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An Updated and Expanded New Edition of Backyard Medicine!
Modern medicine is truly a blessing. Advances are made with astonishing speed every day, using both science and technology to make our lives longer and healthier. But if the era of modern medicine began less than two hundred years ago, how did people treat sickness and poor health before then? This book holds the answer.
Researched and written by a practicing medical herbalist and natural healer, and now with even more herbs and medicinal plants, Backyard Medicine is the basis for a veritable natural pharmacy that anyone can create. Featuring more than 120 easily made herbal home remedies and fully illustrated with nearly three hundred color photographs, this book offers fascinating insights into the literary, historic, and global applications of fifty common wild plants and herbs that can be used in medicines, including:
- And so much more!
Anyone who wants to improve his or her health in a completely natural way will find this book to be an absolute must-have for his or her home—and garden.


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Laura Whitmore: 'Love Island inundated with overwhelming amount of applications'
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- 3 August 2020
Laura Whitmore says 'Love Island' has been inundated with "an overwhelming amount of applications for next year"
Laura Whitmore says 'Love Island' has been inundated with applications for its new season.
After the summer 2020 and winter 2021 series' of the show were axed, due to the Covid-19 pandemic, host Laura, 35, insisted that the ITV2 programme will "come back bigger and better than ever".
Speaking to Christine Lampard on 'Lorraine', Laura said: "It will come back bigger and better than ever. I have been told there has been an overwhelming amount of applications for next year.
"I just think that show is such a great and such a big show but it has to be done in the right way. When it comes back it will come back the right way."
'Love Island's summer series was axed after Kevin Lygo, ITV's director of television, previously conceded it simply wasn't possible to shoot the show in the midst of the global health crisis.
Speaking earlier this year, he explained: "We have tried every which way to make 'Love Island' this summer but logistically it's just not possible to produce it in a way that safeguards the wellbeing of everyone involved and that for us is the priority.
"In normal circumstances we would be preparing very soon to travel out to the location in Mallorca to get the villa ready but clearly that's now out of the question.
"We are very sorry for fans of the show but making it safely is our prime concern and 'Love Island' will be back stronger than ever in 2021."
The winter 2021 edition of the show has also been axed but ITV promised: "'Love Island UK' will return bigger and better than ever with an extended run in summer 2021."

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I and my wife have gone on several cruises in the past, to include Carnival, Royal Caribbean, Norwegian,Princess, and Holland America. In the past, Carnival has had a decent reputation for food and entertainment.
This was our first cruise since the Pandemic.
In my opinion, Carnival has placed cost cutting ahead of quality. Although the food is edible, the only quality food is in the specialty restaurants (If you are lucky enough to get a reservation).

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Thursday, February 07, 2013 13:20 IST
Following the recent reports of adult film star Sunny Leone filing a complaint against Kamaal Rashid Khan for falsely attributing controversial comments on rape to her on Twitter, Kamaal has decided to retaliate and file
a complaint against Sunny
Kamaal tweeted on Wednesday afternoon, "I shall file case against Sunny Leone at Versova police station at 2 pm today. "
We spoke to the controversy king himself over the entire episode to which he replied, "I have not done anything. It is Sunny who has tweeted it and then realised her folly. So she deleted it. She has registered a
complaint in Cyber Crime Investigation Cell against me. But I did not write anything.
Now I am going to police station with my lawyer to file a complaint for defaming and using my name falsely for publicity.
Now I will make her life miserable by lodging 10 different cases against her in various cities. "
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The championship four are set for the culmination of the season. If the Martinsville race was any indication of what we can expect this weekend we are in for an exciting race. Who will be this year’s champion? Kyle Larson, Chase Elliott, Denny Hamlin, or Martin Trues Jr.. Two Hendrick drivers and two Gibbs drivers. The two teams that have been the best all season long.
NASCAR CUP SERIES CHAMPIONSHIP
The series concludes with the final race of the season at the Phoenix Raceway with the running of the NASCAR Cup Series Championship race. For the second consecutive season we are on a shorter, flatter track for this race. Not like when they always ran on a mile and a half track in past seasons. I think all of these drivers have an equal chance to win this week and qualifying is going to be crucial for them. Getting the best stalls on pit road could be the difference in this race.
Kyle Larson: He’s the driver who’s been given the best odds to win this year’s championship for quite some time now. He’s the only driver of the championship four that has never won at this track. However, he does have a second and two third place finishes here. He has also finished in the top ten in each of his last five starts here with three of those being top five finishes. I think he gets the job done this week.
Chase Elliott: Chase won this race last year and with that won the championship. I truly believe that Kevin Harvick will not let Chase win the championship this year. I’ve never known him to say something and not follow through on it. This is why I will have Chase as my stay away from driver this week. Could I be wrong? Yes, but I don’t think so. If I am wrong, then Chase looked very good last week at Martinsville and runs well on this type of track and could repeat as champion.
Denny Hamlin: Denny won the fall race here two years ago and has finished in the top five in five of his last seven starts at the track. They are going to have to avoid pit road penalties that they are prone to have in this race. Qualifying will also be huge for this team and all teams as the person who wins the pole will get their choice of that first pit stall.
Martin Truex Jr.: The last qualifier won the spring race at Phoenix this year. That means he should have a pretty good setup when they take the car of the truck. If he can get it dialed in during practice and have a good qualifying run he is going to be a contender too. We probably couldn’t ask for a more competitive group for this years championship.
Kyle Busch: With nine top five finishes in his last twelve starts at this track, the rest of the championship drivers must be thrilled that Kyle came just short of making the top four. That doesn’t mean this team is done trying to win and I don’t think they are going to let any teammates pass them without earning it. A win is how this team wants to finish the season.
Kevin Harvick: With seven wins and three runner up finishes in his last eighteen starts here, Kevin will have a car good enough to win this race. He will also have a car good enough to get close to Chase Elliott and that will be the part of the race we’ll want to watch for. Will Kevin make good on his threat to make sure Chase doesn’t win this year’s championship. Will he do something early in the race, late in the race or not do anything?
Brad Keselowski: Brad had a good run last weekend at Martinsville and would like nothing to end his tenure with Team Penske with a win for Roger. They have nothing to lose in this race and have no teammates running for the championship. In fact, there are no Ford’s in this year’s championship either so they have nothing to worry about other than trying to get to the checkered flag first.
Joey Logano: With three straight top three finishes at this track they will be a contender once again in this race. It just seems that they have been off for most of the second half of the season and I don’t know if they are ready to win again. They might do better after they can practice instead of just taking their car off the truck and trying to race with it. They’ll be able to make adjustments early in the weekend that can help right from the start of the race.
DRIVER GROUP GAME FANTASY NASCAR PICKS FOR PHOENIX RACEWAY
Driver Group Game Group A
- Denny Hamlin
- Martin Truex Jr.
Driver Group Game Group B
- Kyle Larson
- Aric Almirola
- Alex Bowman
- William Byron
Driver Group Game Group C
- Bubba Wallace
- Michael McDowell
MY TOP-5 OVERALL AT PHOENIX RACEWAY
- Kyle Larson
- Denny Hamlin
- Kyle Busch
- Martin Truex Jr.
- Brad Keselowski
Dark Horse: William Byron
Stay Away From: Chase Elliott
Big 18: Tyler Reddick


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Yashodhara DalmiaYashodhara Dalmia is an art historian and independent curator based in New Delhi. Her book The Making of Modern Indian Art: The Progressives is regarded as a definitive account of a seminal phase of Indian art. Among her other publications is Journeys: Four Generations of Indian Artists (2011). She has also written several essays, articles and reviews on contemporary Indian art.
When the National Gallery of Modern Art opened in Mumbai in December 1996, Dalmia curated the inaugural exhibition titled The Moderns, which featured 200 works by twelve greats of modern Indian art, including Francis Newton Souza, M.F. Husain and Tyeb Mehta. In September 2010, Dalmia curated a major show of contemporary Indian artists titled Indian (Sub)Way at the Grosvenor Vadehra gallery in London. In January 2011, she curated the show Tyeb Mehta:Triumph of Vision in Delhi, which consisted of unseen paintings by the artist, including his magnificent last work. Currently she is involved in a project on South Asian art.

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No summer barbeque is complete without corn on the cob. Serve this grilled version at your next summer soirée to quickly become the hostess with the mostess.
- 6 Tbsp. unsalted butter, softened
- 1 cup Samuel Adams Summer Ale
- 2 Tbsp. minced shallots
- 1 Tbsp. chili powder
- 1 Tbsp. smoked paprika
- Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 6 ears corn, shucked
Prepare a charcoal or gas grill so that it is medium hot. In a small bowl, mash the butter and add the beer. Stir to mix the butter and beer, then add the shallots, chili powder and paprika. Season with salt and pepper. Rub the butter generously on the ears of corn. Wrap the ears in aluminum foil. Grill the wrapped corn for about 15 minutes, or until the kernels are cooked through. Serve immediately. Recipe serves 6.
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Howard Fast on My Glorious Brothers
in Being Red (1990)
I wrote a book about ancient Israel, and I called it My Glorious Brothers. It was not the best book I have written by any means, but it was the story of the fabled Maccabee brothers, written just months before the founding of the state of Israel, and read in Hebrew translation by practically every literate person in the new nation. ...
When My Glorious Brothers appeared, in the first flush of Israeli freedom, reviewers on both the left and the right were taken somewhat aback. To trash a novel about a Jewish struggle for freedom was, in 1948, a little sticky. Israel was fighting for its life, and the whole Western world had to admit to an exhibition of moral courage hardly common in these times, so the reviewing community decided either to ignore the book or to give it brief and noncommittal attention. With the cooperation of the bookstore chains unwilling to trifle with our new petty dictators the sales of the book were reduced to one third of the sales of The American. At the same time, Morris Schappes, one of the party's experts on Jewish affairs, suggested that I be brought up for expulsion on charges of Jewish nationalism. When this came to the attention of Jack Statchel, a member of the party's National Committee, he threw up his hands in despair and told Schappes to forget it and said that any Jew who did not feel sentiments of Jewish nationalism in 1948 had lost his soul. Napping on the job, the Jewish Book Council of America gave me its annual award, but after being taken to task by the FBI for so doing, it removed my name from all subsequent lists of the award and reference to it. [193-194]

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Charter Communications said it has made two key personnel appointments, naming Rachel Welch as SVP, policy and external affairs and Mark Balsano as vice president, accessibility.
Welch joins Charter from Cox Enterprises, where she was vice president of government affairs and developed and implemented Cox Enterprises’ federal policy strategy. Prior to Cox, she served as SVP government affairs at Time Warner Cable.
As Charter’s SVP, policy and external affairs, she will lead the team responsible for developing the company’s public policy positions and building external partnerships to further shared policy objectives.
Welch will report to Catherine Bohigian, executive vice president of government affairs.
“I am thrilled that Rachel will be joining our team,” Bohigian said in a statement. “She brings exceptional talent and experience and will be a tremendous asset to Charter and our government affairs organization.”
Welch joins Charter from Cox Enterprises, a leading communications, media and automotive services company. At Cox, Welch served as vice president of government affairs and developed and implemented Cox Enterprises’ federal policy strategy. Prior to working at Cox, Welch was senior vice president, government relations for the former Time Warner Cable overseeing its policy initiatives before Congress, the Administration and the States and managing a team of over 60 government relations professionals.
Balsano joins Charter from AT&T and will be responsible for planning, strategy and execution of accessibility efforts and universal design for Charter’s products and services to enhance the overall experience for customers, including those with disabilities. He will report to Peter Brown, vice president, design, and be based in Denver, Colo.
“We are very excited to have Mark join Charter’s Accessibility team,” Brown said in a statement. “His passion, competitive instinct and deep roots in the Accessibility community will play a crucial role in driving our efforts to improve and create new experiences for customers. Inclusive design is an integral part of our strategy of delivering a broad range of innovative user benefits to our entire customer base; Mark’s leadership and expertise reflect that commitment.”
Prior to Charter, Mark was assistant vice president, compliance for AT&T where he was integral in the establishment of AT&T’s Corporate Accessibility Technology Office (CATO) and served as their deputy chief accessibility officer from 2012 to 2017.
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I’ve captured almost 30 births just this year and I’ve learned so much about the process of welcoming a fresh new soul into this world…
Birth is messy.
Birth is beautiful.
Birth is uncontrollable.
All of the planning and researching and strategy in the world just can’t predict how any birth will progress.
When this mama reached out to me about documenting her baby’s birth, I was elated to hear she was planning to deliver at Rite of Passage Birth Center in Friendswood. Many of you have read about my own birth story HERE and know that I delivered my son at home with a midwife in 2001, so it’s no surprise that I’m a huge advocate for out-of-hospital births. However, my opinion about birth is that the best place for a mother to labor is where she feels safest and for most mothers, that means in a hospital.
This mama researched, planned and strategized. And then she labored. HARD.
After almost 36 hours of labor and being stuck at a 6cm dilated for over 8 hours, she was transferred to a hospital and welcomed a sweet, healthy baby boy by C-Section.
Although things didn’t go as she planned (and they rarely do!), I hope this birth story reminds her that she (and her birth team!) did everything possible to deliver this baby naturally and in the end, a healthy baby and healthy mama are all that really matters.
Oh, I almost forgot!! There is a series of shots towards the end in the hospital room that look very similar. Watch closely. That’s the family finding out the gender of the baby because mom was under general anesthesia due to an ineffective spinal epidural, so the doctor kept the gender a secret so mom and dad could find out together

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Calcium fortification of roasted and ground coffee with different calcium salts/Fortificacao de calcio em cafe torrado e moido com diferentes sais de calcio.
Calcium is one of the most important dietary factors for bone metabolism. A great deal of scientific literature has shown that high dietary calcium intake and its bioavailability are associated with the reduced risk of osteoporosis, hypertension, colon cancer, kidney stones, stroke, obesity, lead absorption, and premenstrual syndrome (MCCARRON; HEANEY, 2004; UNRUH VON et al., 2004). Unfortunately, there are few excellent dietary sources of calcium, especially if milk and dairy products are not a regular part of the diet (CERKLEWSKI, 2005). Fortification of foods such as orange juice, carbonated beverages, yeast breads, and breakfast cereals has been used to help improve calcium intake (BABARYKIN et al., 2004; FAIRWEATHER-TAIT; TEUCHER 2002).
For its specific flavor and positive effects on humans, coffee is one of the most popular beverages in the world. The average citizen of the European Union consumes 4.96 kg of coffee per year (ICO, 2008). Coffee is the most consumed beverage in Brazil, second only to water. Coffee consumption in Brazil increased by 3% from 2011 to 2012, but this increase was provided by the Brazilian Coffee Industry Association (ABIC). In addition, the per capita consumption was 6.18 kg of grain per year; this is equivalent to 4.94 kg of roasted coffee, approximately 83 liters for each Brazilian. This value represents an increase of 1.23% over the previous period of 2010. Thus, it is possible to affirm that Brazilians consume various forms of coffee such as latte, cappuccino, espresso, and other combinations (SOLOMON, 2002).
Several commercial calcium salts have been used for calcium enrichment of milk/beverages, e.g., calcium carbonate, calcium chloride, calcium phosphate, tribasic calcium phosphate, calcium citrate malate, calcium lactate, calcium gluconate, calcium lactate gluconate, and natural milk calcium (GOLDSCHER; EDELSTEIN, 1996; TATEO et al., 1997).
Calcium-fortified foods should have similar physical and sensory characteristics as their non-fortified counter parts (FAIRWEATHER-TAIT; TEUCHER, 2002). This study determined calcium contents and sensory attributes of all-purpose roasted and ground coffee fortified with calcium carbonate, calcium citrate malate, and calcium phosphate. Beverages of roasted and ground coffee fortified were compared to non-fortified control beverages.
Material and methods
Addition of calcium salts in roast and ground coffee
The experiments were performed in the Itamaraty Roasting Coffee Industry, Rolandia, Parana State, Brazil. The roast and ground coffee Itamaraty[R] was used in this study. Calcium addition tests were performed on roasted and ground coffee using the calcium salts that had good water solubility. Six calcium salts were used: tricalcium phosphate ([Ca.sub.3][O.sub.8][P.sub.2]); monocalcium phosphate (Ca[H.sub.4]P2O8); calcium carbonate (CaC[O.sub.3]); calcium lactate (Ca [(C[H.sub.3]CHOHCOO).sub.2] 5[H.sub.2]O); calcium citrate malate ([C.sub.4][H.sub.4][0.sub.5]Ca), and Calci-K[R] (calcium compound--[C.sub.6][H.sub.8][O.sub.7], Ca [(OH).sub.2], [H.sub.3]P[O.sub.4] and KOH), at the following levels: 0.75, 1.88, 0.78, 2.24, 1.50 and 1.66 g 100 [g.sup.-1] of coffee powder, respectively. Calcium salts were added in 500 g of roast and ground coffee with further homogenization in a closed, white, and odorless container, in the test laboratory of the industry.
Selection of roast and ground coffee containing calcium salts according to similarity to traditional coffee
The opinions from two experts in coffee tasting were requested in the selection of the coffee with calcium salt with greater similarity to traditional coffee directly in the Itamaraty[R] Coffee Company. Initially, six calcium salts, tricalcium phosphate, monocalcium phosphate, calcium carbonate, calcium lactate, calcium citrate malate, and Calci K[R], were added to coffee, and the beverages were prepared with paper filters. The samples were presented in pairs, one with calcium salt and the other with traditional coffee. The expert panelists then had to opine on the similarity of the beverages according to the attributes: aroma, color, and characteristic flavor of traditional coffee.
The preparation of beverages followed the manufacturer's recommendations (Itamaraty[R]), consisting of 80 g of powder to 1 L of water. The water temperature was maintained at 90 to 100[degrees]C and poured slowly to moisten the powder, and the contact time ranged from 4 to 6 min. The tests using polyester filters were performed by washing them with water and reusing them after each preparation. The paper filters were discarded after use.
Subsequently, the experts selected coffee beverages with three different calcium salts. The selected samples were evaluated by potential consumers to assess their acceptability, and the calcium contents were quantified in coffee preparations.
Physical and physico-chemical analysis
The colors of coffee powders added with calcium salts were measured using Agtron disks. The pH of the beverages was measured at 25[degrees]C using a pH meter (Quimis, Q400AS). The particle size analysis was performed using a sieve of 30-mesh, and the retained powder percentage was determined. The moisture content was determined according to Cunniff (1998).
Besides the opinions of experts in choosing the best coffee, sensory analysis of acceptance and purchase intent were performed. These analyses allowed to collect data about traditional coffee consumption and confirm the consumers approval for coffee. In this context, the acceptance test was conducted with the three beverages, A, B, and C, containing the following calcium salts: calcium carbonate, calcium citrate malate and tricalcium phosphate, respectively. According to the experts, they were closer to traditional coffee.
The preparation of coffee with calcium salts (powder and beverage) was followed as described above, with 2% added sugar in order to simulate the way the beverage is commonly consumed.
In the affective test of acceptance, the overall aspect was considered for the formulations. The group of panelists was comprised 50 volunteers; untrained and possible potential consumers of traditional coffee, they evaluated the samples using a structured hedonic scale of 10 points (1 = extreme dislike to 10 = extreme like; ABNT, 1993; ABNT 1998). The samples were presented in a randomized complete block design in order to highlight the comparison between formulations. A 5-point scale was used for the purchase intention test in order to verify whether people would buy the formulations developed (1 = certainly would not buy; 5 = certainly would buy) (LAWLESS; HEYMANN, 2010).
Hygienic and sanitary evaluation during manipulation of beverages
During the preparation of coffee formulations mixture of salts and beverages--for sensory analysis, good practices of manufacturing were adopted. In order to ensure product safety and minimize the risk of cross-contamination, all utensils and surfaces were evaluated for the amount of adenosine triphosphate (ATP). This technique aims to evaluate the energy present in the cells. The measurements were performed in a Luminometer apparatus (Unilite NG) by the amount of light emitted in the reaction of luciferin/sample/luciferase, estimating the amount of biological material present in the sample. The standard adopted by the company (Itamaraty[R]) is 200 relative light units (RLU).
This study was approved by the Standing Committee on Ethics in Research Involving Humans of the Institution, untrained volunteers (students and employers), for the performance of sensory tests, under the protocol CAAE no. 14866813.3.0000.5547.
Quantification of the calcium content
The quantification of calcium in roast and ground coffee (powder and beverage) was initiated with the digestion of the sample by the wet method using nitric, perchloric, and hydrochloric acids. The mixture was kept at room temperature (25[degrees]C) for approximately 12h and then digested at 100[degrees]C for 4 hours (AOAC, 1995). Sample analyses were conducted in an Atomic Absorption Spectrometer Model Nova 300 (Analytik Jena AG, Germany), with a wavelength of 239.9 nm and spectral bandwidth of 0.2 nm. Flame gases used were acetylene and nitrous oxide. For quantification of calcium, the method of external standard with calibration curves was applied, and the results were expressed in mg 100 [g.sup.-1] for the powder form and in mg [L.sup.-1] for the beverage.
Calculation of daily reference intake
Calcium salts were added in 500 g of traditional roast and ground coffee at two levels, corresponding to 15 and 30% of the Daily Reference Intake (DRI) recommended for calcium. These levels correspond to 150 and 300 mg of Ca per 100 [g.sup.-1], respectively, of coffee powder (BRASIL, 1998).
The acceptance test results were submitted to analysis of variance (ANOVA) with two-factor without replication (sample and panelist) and the means were compared using the "post-hoc" Tukey test. The software used in this analysis was Statistica, version 8.0 (STATSOFT, 2007). The significance level for rejection of the null hypothesis adopted in this analysis was 5% (p < 0.05).
Results and discussion
During the roasting stage, at the roasting degree verification, the experts did not notice changes in the coffee. The samples were in the range of "medium light" to "almost medium light" units (Agtron75) and "moderately dark" to "medium light" (Agtron 45). The first classification is characterized by "light brown" grain, "light body", minimal aroma, flavor similar to tea, and no surface oil. The second classification is characterized by a grain color tending to a "more intense brown", "heavy body", lower acidity, surface oil, and a noticeable sweet bitterness (MELO, 2004). After grinding the roast coffee, changes in the hue of the product with calcium carbonate added were not observed. The hypothesis for the color change is based on the particle size (very small) and color (very light). The average moisture content of the roast and ground coffee was 3.02% on a wet basis. According to Brasil (2005a), the moisture content allowed for this type of product is 5% (g 100 [g.sup.-1]). In the particle size analysis, all formulations showed less than 30% of retention on the 30-mesh sieve; therefore, they were classified as traditional coffee. This analysis defined an infusion time of 4 to 6 minutes for both types of filters--paper and polyester.
After the addition of calcium salts, the pH value of beverages ranged from 5.0 to 6.0. Values of 5.1 to 5.2 were determined in a study by Scholz et al. (2013) in coffee cultivars from the Agronomic Institute of Parana--Iapar. Mamede et al. (2010) obtained for soluble decaffeinated coffee pH = 4.9-5.2. In this context, the incorporation of different calcium salts leads to very little change in the pH of the formulations evaluated.
When evaluating the types of coffee filters polyester and paper--experts found no difference in the traditional coffee prepared with each one of them. Due to the convenience of their use, the paper filter can be used without the loss of sensory characteristics in this type of infusion. Another factor to be noted was the preparation time of the beverages with calcium salts, it was the same as proposed for traditional coffee (4-6 min.). This finding indicated that powder was not excessively retained on the filter.
According to the opinion of coffee experts, the samples with 15% calcium DRI (BRASIL, 2005a) did not present a difference when compared to the control beverage. On the other hand, the samples added with 30% of calcium DRI caused differences in the opinions of the coffee experts.
The three beverages that presented sensory characteristics very similar to traditional coffee were the ones calcium carbonate (A), calcium citrate malate (B), and tricalcium phosphate (C) added. These samples were tasted by untrained panelists and did not present differences (p = 0.13) when compared to traditional coffee. This fact showed that supplementation of calcium salts did not adversely affect the overall aspect of the products studied, and the acceptance was "like slightly" (average score: 6). The opinion of the panelists were divergent (p < 0.001), and the standard deviation was high ([+ or -] 1.00). However, this kind of result is very common when sensory tests are conducted directly with the target market (PAGAMUNICI et al., 2014a and b; SOUZA et al. 2014).
The purchase intention test (Figure 1) showed that 26, 30, and 32% of the potential coffee consumers "surely would buy" the products A, B and C, respectively. Formulation C may have a promising potential, because 81% of the panelists affirmed a preference for roast and ground coffee instead of soluble coffee. Besides, 78% of the potential consumers have the daily habit of drinking coffee twice a day.
Samples A and B were considered calcium sources and the sample C may be called "rich" in this mineral (Table 1, BRASIL, 1998). The traditional roast and ground coffee presented calcium content similar to that reported in the Brazilian Table of Food Composition Content (TACO, 2011), which is 106.90 mg of calcium per 100 [g.sup.-1] of roast and ground coffee. This content (Table 1) corresponds to 11% of the daily values based on a diet of 2,000 kcal or 8.400 kJ. The difference between results found in Taco (2011) and the sample company (Itamaraty[R]) may be due to the type of coffee and processing.
Calcium salts added to the coffee powder had good solubility during the infusion process; this was verified through the contents quantified directly in the beverages (Table 2). The coffee beverage added with calcium citrate malate presented higher contents of calcium; this may be considered indicative of greater solubility of this salt when compared to other calcium salts.
The influence of using paper and polyester filters was determinant for the calcium content increasing in the infusions (Table 2). The beverages obtained by the use of paper filter showed an increase of 61.8-77.5% of calcium content. For the polyester filter the increase was 37.9-82.4%. Sample B containing calcium citrate malate had the highest contribution to the increase of calcium content, especially when the polyester filter was used, which presented the best results.
For the calculation of calcium intake, a coffee cup (equivalent to 50 mL) was used as reference. Samples A, B, and C presented 1.84, 3.93, and 1.82 mg, respectively, of calcium per portion. The control sample presented 1.23 mg of calcium in a cup of coffee.
The addition of calcium salts in the powder of ground and roast coffee proved to be promising. Six calcium salts were used in this study; the coffee experts found the beverages with calcium carbonate, calcium citrate malate, and calcium phosphate as having sensory characteristics similar to traditional coffee. There was no difference in sensory analysis of coffee beverages prepared using paper and polyester filter. However, sample B with calcium citrate malate presented the highest calcium contents and the greatest purchase intention. Calcium citrate malate showed high solubility during infusion, and the beverage with this salt was classified as rich in calcium. In Brazil, the habit of drinking a cup of coffee (50 mL) every day is becoming very popular, it can be in the morning, after meals or during the day activities. Considering this context, the addition of calcium citrate malate in the proportion presented in this study may be an excellent calcium source to ensure the healthy intake of this macromineral.
The authors would like to thank Capes, CNPq, and the Araucaria Foundation for financial support, as well as the Federal Technologic University of Parana--Londrina Facility and State University of Maringa for the availability of resources and technology for the development of this research.
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Table 1. Amount of calcium in powder of roast and ground coffee. Calcium salt in powder of A B C Traditional traditional coffee (1) coffee Added amount (2) 780.00 1500.00 750.00 -- Media (3) 277.62 211.51 305.13 103.23 (1) mg 100 [g.sup.-1]. (2) mg. (3) Analysis performed in triplicate. A: coffee with calcium carbonate; B: coffee with calcium citrate malate; C: coffee with tricalcium phosphate. Table 2. Amounts of calcium1 in the beverages. Parameters A B C Traditional coffee Paper filter 36.96 78.60 36.42 22.84 Polyester filter 23.12 106.68 13.94 17.69 (1) Analysis in triplicate and values expressed in mg [L.sup.-1] of beverage. A: coffee with calcium carbonate; B: coffee with calcium citrate malate; C: coffee with tricalcium phosphate.

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WWR Article Summary (tl;dr) With a near-total shutdown of medical treatment outside hospitals, many small businesses that comprise the physician and clinical services industry are struggling to survive.
While hospitals strain to treat the surge of acutely ill COVID-19 patients, the crisis threatens the stability of the rest of the health care system.
Elective surgeries and routine medical care are on hold. As a result, medical providers of all kinds are seeing drastic reductions in patient visits and crushing losses of revenue. At the same time, some continue to pay wages along with rent and other overhead costs. Many worry they'll lose their skilled workers to hospitals.
The combination raises the possibility that the non-hospital health system will be decimated, and many of the surviving providers will be ill-prepared to deal with the pent-up demand that emerges from this crisis.
Virtually all of health care is affected, from surgical practices to dentists to community health centers, which serve 29 million predominately poor patients, to school-based health clinics and emergency ambulance services.
The nation has seen a near total shutdown of medical treatment performed outside hospitals, including physical exams, colonoscopies, dental restorations and routine surgeries, all provided by thousands of primarily small businesses that comprise the physician and clinical services industry.
Many of those businesses, which account for nearly 20% of the nation's $3.6 trillion health care industry, are at risk of failing, health care experts say.
That could lead to further consolidation of the U.S. health care industry and less competition after the crisis subsides, according to Jonah Frohlich, a managing director at Manatt Health, a national health care consulting firm.
"We're going to see a raft of acquisitions and mergers and integrations with independent clinicians who can't survive months of no revenue," he said.
In the meantime, medical providers contacted by Stateline said they're concerned that patients with chronic conditions such as diabetes, high blood pressure and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease will get sicker without medical care and that postponed diagnostic tests, such as mammograms and colonoscopies, will result in serious illnesses going undetected and worsening.
Concerned about the health risks of postponing needed care and the increasing financial damage to the health care industry, which is a major driver of many local economies _ governors in Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Georgia, Ohio, Oklahoma, Texas and West Virginia have announced plans to start reopening hospitals and medical practices to elective procedures in the weeks ahead.
But the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and medical groups, including the American College of Surgeons and the American Hospital Association, caution that when elective procedures resume, providers must follow strict infectious disease precautions and conserve medical supplies.
Here's a look at how the crisis has affected some of the most vulnerable segments of the non-hospital health care industry:
OUTPATIENT SURGICAL CENTERS Some 9,300 outpatient surgical providers have been ordered by states to halt all but medically urgent procedures.
That's meant a 70% to 100% drop in revenue for many surgical centers, said Bill Prentice, CEO of the Ambulatory Surgery Center Association.
Closures stemmed from concerns that these typically small, independently owned surgery centers would otherwise use medical supplies that are in short supply and needed by hospitals, and they would be unable to physically distance their patients.
Many of the nation's surgery centers also have been asked to prepare for potential overflow surgeries from hospitals inundated with COVID-19 patients. But according to Prentice, very little of that has happened.
Instead, many surgical centers have closed their doors and furloughed employees, while others are operating at dramatically reduced capacity.
Touting prices that tend to be half of what hospitals charge and much shorter scheduling times, these specialized centers are one of the fastest-growing segments of the health care industry.
They provide arthroscopic knee and shoulder surgeries, pain management injections and cataract removal, as well as preventive and diagnostic care such as biopsies and colonoscopies, port placements for chemotherapy patients, wound care and a wide range of other same-day procedures.
With so many people staying at home right now, Prentice said, "it's a shame we can't provide the procedures they had scheduled because they have plenty of time to rest and recover." There's a lot of tension right now between patients and their doctors over when their surgeries can be rescheduled. "A lot of patients are very frustrated," he said.
When the crisis wanes, surgery center owners worry that patients with previously scheduled procedures will have to go back to work and won't be able to take time off for the procedures, Prentice said. There's also concern that many won't get their jobs back and won't be able to pay for surgery without employer-sponsored insurance, he said.
At the same time, some surgery centers may have difficulty managing a flood of patients who want to move forward with their procedures once restrictions are lifted, particularly if the centers have donated medical supplies, including costly anesthesia equipment, to local hospitals, he said.
"All of these unknowns have created a lot of fear and trepidation in the health care market that we need to sort our way through," Prentice said.
In Fort Collins, Colo., Rebecca Craig, a surgical nurse who owns Harmony Surgical Center, said she expects a smooth reopening when the time comes. But if that doesn't happen by June 1, she said, her business will be at serious risk of closing.
Harmony is a multispecialty facility with four procedure rooms and 103 employees who serve about 16,000 patients a year, 80 to 90 a day. Now the center is serving 10 to 12 patients a day, Craig said.
Nearly all of Harmony's employees, mostly registered nurses and a smaller number of surgical and radiology technicians, are working half-time or less.
They've mostly been able to get unemployment checks, she said. The surgeons who practice at Harmony are all independent, Craig said, and many of them have had to lay off staff or cut their hours as well.
"The question," she said, "is 'How long before we have to cut back even further?' This can't last longer than June 1 for us to stay in business. It will get to a point where we either have to go to a bank and get a loan or close our doors."
COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS The nation's more than 13,000 community health centers have been hit hard. According to a survey published in April by the U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration, nearly 2,100 of those centers have closed at least temporarily as a result of the current outbreak, in part because their employees were unable to work because of family responsibilities and lack of personal protective equipment.
According to the National Association of Community Health Centers, nearly a quarter of community health center patients were uninsured in 2016 and roughly half were on Medicaid, the federal-state health plan for Americans living in poverty.
The crisis is expected to result in a 60% drop in the volume of patient visits to community health centers over the six months following the Trump administration's March 13 national emergency declaration, according to a survey conducted recently by the association and sister organizations.
That's likely to cost the centers $7.6 billion in revenue, even as most have quickly ramped up their telemedicine services to give patients an alternative to face-to-face visits.
The association said that the $1.4 billion Congress has provided so far in emergency COVID-19 funding to community health centers is not nearly enough. It is not clear whether the new emergency package Congress is debating will include more money for the centers.


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Why am I writing a new one? Because the Tokyo Sky Tree television tower was opened in Tokyo not so long ago – in May 2012. That is, at the time of my visit, she was only 3 years old. I left Japan at the end of July 2011, so I didn’t manage to visit the Tokyo Sky Tree, at that time I only watched its construction. That is why, during a business trip in 2015, I really wanted to go there.
So, Tokyo Sky Tree is currently the tallest TV tower in the world. And the second tallest building in the world. The Tokyo Sky Tree is located in Tokyo in the Sumida district.
The height of the TV tower together with the antenna is 634 meters. This is almost twice as high as the long-known and popular landmark of Tokyo, Tokyo Tower (its height is easy to remember – 333 meters). It is noteworthy that the height of the new TV tower was chosen in such a way that the numbers: 6 (in the old Japanese “mu”), 3 (“sa”), 4 (“si”) were consonant with “Musashi”. This was the name of the historical area where modern Tokyo is located. Which once again confirms the Japanese passion for numerology 🙂
Construction of the tower began in July 2008 and was completed on February 29, 2012. While the new TV tower was being built, it was called the “New Tokyo Tower”. But from April to May 2008, a competition was held on the Internet and, based on its results, a new name was chosen – “Tokyo Sky Tree”.
The official opening of the Tokyo Sky Tree was on May 22, 2012. Then, on TV and the news, I watched a huge stir and long lines of people who wanted to visit the tower. My students who were still in Tokyo at that time said that they had to reserve tickets months in advance. So, apparently, many Japanese, tourists and guests of the capital wanted to quickly climb the highest TV tower in the world, that the long wait and long queues did not frighten them 🙂
The Tokyo Sky Tree is used for digital television and radio broadcasting, mobile telephones and navigation systems. I draw your attention to the fact that the architects invented and built not just and not only a TV tower, they built a whole city around it, which is called Tokyo Sky Tree Town.
A huge Tokyo Solamachi shopping mall with hundreds of boutiques, a market, restaurants, an aquarium, a planetarium, a theater, cherry trees and red pines are planted in the “heavenly city”. Moreover, this town has two stations on its territory, one of which is called Tokyo Sky Tree.
Some might say that this is a huge Tokyo Sky Tree Town, especially the shopping mall near the Tokyo Sky Tree TV tower is smart marketing, and I think that this is also present, of course. But on the other hand, when various entertainments are concentrated in one place, it is convenient. For example, it is possible that someone will not purposefully go to the oceanarium or planetarium, especially if you understand that it will not take so long to walk and wander inside, then it is not always advisable to drive for about an hour from the other end of the city for the sake of fish.
And it’s a completely different thing when several interesting places and entertainment are in one place: from a trip to just one museum for a couple of hours, visiting a famous landmark turns into a good way to spend the whole day rich and interesting. And by the way, it’s a good place and pastime idea for a date 🙂
The main attraction of the Tokyo Sky Tree tower itself are two observation platforms at a height of 350 and 450, each of which has several floors. From these observation platforms, everyone gets the opportunity to look at the capital Tokyo from a bird’s eye view. From there, the view is truly breathtaking.
The first platform, which we actually visited, is called Tembo Deck. This site is located at an altitude of 350 meters and is made in the form of three separate tiers, each of which, in turn, has panoramic windows.
The topmost tier of the Tembo Deck is made in the form of a circular platform, where there is access to all windows, which allows you to get a full 360-degree panorama. And other tiers are occupied by various restaurants, cafes and souvenir shops, so you can no longer see the full panorama of Tokyo.
And on the lowest tier of Tembo Deck there is something for those who are not afraid of heights and want an adrenaline rush – there are sections of a transparent glass floor.
At an altitude of 450 meters, there is the second site of Tembo Galleria, which can be climbed after purchasing a separate ticket on a separate elevator that runs between the sites. It is believed that this second observation point is the highest observation deck in the world.
But as I mentioned above, I had enough impressions on the first platform, so I didn’t go here (at least this time). Maybe another time when I get a chance to visit Tokyo Sky Tree in the afternoon and check out Tembo Galleria as well.
You can get to the Tokyo Sky Tree tower not from the first floor, but only from the 4th floor of Tokyo Sky Tree Town. It is on the 4th floor of the town that there are ticket offices for those who did not come as part of a group. There you can buy a ticket to visit the Tembo Deck. And for the second site of the Tembo Gallery, a ticket is already bought at the Tembo Deck site.
To get to Tokyo Sky Tree, you can take the Tobu SkyTree line to Tokyo Sky Tree Station and the Asakusa, Hanzomon, Keisei Oshiage subway lines. It is convenient to get from Narita Airport via the Keisei line.
There are also several direct buses to Tokyo Sky Tree from Tokyo Station, from Ueno Station, from Tokyo Disney Land, from Haneda Airport.
And if you are going to visit the Asakusa area and like to walk, then the ideal option is to walk around Tokyo along the Sumidagawa River directly from Asakusa. Do not be afraid, you will not go astray – you will always have a landmark in front of you, which is visible from almost all points of the city – the Tokyo Sky Tree tower itself.
If you have not been to Japan yet, then I hope that you will definitely visit there and see its capital Tokyo and certainly look at the city from a bird’s eye view from the highest TV tower in the world – Tokyo Sky Tree.

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While Stirm is against gay rights and against the planned Gay Pride Event, Activist Caleb Orozco, who is a homosexual, himself, is all for it. He says it is about time that an event of this magnitude be held in Belize.
“For my good friend Pastor Stirm, I welcome his commitment to his cause and he, at least has my respect in being very consistent in his message. Like all things people have their views and whether people are committed or not it will be reflected in practice and action. Ultimately though Pastor Stirm is not the law and he cannot erode, threaten, intimidate the rights of people to walk freely, to associate freely and to express themselves freely. He may have his perception of what happens at a Pride event; for us, Pride events have occurred for many decades in this country without provocation or cause and they have been simply entertainment moments that to us are normal social fabric events that is part of the Belizean culture.”
According to Orozco, the event is an opportunity for Belize to increase its tourism industry and it is for the Belize Tourism Board and Belize Tourism Industry Association to take a formal position on LGBT issues facing the country.
“Well, for us, the problem isn’t with us; the problem is with the BTB and the BTIA in their silence and their complicity by inaction, omission and indifference, in publicly stating what their position is around the practice of discrimination and its effect on tourists. Knowing that we’ve engaged the BTIA privately and knowing their resistance to actually take a responsible stance around the rights of people to associate, express and movement; the challenge is for them is to establish internationally what climate Belize has – is it one friendly to tourists, all tourists or is it one where they’ll pick and choose which tourists are welcome to Belize. For us the ball is in the BTB and BTIA court because it’s up to them to decide whether our industry will have a black eye regarding discriminatory practices not only by religious leaders, who have issues but also by immigration officers who have a history of harassing LGBT tourists that have come to this country. Beyond that, we know that LGBT tourists have come in to this country year in and year out without a discussion or provocation. The difference with this particular event is that it has been shamelessly publicized and more people know about it. Kudos to the resort manager who has decided that he would promote inclusion. The potential for expanding LGBT through tourism is great; the question for us here is what climate we will create to welcome LGBT individuals, what climate will we create in order to integrate the kind of economic potential that is there – we simply don’t know.”
According to Orozco, shortly after the New York Times article in which he was featured, was published, the BTB had plans to issue a release but internal friction on BTB’s position made it impossible for the organization to do so.

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Words, Wonderful Words
I have spent most of this afternoon curled up on a sofa far comfier than the ones I have at home reading W.H Auden poems in Selfridges pop-up library, Words Words Words. Although initially sceptical of a library in a store whose main aim is to profit they’ve actually created a quiet haven away from the hustle and bustle of Oxford Street. There is no pressure to buy, although the special editions lining the shelves are extremely tempting for any bookworm.
In fact, despite the calling of special edition books (more like a whisper than a holler, we are in a library after all) Selfridges are offering free literary workshops from Penguin Classic Book Clubs to The Idler Academy offerings in Grammar & Latin and Greek Philosophy.
Like people’s music tastes I always think people’s choice of reading material says a lot about them. Dotted on the shelves are celebrities top picks. Amongst them Sophie Dahl chooses Graham Greene’s The Comedians. Mark Ronson picks Michael Chabon’s Kavalier and Clay, and Beverley Knight opts for William Golding’s Lord of the Flies. All amongst my most cherished books.
This beautiful little corner in a basement has a huge budget behind it, unlike our public libraries. Sadly I can’t help thinking that if our libraries had this kind of money and celebrity endorsement behind them then perhaps they wouldn’t be our latest endangered species. It makes you ponder.
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26 Apr Time to roll up and roll out: immunisation services in Somalia must be scaled up now
27 April 2021
By Joseph Seriki, Senior Technical Health Specialist, Somalia Country Office, Save the Children
Vaccines save lives. They’re one of the most successful and cost-effective health interventions, helping children survive, thrive and lead productive healthy lives as adults. For every dollar spent on immunisation, the return on investment is estimated to be $54 . According to Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance: “the increase in immunisation has helped halve childhood mortality by preventing more than 14 million future deaths and dramatically reducing the incidence of deadly and debilitating infectious diseases”.
Things are difficult in Somalia
In Somalia, decades of civil war and political unrest have contributed to an almost complete breakdown of the health system – with infrastructure destroyed, health workers put at risk, and communities left isolated and unable to access basic health services. This already precarious situation is exacerbated by the triple threats of drought, locust infestation and the COVID-19 pandemic.
Within this context – and in stark contrast with overall global progress on vaccines – in Somalia less than 11% of children aged 12–23 months are fully immunised and more than 60% have not received a single vaccine. A significant proportion of children who have no access to vaccinations live in communities that are hard to reach due to conflict or in newly liberated communities where basic health and immunisation services are not available.
Somali children dangerously exposed to pneumonia
Somalia has one of the highest under-five mortality rates in the world – 117 under-five deaths per 1,000 live births in 2019. 18% of these child deaths – 14,200 of the estimated 80,600 children who died in 2019 – were due to pneumonia, making it the single biggest killer of Somali children. Child pneumonia deaths in Somalia rose by 3% in the past decade. If this trend continues, for every 1,000 children born in 2030 in Somalia, 17 children will die from pneumonia; the global minimum standard is three.
And unless drastic measures are taken now to change the pneumonia trajectory, Somalia will not achieve the child mortality target in Sustainable Development Goal 3 – 25 deaths of children under five per 1,000 births – by 2030.
This is a severe crisis. The lack of an adequate immunisation programme with a routine immunisation package, and which includes high coverage of all the ‘pneumonia-fighting’ vaccines – pertussis, Hib, pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV) and measles – is a glaring gap that needs urgent action. Currently, just 42% of Somali children are protected with three doses of the diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis (DTP) and Hib vaccines; 46% have received one dose of the measles vaccine; and no child has yet received any doses of the PCV. While this situation continues, Somali children are dangerously exposed to pneumonia.
What needs to be done
The global response to the COVID-19 pandemic has shown that when health is prioritised by governments and donors, it is possible to mobilise much needed resources to protect the health of all, especially the most vulnerable. Essential health services, good nutrition, and access to water, hygiene and sanitation must be strengthened and maintained during the COVID-19 pandemic to reduce the risk of secondary disease outbreaks and loss of life. Universal health coverage is no longer debatable. The pandemic has shown that it is a necessity. A strong health system will mean that children will not die from vaccine preventable diseases.
Dr Fawziya Abikar Nur, Somalia Minister for Health and Social Care, made a bold commitment at the first-ever Global Forum on Childhood Pneumonia in January 2020 to end child pneumonia deaths. But this commitment cannot be realised without explicit support from global health institutions, donors, and the international community to first and foremost build a strong routine immunisation programme, on the back of which the PCV and COVID-19 vaccines can also be rolled out.
Gavi’s decision to remove the eligibility criteria for new vaccines like PCV and rotavirus – which had previously required at least 70% coverage of the third dose of DTP – paves the way for their introduction in Somalia. This is not only critical for saving lives but contributes to strengthening cold chain and supportive systems to improve wider routine immunisation programmes.
Propping up a fragile health system
Since the onset of the pandemic, Save the Children has been working with the Ministry of Health, in partnership with UNICEF and WHO, to provide routine immunisation services and coordinate immunisation campaigns. The organisation has provided technical and logistical support, including:
- training staff
- supplying personal protective equipment for vaccinators, who do such vital and often arduous work
- trialling digital technology to train, coach, mentor and supervise frontline health workers
- engaging in awareness-raising campaigns with community groups.
Save the Children has also advocated with the government and with donors to increase investment in immunisation services and promoted the importance of the introduction of the PCV and rotavirus vaccine as part of the routine immunisation package.
Time to roll up and roll out
Somalia needs long term, sustainable solutions to reduce the number of child deaths from vaccine-preventable diseases, including pneumonia. As a matter of urgency, the country’s immunisation infrastructure and systems need to be strengthened to roll out routine immunisation, including new vaccines such as PCV, rotavirus and COVID-19 vaccines.
The challenge is clear and the danger all too real. COVID-19 threatens to reverse any progress Somalia has made.
Right now, donors must be bold. Building on what Gavi has already done, they must develop bespoke engagement plans with Somalia.
This is a moment of opportunity. Now is the time to act.
Every Breath Counts Recommendations
The Every Breath Counts Coalition calls on the Government of Somalia, in partnership with Gavi and other international health and development agencies, to:
- establish a timetable for the introduction of the PCV in the next 12 months
- ensure that routine childhood vaccination – with three doses of DTP and Hib, and two doses of measles – rises to above 80% by 2025 and to above 90% by 2030
- integrate the prevention, diagnosis and treatment, where appropriate, of child wasting services with vaccine delivery to protect the most vulnerable children


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The exhibition The Nine Lives of Cornelis Goliath (1617-1660) at the Zeeuws Archief tells the turbulent life story of the cartographer and surveyor Cornelis Goliath. When he decides to settle down and he moves his family to the region of Walcheren, fate strikes and he falls victim of an attack.
Cornelis Goliath made a career in the WIC (Dutch West India Company). Under the rule of Johan Maurits van Nassau-Siegen, also known as Maurits “the Brazilian”, Goliath established his name as a cartographer. He worked allover the world; for example, he made plan of attack in Angola, but also mapped the bay and the city of Recife in Brazil.
In Zeeland he drew maps of the cities Domburg and Middelburg. The map of Middelburg found its way to a large audience in printed form It is still used today and is known as “the map of Goliath”. Goliath’s work served as an example to others, such as Johannes Vingboons and Arent Roggeveen.
For a detailed article on the life of Cornelis Goliath (in Dutch), published in conjunction with the exhibition, see www.zeeuwsarchief.nl

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Mayor Steve Bach spent 15 fast-paced minutes expounding on his favorite recent priorities, City for Champions and stormwater, in his keynote speech Wednesday morning at the Downtown Partnership’s 16th annual Breakfast with the Mayor.
Addressing a record crowd for the event of about 400 at the Antlers Hilton, Bach implored the audience to embrace the City for Champions proposal for Regional Tourism Act funds to help pay for projects including an Olympic museum and a baseball/events stadium downtown. He called the City for Champions a “game-changer for our future,” adding that “once the state [Economic Development Commission] approves our grant proposal, that’s when the conversation begins” concerning details and accountability.
As for stormwater, Bach continued to push for his strategy of the city addressing its needs without joining a regional effort that already has broad support from other elected officials.
“We are not standing idly by,” the mayor said, describing plans to spend $25 million in the next year on stormwater projects. He is pushing for refinancing current city debt to cover up to $240 million in stormwater capital improvement needs instead of asking for more help from taxpayers. Opponents insist that Bach’s idea would cover only about 20 percent of the actual pressing needs in stormwater infrastructure.
After Bach’s address, the Downtown Partnership honored several individuals and businesses. First, the Community Ventures board of directors recognized former downtown businesswoman Judy Noyes, longtime co-owner of the former Chinook Bookshop on Tejon Street. Noyes, who passed away earlier this year, was honored for her role in starting the Art on the Streets program, and Community Ventures is starting a Jody Noyes Memorial Purchase Fund with a $12,000 contribution toward future purchases of permanent outdoor art.
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Individual, Susan Godec, owner of the Phancy Pheasant store on Tejon Street, for her leadership in fundraising efforts to enhance downtown sidewalks with more than 40 large flower pots, maintained throughout the warm months.
Civil servant, Greg Warnke, manager of the city parking enterprise, for his work in helping downtown projects such as revitalizing the city’s alleyways.
Business or organization, Colorado Springs Urban Intervention, for its most visible downtown-centric projects: converting a city block (Pikes Peak Avenue, west of Nevada Avenue) into a pedestrian-dominant area with single-lane traffic for two days; and the Curbside Cuisine facility for food trucks at the corner of Platte and Nevada avenues.


Quite a while ago, a Nokia device that was spotted running MeeGo had a slide-out QWERTY keyboard and many people had speculated it to be the Nokia N9. But since Nokia announced the Nokia N9 this week, it clearly wasn’t the same phone spotted last year. Fortunately, we now have the answer.
According to the Nokia Developer website, the phone in question is known as the N950. It is pretty much the same as the N9, with some differences in the build. Firstly, the N950 is a developer-only device. Regular consumers won’t be able to purchase it from outside dev channels (unless someone decides to put one up on eBay).
The N950 is physically larger than the N9, with a 4″ display (as opposed to the N9’s 3.9″ but they both share the same resolution), an aluminum body (the N9 is made out of polycarbonate), it has a slide-out QWERTY keyboard (the N9 has none), they both have different 8-megapixel cameras (although they have similar image quality), the front facing cameras are in different places on both devices even though they are the same (N950 is top right corner, N9 is bottom right corner), the N950 only supports Bluetooth 2.1+EDR while the N9 supports 4.0, the N950 does not have NFC support and it has a smaller battery than the N9 (1320mAh vs. 1450mAh).
Now that the mystery is solved, I guess we won’t have to wait in anticipation for the physical keyboard MeeGo phone from Nokia. But how many of you would have preferred the option of having a slide-out QWERTY keyboard?


YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (WYTV) – Workers with the Youngstown Neighborhood Development Corporation showed off their most recent effort — one they hope to have occupied by the end of the month.
They took the old Carmelite Monastery on the city’s south side and spent the last three or four months renovating it. It will now be offered as apartments.
Directors said there was quite a bit of work involved in converting the nearly 100-year-old house.
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Workers said they will be showing the apartments to prospective tenants later this week and hope to have all three units rented by the start of the new year.


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Holy voice. Is that even human? Ladies and Gentlemen Mr. Josh Garrels. My friend Damian send me this guys site and his voice instantly blew me away. I searched around on Youtube to find some other live performance stuff, and there’s plenty, but this song just blew me back a bit.
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Find a selection of tuition videos based around the Rockschool syllabus; there’s also lots of content relevent to non-exam study players too, so please do have a browse! There is a playlist of short videos documenting Lee Allatson’s recent appearance at Leicester’s Drum Jam event, aimed at helping you get the most from your practice time:
YouTube.com is a fantastic medium to communicate these ideas for learning, and equally fascinating for me to learn just how far around the world our viewers come from. Just this month we’ve enjoyed visits from the UK, USA, New Zealand, India, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Spain, Russia, Jordan and Brunei!
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Moving away from the emphasis placed by the mainstream upon narrative when discussing Palestinian and Israeli literature, Anna Bernard’s academic treatise, “Rhetorics of belonging: nation, narration and Israel/Palestine” (Liverpool University Press, 2013) provides rigorous insights into often overlooked experiences of nation and narration.
Identity construction of Palestinians and Israelis has been shaped externally by hegemonic interpretation that simplifies history within illusory categories that are not indicative of memory, affinity and experience. Drawing upon the works of authors whose works are available in English translation such as Edward Said, Mourid Barghouti, Amos Oz, Orly Castel-Bloom, Sahar Khalifeh and Anton Shammas, Bernard juxtaposes the authors’ diverse works and backgrounds in a manner which reverses the manipulative exposure urged by imperialism; also the distancing from reading and comprehending these texts within a post-colonial context.
The ramifications of visibility are discerned immediately and expounded upon by Bernard, who argues that the privilege granted to Israeli literature aided the visualisation of belonging to Israel, at the expense of alienating readers from the insurmountable problems faced by Palestinians since the establishment of the settler-colonial state. Diminished opportunities with regard to the Palestinian reclamation of memory created a tangible literary gap in comparison to Israeli literature which is ingrained within prestige and privilege, owing to the historical and current political trends promoting the “Jewish nation”.
Palestinians have experienced a conflict through persecution, where survival as an imminent necessity lessened the written articulation of experience. As Said states with reference to the 1982 invasion of Beirut, quoted by Bernard, “I recall during the siege of Beirut obsessively telling friends and family there, over the phone, that they ought to record, write down their experiences… Naturally they were all far too busy surviving.”
Refutations and assertions of colonialism are evident, especially within the manipulation of language. All authors, regardless of their diverse backgrounds, embody defensive allegories in their writings. Yet, Bernard distinguishes the foundations behind the incorporated defence. In doing so, the narrations are also discussed within the context of political platforms, allowing the Palestinian literature to emerge as a distinct form of anti-imperialist affirmation. Read more.


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A roundup of the daily reports on the coronavirus pandemic from the region's countries on February 8, 2021.
In the past 24 hours 71 coronavirus cases as well as 29 COVID deaths have been registered in Croatia, the national COVID-19 response team said on Monday.
Currently, there are 2,407 active cases, including 1,137 hospitalised patients, 107 of whom are on ventilators. There are 12,948 people in self-isolation. Since February 25 2020, when the new virus was first registered in Croatia, there have been 235,473 cases of infection, 5,198 deaths and 227,686 recoveries, including 383 in the past 24 hours. To date, 1,230,808 persons have been tested for the virus, including 2,199 in the past 24 hours.
Over the past 24 hours, Slovenian authorities have confirmed 304 coronavirus infections after 3,821 tests done as well as 11 fatalities, but the government and scientists are skeptical about a more extensive easing of current epidemiological restrictions.
The epidemic has started waning slightly but the weekly average of infections confirmed on a daily basis is still at 1,025 while to put the epidemic under control that number should fall to below 300, according to the latest estimate by the Jozef Stefan research institute which makes estimates and models of epidemic development for the government. According to the institute, with the current rate, the number of daily infections could fall to below 300 only at the end of March, and the effect of vaccination against COVID-19 will be more felt only after at least 10% of the population or more than 200,000 people are vaccinated, a goal that is still far away.
Bosnia and Herzegovina recorded 157 new coronavirus cases and 13 Covid-19 fatalities, while more than 500 patients recovered, according to healthcare authorities’ daily report on Monday.
The new results came from 1,497 lab tests performed among those who reported symptoms. The total of 124,101 infections with the novel coronavirus has been reported since the epidemic outbreak in Bosnia’s two semi-autonomous regions, the Federation (FBiH) and Republika Srpska (RS), as well as Brcko District. To this date, 4,813 fatalities among Covid-19 patients have been confirmed in the country, while 98,470 have recovered from the disease. Only the FBiH authorities reported 526 recoveries in the last 24 hours. The country performed a total of 614,243 coronavirus lab tests on its population.
Montenegro’s Public Health Institute said that four people died of coronavirus-related ailments, bringing the total number of deaths since the pandemic broke out to 842.
It said that 1,376 people were tested for the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus over the previous 24 hours, including 430 who tested positive. There are 7,797 active cases. A total of 65,657 people tested positive for the coronavirus since the pandemic broke out.
The Kosovo health authorities in Pristina said that three people died of coronavirus-related ailments over the previous 24 hours, bringing the total number of deaths to 1,526 since the pandemic broke out.
The authorities said that 2,388 people had been tested for the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus in that period including 290 who tested positive. There are 6,791 active cases. Another 189 patients were reported to have recovered from COVID-19, bringing the total number of recoveries to 54,231. A total of 252,163 people have been tested since the pandemic broke out, including 62,548 who tested positive.
The North Macedonia Health Ministry said that 22 people died of coronavirus-related ailments over the previous 24 hours, bringing the total to 2,946 since the pandemic broke out.
It said that 726 people had been tested for the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, including 75 who tested positive. There are 6,486 active cases. The country’s Public Health Institute said that another 1,440 patients had recovered from COVID-19, bringing the total number of recoveries to 85,439.

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