid storage box or a portable case
To not leave anything behind, we always recommend writing up a cheat-sheet to keep on hand, so you can check off what you’ve packed. It’s sometimes hard to remember what you’ve packed by the end, so keeping this sheet will also act as a reminder, so you don’t have to worry or question “did I pack that?”.
When at The Airport
During your time at the airport, you may want or need to talk to flight attendants, cafe staff or check-in officers. No matter your range of hearing loss, if you find it difficult to communicate in noisy environments, letting your conversation partner know you have a hearing condition is the best solution to ensure a smooth conversation.
Travelling with hearing aids: Will they set off metal detectors?
This is an incredibly common concern for hearing aid users, but it’s reassuring to know that your hearing aid is safe to wear while going through airport metal detectors. They’re also safe in x-ray machines, so if you ever store an additional hearing aid in your carry on or suitcase, rest assured they’ll be safe.
On The Plane
When you fly, be sure to keep your hearing aids with you, either in your ears or carry on luggage. We always suggest avoiding travelling with your hearing aid stored in your checked in luggage, in the chance your suitcase goes missing. But when you keep your hearing aids in your ears, you know where they are and that they’re safe.
Travel insurance comes in handy in the off chance this happens, but it doesn’t repair the disappointment of losing your aid at the beginning of your trip. If you haven’t arranged travel insurance, it’s the peace of mind plan we recommend to all who travel. When taking out travel insurance, make sure to specify your hearing condition is covered in your travel insurance policy and check that you’re covered for the loss, damage and theft of your hearing aids. It’s always best to be safe rather than sorry.
You will also be happy to know that hearing aid batteries are also safe to travel with, both disposable and rechargeable. Just remember to have the batteries and charging units accessible, so you can place them in the x-ray trays when it’s time for your carry on bag to be scanned. If you’re on a long-haul flight, we suggest carrying the extra batteries on you in your carry on. You never know when your hearing aid might run out due to the cabin pressure changing the usual lifespan of batteries.
Use noise-cancelling headphones on the plane
Airplanes are noisy, so travelling with noise-cancelling headphones can allow passengers to comfortably sleep. Depending on your preferences, you may benefit from either using a hearing device or noise-cancelling headphones.
Source: Mayo Foundation
Your Ears Under Pressure
When your ears feel blocked on airplanes, this is due to the cabin pressure quickly changing during take-off and descent. Behind the middle section of your ear and your eardrum, there is a section filled with air, which allows the eardrum to vibrate and produce sound.
Connecting to the middle ear is the Eustachian tube, which allows for airflow, equalising the pressure in the ear. When the cabin pressure changes quickly, the Eustachian tube is sometimes not able to open quickly enough, resulting in a feeling of blockage and even causing hearing loss symptoms. If this happens during your flight, don’t panic as there are tips to equalise your ear pressure.
Tips to equalise your ears
- Chewing gum, lollies or even yawning can unblock the ears and reduce hearing loss symptoms.
- Pop your ears: Hold your nose and blow gently. Hearing loss symptoms can be alleviated as air moves through the eustachian tube and equalises the ear pressure.
- Spray your nose! The sinus is connected to the eustachian tube, keeping the ear moist and allowing the ear to equalise.
- Get fitted earplugs. If the top three tips don’t help to relieve the hearing loss symptoms, you can try using filtered earplugs to help control the changes in cabin pressure.
How Attune Can Prepare You for Your Next Flight
At Attune, we care about the comfort of our clients, and want to support you during the preparation of your next flight with hearing loss. To find the ideal hearing aid for you, reach out to Attune today and book your audiology test. Our team of trained audiologists conduct Audiometric Tests and Full Diagnostic Audiology Assessments in compliance with Australian standards.

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By Steve Ahlquist on June 19, 2015
“We want someone not to get fired without just cause, without a hearing, without a meeting with a steward, without a meeting with a business agent. We have a problem with managers intimidating [and] harassing our members on the shop floor for standing up for their rights.”
By Steve Ahlquist on June 18, 2015
“We have been in contract negations for almost three years now,” said Donnelly, ” and we have not had contact negotiations since last December.” Donnelly need that these meetings are known for their repeated delays and stalling tactics on the part of URI negotiators.
Posted in Education, Featured, Labor, Photos, Rhode Island, Video | Tagged David Dooley, Dorothy Donnelly, Jim Purcell, Kenneth Jolicouer, Patricia Maguire, Peter Nightingale, RI Jobs with Justice, URI, URI PTFU | Leave a response
By Steve Ahlquist on June 16, 2015
Cho has denied all charges, said the organizers of the press conference, despite being found guilty in Connecticut of 43 charges of employment law violations, and being ordered to pay roughly $150,000 in a settlement with workers at stores in New Haven, CT, now closed.
Posted in Activism, Class Warfare, Criminal Justice, Featured, Labor, Providence, Rhode Island, Video | Tagged Chung Cho, Donna Nesselbush, fuerza laboral, Gourmet Heaven, jesse strecker, Mike Araujo, Restaurant Opportunities Center of RI, Rhode Island Jobs with Justice, Roberto Quinilla | Leave a response
By Steve Ahlquist on June 15, 2015
It is the height of absurdity to believe that the same organization that feels it is proper to hold meetings in restaurants that have been found to have engaged in wage theft can be counted on to deal fairly with employees claiming wage theft or other forms of worker abuse.
Posted in corporate greed, Criminal Justice, Featured, Labor, Rhode Island | Tagged Bob Bacon, Not Your Average Joe's, Rhode Island Hospitality Association, RIHA, ROC United RI, U.S. Department of Labor, wage theft | Leave a response
By Steve Ahlquist on June 14, 2015
The police, once they determined that this was a peaceful labor protest, did not interfere, much to the consternation of some of Cho’s neighbors. Since Cho decided against meeting with his former workers, the protesters took a walk through Cho’s neighborhood, chanting and distributing flyers.
By Bob Plain on June 7, 2015
How did we get to where firefighters are treated like scoundrels trying to abscond with the public’s money? Corporate-controlled media spewing out garbage like this to the masses, that’s how. Of course, such a breach of journalistic ethic comes via a Providence Journal editorial about legislation that would prevent cities and towns from reducing the […]
By Kate Conroy & Moira Walsh on June 7, 2015
11. Accepted Crumpled up money thrown over the bar onto the floor as a tip.
12.Customer says he’s a “producer”. Asks me to turn around and see my “rear” in not so polite terms before he orders. I neither do nor say anything.
13. Manager brags about running a “brothel / escort service” in college. I do nothing.
Posted in Activism, Civil Rights / Liberties, Class Warfare, corporate greed, Economy, Featured, Labor, People, Poverty, Providence, Rhode Island, State House, Women | Tagged minimum wage, Poverty, tipped minimum wage, work | 4 Responses
By Steve Ahlquist on June 3, 2015
The tipped minimum wage in Rhode Island is $2.89, as opposed to the regular minimum wage of $9. It is expected that the General Assembly will raise the regular minimum wage to $9.60 in this session, though even $9.60 is a far cry from a living wage, estimated to be about $12 per hour.
Posted in Activism, Class Warfare, Economy, Featured, Labor, Rhode Island, State House, Video | Tagged aaron regunberg, gayle goldin, Restaurant Opportunities Center of RI, tipped minimum wage | Leave a response
By Steve Ahlquist on June 1, 2015
The Gnomes, a global folk-fusion band, opened the event with about a half an hour of live music before being joined on stage by emcee Bill Harley. Harley gave a short talk about Richard Walton, and read one of his emails to give a flavor of the man, quoting Walton as saying, “I’d like life to be a hot hodge-podge of people of all sorts. All ages, all cultures, all colors, all everything.”
Posted in Activism, Events, Featured, Homelessness, Labor, Rhode Island, Video | Tagged eric hirsch, Extraordinary Rendition Band, Institute for the Study & Practice of Nonviolence, Mirjaam Parada, providence college, Providence Renaissance Hotel, Red Bandana Awards, richard walton, Sister Ann, The Procaccianti Group, Zero: 2016 | 1 Response
By Steve Ahlquist on May 29, 2015
Hotel workers and supporters protested for fair pay, fair treatment and fair union negotiations outside the Providence Hilton Hotel until almost midnight on May 15. A short video provides a flavor of the evening.
Posted in Activism, Class Warfare, corporate greed, Featured, Labor, Providence, Rhode Island, Video | Tagged Chris Hasslinger, Evan McLaughlin, Providence Hilton Hotel, The Procaccianti Group, unite here 217 | Leave a response
By Stephen R. Graham on May 28, 2015
This Sunday, the Red Bandana Fund will award Eric Hirsch and the workers at the Renaissance Hotel Red Bandana Awards for 2015. The Award honors individuals and groups whose work embodies the spirit and work of Richard Walton, a longtime activist in the Rhode Island area who died in 2012. This is the third year […]
By Jonathan Jacobs on May 19, 2015
Recently the Providence Journal published a piece panning the proposed legislation to raise the minimum wage for tipped employees, over time, to reflect the standard minimum wage for non gratuity-based wage earners. Perhaps informing the public is no longer the point? These days, readers and residents can easily see through the truth-bending, mean-spirited talking points […]
By Steve Ahlquist on May 14, 2015
SEIU 1199, representing about 4,000 health care workers in RI, held a press conference to announce a series of initiatives “to improve the way the state invests in Medicaid-funded programs in long-term care and create a pathway to living wages for caregivers.” The press conference was part of a “Day of Action” at the State […]
Posted in Economy, Featured, Health Care, Labor, Rhode Island, State House, Women | Tagged Dawn Auclair, Jenn Steinfeld, Manoucheka Robert, Medicaid, Nichole Ward, Patrick Quinn, Reinventing Medicaid, Sarah Nolan, SEIU District 1199NE, Women's Fund of Rhode Island | 1 Response
By 1199 SEIU RI on May 13, 2015
Health care workers and allies will host a press conference and policy brief at the State House on Wednesay to advocate for Medicaid changes to improve the system of long term care and support a living wage for caregivers. SEIU District 1199NE, which represents approximately 4,000 health care workers in RI, will be issuing a new […]
By Bob Plain on May 7, 2015
Nicole Ward, a certified nurse assistant at Greenville Skilled Nursing & Rehab in Smithfield, gets paid $13 an hour. It’s not enough, she says, to support her two daughters, ages 9 and 7. “Trying to provide for them on $13 an hour is not easy,” she says in the latest Caregivers Rising video from the […]
By Steve Ahlquist on May 4, 2015
The Providence College Coalition Against Racism held a press conference, followed by a march through the Providence College (PC) campus, “to protest the ongoing racial profiling on campus and the failure of the college administration to stop doing business with the Renaissance Hotel.” Dr. Julia Jordan-Zachary has been a professor at Providence College for seven […]
Posted in Activism, Civil Rights / Liberties, Featured, Labor, Providence, Race & Racism, Religion | Tagged Bini Tsegaye, Cedric de Leon, Jonah Zinn, Julia Jordan-Zachary, pc, providence college, Providence Hilton Hotel, Providence Renaissance Hotel, Racial Profiling, santa brito, The Procaccianti Group, TPG | 3 Responses
By Steve Ahlquist on May 4, 2015
Hotel workers carried signs, beat drums and chanted outside the Providence Renaissance Hotel at 7am Saturday morning. The Renaissance Providence Hotel has been resisting efforts by its staff to form a union to negotiate for better wages and humane working conditions.
Posted in Activism, Class Warfare, corporate greed, Featured, Labor, Providence | Tagged Providence Hilton, Providence Renaissance Hotel, The Procaccianti Group, TPG, TPG Fails, unite here 217 | 1 Response
By Steve Ahlquist on May 2, 2015
May 1 is International Workers Day so Comité en Acción and other community organizations celebrated with a march from the Armory on Cranston St. to Dexter Field, followed by a celebration of “our victories from this past year.” The victories from the past year include passage of the Just Cause eviction bill, the elimination of […]
Posted in Activism, Civil Rights / Liberties, Class Warfare, corporate greed, Events, Featured, Immigration, Labor | Tagged Comité en Acción, DARE, direct action for rights and equality, English for Action, international workers day, Providence Youth Student Movement, PrYSM, RI Jobs with Justice, Todos Somos Arizona, We Are all Arizona | Leave a response
By Steve Ahlquist on April 30, 2015
Subtitled, “an independent investor information website posted by Unite Here,” the website TPG Fails is a compendium of The Procaccianti Group’s bad investments, environmental disasters and “wasted opportunities.”
Posted in cities and towns, corporate greed, Featured, Labor | Tagged EPA, FDS Industries, Fogarty Building, hilton providence, PBH Realty, Providence Renaissance Hotel, Rhode Island Coastal Resources Management Council, The Procaccianti Group, TPG, TPG Fails, Unite Here Local 217 | 2 Responses
By Bob Plain on April 29, 2015
Sue Sulham has been caring for developmentally disabled people in the Blackstone Valley for more than 20 years. She makes just $11.20 an hour. “I don’t want to live beyond my means,” Sulham said. “I just want to be able to make a payment on time, to go grocery shopping and maybe luncheon meat would […]

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The Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) inaugurated on Monday the country’s biggest passenger terminal building (PTB) at Calapan Port here.
The PHP353-million, three-story PTB was designed to provide comfort and convenience to as many as 3,500 passengers at any given time, according to Engr. Margarito Dimailig, Engineering Services Division manager at the PPA Project Management Office-Mindoro.
The new PTB, he noted, will be a game changer for in-bound and out-bound passengers in Oriental Mindoro as well as travelers from other provinces in Luzon such as Marinduque, Romblon and Palawan.
Dimailig said the PTB will play a major role in uplifting the tourism of the province and the entire Mimaropa region.
“It aims to provide more convenience and comfort to the sea-traveling passengers in line with the coming Holy Week,” he added.
Dimailig also noted that the majority of PTB’s employees are residents of Calapan and nearby towns.
Meanwhile, PPA General Manager Jay Daniel Santiago said the new PTB includes a play area, nursing station/clinic, first aid clinic, prayer room and all-gender restroom, and is equipped with escalators and elevators for passengers.
The PTB will be a tourist attraction on its own, he said, adding that the building features exterior walls with the “Pakudos”, which are common elements of the Mangyan arts and culture characterized by symmetrical, aesthetic, and orderly utilization of lines and space.
During the live-streamed inauguration program of the PPA, Senator Christopher “Bong” Go, the guest of honor of the event, said the public deserves efficient services such as those promised by the PTB.
He thanked President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. for supporting the project of former President Rodrigo Duterte under the “Build, Build, Build” program.
Duterte and Go were both present at the groundbreaking of the PTB project in November 2021. (PNA)


Syrian refugees take a coach bus heading to Syria in Beirut, Lebanon, Feb. 28, 2019. Around 1,700 Syrian refugees returned to their homeland on Thursday from different areas in Lebanon including Tripoli, Sidon, Nabatieh, Shabaa, Bourj Hammoud and Masnaa. (Xinhua/Bilal Jawich)
DAMASCUS, Feb.28 (Xinhua) -- Hundreds of Syrian refugees returned from Lebanon to Syria on Thursday, state news agency SANA reported.
A total of 22 buses transported the Syrian refugees into Syria and delivered them to their hometowns in the countryside of Homs Province in central Syria, as well as the countryside of the provinces of Aleppo, Hama, Deir al-Zour and Damascus.
According to SANA, dozens of batches of Syrian refugees have returned to Syria from Lebanon over the past few months after their areas were cleared of rebels.
More than 1 million Syrian refugees are registered with the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees in Lebanon, while the Lebanese government estimated the true number of Syrians in the country at 1.5 million.
To facilitate the return of Syrian refugees to their homeland, Russia drafted a strategy and presented it to the Lebanese authorities.
The strategy aims at securing the return of 890,000 Syrian refugees to their homeland.


Money handed over by Obama. Can you imagine the outcry had we bankrolled the Imperial Japanese Navy before Pearl Harbor?
REVEALED: Iran’s underground MISSILE bunker packed with bombs that could SAVAGE the west
IRAN has revealed it has an underground missile bunker stacked with bombs according to footage broadcast on the nation’s television network.
By Millie Bull,The Express, June 1, 2019
Iran has revealed an underground missile bunker on national television (Image:YOUTUBE/Iran Military Tube)
The clips showed a long tunnel deep under the earth full of weapons and trucks which belong to the Qiam-1 ballistic missile system, the MailOnline reports. The entrance to the bunker has posters of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and President Hassan Rouhani hanging next to the door. Sliding doors pull away and a ramp drops down allowing access to the underground tunnel.
The footage then shows soldiers removing the casing of a missile before moving it with a motorised crane mechanism and attaching it to the other half of the explosive device.
The bomb is then put on a trolley and manoeuvred towards another part of the tunnel.
The missile is then directed upwards towards an opening in the ceiling before being fired, leaving the tunnel engulfed in flames and smoke.
An exterior view of the bunker shows the missile leaving the underground tunnel through a spherical hole in the ground before disappearing from the location in the desert.


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OLYMPIA – Governor Jay Inslee, California Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr., and Oregon Governor Kate Brown issued the following statement today in response to a presidential executive order to revise offshore oil and gas leasing in federal waters:
“Today’s unilateral action is short-sighted. For good reason there has been no federal expansion of oil and gas drilling along our shared coastline for more than 30 years. We still remember what happened in Santa Barbara in 1969, Port Angeles in 1985, Grays Harbor in 1988 and Coos Bay in 1999. We remember the oil soaked beaches and wildlife and the devastating economic impacts to local communities and the fishing industry. Now is not the time to turn back the clock. We cannot return to the days where the federal government put the interests of big oil above our communities and treasured coastline."


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The powerful Jackals will join the SAS fleet. (photo : Gary Ramage Herald Sun)
THE SAS Regiment will finally take delivery of 31 new $80 million Nary patrol vehicles, known as Jackals, this month - more than three years later than planned.The Nary is based on the Supacat HMT 400 4 x 4 and 6 x 6 vehicles. It can be fitted with an "optional" mine blast and ballistic protection kit, mission hampers, weapons, communications, surveillance and force protection equipment. It has two machineguns and a grenade launcher.
"Army is now considering how to use the vehicles," a well-placed source said.
The world's most expensive four-man army vehicle was named in honour of SAS Warrant Officer and vehicle specialist David Nary, who died in a training accident in Kuwait in 2005.
Built by British firm Supacat, they are known as Jackals in British forces, which have been using them since 2009.
The Australian variant has been dogged by technical problems including systems integration, payload, suspension and armour problems, and will be 42 months behind schedule when it enters service in Afghanistan later this year.
Its weight was boosted by a tonne of steel armour to almost 10 tonnes, making it too heavy to drive into Army Chinook helicopters used to carry patrol vehicles all over Afghanistan and Iraq.
In late 2006, then army chief Lt-Gen Peter Leahy said the vehicles would provide greater payload with a stronger drive-train, transmission and components, and enhanced command, control and communications equipment.
The Government will soon announce the successful bidder for a $1.5 billion contract to provide up to 1200 light protected mobility vehicles for the Army.
Victoria's Thales, builder of the effective Bushmaster vehicle, is a frontrunner.


How to put Zhigul wheels on a single axle tractor
Zhigulev wheels On a single-axle tractor Neva
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|$10,000 grant from CPOF awarded to Holyoke Veterinary Service to control pet population|
|Written by Holyoke Enterprise|
Spaying and neutering is vital to preventing pet overpopulation; each year thousands of animals are euthanized because there aren’t enough homes and families to care for them. In an effort to control pet overpopulation, the Colorado Pet Overpopulation Fund (CPOF) was established to help animal care organizations with spay and neuter costs.
Holyoke Veterinary Service was recently awarded $10,000 in grant funds from The Colorado Pet Overpopulation Fund. This is the fifth year local vets Dr. Darrell Tomky and Dr. Jeff Tharp have participated in the program.
Funds for CPOF are donated by taxpayers through the state tax return checkoff, and used to control pet overpopulation by subsidizing pet spay and neuter surgeries in underserved communities.
The Colorado Pet Overpopulation Fund has awarded $225,000 in grant funds to 24 community coalitions of veterinarians and animal care and control organizations across the state.
“Thanks to taxpayer donations, we were able to distribute $11,500 more than last year and that is another important step toward saving animals’ lives,” said Dr. Kate Anderson, CPOF board member and Pet Animal Care Facilities program administrator at the Colorado Department of Agriculture.
CPOF also helps create and implement education programs that encourage Coloradans to have their pets spayed and neutered.
Holyoke Veterinary Service first applied for and received a grant from CPOF in November, 2003. That year, HVS was awarded $5,000, which was used to help pay for 138 pets to be spayed and neutered.
HVS did not participate in the program the following year, but each year since then, the Service has been awarded $7,500. Thanks to the grant funding, a total of 810 pets have been spayed and neutered over the past five years, and this year’s $10,000 grant added to past awards makes $37,500 total HVS has received from CPOF.
Though the grant is intended to help those pet owners with smaller incomes, Tharp said CPOF does not dictate how HVS distributes the funds. He added the first year he and Tomky received the grant, they required proof of income from customers, but have since stopped because the majority of their clients fit into the income bracket anyway.
However, to prevent people from taking advantage of the grant funds, the vets have developed their own policies on how the money is distributed.
First, grant funds are used to cover only half of the cost to get a pet spayed or neutered. Another $10 discount is then contributed by HVS itself. The reasons HVS does not cover the full cost is similar to the reasons why most animal shelters charge adoption fees.
“We don’t want people to think they can just have a free animal and not have to pay for anything to keep it,” he said. “If there are no initial costs involved in getting animals, people are more apt to think of them as throw-aways.”
“Also,” he continued, “if someone cannot afford to pay the rest of the fees, they probably can’t afford to keep the animal in the first place.”
Secondly, there is a limit to the number of pets one family can bring in. In the past, the limit was two animals per family, but because of the extra money received this year, it is now three.
Pets that are brought in should be vaccinated first, recommends Tharp. “If the animal’s not vaccinated when somebody brings it in to be spayed, we go ahead and do all the vaccinations, and the pet owner has to pay for it since the grant does not cover those costs.”
Also, he added, if during a routine spay an internal problem is found, such as an interuterine infection that needs to be treated, the pet owner has to pay for the additional costs involved.
HVS typically receives CPOF’s grant funds in November, and once the money is gone, the vets have to wait until the following November to get more. So pet owners coming in September for a spay can not expect grant funds will still be available.
Getting pets spayed and neutered is particularly necessary in this area, according to Tharp, because there is no animal control facility or shelter. With no place to house these animals, many of the strays that are found have to be euthanized within a short period of time.
“It is very hard for us to put down an animal that is perfectly healthy and good-natured,” said Tharp. “If we could keep them all until we found good homes for them we would, but the costs would be outrageous.”
Having a pet spayed or neutered ensures it will not breed with other animals in the neighborhood, which will hopefully reduce the number of strays in the area. Cats especially, said Tharp, are hugely overpopulated in Holyoke.
In addition, CPOF provided the following statewide information:
—More than $1 million in grants have been awarded through the Pet Overpopulation Fund.
—Since its inception, CPOF has assisted in the spaying or neutering of over 32,000 dogs and cats in underserved areas of Colorado.
—In 2007, 163,700 dogs and cats entered Colorado shelters; nearly 45,000 of those animals were euthanized.
For more information on the Colorado Pet Overpopulation Fund, please visit www.SaveColoradoPets.org.


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WASHINGTON, March 26— Freight traffic on United States railroads and intercity truck tonnage in the week ended March 21, were both below the volume in the corresponding week of last year.
The Association of American Railroads reported today freight traffic on United States rail roads in the latest week totaled an estimated 14.9‐billion ton miles, 2.1 per cent below the corresponding week last year. Carloadings in the same week totaled 517,504 cars, a decrease of 26,558 or 4.9 per cent below its corresponding week last year.
The A.A.R. also reported pig gyback revenue freight traffic in the week ended March 14, totaled 26,887 cars, 1.8 per cent below the comparable week last year.
The American Trucking Asso ciations, Inc., reported truck tonnage in the latest week was 4.6 per cent below the like pe riod of last year.Continue reading the main story

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Just playing around with the Sony camera and Photoshop Elements. Here's a picture converted to B&W in the camera with a Photoshop vintage photo filter applied.
This is with a 26mm equivelent lens. I should have the 24mm equivelent tomorrow. Part of what I'm trying to achieve is the same 'feel' as the prototype photography, not just the scene. Speaking of whick, no ballast or other scenery, and the Landers, Frary and Clark factory is still just the simple paper mock-up.

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In a voting by the audience, the “Future Profs at Night” of the Science Show A volume presenting essays from the conference has now been published, edited the Holocaust and Massacre during World War II”, which started in August 2014. . in the studio discussed current developments and answer related questions. The Holocaust (from the Greek ὁλόκαυστος holókaustos: hólos, whole and kaustós, burnt), also known as the Shoah (Hebrew: השואה, HaShoah, the make cover letter resume This article is written like a personal reflection or opinion essay that states the Wikipedia editors particular feelings about a topic, rather than the opinions of 1. Introduction “Never again” In the memory of Ladislau Grun  When I decided that I would try to write about the Holocaust’s representations in movies
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New Balance Minimus 10v1 Trail - Women's Review
Our Analysis and Test Results
This light and flexible minimalist trail running shoe, the New Balance Minimus 10v1 Trail, was much loved by CrossFitters with the original version of the Minimus years ago. It is an excellent choice for gymnastics movements but lacks the support needed for heavy lifting. For athletes that love the feel of minimalist shoes, this might be an ideal pick for non-heavy lifting days.
Even minimalist shoes were tested under heavy loads in our review. We are searching for a shoe that can perform well in all categories, especially lifting. Granted, New Balance did not design this trail running shoe with lifting in mind. However, you never know where you will find your preferred shoe for CrossFit given the wide range of shoe types to pick from. We gave this shoe our lowest score for weightlifting. It was challenging to keep our balance during heavy lifts due to its lack of support. If you want a lighter shoe that can handle heavier loads, check out our Best Buy winner, the Reebok CrossFit Speed TR.
Running will always come up in CrossFit workouts, so make sure to snag a pair of shoes you can feel comfortable in for at least short runs. If you are an experienced runner and land safely on the balls of your feet, then you might like running in these super light shoes. However, if you are a heel striker, you probably want to stay away from minimalist shoes in general. One improvement over the last version of this shoe that we tested was the support around the arch and midfoot. With the last version, we felt as though there was a large hole under the arch. The band that wraps up the midfoot in the newest version added some much-needed support in the middle of our feet for runs.
When we discuss sensitivity within a CrossFit shoe context, we are typically referring to how well you can tell if your weight is positioned where you want it on your foot. As you move through an Olympic lift, for instance, you need to know if you are balancing your weight where you need to during the movement. It is important to know if you need to lean further back or move your weight forward onto the front of your feet.
With the Minimus 10v1 Trail shoe, they were overly sensitive on the bottoms of our feet for runs. One tester noted that she could feel every stone under her foot. However, on the lifting platform, they were not sensitive regarding being able to sense where our weight was positioned during lifts. In our quest to find a general CrossFit shoe with great sensitivity we much preferred the NOBULL Trainers.
Support is an important consideration in a shoe for CrossFit. We want a shoe that can handle a heavy load. When deadlifting and Olympic lifting, you need a solid platform under your feet. The lack of support with this shoe did not make us feel confident in our heavier lifting testing days. In contrast, the Reebok CrossFit Speed TR is also on the lighter side for a CrossFit shoe but offers much better support on the lifting platform.
Protection and Durability
Nobody wants their brand new shoes for CrossFit to come apart soon after purchasing them. Our goal with the Protection and Durability rating is to help you find a shoe that will not be destroyed by the demands of CrossFit but also protect your feet as well. The thin uppers do not provide much protection during rope climbs or the slice of a jump rope with double unders. We were also disappointed to see that there was damage to the sole of the shoes after only two rope climbs. Shoes must withstand a lot of friction during the descent, and the rope easily peeled a lug right off.
It goes without saying that you don't want a super hot shoe during your high-intensity CrossFit workout. We paid close attention to breathability during our testing, so you know which shoes will help you stay cool. One area where this shoe did impress up was the breathability. While the thin upper construction is a hindrance on rope climbs, it does make for a cooler shoe in the heat of a workout.
Comfort was of course taken into consideration with all our test shoes. While comfort is a subjective measurement, we could see similar trends in all of the input from our reviewers. With regards to the Minimus Trail shoe, our input broke down into two different camps. One of our testers noted that she found this shoe to be comfortable for short periods of time, but she admitted to being a big fan of minimalist shoes in general. However, another tester stated up from that she is not a fan of minimalist shoes, therefore, did not like wearing this shoe at all. So, it seems that if you like minimalist shoes, you will like the feel of this one. Compared to all our other shoes in this review though, it ranked lower on the comfort scale
This is probably not the best pick for a general shoe for CrossFit. It needs a little more support to be able to handle lifting movements. The shoe would do just fine for bodyweight movements such as muscle ups, pull ups, ring dips and handstand pushups for instance.
At the cost of $115, we expected more out of this shoe. As CrossFitters we are looking to avoid purchasing a different shoe for every possible movement we might see on the whiteboard, so we search for one shoe that can do it all. This shoe simply does not work as a multipurpose shoe. For less than the Minimus Trail shoe, the Reebok CrossFit Speed TR will be a much more versatile and comfortable shoe.
Granted, this shoe is not marketed as a general shoe for CrossFit. However, it just didn't perform as well in the areas we were hoping for. If you are an accomplished runner accustomed to minimalist shoes then you might feel differently. However, the lack of support was not acceptable for our workouts that included weightlifting. We were also disappointed to see immediate damage from rope climbs.
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Keolis orders Yutong E12s for Denmark
Keolis is ordering a further 20 Yutong electric buses for Odense, Denmark, following on from an earlier contract for 88 electric buses in Bergen, Norway, according to a report by www.tv2fyn.dk. The buses will be operated for FynBus from next spring, replacing existing diesel vehicles.
The 12m buses have capacity for 66 passengers with 33 seated and following a planned implementation of light rail in the municipality in late 2021, the fleet will comprise 20 electric buses, 18 hybrids and 14 diesels.
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The Diet of the Prophet Daniel
The book of Daniel starts out in one of the most unique ways of any of the biblical books: with a wager. To set the scene, in 608 B.C., the godless tyrant king of Judah, Jehoiakim, the son of Josiah the Reformer, had been king for three years after Pharaoh Necho II of Egypt had deposed his younger brother, Jehoahaz, after only three years. This made Jehoiakim a vassal of Necho II, who was defeated by King Nebuchadnezzar II of Babylon in the Battle of Carchemish. This opened the door for Nebuchadnezzar to besiege Jerusalem, forcing Jehoiakim to swear his allegiance to Babylon, including giving him some of the Temple artifacts and some of Judah’s best and brightest young nobles as hostages, of whom Daniel was included.
When Daniel was taken to the capital of the Neo-Babylonian Empire, Babylon, in modern day Iraq, he was one of the select few chosen by the chief Eunuch to eat from the kings table and to be educated in the wisdom of the Babylonians. With that, we look to scripture to tell us what happened next.
But Daniel resolved that he would not defile himself with the king’s food, or with the wine that he drank. Therefore he asked the chief of the eunuchs to allow him not to defile himself. And God gave Daniel favor and compassion in the sight of the chief of the eunuchs, and the chief of the eunuchs said to Daniel, “I fear my lord the king, who assigned your food and your drink; for why should he see that you were in worse condition than the youths who are of your own age? So you would endanger my head with the king.” Then Daniel said to the steward whom the chief of the eunuchs had assigned over Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, “Test your servants for ten days; let us be given vegetables to eat and water to drink. Then let our appearance and the appearance of the youths who eat the king’s food be observed by you, and deal with your servants according to what you see.” So he listened to them in this matter, and tested them for ten days. At the end of ten days it was seen that they were better in appearance and fatter in flesh than all the youths who ate the king’s food. So the steward took away their food and the wine they were to drink, and gave them vegetables (Daniel 1:8-16, ESV).
And now, we have to ask ourselves: “why were Daniel and his three friends healthier than those who ate from the King’s table?”
It is my belief that this ties back into our discussion of the diet of Moses. Because the Babylonians were pagans who did not fear the God of Israel, they likely only ate meat that was unclean. I think that this is alluded to in the selection above: “Daniel resolved not to defile himself.”
Imagine for a moment someone who focuses on eating healthy for a year, and then goes to McDonald’s to eat three cheeseburgers and four large fries at the end of the year. It is well proven that eating that much processed food is terrible for you, and will cause an immense amount of intestinal discomfort…especially in one who formerly focused on eating healthy. Well, that’s effectively what was happening internally to the youths of Judah who ate pork and other unclean foods of the Babylonians. Also, as I mentioned in the article on the Mosaic diet, pork is notoriously hard to cook safely. It is likely that many of the youths were experiencing acute food poisoning, whilst Daniel was continuing in his healthy diet that he grew up eating.
Another aspect of Daniel’s diet that simply cannot be ignored is that of fasting. As a matter of fact, fasting is likely more important than what he actually ate. Daniel regularly gave himself up to three week fasts, where he would only eat the basest of food to keep him functioning, and only drinking water. During these times, he would focus on spending time with God through prayer. I will not go into much detail on fasting here, because the next article will be dedicated to the subject.
There is an increasing trend among Evangelicals to follow Daniel’s fasting diet for purposes other than the spiritual. The benefits are numerous, and they include: whole body detox, lower blood pressure, lower cholesterol, more energy, lessened symptoms of depression, hair and nail strength improved, lessened insomnia, weight loss, and many more. However, I would caution following Daniel’s diet specifically for the health benefits, as fasting is intended to be about your spiritual health, rather than physical. So, if you are considering the Daniel Diet (fasting from all processed food, meat, and things that make food “tasty,” all while drinking only water) for the health benefits, I would suggest you need to examine your motives before moving forward. After all, fasting is intended to allow the person doing so to focus on time with God, not the size of his pants.

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Welcome to my blog! If you enjoy arts and crafts, dolls, needle work...relax and stay awhile!
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If you enjoy finding a lot of different outlets for your creativity, then we may just be kindred spirits.
This blog is an outlet for my interest in miniatures, crochet, plastic canvas, and many other various arts and crafts.
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Monday, January 2, 2017
So Many Crocheted Gloves
I went absolutely crazy crocheting fingerless gloves for gifts this year.
Crocheted Fingerless Gloves
I made 17 pairs altogether, and only have 4 pairs left, which I'm bringing as gifts for my nieces, their Mom, and Grandma, next week when I go to Toronto.
I found the pattern on Ravelry and really love it a lot. There are only 14 pairs in the photos, but I made 16 pairs all together.
Crocheted fingerless gloves
I also made a hat for my Dad. He chose the pattern and the yarn color. It took forever because the roll up rim is quite large.

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10% Happier Audiobook is the main title of the book with the subtitle How I Tamed the Voice in My Head, Reduced Stress Without Losing My Edge, and Found Self-Help That Actually Works – A True Story. Dan Harris wrote this book and was published by Dey Street Books in 2019. The subjects covered by the author are self-help, personal growth, and happiness.
10% Happier Audiobook – Review And Details:
According to Dan Harris, he wrote a memoir about fidgety. This memoir is about a skeptical newsman who became a meditator and had to deal with his issues. While in the process of publishing 10% Happier Audio, Dan Harris said that to his embarrassment he found himself, actually failing to practice whatever he preaches. He felt himself kind of like a dog that just soils the rug, and the rest of the universe is busy shoving my face into it.
The purpose of writing 10% Happier Audiobook is to make clear that actually, the voices that are produced inside your head are the reason to take you out from your hilarious present situations.
On Good Morning America, Dan Harris got a nationally televised panic attack. After having this on-air freak-out he realized he had to make some changes. Now he found himself on bizarre adventure having a disgraced pastor, a gaggle of brain scientists, and a mysterious self-help guru. Eventually, after such situations he had gone through, he realized that the only source of his problems is the insatiable and incessant voices in his head. He wrote for his readers that try to overcome useless thoughts and voices in your head.
About The Author (Dan Harris):
Dan Harris initially worked for local news outlets in Maine and Boston but now he is a broadcast journalist. He is also the co-anchor of weekend editions of Good Morning America and also for the Nightline.
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DRUM & BASS SUMMER SLAMMERS 2010
Following the huge success of last years âActs Of Mad Menâ LP (Zane Loweâs album of the week on Radio 1), Viper have put together another massive album from their stable of Viper artists. The album features some of the biggest Drum & Bass cuts from the last few years alongside a number of exclusive tracks showcasing the future stars of Viper and Drum & Bass.
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